# Presents for a 5 year old girl? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [November 7, 2011, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/presents-for-a-5-year-old-girl/602164 "2011-11-07T13:12:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![El\_Burro\_Buenmozo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@El\_Burro\_Buenmozo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Burro_Buenmozo)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2011, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/presents-for-a-5-year-old-girl/602164/21 "2011-11-08T22:03:05Z")
My 5 year old just went to her best friend’s birthday party and the gift we gave was an “Operation” game and batteries. The kid loved it. -El Burro ---
**Author:** ![missred](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/missred/32/14096_2.png) [@missred](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/missred)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2011, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/presents-for-a-5-year-old-girl/602164/22 "2011-11-09T00:57:07Z")
> [@Dendarii\_Dame](#): > > How about a magazine subscription? I can recommend Ladybug (mostly stories and poems), Click (mostly science stuff) and Highlights High Five (like Ladybug) as being age-appropriate. It’s like getting a present once a month (for Highlights High Five) or nine times a year (for the other two magazines.) Or if she is really interested in animals, there’s Your Big Backyard. Another one that the kids in my life have enjoyed has been _Ranger Rick_. 'Course, a couple of them are a bit on the crunchy side. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![What\_i\_think](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/94ad74/32.png) [@What\_i\_think](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_i_think)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2011, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/presents-for-a-5-year-old-girl/602164/23 "2011-11-09T15:05:24Z")
Lego’s are offend over looked but are great for girls. Jump ropes lots of fun. A kids camera (unless it has another kid to go to go cheap she’ll out grow it in 2 or 3 years anyways), take her to Clairs in the mall ( or as we like to call it little girl heaven) Wall stickers. Books. oddly art book my daughter has one of unicorn and one about fairy showing how different artiste of depicted them even though the are not kid books per-say she will look at them for hour making up stories about the pictures. ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2011, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/presents-for-a-5-year-old-girl/602164/24 "2011-11-09T20:14:54Z")
The Littlest Briston turns six in two weeks – top of the list is a [MobiGo](http://www.vtechkids.com/brands/brand_view/mobigo) (pink, natch). ---
**Author:** ![Parthol](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/dec6dc/32.png) [@Parthol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Parthol)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2011, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/presents-for-a-5-year-old-girl/602164/25 "2011-11-09T20:42:02Z")
I strongly recommend the card game [Sleeping Queens.](http://www.amazon.com/Gamewright-230-Sleeping-Queens/dp/B0009XBY3A/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1320871153&sr=8-1) It’s a huge hit with both of my daughters (currently ages 4 and 6). It’s about $10. It’s a fun game with great artwork that sneaks in some math practice too! ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2011, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/presents-for-a-5-year-old-girl/602164/26 "2011-11-09T22:41:55Z")
We’re off to Toys R Us on Saturday… 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Baron\_Greenback](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baron_greenback/32/48_2.png) [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2011, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/presents-for-a-5-year-old-girl/602164/27 "2011-11-09T23:39:03Z")
> [@Quartz](#): > > We’re off to Toys R Us on Saturday… 😃 I took my niece and nephews to Toys R Us a few years ago. I’m not sure which of us had the most fun. 😛 Man, toys have come a long way since the 1970s. ---
**Author:** ![kjbrasda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/74df32/32.png) [@kjbrasda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kjbrasda)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2011, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/presents-for-a-5-year-old-girl/602164/28 "2011-11-10T04:31:33Z")
Oh, I forgot, if you go for dress up clothes, Fancy Nancy books definately need to accompany them! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/presents-for-a-5-year-old-girl/602164.md?page=1)