5 Year Old Gift Ideas

Looking for a gift for a 5 year old?  If you are stuck for ideas take a look at our ideas below.  Most 5 year olds have or are about to start school so keep that in mind when you are buying your gift.

• Pencil case and pencils to take to school or to keep at home for doing homework. You can get personalized pencils with the child's name printed on them.
• A bicycle and helmet
• Little Passports is a unique gift that the child can enjoy all year long.  Subsciption to Little Passports enables the child to recieve a package each month including letters, stickers, photos and more of different countries. This gift will inspire the child to learn about the world.
• Board games such as Snakes and Ladders, Guess Who, Memory games, Charades, Jenga, or card games
• Construction toys such as lego
• Crafty and creative materials to make things.  You could give a craft box full of stickers, ribbons, paddle pop sticks, pipe cleaners, googily eyes and colored paper.
• Craft and science making books with simple instructions to follow so that your 5 year old can create things
• Puzzles suitable for 5 year olds
• Dolls House with furniture
• Trampoline
• Tree house or outdoor cubby house
• Books for 5 year olds could include learning to read books as well as more complex chapter books that mum and dad can read.  Roald Dahl is a favorite author for this age as well as Enid Blyton.
• Personalized name stickers and labels for clothing, lunch boxes etc you could also include a unique bag tag so that the child's school bag is easily recognizable.
• Children's recipe book with step by step instructions of how to make the recipes.