Favorite Kids Toys
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With five little people running around the house, we’ve road tested more than our share of toys and activities. Ones with a zillion little parts probably won’t last, but anything that gets them creating or imagining or cooperating will go a long way. Lots of these toys are on our shelves, and lots of them are in the pile of boxes that just arrived from Amazon. (Shhhhh.) Our kids are ages 8-2 so some of these won’t work for the oldest and some won’t work for the youngest, but… I always try to find games and activities that might appeal to a wider range of ages!
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- Kinetic Sand / 2. Shape Sorting Dump Truck / 3. Simon Says / 4. Teepee / 5. Sandbox / 6. Tree House / 7. Rebel Girls book / 8. Ride On Car / 9. Doctor Doll / 10. Parking Garage / 11. Bath Color / 12. Electric Drums / 13. Moonbounce / 14. Waterbottle / 15. Pin Art / 16. Green Toys Car Carrier / 17. Jungle Gym / 18. 13-Story Treehouse / 19. Kindle Fire / 20. Mancala / 21. Cadoo / 22.  Chewbacca Mask / 23. K’Nex / 24. Mini Hatchimals / 25. Metal headbands / 26. Thinking  Putty / 27. Giant Unicorn and Stuffed Sloth / 28. Marble Run / 29. Indoor Basketball / 30. Slime KitÂ
Every year I vow to keep things more organized and streamlined and mellow instead of just throwing piles of toys at the kids. I’m also hoping to instill a little more gratitude in our crew and to get rid of the “I wants” and the “it’s no fairs”. We typically go for toys that can provide an experience rather than just a character, but… there are some princess-related gifts en route too!
I’d really like to know which of these you’ve road-tested yourself, since you say some of them have been chosen for this Christmas. For instance, have your girls read and liked “Goodnight stories for rebel girls” or similar books? how do you know that that adorable but expensive treehouse is going to get much play time? Why did you choose these? I guess the list is a lot less useful to me without some details.
Sure thing! I wanted to get a post up, but will go back and update since I agree… that’s helpful. We have the kinetic sand, simon says, the sandbox, Rebel girls (which my daughter LOVES), the ride on car, the bath colors, the electronic drums, the moon bounce, the cup, the pin art, the jungle gym, the 13 story tree house, k’nex, the kindle fire, Cadoo, Hatchimals, those headbands, the unicorn, the basketball game and the marble run. 🙂 So most of them!
Thanks! I was curious about Rebel Girls especially, so I’m pleased to know that your girls love it!
Yes! She LOVES it. It’s somewhat liberal minded… one of the pages is about a girl who comes out as transgender to her classmates, so heads up if that’s not a topic you’re comfortable discussing with your kids because of age, etc.