Examples of Appropriate Gifts :
Footballs
Skipping ropes
Cuddly toys
Small/travel/magnetic board games;
i.e. chess, draughts, frustration, connect four, guess who etc
Colouring, work, puzzle books etc.
Simple craft kits - like friendship bracelets, embroidery kits, knitting kits etc
Educational toys and books.
Fuzzy Felts
Solar powered gadgets i.e. calculators, night lights etc.
Frisbees.
Pencil case, colouring pencils, ruler, eraser, pencil sharpener.
Math sets
Velcro ball and glove sets.
Soft balls and beach balls.
Snap cards, memory cards, Uno etc.
Coloured, white, lined, math paper
Small mechano kits, small Lego kits
Toy cars, trucks, planes, etc
Yo-Yo, cats cradle
Wind up toys, Wind up musical gadgets
Toddlers musical instruments- clackers, shakers etc.
Hand/finger puppets
Kaleidoscopes, kids binoculars
Bug catching kits
And so on .......
Examples of Inappropriate Gifts :
Power Rangers
Toy soldiers
Teenage mutant ninja turtles
Toy guns, toy weapons etc (anything that is violence/combat related).
Make up and hair accessories
Sweets.
Toy food.
Clothing with imagery of food, luxury items, or are revealing.
Dolls like Brats, Winx and Barbie.
Please avoid slogans for example "99% angel, 1% devil", "Born to shop", "Kiss me quick" etc.
Anything battery operated as batteries are very expensive.
Nothing that requires electricity.
Expensive looking jewellery.
Older children's books that contain horror, murder, rape, sex etc
Younger children's books that contain pictures of lots of food, perfect family life and inappropriately dressed girls and babies i.e. brats babies, brats, Barbie, Winx, etc.