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DD (4)'s big xmas gift was a Step2 nursery playset (that frankly doesn't get played with much!).
She got a cute little kids piano for her birthday which she loves. (Not a very $$ gift, but her most played with!)
A 'big' gift would be her ride-on 12V jeep, another love that she's had for a couple years but might not work well if you don't have the space to ride it.

DD’s big gift when she turned 4 was a doll house, she played with it daily for about 1.5 years. She also loved certain LEGO sets at that age - the ones for 4+. I think we added to her magnatile collection around then because she was building bigger, more complex things and wanted more pieces. A nice quality scooter would be good. Or DD has a Flybar My First Foam Pogo Jumper that she LOVES - it’s not expensive but is super fun, I even use it sometimes!

What does she like? Is she into outside stuff, imagination, arts and crafts? Do you have an easel? A small trampoline? We got my son a small guitar for his 5th birthday and that was a big hit. If she likes to cook, maybe a kid-sized cooking set. Magnatiles, my kids are loving scootering right now, sand table for your yard (I know you said it isn’t big but they don’t have a huge footprint).

@Clementine12: I don’t know if this is how your daughter is but what is magical to my son (5) - and I was the same at that age - is being taken to ice cream and the toy store and being told he can choose any one thing in the entire place. I still remember toys r us and the Disney store of 1989 so fondly because it was such a special day!! Also, like, you don’t have to do much

@Clementine12: See we’re on the same page Except you have a excuse! I mean the best we can really do is target or the ONE local toy store in our city but I promise he still looooooves going to browse, making a whole afternoon of it; and carefully selecting his treasure If I pick something it’s 50/50 lol.