Birthday Presents for Olivia | Gift ideas for a 3 year old

This year I have really struggled to find gifts for Olivia who is turning 3 tomorrow so I thought it would be a great idea to share what we have to help others out. We also had a day out with Olivia at Brighton Sea life which we thought that she would really enjoy.

Olivia is at the age where she is only just really getting into things but already has a lot of things that she loves so I wanted to get her things that she would really enjoy and learn from too.

We have The Smeds and the Smoos book for her which is her favorite Julia Donaldson thing to watch right now, we absoloutly love all her stories and its a great addition to her ever growing collection. The Rocket bath bomb from Zimpli Kidz is a little added extra as I saw it on amazon and thought she would enjoy it, just a little something to put a smile on her face.

I also picked up Greedy Granny game, I saw this shared on someones Instagram stories and instantly thought that Olivia would love this, she has played similar games at rainbows and loved it.

The next two items are from Jaques of London who I have been gifted items from before and absolutely loved there wooden collection, I have brought the Jaques of London wooden Ice creams and the Jaques of London wooden puzzle. Firstly she is still into wooden food and toys so thought she would love having something to add to her set up, the puzzle is one that I really think she'll love as its something she loves to do.

Lastly Olivia has a Chad valley magic playhouse for Nannies garden, we thought that she would really enjoy having a little sanctuary to hide in a play around in.

I really do hope that she enjoys what she has, and that she has a lovely day, I can't quite believe that I am actually going to have a 3 year old.

Victoria

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