Are you ready for Round 3 of The 4tunate Holiday Gift Guide? This round we are giving suggestions for the 2-4 year range. Although we haven’t completed this stage yet, it’s personally been my favorite. We’ve loved several of these suggestions already, and have some ideas for the next year or two. If you missed Round 1 or 2, you can catch them over here.
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I decided to “wrap up” some of our favorite gifts from each stage into a gift guide for you this Christmas. I’ll be sharing some tried and true ideas from each stage that we have experienced, as well as some ideas for the upcoming year. Perhaps OUR experience with quadruplets can be an advantage to YOU as a shopper. Before I begin let’s get the disclaimer out of the way:
Disclaimer: 1. None of these products were given as a promotional opportunity, nor did I receive any $ or compensation to write these suggested gift ideas. 2. These are purely my opinions. 3. These products link to Amazon.com, as an affiliate link.
Now that we got that out of the way, let’s get on to the good stuff!
**A lot of the list prices are dropping daily, so the actual price may be lower than the price listed in parenthesis.**
1. Fisher-Price Doodle Pro 
This is on our Christmas list this year! Easy to take along, and the possibilities are endless with the wipe away “magic” screen.
2.Little Tikes Shopping Cart
Our plastic basic shopping cart (Not Little Tikes) is loosing it’s wheels from all of its wear. Who says shopping isn’t for boys? Of course they stack it full of cars, trucks, balls, etc. but they love filling it nonetheless…Anything that pushes and has wheels (dump trucks, ride on toys, etc) is a great gift in my opinion
3. Melissa & Doug Wooden Blocks
The oldies but goodies seem to be a winner every time. There’s great imagination in store with this set of solid wood building set.
4.Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type
This book is a crowd favorite. The boys know it by heart and act it out. There’s plenty of humor for young and old alike!
5.Fisher-Price Rock, Roll 'N Ride Trike ($57.38)
I really love the functionality and how this product grows with your child’s size and abilities. It should be a long-lasting long-loving toy for all of our boys to enjoy. They can almost reach the pedals now!
6. LifeStyle Dream Kitchen by Step2 ($167.46)
Kitchens are fun for both girls and boys. Although we don’t own one, it’s one of their favorite things to play with in the church nursery. It’s so fun to watch them pretend to prepare and eat meals. It’s a great group gift for families with more than one child!
7. Little Doctor Kit
Hopefully this toy will lessens fear of the doctor and spark great imaginative play! It’s another suggestion on our Christmas list for the grandmas.
8.LeapFrog Toys (Prices Vary Depending on Product)
We are somewhat new to the world of LeapFrog, but their products have been highly recommended by family and friends. From their Magnetic Fridge Sets, to their award-winning Tag Reading System, to their DVDs – they all look like fantastic educational toys!
9.Play-Doh Case of Colors
I’ll admit it I was scared to crack open a can of Play-Doh too, especially with the “creative potential” of quadruplets. However, after laying down the ground rules, this provided a whole hour of entertainment! There’s something therapeutic and nostalgic about playing Play-Doh with your children.
10.Melissa & Doug Pattern Blocks and Boards
I remember loving these pattern boards with the bright shapes and designs! Bonus, it helps develop shape recognition, colors, and spatial relationships.
What did I miss? What additional suggestions do you have for this list? What have you liked/disliked for this age group?
11 comments:
TRIO block sets
Mr. Potato Head
Train
Have a two year old but teach Pre-K!
Boys and girls both love playing dress up. We've never bought an actual dress-up set, but our girls have a basket-full of things I've modified to be suitable for dress-up play. They love it.
Dolls!
Dolls are exceptional toys, for boys as well as for girls. The best dolls look like the child. Dolls for your boys should have dark hair and eyes. And they need to be boys, of course. Dolls are excellent for working with image of self. There is a lot of good psychology in a good doll because it is easier for the child to answer for the doll than for himself: The doll may be sleepy even though the child does not want to go to bed quite yet, for example.
My girls (I know it's more traditional to give dolls to girls, but still) like to feed their dolls. Plus, their advent calender recently contained potty training dolls.
So, my little boy is the same age as your boys and I have playdoh, but have been afraid to break it out. Wondering what your 'ground rules' were when you introduced it?
Thanks!
RuthMarie
The b/g twins I nanny for just turned five and I they still love their kitchen, shopping cart, play doh. I think this list is spot on. In addition to Click Clack Moo, the author has also written a couple other books about The Duck and the twins loved each of them. They also love(d) Tacky the Penguin, Amy Krouse Rosenthal's Little Pea (all her books are great though), and Peter Reynolds' The Dot. I've also introduced them to Mo Willems' books and they LOVE them.
I recommend a tea set. My daughter received a tea set for Christmas last year and she still plays with it every single day! Loves to play tea with all of our family members. So it was a hit for sure! She will be three in January.
GeoTrax train sets are really good for this age group too. Plus, its easy for relatives to buy add-on stuff. (There are a couple thomas sets that aren't compatible.) My husband loves to play with them too!
I second the comment on dress up clothes. My son is 4.5 and he started playing with dress up clothes at about a year and a half ago. I found it is best to buy the costumes after Halloween and on eBay. We have a firefighter, fisherman, football player, Indian, Davey Crockett and a pirate. He is always dressed up as something! It is great for the imagination too! My daughter is turning 2 in a couple weeks and has started to get interested in dressing up too.
So cute and adorable.
Good choices! We have several of these. One thing I would also recommend would be puzzles. It really helps in problem solving and hand-eye coordination, as well as seeing the "big picture". And several puzzles help with letter and number recognition. We have a Disney alphabet train puzzle that is a big hit! We've also started playing Memory recently. That's is probably closer to the 4 range, but it has been a lot of fun. Even the 3 year old loves to try and match the pictures, although her attention span for a full game is a little short. :)
My son likes puzzles,tractors,trains,coloring booksand just recently at 3 1/2 started the water paint book.
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