Legos, castle blocks, magna tiles, her papa.

A bicycle or scooter, soccer ball, books, board games, building toys like duplos, Legos, kid Kinects or Lincoln logs, paint and an art easel l.

Another vote for craft kits. On my daughter's list is a kit to paint your own garden stepping stone, make a light up lamp with a unicorn scene inside that we assemble, make your own puffy stickers, paint sun catchers to hang in the windows, make your own wand, paint kindness pebbles to leave around the neighborhood, etc.

Magnatiles - some of the accessory packs with the unique shapes like hexagons, etc or the car pack, to expand the creative options.

I agree w arts/crafts type kits. My daughter loves that type of stuff: get one where she can make jewelry, paint rocks, do those sticker mosaics, paint suncatchers. We had one where you make your own snow globe that my kids especially liked.

That or more active gear such as a foam balance beam or tumbling mat if she likes gymnastics, one of those indoor light up soccer balls/goals set, mini trampoline, etc.

Anonymous wrote:My nearly 5 year old's Christmas list is:

New dollhouse
Real makeup
A watch
Magic Mixin Pixlings (???)
Roller skates

(she's also getting a bracelet-making kit and books)

NP. Could you share which roller skates? I’m looking for ideas. Thanks!

My nearly 5 year old's Christmas list is:

New dollhouse
Real makeup
A watch
Magic Mixin Pixlings (???)
Roller skates

(she's also getting a bracelet-making kit and books)

Magnatiles
Legos
Marble run
Playmobil

Magnatiles
Legos
Any and all stuffed animals
My little pony figurines (pretend play)

Specific board games: Operation and Guess Who

Puzzles

Arts and crafts stuff

Do you have a play tent or anything gymnastics related like a wedge?

Legos, fuse beads, tablet, art supplies, gift cards for experiences like a play. Not saying these are all good ideas but they’re things our DD has mentioned!

Mine still loves babydolls and stuffies to play elaborate pretend games.

Magnatiles always.

Coloring, painting, beading, and other crafting kits. Painting rocks was a bigger hit than I thought it would be.

Simple board games and card games (Uno, Shoots and ladders, connect four, Candyland, Monopoly Junior, Jenga, trouble).

Sticks and rocks lol. Really.

Coloring and art stuff/glitter glue/tape/scissors
Lego
Magformers

Buttlerfly kit. (Maybe better for spring)

Craft kits where the end product can stick around—e.g. bird house worked well for us.

Magnitiles

Paint by stickers books

Subscription to highlights magazine

Sofia mouse book series
Ralf and motorcycle books series
Where’s Waldo

Locked diary

Pop it bag in which to put random stuff.

Carrier for baby doll

Fort building kit

Marble run

Instrument (and lessons).

Nice art kit.

Cool play dough accessories

Various magnetic toys—google “magnetic men toys”. My kid LOVES these. We bring to restaurants and she is enthralled for house .

Mine really enjoys little craft/activity kits or sticker books so I just ask for those. The craft kids (jewelry making, clay, foam sculptures) always come in handy when she needs something to do. She is starting to like Lego kits as well but I have to help her with them.

Truly at a loss for what to get our just turned 5yo DD for Christmas and relatives won’t stop asking. We have an older DD so we have so much stuff already from American Girl and Barbie/LOL to play kitchens, dress up clothes and more.

What do/did your 5yo girls love to play with these days? Maybe it will give me some new ideas!