What are the favourite "toys" in your house?

kitrat

Raksha wrote: »

When mine were small it was Brio, Duplo and Lego.

Oh I'd still play with those if I could get away with it!!

(As for non-toys I loved boxes and playing with sticks and plants and things in the garden, making a 'den!')

thehappybutterfly

ah, not those kinds of 'toys'..... :rotfl:Never mind!

<<wanders back out again>>

double_mummy

my son is really into marvel at the moment green paint + boy = hulk apparently and bits of tin foil make him iron man and daddys hammer makes him thor (took that one away quickly) my daughter who is 3 always has to be the baddie esp loki so she sits there doing her thing and he runs around her pretending to defeat her and she is oblivious

oh and any tools make them expert mechanics

and make up toiletries flowers perfume etc are all for making potions

and any stick is a wand - my daughter like to shout expelliamus at people walking around with a stick one guy actually fell over in the middle of the street once when she shouted it at him but it just encouraged her lol

tea_lover

My niece's favourite was always a big cardboard box at my grandparents's house that was her pirate ship. My nan used to have to sit there with a tie around her head and my grandad had the inside tube from the kitchen roll for a sword.

The house was sold last week and we've been sorting it out, getting rid of the pirate boat was one of the hardest parts, even thought it hadn't been played with for a good few years.

supersaver2

My little monkey has a house full of toys which hardly get played with. She heads straight to the cupboard under the sink, you know the one with the bleach, washing up liquid etc! She's fascinated by the bright bottles! She also likes pressing buttons on the oven and playing with the fridge magnets. Any ornaments that are within her reach are played with and the house telephone is constantly unplugged as she is always pressing buttons and I'm scared she'll ring 999!

DigForVictory

Mine are a bit older. Scalpels, power tools, paintbrushes that cost more than a weeks sandwiches each (ruddy sable), balsa, PVA - but they still fall for Games Workshop merchandising. (Peppa pig is C H E A P in comparison!)
However, they'll competitively strim the garden, iron school shirts if told to & are good at basic first aid (sticky plasters so far, but also self-management of a head injury one school lunchtime).
Me, I miss Lego & Playmobil...

Bangton

I don't yet have a child but I remember when I was little I used to love pasta. I remember putting it in a yoghurt pot and adding water to make it into mulch! Those were the days!

When my baby does arrive I plan to provide lots of little random pieces from round the house to entertain him rather than buying lots of plastic crap

Gloomendoom

I'm 52 and my favourite toys have massive wheels, V8 engines, or both.

Luckily, my wife hasn't grown up either.

Greenqueen_2

Around 18 months old my son discovered a calculator and played with it daily for about 2 years.(numbers fascinated him)-- He now has a maths degree. He never touched a remote control, video recorder, electric sockets, phones etc.
Daughter loved any rough and tumble play, using imaginary friends and boys from the neighborhood. She would dig in soil and examine anything "yuckie"---She is now a fishmonger! Cuddly teddies were a favourite but she would not look at a doll.

Air_Cooled_75

Bouncing on the bed is the big one of the moment here (3 yr old boy) also mixing flour and water to make sausages?? Given the good weather the hose pipe is still a source of fun. I know it's a 'toy' but the football is getting good use too. A stick to bash slugs off the polytunnel (which is pretty useful).