Best 2 toys your child/ren have ever had?

Octobergirl

I'm curious as to the best toys people have bought or been given for their children, in terms of amount of time played with / use they've had out of it. Just looking at all the tat that mine have had over the years, they keep coming back to the same ones. I realise that this varies for age, but thought it might be useful for future birthdays.

My 2...
1. An indoor swing
2. Cranium Fort

These have been brilliant for both my 3 and 7 year olds.

Metranil_Vavin

My DS is 2 and his current favourite toy is a washing machine we got from early Learning Centre. It has buttons that light up, a spinning drum bit and makes noises like a washing machine filling up. He is a bit obsessed with spinning things and the real washing machine, so he plays with it a lot.

sweaty_betty

Best toy for me was a doll's house that my grandad made for my mum, which was then passed down to me. My LO also loves playing with it now.

kingfisherblue

For my older son, who has a learning disability, I would say books rather than toys. He has so many, but loves animal books the best. Even before he learned to read (age 9), he used to spend most of his time browsing through books and trying to read them. He also loves colouring.

My younger son is 13 and doesn't play with toys any more, but his favourite used to be Lego. He enjoys Uno, even playing it at school (lunchtimes, not during lessons ). These days, he's more keen on his remote control helicopter and his Kindle Fire than toys.

My daughter used to love her kitchen, and fortunately enjoys cooking now (great, because I hate cooking!). Barbie was her other great love.

All enjoy reading and colouring, and the doodle colouring books are especially popular at the moment.

gingin_2

Wooden trains for son, he was Thomas the Tank mad and then Lego ( and a brief spell of Power Rangers!)

For DD it is craft stuff, craft stuff and more messy craft stuff. And cardboard boxes. Even today she was cutting holes and making houses out of yet another large box - luckily we have 2 house cats who think it's fun, too.

I've put everything in boxes in the loft for when they are older to either sell, or for their children. I know DS's Thomas stuff resells for a lot of money.

sassyblue

Mine had hours of fun with a toy kitchen, and a poorly pet centre with stethoscope, tweezers, injection, the thing that looks in ears, plus little tins of food and a notebook, oh and a pet carrier to put it all in, it was a Christmas present from Boots my sister was determined to get him it and l said no way will he like that we always laugh about it. He's had it 4 years and still plays with it now.

ellay864

Duplo when younger then lego, lego, bigger lego, more lego, well complicated lego sets...could probably build a full size house with all the lego we had

marisco_2

My youngest son is 7. He is very imaginative when he plays and loves using his toys to create loads of adventures. For Christmas last year myself and our extended family bought him trucks, cars, a police van, a fire engine, a helicopter and even a life boat was thrown in for good measure. None of it expensive. Actually most of it was from Asda in some 2 for £20 offers. The hours of fun and entertainment it has given him, and myself while I sit watching him, has been brilliant. He loves it and comes up with all sorts of ideas.

My eldest is 10 and enjoys lots of outdoor activities. He loves his bike, scooter and skateboard. There is a skate park down at the beach near us and he enjoys many a happy Saturday afternoon down there with his friends, lunging himself off ledges and racing around. He is a bit of a daredevil

fiscalfreckles

Our best ever toy was an ELC easel, blackboard on one side & magnetic whiteboard on the other, also had clips for attaching paper for painting.
It got so much use, at all ages, both indoors & out, for "art" with chalk, pens or paint; for noughts & crosses , hangman etc; for playing with magnetic letters & numbers games, as a prop in school-based games, as a scoreboard while playing Strictly Come Dancing, Wimbledon etc & my 16 year old still uses the whiteboard as a revision aid for her GCSEs!

Alchemilla

A 99p non toy dustpan and brush from Mr T
and the small not remotely attractive rocking horse I had as a kid and kept for them.

quinechinoise

I would say our top 2 toys are: lego (all versions inc duplo) and play house (wooden outdoor version).

A close runner-up would be wooden train set (the Brio compatible type stuff).

The common denominator seems to be indestructibility! lol Oh, and my twosome are 4 and 5 y/o.