I have a 5 year old girl and girls LOVE all things girly! She likes barbies (not the LIL BRATZ, they look way too mature), she loves to play dress up with jelewry and play makeup, crafts are another FAVORITE. One of her favrotie gifts for her 5th b-day was a flower pot she painted herself! Princess stuff goes over really well!! And you can get lots of princess stuff at the 99 cent strore (crayons, colored pens, tablets ect.) Stuffed animals..for somereason my daugher prefers stuffed animals over baby dolls, she dresses them up and treats them as if they were the baby dolls! Anything Musical if always good too! Hope this helps!!!