{"id":8779,"date":"2016-07-05T12:54:08","date_gmt":"2016-07-05T02:54:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nightwolfsden.com\/blog\/?p=8779"},"modified":"2025-11-24T08:53:21","modified_gmt":"2025-11-24T08:53:21","slug":"birthday-gifts-3s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nightwolfsden.com\/blog\/2016\/07\/05\/birthday-gifts-3s\/","title":{"rendered":"Birthday gifts for the under 3s"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>This post originally appeared on From the Wolf&#8217;s Den. I&#8217;ve updated it to include gift ideas for children under 3.<br \/>\nDisclaimer \u2013 I\u2019m not receiving anything for the products I link to. They are just ideas or products I personally own or sites I have bought from before.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>My goodness, that has snuck up fast! Miss A will be one in a couple of months. I\u2019m so not ready.<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019ll be doing lots of birthday prep sharing soon but today I wanted to share a list I\u2019m working on that I thought might be useful for other mums of littlies \u2013 what to get a 1 year old<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019ll be asking guests to Miss A\u2019s party to not buy toys this year. Now don\u2019t get me wrong \u2013 toys are awesome <strong>but<\/strong> we have heaps. Boxes of toys that belonged to Miss K, most of which are still in great condition. Miss K and I will be sorting them soon into toys to keep for Miss A, toys that have sentimental value, teddy bears (cause you never get rid of teddy bears lol), toys to give to the needy (cause I really want to instil this in my girls each year before birthdays and Christmas but more on that another time) and stuff that can just get chucked out.<\/p>\n<p>So what does one buy for a 1 year old that isn\u2019t toys? With the help of the internet, mums in my birth group, friends and family, I\u2019ve compiled this list of handy non toy suggestions for you.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Books. Kids can never have too many books. Write a little note inside to the recipient with the month &amp; date.<\/li>\n<li>Clothing. Check with the parents for size\/season recommendations or if they have any preferences<\/li>\n<li>Vouchers. Grab a voucher parents can use to buy baby goods \u2013 things like nappies &amp; wipes. Boring but useful.<\/li>\n<li>Memberships. If you have a zoo nearby grab a membership.<\/li>\n<li>put some money in their saving account<\/li>\n<li>A coin set (My mum has done this for Miss K \u2013 a set each year since she was born)<\/li>\n<li>A dish\/cup\/spoon\/fork set<\/li>\n<li>a little something special for the mum &amp; dad<\/li>\n<li>Music CDs designed for little kids<\/li>\n<li>DVDs for kids<\/li>\n<li>Something my godmother did was to buy me a charm bracelet then a charm each year<\/li>\n<li>Something personalised \u2013 towels, bowls, cups<\/li>\n<li>An IOU for babysitting\/day out with the little person<\/li>\n<li>Adopt an animal on behalf of a child (eg. through <a href=\"https:\/\/donate.wwf.org.au\/campaigns\/adopt-an-endangered-animal\/\" target=\"_blank\">WWF<\/a> \u2013 yeah I know it comes with a toy but it\u2019s sooo cute AND a good cause)<\/li>\n<li>Have a toy made out of a special piece of baby clothing \u2013 like the onesie they came home in. Check out <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/bearyspecialmemoriesaus\" target=\"_blank\">Beary Special Memories<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Something knitted or crocheted. I can recommend <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/TheBeanieBunch\" target=\"_blank\">the Beanie Bunch<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Pram liners or car seat liners. I can recommend <a href=\"http:\/\/www.maxandi.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Max &amp; I<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Handmade bibs<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Over to you. What non-toy gift would you give a 1 year old?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This post originally appeared on From the Wolf&#8217;s Den. I&#8217;ve updated it to include gift ideas for children under 3. Disclaimer \u2013 I\u2019m not receiving anything for the products I link to. They are just ideas or products I personally own or sites I have bought from before. My goodness, that has snuck up fast! &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/nightwolfsden.com\/blog\/2016\/07\/05\/birthday-gifts-3s\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Birthday gifts for the under 3s&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wprm-recipe-roundup-name":"","wprm-recipe-roundup-description":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[64],"class_list":["post-8779","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general","tag-from-the-wolfs-den"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nightwolfsden.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8779","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nightwolfsden.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nightwolfsden.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nightwolfsden.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nightwolfsden.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8779"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/nightwolfsden.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8779\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12330,"href":"https:\/\/nightwolfsden.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8779\/revisions\/12330"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nightwolfsden.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8779"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nightwolfsden.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8779"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nightwolfsden.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8779"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}