https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Wed, 15 Apr 2026 05:04:57 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-were-your-kids-favorite-gifts-this-year#post-2921871 Wed, 06 Jan 2021 08:30:38 +0000 hilary 2921871@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>All 3 kids got new/bigger bikes and their favorite part is the $2 water bottle holders we bought for the bikes.</p> <p>8 - Got first 6 books of Babysitters Club and LOVES them.<br /> 6 - A fancier water color kit that is getting used every day. It just has lots of colors and new paint brushes.<br /> 6 - Got a Master Chief figurine/toy from Halo (which prior to Christmas has never played) that he's obsessed with. He also gets to help my husband play Halo for 10 minutes if he reads us a BOB book (very reluctant beginning reader, doesn't even want to try). Never been allowed to play legit video games so this is very exciting for him. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-were-your-kids-favorite-gifts-this-year#post-2921861 Tue, 05 Jan 2021 15:54:35 +0000 nana87 2921861@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>dh and I were just saying we shouldn't bother buying our girls (3.5 and 6.5) anything besides hatchimals and other tiny plastic figure type toys :silly: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-were-your-kids-favorite-gifts-this-year#post-2921859 Tue, 05 Jan 2021 13:07:27 +0000 Chuckles 2921859@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@kayla0416: The ice cream cart! My 7 year old saw the one I was buying for his 2 year old nephew and *insisted* for weeks that he loved it and desperately wanted one. Since we also have a 1 one year old, I bought them a joint gift. He was so excited and played pretend with it nonstop! For one day! :silly: And while his baby sister still plays with it a little bit, it is mostly sitting unused. Oh well. I'm sure she'll get more interested in it as she gets a little older. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-were-your-kids-favorite-gifts-this-year#post-2921858 Tue, 05 Jan 2021 12:57:26 +0000 IRunForFun 2921858@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Chuckles: I bet your DD would love the Poke a Dot books. It keeps my 16 month old interested for ages (so like 10 mins in real time, but that’s ages in toddler world.) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-were-your-kids-favorite-gifts-this-year#post-2921844 Mon, 04 Jan 2021 16:39:07 +0000 kayla0416 2921844@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have 3 girls, ages 4.5, 3, and 11 mo. They are all obsessed with this ice cream cart that my FIL got for the 3 year old (I had given him the idea). <a href="https://www.amazon.com/LeapFrog-Scoop-Deluxe-Amazon-Exclusive/dp/B0877FBND2/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&#038;keywords=leapfrog+ice+cream+cart&#038;qid=1609789503&#038;sr=8-1" rel="nofollow">https://www.amazon.com/LeapFrog-Scoop-Deluxe-Amazon-Exclusive/dp/B0877FBND2/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&#038;keywords=leapfrog+ice+cream+cart&#038;qid=1609789503&#038;sr=8-1</a>.</p> <p>Other than that, the favorite thing has been an 8-pack of Frozen 2 Lipsmacker lip balms that "Santa" split between the older two's stockings. Seriously, they've been carrying them around and putting them on like 30 times a day. Also loved the nail polish and nail stickers from Santa. And the temporary tattoos and glow sticks from a cousin. I guess next year we should just do all our shopping at the dollar store! </p> <p>My 11 mo old also loves the Manhattan Treetop Activity Center. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-were-your-kids-favorite-gifts-this-year#post-2921831 Mon, 04 Jan 2021 12:19:25 +0000 Rocker2014 2921831@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>These are so great!</p> <p>DD (6) loved almost everything she got this year, but she says her favorite is a Melissa and Doug doctor kit, which was definitely not what I was expecting! She plays with it daily, her millions of stuffies have all had injuries lately :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-were-your-kids-favorite-gifts-this-year#post-2921830 Mon, 04 Jan 2021 11:41:20 +0000 Chuckles 2921830@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I love reading everyone's responses!<br /> @SugarplumsMom: :grin: oh, kids. You just never know what's going to be a hit.<br /> @IRunForFun: I've never seen the Poke a Dot books. Those look like fun!<br /> @Corduroy: We love Ticket to Ride and my son is just getting into his chinese jump rope, too.<br /> @Mommy Finger: Handsome John - hilarious!<br /> @Bluemasonjar: A real drill! That's awesome. Around the same age, DS got a real dustbuster and it was a favorite gift. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-were-your-kids-favorite-gifts-this-year#post-2921827 Mon, 04 Jan 2021 11:02:21 +0000 Bluemasonjar 2921827@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DS (2) - Loved his balance bike, he rode it around the house all Christmas morning. And the small drill that my in laws bought him. Note that it is not a toy drill but an actual tool. We don't let him have the bits and he runs around pretending to fix things.