Another gift that DD got a lot of mileage from was a cheap point and click Nikon cool pix from Costco.

Now she has a smartphone so it has been rendered obsolete but she used it to make videos and take all manner of photos. There is something enchanting about being able to record anything when you are a young child.

One of the things Santa will have in his sack this year is a tripod for her smartphone so she can make puppet animations - we tried and it just doesn't work by hand... :-(