Christmas Gift Guide 2009: Presents for under 5s

When it comes to kids and Christmas buying the right presents can be a bit of a nightmare. There are so many great gifts out there, where do you start? To help you out we've searched the high street - and spoken to Father Christmas - to come up with a few ideas to help get you started.

Nestlé Selection Box
A great stocking filler is Nestlé’s new range of Christmas selection boxes specially catered for younger children. They are compact with no plastic trays making them easy-to-recycle. All the products contain no artificial colours or flavours. The kid’s Medium Selection Box contains six treats perfect for under 5’s. £2.44 from all major supermarkets including Tesco, Asda, Morrisons and Sainsbury’s

Baby’s 1st Christmas Bauble
Why not celebrate your baby’s first Christmas with a special keepsake bauble? It has a cute star and robin design on the front and says My 1st Christmas on the back. £5 from Mothercare

Miko Cat Make-up set (3 years and over)
The set features nail polish, two lip glosses and two hair clips. A great pressie for those little girls who love borrowing mummy’s make-up, now they can use their own! £4 from Boots

Miko Cat Jewellery Box (3 years and over)
This cute Christmas-themed jewellery box includes a Miko Cat charm bracelet and three rings for dressing up fun. A purrr-fect stocking filler. £8 from Boots

Santa outfit (0-24 months)
If you want to dress your little one up for the big day Mothercare has a range of oufits, including Santa, Mrs Santa, a Reindeer and an Elf. £15/16 from Mothercare

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Waybaloo Play n’ Wiggle YoJoJo (18 months and over)
YoJoJo from Waybaloo on CBeebies is set to knock In The Night Garden’s Iggle Piggle off the top spot this Christmas. Waybaloo’s YoJoJo comes to life with this great soft toy. Just squeeze his belly to hear your favourite YoJoJo phrases and watch his ears wiggle. He also comes with his own melody and lots more phrases. £26.99 from Argos

Lift Off Rocket (18 months - 4 years)
The Lift Off Rocket helps with your child’s motor skills and fuels their imagination. Press the button to see the engines light up and hear realistic countdown and take off sounds. Includes: 1 x rocket with lift-off sounds, 2 x astronauts, 1 x space dog, 1 x moon buggy and 1 x alien in a crater. £35 from the Early Learning Centre

Pink Whizz Around Garage (1-3 years)
This chunky Whizz Around Garage is ideal for little hands to get to grips with. It includes an exciting spiral descent and ramps, three cars and six sounds. This fun toy will help your child develop their manual dexterity and provide hours of imaginative play. £40 from the Early Learning Centre

My First Keyboard (From 1 year)
If you’re child’s a bit of a Jamie Cullum or more of an Alicia Keys why not treat them to a mini keyboard. It comes in pink or blue and features eight white light up keys and five black keys, a record and playback function, tempo and pitch buttons, drum sound effects and eight rhythms. The demo button includes rock, classical and nursery rhymes. The legs detach making it great for travel. £35 from the Early Learning Centre

V Tech Kiddizoom Camera in Pink/Blue (3 years and over)
Kids will love this multimedia camera. They can take and edit pictures, make videos and play games on-the-move or via the TV. It is easy to use and able to take a knock or two! £37.99 from Argos