Sweet Baby Gifts

I have a daughter who is about to turn 2 with another baby on the way due in March! I have the money to go crazy but she doesn’t need anymore stuff! Just curious what other parents price limits are on christmas gifts? $100 per child? $50 per child? And how likely are you to keep it completely fair between spending for each kid? Will you spend more on 1 then the other or do you strictly spend the same amount on both to avoid a problem?

$50 on both children to avoid any problems(:

Someone told me that they spent about 900$ on their toddler! 3 big gifts and about 15 small. Is this outrageous?! I have a toddler and don’t know what in the world would cost that much! And I need some AFFORDABLE gifts that I can get! What are some nice gifts to get her?

Diamond encrusted diapers a must have this holiday season.

My daughter is almost 3 and we are looking for some inexpensive crafts or gifts she can help make for her grandparents
Get old plastic bottles and paint them with Elmer’s glue then press white tissue papers to it. then let your kids have pens and ribbon etc. and let them decorate it like a snow man. When they are done you can poke a hole in the lid and put a wire through it so it makes an ornament. Another thing you can do it use popsicle sticks and make picture frames out of them. If you go on Disney’s or Family Fun’s websites they always have cute ideas.

For christmas, would it be okay to give some clothes aswell as some toys to a toddler?(neice/nephews)

Of course! As long as there’s no Juicy Couture involved, you’re in the clear. If you don’t know the exact size of something you can opt for a giftcard, but if you still want to add a personal touch you can go for mittens or a cute winter hat.

Looking for creative ideas.. my son (2.5 yrs old) is giving a Christmas gift to his friend (a girl) who is the same age. They are best friends and play together all the time (go to the same daycare) Any creative ideas of gifts to put together? Thanks for any ideas!

You can find some good gift ideas for toddlers here http://babyandtoddlerstore.com

My son is turning 2 next week and I want to buy him something special! I saw toddler bailey button uggs and thought they would be the perfect gift. Can a toddler boy get away with wearing bailey buttons, or should I just buy the ugg classic?

Thanks!

i think the bailey button is girly, so i would go for the classic short.
hope this helps =)

Well, this is my first time going to a recital for my neighbor’s kids and my mom and I wanted to give them some nice gifts but we don’t have ideas. Any suggestions?

If you’d like to encourage this, buy him a music book full of songs he can learn to play on the piano. Of course you could also buy him the newest Nintendo DS.

I am having a Valentines party for toddlers and I am doing a fishing for prizes game and I need some cheap little toys for prizes. Preferably something I could buy in bulk (playdough, etc.).

Head to your local dollar store! You can find loads of stuff there, and many times they come 6 or 8 to a package.

I know that some of the big box stores also had things like card games and bubbles in multi-packs for fairly cheap as well.

You could also do a toy swap for the prizes. Ask all of the guests to bring a wrapped gently-used toy that they haven’t played with in some time. Each child would go home with a new to them toy, and the parents would be able to clear out something that was taking up space instead of adding more to the pile that we all have!

I have a 26 month old toddler and stopped by Michael’s yesterday to try to make a gift for his grandma. I loved all the creative things they have at those type of stores and I am thinking of doing some project with my son once a week.

How old were your children when you began to do crafts together? The gift we were going to do did not seem to interest my son even though it involved paint. Also any ideas of fun stuff to do for a toddler?

Thanks in advance!

My guys are 15 months old, and not yet. The boy I nannied started school at 20 months, and did crafts around 22 months. It was basically the teacher putting a little glue on something, and then the tots stuck things to the glue.

Or putting stickers on things.

They can’t do much at that age, but they can say, put cotton balls on top of an object with glue on it, although you may even have to guide their hand! I am sure the instructors did ALOT of the work, but he was still proud of what he made in school.

One project was to make a pie. They bought small aluminum pie shells, covered the bottoms with glue, and the kids stuck cotton balls in the pans. viola! Pretend pie.

They also put dirt in a pot, put a bean in it, added water, and out grew a bean.

Again, lots of teacher help, but he knew it was his and he was proud.

They do get better at it with experience. If nothing else, guide his hand (briefly) then give lots of clapping and saying good job, and make sure he knows he made that.

So my son is turning 3 saturday and we got him a bike with the matching helmet. I know they sells bike bags but I’ve only seen them during the holidays! I dont have time to buy one online since his party is 2 days away. Any help or suggestions? Its my first child and his first bike so idk how to give it to him. I was thinking of putting a bow and bringing it out as the last gift for him when he opens his other gifts. Just any suggestions like I said would help please. Thank you!

Whenever i have given my kids bikes for xmas or their bday i just put a big ribbon and bow on it and then i put it in another room and tell them you accidently left a present in there…… You could just give him the helmet first and then at the end say i was hoping someone would get him a bike but better luck next time then you could wheel it out…. it sounds mean but my uncle done something similar to me 20 years ago….