Fourth Birthday Gifts Australia

What do you get for someone who is 4 years old? Four year olds enjoy imagination and pretend games, and are very active.

Safety is less an issue with toys for four year olds - they can usually be trusted with toys with small parts - if in doubt, check with their parents - but be wary of sharp objects. Rounded corners are still a good idea. Tricycles and similar toys should be designed for their age and size.

Suggestions: Pretend toys like animals, cars, trucks, dress-ups and house toys. Creative four year olds like to draw and play simple musical instruments. Toys that encourage color, size and shape identification and hand-eye coordination are popular. Sturdy pedal-cars, tricycles and riding toys are popular but check for quality and safety. Board games and simple books are good to develop language, logic and social skills.

• Global Style - Funky customised t-shirts, hats, bags and more for stylish toddlers, babies, kids and adults. Check out their picture gallery for examples and use the online designer to make your own. Global Style also make vinyl name labels. Fantastic for children starting preschool, kindergarten or prep-school, Global Style sells a pack of personalised vinyl name labels. The labels are dishwasher proof, so they can be used to label lunch boxes, water bottles, back packs and anything else at risk of being lost. Use the online label designer to order. Based in NSW with delivery Australia wide.
   
• Peanut Gallery - Australian online toyshop offering a beautiful selection of wooden, educational and traditional toys for children aged birth to 8 years. Free gift wrapping and hand-written gift tags. Based in Victoria, flat delivery fee Australia-wide by Australia Post Parcel Post. Having trouble deciding? Search by age, sex, and price range.
   
• Unique Kids - Stylish range of quality products for babies, boys and girls. From baby bibs to vibrant, colourful art for bedroom walls. Free gift wrapping and personalised message cards for easy gift giving. See what's new or
  • Musical Instruments
  • Wooden Toys
  • Girl's Bags & Hats by Penny Scallan
  • Girl's Bedroom Decor
  • Dolls & Play Accessories
  • Soft Play Toys & Stacking Blocks
  • Wooden Activity Toys & Play Sets
  • Boy's Bags and Hats by Penny Scallan
  • Boy's Bedroom Decor
  • Cars, Planes & Trains
  • Educational Toys
  • Great Gift Ideas under $20
     
• Young Minds - Educational children's products and toys catering for all children from newborn up. Based in Sydney, they offer free gift-wrapping, an Australia-wide parcel postage flat rate for educational toys and a combination of toys and DVDs.
  • browse by age for 3-5 years or 5-8 years
  • Boys Toys and Gifts or Girls Toys and Gifts
  • Animals, Safari and Farm - Toys, puzzles, and dolls.
  • Doll Houses Dolls and Furniture - Doll family, teapots, doll bedroom furniture and train sets.
  • DVDs - Brainy Baby Animals, colours, shapes, ABCs and discovering water DVDs.
  • Educational Games - Fun developmental games including board games, counting games, matching games, and card games.
  • Fairy, Fairies, Fairyland
  • Outdoor Toys, Creative Play - Dressups, play sets, play books, and barnyard toys and figurines.
  • Puzzles - Jigsaw puzzles, cube puzzles, counting, shapes, alphabet, transport and a princess. 
  • Wooden Toys - Wooden bead sets, cars, castles, rattles, doll houses and accessories.
   
• My Wooden Toys is "For Little People with big imaginations". This site includes wooden toys, educational toys and fun toys. They have some good bundles of toys.
   
• PeeDee Toys - Melbourne based toy shop with the widest range of brand-name toys. Gift-wrapping, Birthday Cards for 4 year olds and gift vouchers available. Flat rate delivery Australia wide. Go direct to Infant & Pre-school category or browse the following categories:
  • Books and CDs for Children - Including Books for 4 to 8 Years and Musical CDs of children's songs and storybooks.
  • Construction - Classics such as LEGO and Meccano, as well as MegaBloks and Zoob.
  • Girls Toys - Dolls, fairies, princesses, kitchen and housework play sets, as well as electronic toys like FurReal Friends and Furby.
     
• A Little Luxury is one of our favourite gift stores with a wide range of unusual and elegant gifts, homewares and customisable gift baskets for all ages. Based in Sydney, delivery Australia-wide. See Gifts for Children for popular toys from ABC Kids and Sesame Street, fabulous plush toys from Nici and Gund