It's always hard to know what will grab their attention, but the general rule tends to be the more expensive a present, the less it gets played with. The most
successful toy this year has been a generic magic drawing board that cost
6.99 euros. Both our kids played with it continually, and Nick and Timothy played with it non-stop in the summer. It finally broke in the autumn, so when it reappeared on Dia's shelves recently, price hiked ridiculously to 8.99 this year
(including extra mini board though) we bought THREE of them - one each for the kids and one spare. Any variation on this theme (such as Etch-a-Sketch, for example) is guaranteed to be a hit.
Daniel still loves cars, trucks, JCBs, fire engines, etc., the less complicated the better, although flashing lights and sirens always go down well, especially if they have a volume control ;o). One thing he doesn't have yet which he would probably love is a click-together road or rail track system.
Jamie likes drawing, colouring, activity books and crafts. She's got plenty of plasticene and always makes too much mess with it, and enough crayons and felt tips to colour the Forth Bridge. She likes colouring books, dot-to-dots, colour by numbers and that kind of activity book, especially featuring her favourite TV / film
characters: Dora the Explorer, Fairly Odd Parents, Totally Spies, Finding Nemo, Monsters Inc., Pooh/Tigger, Miffy and all the Disney 'princesses'.
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