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[rivka]

I have no ideas for Christmas this year. Zero.

Inspire me. What do you think Santa should bring my kids? What should I ask for?

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For the children

[ailbhe]

Given that I don't know what they have...

- A toy kitchen to share.
- A pedal-car or tractor, with a trailer.
- A globe which talks and/or lights up and/or shows constellations instead of continents when you push the right buttons.
- A mixed vat of Lego, with some base boards to build on.
- PlayDoh, Plasticine and Fimo; I treat playdoh as disposable, because it dries out (and gets into the carpets etc, but we don't have those any more) unless it's kept in very controlled circumstances, and we don't have that kind of house. Plasticine is much more forgiving. Fimo is fun because you get to make things to keep.
- We always got knickers, socks, a magazine, some sweets, some stationery, something edible but non-sugary, usually a new outfit to wear on Christmas Day
- Hama beads are quite fun; my two enjoy them and never get as far as ironing the designs into something solid, so relatively few sufficed for ages, and we also don't have loads of plastic shapes around the house which we'd feel too guilty to throw away.
- Pipecleaners. I still have very fond memories of my pipecleaner people, who had a language, an alphabet, a religion etc. Mind you, my children's pipecleaners are mainly families whose father is dead, these days.
- Cooking things; a sharp knife the right size, a tiny pan light enough to be used safely even when full, silicon food tongs (so that no part of them gets hot), apron, mini oven gloves, that sort of thing. That would be for Alex; Colin could have, um, a mini dishwashing set, with small basin, washing up brush, sponge, teatowel etc? Mini things one can really use are brilliant.
- A real painting set with canvases or canvas boards; there are all sorts of shops here which have these very cheaply, and though the paints aren't fabulous quality they are much better than most children's paints. Some of them come in a box which doubles as an easel.
- A spacehopper.
- An indoor foldaway trampoline.
- A full-on sticky-out tutu for the dressing up box, with matching shoes in both sizes (http://www.auroradancewear.co.uk/acatalog/crystal_tutu_skirt-detail.gif rather than the usual kind which drapes like a skirt). Our tutu said age 3 on it and was worn cheerfully over tshirts or pyjamas or underwear from when Emer was 2 until Linnea was 6, which was fine because it wasn't for the stage.
- A swing set for the garden.
- A hammock.
- A mini picnic table with parasol and two little seats. I've always wanted one.