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What was the best present your child got for their first birthday?

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TinySleepThief · 20/04/2020 16:08

So there is a small person in the family turning 1 very soon and I need your help with awesome present ideas.

I ideally want a gift which will last a while rather than be a 5 minute novelty. They don't have much outdoor space so nothing like a playhouse would work.

Child doesn't really have any interests and the present could be open ended and wooden or plastic as there is no real preference, they have and play with both types of toys. Budget is not an issue.

What super awesome gifts did your 1 year old get that made a lasting impression? Ideas would be super appreciated, thanks in advance.

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moobar · 20/04/2020 16:12

Battat big red barn animal farm from Amazon. She loves it. Just had to google and it says 18 months but Dd is a child who puts things in her mouth and animals are chunky.

Touch and feel books.

These are the most used.

Spied · 20/04/2020 16:14

The bounce on zebra by Fisher Price.
Absolutely loved it and played on it for years.

CuckooCuckooClock · 20/04/2020 16:19

Brio toddler wobbler trolley
Sand/water table for garden

Both lasted years.

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Talcott2007 · 20/04/2020 16:23

My Quiet Book UK - Extra Large Soft Fabric Activity book for Toddlers and young Children (CE Approved) www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B06Y22S3MQ/ref=cm_sw_r_em_apa_i_J1BNEbC89A2X7?tag=mumsnet&ascsubtag=mnforum-21

DD got one of these at around 1yr and still plays with it at nearly 4. We have brought similar 'quiet books' for lots of 1st birthdays and even a few baby showers a d they have always received great feedback

Lazydaisydaydream · 20/04/2020 16:24

A box of wooden blocks, nothing fancy but he has played with them every single day since.

Rockbird · 20/04/2020 16:25

A wooden ride on identical to this but without the trailer. She's 12 now and until recently it was in her bedroom and she still sat on it. I've put it in the loft for the grandchildren because both my girls loved it so much.

What was the best present your child got for their first birthday?

butterry · 20/04/2020 16:26

A wooden play kitchen. She’s only just grown out of playing with it at 5 years old but it’s still the main thing her friends all play with when they visit for play dates.

HappyDinosaur · 20/04/2020 16:27

Ours loved her ball pool and also a water table.

Seainasive · 20/04/2020 16:30

Definitely the wooden blocks. 10 years on they still occasionally get dragged out of the toy cupboard!

Equimum · 20/04/2020 16:32

DS1 got a Little Tykes car (the red one with yellow roof). It got handed down to DS2 and they are currently messing around with it in the garden (DS1 is now 7!).

InkogKneeToe · 20/04/2020 16:36

This bloody thing. Hands down the favourite toy here, gets played with for hours every day
www.amazon.co.uk/Fisher-Price-75676-Watermates-New-Born-Toddler/dp/B0002HB0GE?tag=mumsnet&ascsubtag=mnforum-21

Otherwise That's Not My... books
Bead maze
Stacking cups
Stacking rings
Wooden bricks...

All get played with day in, day out

Got loads of big expensive and electronic things that don't get touched

bigmove2020 · 20/04/2020 16:46

Brio trains. Still
Played with five years on. Also a grimms rainbow, hours of play

TiddlesUpATree · 20/04/2020 16:46

Wooden fruit that they can chop. Velcro to join them. They still play with it 7 years later.

LoisLittsLover · 20/04/2020 16:49

Aqua doodle lasted til dd was 4

Wildthornberry · 20/04/2020 16:50

A ball pit from the modern nursery.

SpicedCamomile · 20/04/2020 16:50

Fisher price garage

TinySleepThief · 20/04/2020 16:52

Oww some great ideas so far. Some things they already have like a million that's not my books and a grimms rainbow but theres some ideas that will definitely be added to the list. I knew I could rely on you vipers.

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PhantomErik · 20/04/2020 16:54

Playmobil 123 Noahs Arc.

My ds starting playing with one of these at playgroup & absolutely LOVED it!

We bought one for Christmas so he would have been 18 months.

He's nearly 8 & has now got loads of Playmobil animals, the more grown up noahs arc, farm, zoo, dinosaurs etc & still plays with them daily.

The playmobil 123 range is really good!

Sewingbea · 20/04/2020 16:56

Duplo. Played with for years, first sets had cars or animals in.

TorysSuckRevokeArticle50 · 20/04/2020 16:57

Weirdly a playmobil caravan, we thought it was a mad gift and hid away all the little bits but she loved her 'candy van' and still loves it now at 5yrs old, she has all the little bits now too.

www.amazon.co.uk/Playmobil-5434-Summer-Family-Caravan/dp/B00A30ZA4S?tag=mumsnet&ascsubtag=mnforum-21

Playmobil also do a younger kids range and it all interconnects with the more detailed ranges, plus it's all on sale on their website at the moment

www.playmobil.co.uk/onlineshop/products/1.2.3

Avebury · 20/04/2020 16:57

A tea set

Longdistance · 20/04/2020 16:58

Little people sets went down well with my two.

Also, the scuttle bug was great in the garden.

Floexotic · 20/04/2020 17:00

Little tikes slide was a hit here-can play with it inside as well as outside and was still used years later as a slide into the paddling pool.

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Grumpbum123 · 20/04/2020 17:03

Membership for me for the local zoo which meant he had somewhere to toddle when he started walking and it was nice to go somewhere different and as he aged he loved the animals especially the penguins

DontGoIntoTheLongGrass · 20/04/2020 17:06

It was a set of nesting boxes made out of cardboard. Pic attached I think. She used them until they literally fell apart. Loved them.

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