</p> <p>DS (5.5) - He was most excited about the Hot Wheels Ultimate Garage which is even bigger than I had anticipated. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-were-your-kids-favorite-gifts-this-year#post-2921826 Mon, 04 Jan 2021 10:35:23 +0000 wrkbrk 2921826@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mommy Finger: Handsome John 🤣🤣 </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-were-your-kids-favorite-gifts-this-year#post-2921824 Mon, 04 Jan 2021 10:33:57 +0000 josina 2921824@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>One of our family gifts this year was a vintage nintendo which is DS's (6) favorite gift. And it's cute to watch him and DH play together the same games DH played as a kid.<br /> His other hits were his smart kids watch and Hess truck.</p> <p>DD is so tough because she doesn't seem to play with any one thing regularly. She loved her twin babies though and a blanket with her name on it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-were-your-kids-favorite-gifts-this-year#post-2921821 Mon, 04 Jan 2021 10:17:47 +0000 Mommy Finger 2921821@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@wrkbrk: I found a giant bear at Target for $10 that we gave to our 5 yo and he's obsessed. He's named him Handsome John. Pretty sure I could have given him only this and he would have been happy. Would have saved me a bunch of money. :grin: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-were-your-kids-favorite-gifts-this-year#post-2921816 Mon, 04 Jan 2021 06:36:09 +0000 HappyBaker 2921816@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DD (8) - The last 4 land of stories books she didn’t have, she’s read over 1,000 pages since Christmas!</p> <p>DS (6) - alll the Legos, and a matchbox hauling police truck </p> <p>DS (2) - a pretend hair / shaving kit and magnatile car pieces. </p> <p>We also made up a basket of games for the older two and they’ve been loving that - Sleeping Queens, Scattegories cards, tenzi and phase 10. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-were-your-kids-favorite-gifts-this-year#post-2921812 Sun, 03 Jan 2021 23:02:36 +0000 Corduroy 2921812@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My 5yo son is loving his pokemon shirts, cards and figurines. </p> <p>My 7yo daughter has been playing Sleeping Queens and Ticket to Ride First Journey. She's also quite taken with her microphone, jump rope, and Chinese jump rope. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-were-your-kids-favorite-gifts-this-year#post-2921804 Sun, 03 Jan 2021 16:40:18 +0000 erinbaderin 2921804@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@2littlepumpkins: How old are your kids and what games? We struggle with finding ones that will appeal to our guys. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-were-your-kids-favorite-gifts-this-year#post-2921801 Sun, 03 Jan 2021 15:43:57 +0000 2littlepumpkins 2921801@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My son got this building kit and he loved it. There were a lot of hits, the kids were spoiled this year! We didn’t do tons of electronics but they also got a couple games for the switch. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-were-your-kids-favorite-gifts-this-year#post-2921795 Sun, 03 Jan 2021 08:40:43 +0000 wrkbrk 2921795@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>His favorite was the (very) large stuffed giraffe Santa brought. He sleeps with it in his bed. 🤣 </p> [attach=5342/21/qmd1zv.600x450.5C834307-B4EB-40F0-B758-DD135EE96B82.jpeg] https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-were-your-kids-favorite-gifts-this-year#post-2921786 Sat, 02 Jan 2021 20:14:34 +0000 autumnleaves 2921786@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My 6 year old and 4 year old both loved their mosaic sticker picture activity books. The 6 year old also loves the puzzles and deep sea creature lego set he got and he wants me to read the magic treehouse chapter books he got to them every day. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-were-your-kids-favorite-gifts-this-year#post-2921785 Sat, 02 Jan 2021 19:17:38 +0000 mrs.kiwi 2921785@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DS 6.5<br /> shark slippers<br /> Plastic spinosaurus dinosaur that roars</p> <p>DD almost 5<br /> Plastic unicorns<br /> A sequins butterfly shirt</p> <p>DS almost 3<br /> A play paw patrol phone that came with a paw patrol book </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-were-your-kids-favorite-gifts-this-year#post-2921781 Sat, 02 Jan 2021 12:34:18 +0000 LadyDi 2921781@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Oh also, I got what I think is called a hover star that all three of them LOVE </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-were-your-kids-favorite-gifts-this-year#post-2921780 Sat, 02 Jan 2021 12:33:43 +0000 LadyDi 2921780@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DS1 (5.5) - Super Mario LEGO starter course and a couple of expansion packs. Plays with it ALL day. Minecraft LEGO are also getting a lot of play.