5th Birthday Gifts Australia

What do you get for someone who is 5 years old? Five year olds are off to school, thinking about reading, writing, playing and making friends.

Safety is still important - be careful of bicycles and similar toys unless the child has a safe place to use them away from traffic and other hazards.

Suggestions: Five year olds can handle more advanced construction sets, cut-out paper dolls, hand and finger puppets. Extend art into modelling clay, stencils, paints and paint books. Imaginative play can be solo or involve friends. Outdoor activities include sandpits, flying kites, helping in the garden and some sports equipment. Indoor play can involve battery operated trains and other toys. Extend five year olds with more demanding board and card games.

5th Birthday Gift Ideas

• 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.
 
• 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.
   
• Mooo offers a range of personalised clothing, personalised bags, wall stickers, stationary canvas art and more for babies, toddlers and children. With personalised products, you need to allow extra time for them to be created so please plan ahead.
  • Name Labels 
  • Personalised Stationery
  • Personalised Clothing t-shirts and rugby tops up to size 9, includes allergy t-shirts
  • Personalised Bags a range of different personalised bag options including  mini backpacks , duffle bags, lunch bags, library bags and pencil cases.
  • Removable Wall Stickers / Wall Decals are removable and reusable. These wall stickers are made from a fine-weave fabric that doesn't stretch and will stick to almost any surface including, brick, glass, and painted walls. The chalk board stickers are great for children who want to draw and write and come in a variety of designs.
     
• 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.  Use the online label designer to order. Based in NSW with delivery Australia wide.
   
• Rainbow Designs - Lots of sweets and chocolates in funky noodle boxes, many with a soft cuddly toy. For children (and adults) with a sweet tooth. Based in NSW with free delivery Australia wide.
   
• PeeDee Toys - Melbourne based toy shop with the widest range of brand-name and character toys. Gift-wrapping, Birthday Cards for 5 year olds and gift vouchers available. Flat rate delivery Australia wide.
  • 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
  • Arts & Crafts - Art and craft kits diaries, journals and lockable trinket boxes
  • Outdoor Toys - Pool and sporting equipment for active children. Table tennis, kites, skipping ropes and more.
     
• 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, Gund and Russ.