# What to buy for the kid who has nothing?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-buy-for-the-kid-who-has-nothing/97139>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [December 6, 2001, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-buy-for-the-kid-who-has-nothing/97139 "2001-12-06T00:56:50Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\
**Post date:** [December 7, 2001, 6:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-buy-for-the-kid-who-has-nothing/97139/21 "2001-12-07T06:23:35Z")

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My 3.5 year old daughter can’t read, but she still entertains herself by looking at books - she’s memorized a few well enough that she ‘reads’ them to herself.

Eric Carle books tend to have enough repetition (“Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?” “The Very Grouchy Ladybug” “The Very Busy Spider”) that very little kids can “read” them to themselves after only a few readings by others.

But that’s only _after_ you’ve bought Legos. I think Legos are the best idea with the least risk or downside. AT four, the toddler legos are probably the way to go.

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**Author:** ![shawa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dfb087/32.png) [@shawa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shawa)\
**Post date:** [December 7, 2001, 7:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-buy-for-the-kid-who-has-nothing/97139/22 "2001-12-07T07:48:21Z")

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Finger Paint 🙂

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**Author:** ![Chas.E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e99b99/32.png) [@Chas.E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chas.E)\
**Post date:** [December 7, 2001, 7:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-buy-for-the-kid-who-has-nothing/97139/23 "2001-12-07T07:52:38Z")

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If these kids really have nothing, get em some clothes or some new shoes.

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**Author:** ![Spanky\_The\_Dolphin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e274bd/32.png) [@Spanky\_The\_Dolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spanky_The_Dolphin)\
**Post date:** [December 7, 2001, 7:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-buy-for-the-kid-who-has-nothing/97139/24 "2001-12-07T07:57:33Z")

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Nothing says “Merry Christmas” like a stick. Just a normal, run of the mill 2-3 foot, mostly straight, twigless stick. 😃

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