SANDPITS AND SEA WORLD

Buy a sandpit similar to the one shown in the picture and then put some sea toys (crab, sea horse, different types of fish, seal, octopus) into the sand. Put some things other than sea toys such as stones, flowers or any random stuff. Make sure that your kid can’t see the stuff you’ve put into the sand. Give him/her a shovel, bucket, sifter. Ask your kid to dig the sand using the shovel and find out things. Ask him/her to sort sea animals from all the other stuff. Benefits of this toy cum activity:-

• your kid becomes active
• your kid stays grounded as he learns the importance of sand, animals in this world of all technological toys
• this activity acts as a brain booster exercise as it forces your child to use their brain.
• It encourages your kid to be more involved in physical activity

And the most important thing is that it is very light on your pocket.

BEADS JEWELLERY SET

Buy this DIY jewellery set for your kid. Make sure there are beads of different colours which will attract your kid towards this game. Teach him/her once how to insert the thread into the bead and then allow him/her to do it by themselves. Let your kid learn by himself about bead jewellery. This game will chase your mischievous child to leave all the useless technological games and play with this innovative game. When your child will try to insert the bead into the thread, his/her focusing and concentration power will gradually increase. He/she will learn about different colours, colour combinations, associating beads of different shapes. He/she will learn to put things together. Your kid will also learn that one single bead may not look so beautiful but when combined with other different beads to make different objects (necklace, earrings, bracelet, ring), they look so beautiful. Hence you can make your kid learn the strength of togetherness. Thus this game proves to be very useful yet cheap on your pocket.

I feel pompoms are great things for your kid. Your kid will definitely love to play with them. These are small enough that your toddler can easily handle them in his/her tiny hands. It is a great developmental activity that will help to improve fine motor skills (using the small muscles of the hands and fingers) of your child. He/she will develop an understanding of cause-and-effect and problem-solving skills. He/she will also develop an understanding of sorting colours into separate bowls/tubes of the same colour. Nothing can come cheaper than pompoms but it is worth buying them.  

ANIMAL IDENTIFICATION E-BOOK

Another great toy for your toddler is an animal e-book. This e-book contains pictures of different animals and their sounds. Make your kid learn about animals and their sounds. This toy is a great opportunity for your kid to develop his/her listening skills. The various animal noises will help your kid identify the animal’s unique sound. It will also develop empathy and caring nature towards animals. He/she will learn to be humble. Not too expensive, this toy is a very good way for your kid’s emotional development and a great option for a Christmas gift.

ABACUS TOY

This toy comes with dual benefits for your child. He/she will learn about numbers as well as colours. Your kid will also have fun sliding the abacus beads along with counting them and learning. This sliding theme of the toy encourages the child to learn about numbers. This sharpens your child’s brain. It serves as a calculative tool for your child in future as nowadays, accurate calculations are required at every small step.

So here are 5 great options which you can include in your list of gifts to present to your kid this Christmas which are extremely cheap yet useful. These toys will prove to be very developing for your kid. So what are you waiting for? Go and enjoy with your kid.