4 year old gift guide (AD)
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I honestly can’t believe my little girl is already 4. It feels like just yesterday she was learning to crawl, and now here she is - really inquisitive, creative, chatty, and absolutely bursting with curiosity about the world around her.
These past four years have flown by in a whirlwind of firsts, giggles, and growing independence and I've loved almost all of it!
Watching her explore, imagine, and ask a million questions a day has been the most amazing journey. As she steps into this new stage, I wanted to share some of the toys and gifts that spark her excitement and help her keep discovering all the magic around her.
Everything here my little girl has personally played with, and absolutely loved, so if you're looking for some inspiration for your 4-year-old's Birthday hopefully you'll see something fun!
If you've got a little one that loves role play then they'll adore tucking this bunny in to its bed. We've got a few different items from this range now, but the mini bunny in a little box has to be the cutest one so far!
It's really cute and has a vintage matchbox feel, but a little bigger, of course! We love to tuck this away every night before bed, and it's a fun little ritual my 4 year old loves.
The Playhouse shoes from Start-Rite are designed to be the perfect pre-school shoes for little ones.
This shoes are made from soft leather upper, some in a lovely navy colourful, and are a great fit thanks to the double bar rip-tape fastening that even my little one can comfortably adjustable.
I personally love that the leather lined insoles can be removed too. My little girl has been wearing these for around 2 months now and they still look absolutely fantastic.
The Hatchimals Alive Mystery Hatch is an interactive pet that little ones hatch. Inside this surprise egg is a pet that requires care and nurturing, responds to human touch and the egg glows in rainbow colours, plus a magical mist appears for a spectacular reveal!
Minions fans will absolutely love this Hammer Pop game. Each player has a button to press, that controls their Minion's hammer. The aim of the game is to hit your opponent's Minion at the right time, while avoiding their shield, to make their head pop off.
This is such a funny game, and my little ones had much laughter while they played with this. I love that even my 4 year old could set this back up for another game, and it's pretty small - but fun too!
What little one wouldn't love to grow their own dinosaur? This giant hatching dinosaur egg is really fun. You pop it in water for 1-2 days, and then it'll hatch out of the egg and slowly grow to full size over the next week or so.
We found this toy a great practice of patience, and it made for a fun week during the school holidays checking in on the jug of water every day to see how the dinosaur was getting on hatching out of its egg and growing bigger!
Super Mario fans will love this balancing game, Cap Stacker. This features the iconic caps and crowns of all our favourite Super Mario characters, and the aim of the game is to select a card at random, then place the corresponding hat on to the top of the tower, stacking up as many as you can to become the winner!
I love the challenge cards in this game, which add another fun twist and increase the longevity of the game. *Buy this game now on Amazon.
This adorable *Hello Kitty moon light adds the cutest glow to any room! Perfect for Sanrio fans and makes the sweetest little gift too!
This is nice and small, and compact, making it the perfect companion for bedtimes as my little one loves to fall asleep holding something.
This big, soft *Pip plush is perfect for cuddles, playtime, and bedtime! At 32cm tall, he’s super huggable and talks, sings the theme song from Pip and Posy, plus he says fun phrases from the Pip and Posy TV show.
This is made with super soft material, he’s built for endless snuggles and adventures, and comes presented in a cute gift box.
Dinosaur fans that also want to work on being more independent, will absolutely love this LittleLife kids backpack. It's got a spacious 6 litre capacity, and comfortably fits a change of clothes, lunch box and a drink, and is perfect for taking to nursery, or even just while out on a family walk to collect some treasures along the way.
I love that this has a chest strap, to keep it secure, and it is perfect for my little dinosaur fanatic! It's comfortable for me to hold, as it has a pretty large handle, and has two internal pockets too for popping paperwork for nursery!
Your little one can become an ice cream seller and serve up Springtime treats with this fun Kinetic Sand Ice Cream Treat playset.
There are three types of sand, pink, brown and white, to represent different ice cream colours. This is a great fun set, and designed to produce minimal mess.
Fans of the Littlest Pet Shop will love this grooming spa play pack. It comes with adorable pets, and accessories, so your little one can practice grooming their pets.
My daughter has loved this set, and likes to pretend that she is grooming our own dog whenever she goes off to the real groomers!
There are collector coins with every pack, and you can use this code to unlock digital goodies to use in the Littlest Pet Shop game, which is quite fun too!
We wanted to hand out some party favours at my daughter's nursery that were suitable for everyone - which is where the ToyChoc range from Play In Choc came in!
We chose these fun dinosaurs. They are eco-friendly, sustainable, plastic-free, recyclable packaging and they come with a 3D puzzle toy and a vegan chocolate that is dairy, nut, gluten, and soy free. Perfect for being inclusive at nursery where they are catering to different allergies and dietary requirements.
You can buy these from Ocado too!
Reading A Day on Fluffyville Farm with my 4-year-old is pure joy. She loves spotting all the animals, finding hidden surprises, and chatting about all the busy farm adventures on every page!
Every page is absolutely jam packed with fun things to look at, and as it's a hardcover book it's really strong and sturdy. It's really well made and one of my favourite children's look and find books ever too!
We do a LOT of patio chalk drawings at home. It's basically free, great for practicing fine motor skills, and these chalk eggs are adorable in their fun storage box.
You get a great range of colours, plus they are cute, and they've lasted for multiple outdoor drawing adventures so far!
My little one has some issues with her motor skills, and these adorable emoji egg pens are great. Nice and chunky, so they are easy to hold, and they each have a different coloured felt tip, that matches with their bottoms!
Perfect for travel or eating out, this fun, compact *Plus-Plus Puzzle by Number Activity Pad keeps kids busy building, creating, and imagining — easy to pack, easy to clean!
My 4 year old is a little young for this still, but has great fun trying to make things, and my 9 year old thoroughly enjoyed playing with this during a family dinner recently.
There are lots of great options of what to make and this is great for practicing fine motor skills too.
Personally I love how easy it is to pack away, and store in my bag, for the next time we're on the move and want to entertain our little girls.
