Birthday gift for 5 year old girls???

[raynes]

H's BFF's kids are turning 5 on Wednesday and we're going to their party on Saturday.  What are 5 year old girls into?

[Dorothy Zbornak]

Ugh.
My Little Pony?

If you want to be awesome, get the kid a collection of Ramona books.

[TrudyCampbell]

American girl dolls? Maybe an outfit for their dolls if they have them?

ETA oh wait, are Canadians into American girls? lol

[Dorothy Zbornak]

Jul 29, 2013 14:20:08 GMT -5 TrudyCampbell said:

American girl dolls? Maybe an outfit for their dolls if they have them?

ETA oh wait, are Canadians into American girls? lol

Canadian girl dolls?

[Dorothy Zbornak]

Other ideas:
Arts & crafts stuff (construction paper, markers, pencils, glue, etc.)
Books (Ladybug Girl, Dr. Seuss stuff, etc.)

[dixeedeluxe]

Tickets to the zoo!!!!

[lauranicole91]

My nieces (6 and 4) are into making jewelry like beads and friendship bracelets. And they both love Polly pocket(Polly pocket is so different now!)

[muppetinma]

Jul 29, 2013 14:24:01 GMT -5 dixeedeluxe said:

Tickets to the zoo!!!!

This, or something like it.  I'm always a fan of experience gifts.  

[raynes]

They've got craft stuff out the wazoo, or I'd do that. We got them craft bins for Christmas.

Dolls/doll clothes are a good idea Dorothy Zbornak, as are books. Books are appropriate from us, as we're the "nerds" of our group.

I have no idea about American Girl dolls.  So maybe? 

For their 4th birthday we got them the Octopod from the Octonaughts.  Had to get that shit shipped from the UK, but they love it.

[raynes]

Jul 29, 2013 14:25:11 GMT -5 muppetinma said:

Jul 29, 2013 14:24:01 GMT -5 dixeedeluxe said:

Tickets to the zoo!!!!

This, or something like it.  I'm always a fan of experience gifts.  

I was trying to think of something like this.  Experiences are fun.  I don't know how much the parents would be into that though, unless we take them, but that's scary.

[raynes]

Jul 29, 2013 14:24:26 GMT -5 lauranicole91 said:

My nieces (6 and 4) are into making jewelry like beads and friendship bracelets. And they both love Polly pocket(Polly pocket is so different now!)

Oooooo, maybe some of those Klutz book/kit things??  I loved that stuff.

One of them wanted me to teach her to knit/crochet, but I feel like she might be too young for that still?  mala rjamz?

[katfco]

For Abby's fifth birthday, the top toys were my little pony, a large horse, Disney princess stuff (of course), and Hello Kitty. Strawberry Shortcake is getting more popular too.

For something recognizable but less prevalent than the princess stuff, Fancy Nancy and Pinkalicious have great books, puzzles and toys.

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Nail stuff maybe a purse with some hair goodies too. Board games

[tuck]

My Little Pony, books, nail stuff, art stuff, etc. Pretty much everything people already mentioned. My 5.5 year old still isn't quite old enough to knit, even though she really wants me to teach her. The strength and dexterity aren't there yet.

[mala]

Jul 29, 2013 14:28:39 GMT -5 raynes said:

Jul 29, 2013 14:24:26 GMT -5 lauranicole91 said:

My nieces (6 and 4) are into making jewelry like beads and friendship bracelets. And they both love Polly pocket(Polly pocket is so different now!)

Oooooo, maybe some of those Klutz book/kit things??  I loved that stuff.

One of them wanted me to teach her to knit/crochet, but I feel like she might be too young for that still?  mala rjamz?

I feel like if they are expressing an interest then they're not too young.  I would start them with crochet.  If you can find it, I used this book/kit to teach myself. I thought it was easy enough to "get".

[greenkitty98]

Dress up clothes (like a leotard/tutu, princess dresses, etc)

I also got my niece a girl power veggie tales DVD that she loves.

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[devotchka]

My nieces LOVED this: 

www.amazon.com/Insect-Lore-Live-Butterfly-Garden/dp/B00000ISC5/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1375147782&sr=8-1&keywords=butterfly+kit

It might creep out the parents but who cares  

We go to Costco and check out toys there whenever someone has a b-day or esp for Xmas. They usually have some of the trendy/popular stuff as well as interesting educational toys and books and they have great prices of course.

[juliamastro]

my nieces love those lalaloopsy dolls, although they are entirely too creepy for my liking!