Prezzies for a 1 year old

bridgette loved the wrapping paper and boxes lol! Books are good, or even a power touch/ leap pad jigsaw puzzles i got her a charm bracelet gonna put a charm on it every year, outside things liek a slide sure i will think of more

jake is a l;ittle boy, of course - but this is what he likes
Books - he likes one where I have to sing to him. He's just started doing actions too.
CDs - he's a big dancer.
hammer and peg set
plastic animals. - we have been getting him an animal a week from Toyworld - Schleich. they are realistic lokoing and really neat. the elephant is heavy as anything though and really hurts as it is thrown.
shape sorters - he particulary likes the Fisher price snail thingy
rocking horse - mum got from trademe. He LOVES it.
a wooden train that he can build himself.

My daughter was more interested in the balloons... haha

Actually good idea - fill a room up with her pessies surounded by balloons!! (Made a great picture of our girl sitting amoungst them all)

We too bought her a bracelet with her name engraved on it.
Most other pressies were clothes, books, video's and puzzles!

Don't go overboard on the toys. They really do end up being a waste of money unless its something like a leappad?

I think puzzles and blocks in bright colours are a great idea.

Maybe a sandpit? We got Maddi one of those sea shells from the warehouse and half filled it with sand for her.

Ohh yah..those small sofas....Ive seen some at Kmart....my hubby was quite impressed with them.....

I dont want to buy to many toys as such because I know the two set of grandparents will do that for me....but I will buy some. I want to buy odd things that I know people wont give her as pressies.....

Thanks guys for all the ideas...once this tread is done I am going to print it out and keep it, cross each item when it is bought.....ohhhhh shopping!! he he ha ha

Buying already! ha ha. I have thought about Hannahs and so far have come up with Baby Einstein DVDs off Trade me, blocks, books and maybe sandpit or something. Want to get things that will last her for a long time

Mum buys her books already...she has Barney and kids, baby animal, shapes and colors etc etc....tho she loves her books, she loves my womans weekly/day, cosmo etc etc...LOL

I am with you Aimee....want some thing that will last her. Hubby has plans for our back yard...which includes a lamb, tent, small house, slide, swing (so far) and we have a small back yard!!! he said he is going to remove my washline to make more space....I was like "yah right...over my....LOL

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Ana, most of the Baby Einstein SUCK! The only good ones I've found are "World Animals" and "Neighbourhood Animals" - they are the only ones worth watching.. Ella has "World Animals" and watches it every day.. oops

The little couches are awesome and I asked another mum how long her kid used it, he was still using it at 6 :) Ella loves hers too..

Umm.. pegs !~! Ella was obsessed with them at 1.. cut holes in an icecream container for her to put them in..

We were given the entire set of the Baby Einstein DVDs and Sam couldn't be bothered at all with them - what a waste cause I think they are pretty expensive!!!!

I know a couple of bubs though that are just mesmerized by them.............. I guess it depends on the personality of the bub depending on being a bit of a TV watcher or not. Sam isn't interested at all, he's such a boy prefering to brmmmmm around his cars.

Ayja watches hi-5 with paris in the mornings - although usually not long enough to hold her attention and stop her gettingup to where paris is sitting and plungingh er hands into paris's brekkie. she's a bit of a hi-5 nut, dancing to it, but that's cos paris loves it so much that we can't escape it!

paris got little people - al of you know how much of alittle people nut i am - but they are great cos the one we got her for her 1st birthday, she has now kinda outgrown - the zoo one, and Ayja thinks it is just awesome so it's good that she is now at the level to play with it. we got paris that sorta thing, and blocks and heaps of people got her size 2 clothes, so we were set for the next winter, at her 2nd birthday they got her size 3's so it's nice that we don'th ave to buy her a heap of stuff very often cos other people do it for us and we can use it for ayja.

since all the usual stuff, ie blocks shape sorters, rideons etc we already have from Paris, for ayja we have gotten a dolly - (ok, so Paris will probably play with it more, cos it's lifesized, and almost as big as ayja - and well, ayja is a bit obsessed with paris's doll so it will work out somehow..) and we got her a glow worm, and a baby tad, and a elmo silly faces toy and some bath stuff. baby tad and glow worm are kinda of incentives to distract her long enough for her to not need to roll over in bed and stand up - cos if she lies there long enough she just zonks out. lolol - talk about hidden agendas.

i got james a ball (baset ball), dvds old cartoons ones
bean bag, rolla ball,a car mat for his room,and a play phone