When a person chooses a gift for his loved one for his birthday, he wants not only to please him with his attention, but also to give something truly useful and necessary. As a rule, he represents what a particular relative or friend would like. If the recipient of the gift is a two-year-old baby, then the presentation options become much more. About them and will be discussed in this article.
Features
Before you start talking about what is useful to a girl at 2 years old, you should familiarize yourself with the peculiarities of this age.
Two year old child:
- completes the development of the pot;
- collects toys, for example, a pyramid or a nested doll;
- learns to draw;
- learns to recognize colors;
- begins to play with the dolls in the game "daughter-mothers": dresses them, feeds, lurks;
- builds houses of cubes;
- can load something with a machine and carry it;
- learns to eat independently;
- learns to dress yourself.
As you can see, the two-year age is the time to master many skills, so the toy should not only be bright and beautiful, but also carry some practical benefit, teach something. So, you should choose the baby gift based on precisely these considerations.
It should not be forgotten that when giving a gift to a child, it should be interesting, first of all, for the child, and not for his parents.
There are cases and a lot of them, when relatives gave the kid a toy that is too complicated for his age, for example, a national railway, an interactive doll with many functions, a tricky board game. The child could not figure it out on her own and lost interest in her. As a result, the toy was either removed “until better times”, either peredelali, or the parents themselves played it.
What kind of toy can I give my daughter?
Parents, as a rule, know the personality characteristics of their children better than others, because it would be a mistake to think that all children at this age are alike and addicted to the same thing. Of course, they have common features and hobbies inherent in sex and age, however, someone likes to draw more, and to sculpt someone; some girls enjoy playing “kindergarten”, “daughter-mothers” or “beauty salon”, while others build houses, roll cars, fold puzzles.
The right decision to determine her daughter’s main hobbies would be to offer “a little bit of everything”, and she herself can choose what she likes best.
However, the child’s development should be comprehensive, so even if the parents see that the baby is crazy about drawing, you should not give her gifts only on this subject. It is better to buy her a book in which you can not only color the pictures, but also read a fascinating story, get to know the characters. It is also worth offering her to make these heroes or to buy soft toys that look like them.
You can play together with your daughter a scene from a book. After some time, the parents will see that the baby will start to invent new stories and fantastic characters, and then translate them through modeling and drawing.
As a result, a creative person with a bright imagination and a rich inner world will grow up.
Below is a list of the most useful educational toys for two years of age.
- Constructor. It is advisable to give something similar to “Lego”, so that there would be large bright blocks from which the little one could build not only a house for a favorite doll, but also a garage for a car, a boat, a turret and much more.
- Dough or kinetic sand for modeling. You should not give clay to a baby at this age - the fact is that at 2 years old, the hands of a child are too weak and will not be able to properly stretch a solid clay mass. A special dough for modeling, as well as kinetic sand, has a soft, pliable structure, it is pleasant to knead in the palms, which, by the way, is very useful for the development of motor skills.
- Cubes. You can buy ordinary wooden or, for example, with images of animals, fruits, household items, to learn to remember their names during the game. Also useful will be cubes with letters and numbers.
- Ball. Everyone likes to play the ball - both girls and boys. You can take it outside and have fun with your peers or parents. And if there is a dog at home, then she would not mind playing a ball with the young mistress.
- A set of children's dishes and products. Baby, looking at how mother prepares dinner, she wants to try to do it. But it is still too small for it to be allowed on the stove or to trust a sharp kitchen knife for cutting food. In this case, a toy set will come to the rescue, which includes pots, saucers, and mugs with spoons - all that is necessary for a small chef. The hostess herself will be able to "cook" a hearty lunch and invite dad and mom to him. However, in this case it is important to ensure that the kit does not contain too small elements that the child could inhale or swallow.
- Books. Here there is a great variety of options: from simple coloring books to colorful anthologies of fairy tales. You can also donate a cognitive encyclopedia about dinosaurs or other animals - this will allow the baby to significantly expand the horizons.
- Wooden "labyrinths" for the development of fine motor skills. The child moves bright wooden figures along the wire frame, thereby developing the motility of the fingers. “Labyrinth” is more a simulator toy than entertainment.
- Pyramid, matryoshka and other similar toyswhere you need to put a ring or another geometric figure on a column or insert a smaller figure into a larger one. One of the variations of the training pyramid is a plate with three columns, one of which needs to be stitched with red rings, on the other - yellow, on the third - green. There may be such a variant of the pyramid: on one column - squares, on the second - triangles, on the third - circles.
- Board games. Boards are very popular now, in which you need to insert figures along the cut out contours. There are themed games - “pets”, “fruits”, “transport” and other variations.
