My daughter’s fifth birthday is coming up - send me all your recommendations for a unicorn, rainbow, mermaid, artistic, imaginative play loving girl. Thanks all!

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Noelle · Answer

DIY Potion Kit: Perfect gift for a small witch child or really any kid who likes to make a concoction (which I’m pretty sure is all of them). Buy a bunch of bulk herbs and spices and some small jars or stoppered bottles and let them go wild. Rose petals, lavender, hibiscus, chamomile, turmeric, etc. If you get butterfly pea flowers or violets and then add lemon juice the color will magically change.  Bonus if you have a mortar and pestle they can use too. Sometimes you end up with a lovely drinkable tea, sometimes it becomes a tincture of rose/dirt/baking soda/garlic/mulch and you will need to abstain from sampling. Both outcomes are good IMO.

Amy · Answer

Lily the Pond Mermaid (Lucy Fleming): Pair it with a mermaid doll for the bath - and you’ve got a winning combination!

Brigid · Answer

Bird Water Whistle: these are like $6 near the counter at Fishs Eddy. delightful to adults and children alike.

Eric F · Answer

A Big Mylar Helium Balloon 🎈: Little kids seem to love it just as much as any toy, it lasts a surprisingly long time, and parents can throw it away when it deflates.

JaperMoon · Answer

So Many Neon Smiley Stickers: I want these. I need these. Oh baby, oh baby.

I imagine using them for habit tracking and for decorating mail, but also just this pile on my desk would make me very happy.

JaperMoon · Answer

DISCO LIGHTBULB: A friend mailed this to me out of the blue and it is everything. Impromptu dance party? Turn on the disco lightbulb! I have a lamp that is easy to change out the bulb, and I do it quite frequently. It is really exciting to turn this on when friends come over - like what, you can just have a disco at home?! Yeah you can!

I also have a mini version that plugs into my phone and syncs up to the beat of whatever music I have playing.

I'm telling you, disco lightbulb.

amy wesson · Answer

Unicorn Style & Shine Gemify® Beauty Kit: this diy bedazzling kit! and literally everything else on the super smalls website 🦄