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[quote=Anonymous]Career nanny here and whenever parents ask me to help with ideas I suggest:

1) art supplies bc they are essentially consumable—sticker books that match the kids’ interests, brand new markers/crayons and a coloring book, paint sets, quirky stuff like paint markers, dot markers, stamp kits, washi tape, etc. I avoid mentioning playdough bc then you end up with a bunch of random playdough ice cream sets or whatever but things like kinetic sand are very cool and do need to be tossed after a while.  One year I bought my nanny kids each a scotch tape dispenser that matched their room and those get a ton of use to this day 5 years later.

2) Outdoor consumables: lightweight balls (if you have some that are deflating), bubbles, sidewalk chalk, sand toys that have been lost at the beach

3) gifts that can be pooled in with existing toys (legos, magnatiles, dress-up stuff, brio sets—if you already have 300 pieces of something, 20 more aren’t going to make the mess THAT much worse) This is only a good idea if your kids actually play with whatever the category is.

4) magazine subscriptions—I really like anything from cricket/baby bug publishers.  I also like nat geo zoobooks for littles and highlights after about first grade.

5) “special” versions of stuff they need anyway.  They are going to need a 5t swimsuit come summer, so send the fashionable auntie links to some janie and jack swimwear.  They need new bath towels but only grandma would spring for the $50 monogrammed version with their favorite character on it.  They need new boots but if Uncle Silicon Valley thinks they need Northface who are we to argue?  You can also ask for things like hats/mittens/umbrellas/water bottles that are going to be misplaced along the way.[/quote]

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