What toys do your kids ACTUALLY play with regularly?
Im starting my christmas shopping early, but I’ve also done a toy clean out recently and amazed at how many great toys weren’t played with much before he grew out of them. I have a 5 year old boy who is in kindgergarten. He loves Ben 10, Batman, Scooby Doo, doing science experiments, cooking, drawing.
I want to know what sort of toys your kids play with often, that gets its money’s worth.
Creative, sporty, game, action figures etc etc – if you have a toy that you seriously suggest avoiding please mention as well – some toys look great to you actually see them in action, or fall apart quickly or require mega strong batteries that still die quickly.
My son who is now 6 is absolutely enamored with anything that is LEGO. They are reasonably priced and they spend hours playing with them. There are so many different varieties and they really don’t outgrow them… ask his DAD!! ;)
He also really enjoys activity books and Eye Spy style books.
Computer games are popular with him as well.
Those are the top three for us! Good luck and Merry Christmas!
pots, pans. tupperware. magazines, bowls. anything i bought for my own use that he is not supposed to play with lol. I finally just bought a bunch of that stuff and put it in a low drawer for my son to play with he loves it cause he gets to play with all that stuff he thinks hes not suposed to have lol..
Buuut…to answer your question Play Do seems like a toy that every kids i know loves and same with stickers and hot wheels!!
My kids are fond of astronomy. Thank goodness, it’s an activity that we actually enjoy exploring together and there are no battles, just fascination and endless wonder and amusement…and best of all, contemplative silence from even a 3 year old is priceless when she is looking at Saturn, or a nebula up close. Shelling out $3,000 for a nice Meade LX90 was one of the best investments I ever made.
Lego was mentioned. Go with Lego. Lego is good for years at this point.
UGH!! All of them!!! We have 3 toy bins in the living room tucked away in inconspicuous places and EACH day the kids seem to empty the entire contents all over the house! LOL
The kids have 2 toy boxes in each of their rooms and they are emptied daily too. We are getting tired of putting away all the toys everyday so we decided to downsize their collection. We made a pile for "keep" and a pile for "donate". When we were done, we were shocked to see nothing in the "donate" pile! Our kids play with each and every single toy they own! Weird, huh?
My daughter’s (18 months)absolute favorites are dolls, strollers, bouncy balls, little action figures, and markers.
My son’s (3 years old) favorite are sidewalk chalk, bouncy balls. crayons, stuffed Tiggers, play doh, blocks, and cars.
Magnetix. My 5 year old loves them.
The only toy that my children have consistently played with since they were 2 has been the Doodlepro.
My daughter will be 5 soon, right now she is into doing jigsaw puzzles, coloring & painting, baby dolls, and playing with her kitchen & play food. She is also a big fan of those ‘look and find’ books.