- Dolls. For the two years of age, the best choice would be a baby doll, which can be bathed, fed, swaddled, lulled. Barbie, Bratz and other "adult" pupae are still difficult for the baby to perceive - she just won't know how to play with them correctly. In addition, such dolls often have small parts or accessories with which a small child can choke.
- Sets "zoo", "farm", "dinosaurs", "insects" and others. They carry in themselves both game, and training function. You can tell your daughter about each character: what he can do, what sounds he makes, what he eats, what his children are called. The child will be able to invent stories with these characters and play them.
- All for drawing: albums, paints, crayons, wax pencils. Through the drawing, the baby will be able to open her inner world, to realize fantasies. Only you need to remember that you should choose safe products that do not contain toxic substances. Ideal for ordinary honey watercolor. Pencils are best to give out of wax - they are not as sharp as wooden ones, they do not require sharpening, they are very bright, and it is a pleasure to paint with them.
- Puzzles. The best options from this category are wooden, with bright large fragments. One of the interesting options is a puzzle of the “Dress Up Fashionistas” type. It has a set of clothes and a doll on which these clothes need to be fixed. This game resembles dressing paper dolls.
- Transport. Contrary to the opinion, the game “typewriter” is not the prerogative of the boys. Some girls are happy to roll their toy friends, carry "loads" in the back. If the parents noticed that the daughter is such a "motorist", then it is better to give her a truck with a folding body or a convertible so that you can roll the dolls and animals.
Another option for such a gift is transport for the birthday girl herself: a sledge, a scooter, a tricycle.
Rating best gifts for the goddaughter
The godparents are the “second family” for the baby, it is for this reason that they are chosen very carefully, trusting only the closest people. Naturally, they want to please their little goddaughter with something unusual. Below are some gift ideas for goddaughter.
- A set of young doctor. Such a gift is not just an attribute for the “hospital” game, because “nursing” toy animals, dolls, a child learns to care and compassion. Therefore, such a set will be a very useful gift.
- Educational tablet or smartphone. This attribute is a novelty of recent years. It is inexpensive and has several functions: it reproduces the sounds of animals when you click on the corresponding image, sings children's songs, tells rhymes and fairy tales.
- Set "Shop". This gift will love the young lady. The set has a cash register, toy money, a basket of goods. This set is good because you can play in the “store” either alone or with peers and relatives.
- Toy home appliances, furniture. The child will be happy to furnish a dollhouse or just a corner in the apartment, “invite guests” for dolls, animals, and prepare food for them. In this case, the skills of communication and socialization are formed.
What to choose a granddaughter?
Grandparents are always associated with something good, warm, understanding, therefore, a gift from them for the name should be appropriate.
- Colorful book with stickers. It can be characters of a favorite cartoon, animals, dinosaurs, insects and other images. Stickers must be pasted in a certain order (along the contours), which also forms attentiveness.
- Pajama-kigurumi. Even some adults are delighted with these vibrant themed pajamas - what can we say about children. Cute pajamas in the form of a panda, kitten or dragon will love a two-year-old baby, therefore, she will be happy to sleep in it.
- Glowing sneakers. Some kids start to be naughty when they are dressed for a walk. But to wear bright sneakers, on the sole of which, at every step, a light flashes, no fashionista will refuse. Every walk for her will be a joy.
Gift Ideas for Niece
The little daughter of a sister or brother always causes a special affection. Naturally, I want to please my niece with something special, especially on such a momentous day.
- Beautiful dress and shoes. The little princess needs a “royal” outfit. To do this, you need to learn from her parents the height and length of the foot, and then pick up a festive "ensemble". And let the baby put him on just a couple of times in her life (after all, children grow quickly), but she can feel like a princess from a favorite fairy tale and remember that this fairy tale was presented to her by her beloved uncle or aunt.
- Diadem. This can be either a supplement to the previous version or a completely independent gift. The baby will be able to wear it not only for games, but also for a walk. Some guys go with her even to kindergarten.
- Baby cosmetics. You can please the niece with a set of children's hypoallergenic cosmetics. In such a set, as a rule, includes eau de toilette, hygienic lipstick (sometimes pearl), nail polish.It is better to add a present with beautiful hairpins, elastics, a bright comb.
- Magnetic slate board. This gift is one of useful. On the magnetic side you can attach letters, numbers, learn to make words and solve examples, and on the slate side it is very convenient to draw with crayons.
While the child is small, you need to please him more often.
Of course, it is not necessary to indulge every whim of a beloved child, but it is impossible to limit everything in everything, because the main thing in a gift is attention and its relevance.
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