</p> <p>DS2 (almost 3) - kinetic sand, especially one where you dig to find dinosaur bones</p> <p>DS3 (1.5) - Magic Tracks car set </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-were-your-kids-favorite-gifts-this-year#post-2921779 Sat, 02 Jan 2021 11:18:37 +0000 catgirl 2921779@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DD (6) seems to be happy and interested in almost all of her gifts this year (yay for people using the amazon wish list!). But she seems overwhelmed with how many she got between her birthday and Christmas, so we have tucked some away for now. I would say her favorites are:<br /> LeapFrog Magic Adventures Globe<br /> Flybar My first Pogo Jumper<br /> Botley the coding robot<br /> New books<br /> FurReal Dragon<br /> All things barbie </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-were-your-kids-favorite-gifts-this-year#post-2921776 Sat, 02 Jan 2021 08:44:09 +0000 IRunForFun 2921776@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have 2 DDs, one is about to turn 4 and the other is 16 months. </p> <p>The biggest hit for them both was a KidKraft play kitchen. It’s the farm to table one that has little garden boxes with veggies, a chalkboard, and the sink and stove have LED lights and make fun noises. </p> <p>Otherwise DD2 really likes the Little People Farm and Little People Bus, and her Poke a Dot Book. DD1 is obsessed with her kids digital camera. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-were-your-kids-favorite-gifts-this-year#post-2921775 Sat, 02 Jan 2021 05:32:04 +0000 SugarplumsMom 2921775@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DD 8.5 loved a pair of cheap light-up headphones, but ignored her Apple pencil and continued to draw with her finger. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-were-your-kids-favorite-gifts-this-year#post-2921770 Sat, 02 Jan 2021 01:28:41 +0000 peaches1038 2921770@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DS is 5 and his favorite gifts were a bluTrack matchbox car track and LEGO sets. He also got the zombie kids game and has been enjoying playing that with us </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-were-your-kids-favorite-gifts-this-year#post-2921769 Sat, 02 Jan 2021 00:53:48 +0000 julie31 2921769@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My 6.5 yo received two Star Wars lego sets (the 1,000+ pieces kind). These were his most anticipated gifts and he spent December 25 and 26 solely focused on building them. He also got a few board games that’s he’s into. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-were-your-kids-favorite-gifts-this-year#post-2921765 Fri, 01 Jan 2021 23:42:25 +0000 Lahela017 2921765@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DD (21 months): stuffed dog, push/ride on Minnie Mouse car toy, and Little People house and farm. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-were-your-kids-favorite-gifts-this-year#post-2921764 Fri, 01 Jan 2021 21:42:32 +0000 Mrs. Champagne 2921764@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Tablets for sure are the favourite haha. 🥴 </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-were-your-kids-favorite-gifts-this-year#post-2921761 Fri, 01 Jan 2021 21:25:16 +0000 erinbaderin 2921761@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>B turns 7 in a few weeks, and is super high energy and physical. The biggest hits for him were rollerblades and a kid’s Fitbit - on multiple occasions I’ve woken up at 6am to find him standing beside the bed saying “Mom. How many steps do you have?”</p> <p>W, 4.5, is easier to buy for but it’s tougher to say what was his favourite. He hates shirts so this blanket is getting daily use: <a href="https://www.chapters.indigo.ca/en-ca/toys/wonder-co-hooded-blanket-yeti/882709621515-item.html?ikwid=yeti+blanket&#038;ikwsec=Home&#038;ikwidx=0#algoliaQueryId=9a9b33b394b63cb5e69f6f28bab2242c" rel="nofollow">https://www.chapters.indigo.ca/en-ca/toys/wonder-co-hooded-blanket-yeti/882709621515-item.html?ikwid=yeti+blanket&#038;ikwsec=Home&#038;ikwidx=0#algoliaQueryId=9a9b33b394b63cb5e69f6f28bab2242c</a> He likes to put it on and stomp around the house pretending to be a yeti. He also got a plasma car that he really loved until we realized it was scratching up our hardwood floors and it had to become an outdoor toy. Hoot Owl Hoot was also a big hit, and this tiny little stuff dog that I got at the drug store for $4. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-were-your-kids-favorite-gifts-this-year#post-2921759 Fri, 01 Jan 2021 21:09:55 +0000 MoonMoon 2921759@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DS 7.5<br /> Robux video game gift card<br /> A Doge plushie (this kid lives for memes these days, but I have to admit the plushie is really soft and huggable) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-were-your-kids-favorite-gifts-this-year#post-2921758 Fri, 01 Jan 2021 20:45:07 +0000 Chuckles 2921758@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>What are your kids ages and what gifts were the biggest hits this year?<br /> DS (7.5) - An Echo Dot and a coding robot he had to build himself. He's been playing music on the Dot and asking it jokes, mostly<br /> DD (13 months) - a bubble machine, board books, and a Playskool ball popper </p>