What gifts are you getting your dc for the holidays? - Page 3

[kennedy444]

Originally Posted by Kleine Hexe

What do you guys think of this?

http://www.timberdoodle.com/index.as...OD&ProdID=1911

Looks like my ds would have lots of fun with this one. I 'm going to show the pic to him in the morning to guage his interest.

We got Blokus as a family game last year and we're still having fun with it. Just a suggestion.

[Kleine Hexe]

Yes, I've been wanting Blokus as well. DS has a b-day in Jan so....

This is what I'm hoping will get here from the toy-cop:

All these will go together:
Parking Garage
Trains
Various vehicles
Rail set
City Station

a farm puzzle
tree blocks
and other wooden shape puzzles (I'm really really hoping these have not been cancelled)

I'm thinking of that Destruct game I linked above in a pp

Also I'd love a mini trampoline for my soon to be 4 yr old

[Marcee]

DS 1-
PS2 game
8-mile range walkie talkies for hunting
Sports Illustrated sub
Duck Call
New Ball Cap

DS 2
Russian Tortiose and Habitat
Dangerous Book for Boys
Baseball Bat
New Gloves

DS 3
Animation Drawing kit
Ben 10 toy
Ub Funky Starter Kit
shirt
Marble game
Some book

DD
Kitchen or an easel
Candy Land
Memory Game
Pink Dress Coat
Fancy Nancy
Flannel Baby Daipers

DS 4
Trike
Buzz and Woody Guy Guys
Diego Back pack
Wooden Blocks
Pj's
Book

[frogguruami]

Originally Posted by Kleine Hexe

What do you guys think of this?

http://www.timberdoodle.com/index.as...OD&ProdID=1911

Wicked, cool!!!!!!!!

[alima]

Originally Posted by Kleine Hexe

What do you guys think of this?

http://www.timberdoodle.com/index.as...OD&ProdID=1911

To quote ds: "Shhhweeeeeet"

[AuntLavender]

Some Playmobil has lead (link)

Originally Posted by nicandboys

He also wants the Playmobil zoo set, I have to check and see if it's made in China, but I don't think it is.

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/18/bu...s/18toys.html?
_r=1&pagewanted=2&oref=slogin

or try this: http://tinyurl.com/3dxoyg

"...Playmobil's medieval knights and Roman warriors are coated with
shiny paint — brilliant reds, jaunty yellows and such — which Ms.
Schauer said contained lead, albeit well below levels hazardous to
children. To ensure the safety of its coating process, she said,
Playmobil kept close watch over its manufacturing process..."

[Mamato3wild ponnie]

since we will be in MX by Christmas...and toy choices will be limited....we have planned on getting the children each there own animal. DS#3..a rabbit and dd a parrot...and DS#1...we are still trying to figure out his still. Maybe a Geco or some type of lizard. I'm excited about this christmas.

[Kleine Hexe]

Thanks for the link about Lego and Playmobile.


I guess the Destruct game seems to be a hit. Ok, I'll get it.

[nicandboys]

Originally Posted by AuntLavender

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/18/bu...s/18toys.html?
_r=1&pagewanted=2&oref=slogin

or try this: http://tinyurl.com/3dxoyg

"...Playmobil's medieval knights and Roman warriors are coated with
shiny paint — brilliant reds, jaunty yellows and such — which Ms.
Schauer said contained lead, albeit well below levels hazardous to
children. To ensure the safety of its coating process, she said,
Playmobil kept close watch over its manufacturing process..."

Oh noooo. I just won a new set of the Roman ship, arena, and soldiers on eBay yesterday for ds7. I had checked and they aren't made in China. But that is not good. Thanks for the link, I may have to see if I can resell the whole thing.

[mamaMAMAma]

Originally Posted by moominmamma

I wanted to pick up on this, because I've noticed that my kids still, at ages 4 through 13, still make little distinction between "your" stuff and "my" stuff.

Back to the topic of Christmas gifts, our gift-giving is very simple. Each child gets "something you want, something you need, something to wear and something to read." Most of these, except the books, are home-made, though I've bought my 4yo a backpack and my 13yo a nice clip-on watch. The 'something you want' is not generally a big-ticket item. I'm knitting the "something to wear" gifts this year.

We also give ourselves a new family board game on Christmas Eve. This year it's Khet.

Miranda

I too would love to hear how you accomplish more of a communal ownership vs individual ownership of things. I tell the children the toys are for the children of the family, but sometimes it backfires and make them want to their own things more.

I keep holiday presents very simple. The girls each get a handmade gift from me and something from dad. DD#1 appreciates these the most. She said before that these gifts "feel warm". Then something thats just fun and books.
The girls are sharing a room now and I thought it might be nice to get a little tree for their room and make an advent calendar with little ornaments to hang on their little tree.

[MyLittleWonders]

I think we are doing "Nature Exploration" backpacks for each of the two older boys - wooden Haba compass, wooden Haba magnifying glass, binoculars from Hearthsong, a sketch pad & colored pencils, and then my mom is getting them a V-Tech digital camera of their own.

There are a couple other things I think we'll get as family gifts from Hearthsong - the boys like the Quadzilla set (I think that's the name - a cool wooden marble run), plus I think we are getting them the wooden doll house and accessories.

[kittywitty]

My kids' birthdays are all very close to the holidays.

dd#1 age ~7

MP3 player (used-buying from my brother)
maze craze book
Magz or similar

ds age ~6

mini trampoline (SID issues)
maze craze books
weighted vest/blanket
knit Spinosaurus I made myself.
bath robe
bilibo or K'nex can't decide

dd#2 age 3
moon sand
colorforms
possibly playmobil dollhouse

[spruce]

Originally Posted by mamaMAMAma

I too would love to hear how you accomplish more of a communal ownership vs individual ownership of things. I tell the children the toys are for the children of the family, but sometimes it backfires and make them want to their own things more.

I keep holiday presents very simple. The girls each get a handmade gift from me and something from dad. DD#1 appreciates these the most. She said before that these gifts "feel warm". Then something thats just fun and books.
The girls are sharing a room now and I thought it might be nice to get a little tree for their room and make an advent calendar with little ornaments to hang on their little tree.

As far as the communal ownership goes, our family uses common space to make things communal...if it's super-special to you, it goes on your bunk, in your hammock, or in your top dresser drawer (and only one drawer is for non-clothing items).

For instance, my 6yo is very fond of a certain set of books on tape...he loves to share, but doesn't want others to have free access to these tapes, so they go in his top drawer. My 4yo is attached at the hip to his (still very new) Buzz Lightyear costume, and so this costume lives at the end of his bed (and we do have rules about having only one or two things "live" on your bed with you).

One of the ways we've helped move them into communal sharing is to turn our sunroom into a "dollhouse/computer/lego" room. This way, even though both boys (4 and 6) get a LOT of Legos as gifts, they share them all once the Legos hit the sunroom. It's just a family area, and nothing in there belongs, in practice, to any one person, even though certain sets were given as gifts. Same with the dollhouse...furniture and people and accessories may come into the house as gifts, but they become community property because of where they "live."


....sorry if I rambled...

Our kids are getting books (all 6), and then it varies...the older two are getting personal things (like a carrying case for an MP3, etc.)...

the 12yo is getting a tabletop art easel with lots of different paints and papers...

the 6yo is getting a gorgeous knight costume (which will eventually end up in the communal dress-up box), and a Lego chess set.

the 4 yo is getting Batman Legos and a wooden birthday cake set.

the 2yo is getting a wooden kitchen with accessories (which will be very communal ).

love, penelope