Toys Kids Actually Play With, Part II
This is a continuation of the list I started in yesterday's blog:
6. Stackers, assorted prices: I didn't know what else to call this category, but at our house, these include stacking pails in graduated sizes and a Melissa and Doug wooden stacker with three pegs that hold different shaped wooden rings. Eva never tires of taking all of the pieces off and putting them on again. The plastic pails aren't fancy - just a set of colorful numbered plastic pails that stack on top of each other. I don't know why kids love these so much, but they do. Ages 1-3
7. Fancy Pink Baby Grand Piano by Schoenhut: I got this because it is so darn cute, but every day, my girls bang out at least once concerto. They are, after all, musically gifted. :)) It's beautiful and educational and one of the highlights of our playroom. Both girls use it daily, and I like to think it's instilling a love of music in them. Another big it in the same vein: A wooden set of musical instruments that Lola got on her first birthday. It's got a tambourine and a drum and a harmonica and a xylophone and other assorted noisemakers, and there's not a day that goes by when both of the girls are not playing with these - often several times a day. All ages
8. Toy Cell Phones and Other Electronic Gadgets: Real cell phones, of course, are a sure kid-pleaser, but if you want yours to remains intact, get one of many plastic toy phones out there that beep, light up, and even speak to your child. We have several floating around the house and they are in almost constant use, and often the subject of some heated battles. Also popular: toy remote controls, IPods, etc... Ages 1-4
9. Play Kitchen: I purchased a retro pink kitchen set for Lola when she turned one and it is the focal point of the playroom. It looks sort of like the Pottery Barn one, but a little smaller since we had space issues, and it's by Kidcraft. It's such a hit with boys and girls alike. The girls love making and serving meals, tea, etc. from their kitchen, washing dishes, putting their plastic and wood food away, etc. Ages 18 mos and up...
10. Dress up clothes and shoes: Today, five girls conveged on our playroom - my daughters and their cousins, and they all crowded around the Guidecraft Dress Up Carousel. For the next hour, we hardly heard a peep as they lost themselves in mounds of dresses and capes, wings and wands and tiaras and plastic shoes, purses and beads and wraps. They traipsed down the hall, clip-clopping in their heels, and checked themselves out in the mirror. Ages 1 and up.
6. Stackers, assorted prices: I didn't know what else to call this category, but at our house, these include stacking pails in graduated sizes and a Melissa and Doug wooden stacker with three pegs that hold different shaped wooden rings. Eva never tires of taking all of the pieces off and putting them on again. The plastic pails aren't fancy - just a set of colorful numbered plastic pails that stack on top of each other. I don't know why kids love these so much, but they do. Ages 1-3
7. Fancy Pink Baby Grand Piano by Schoenhut: I got this because it is so darn cute, but every day, my girls bang out at least once concerto. They are, after all, musically gifted. :)) It's beautiful and educational and one of the highlights of our playroom. Both girls use it daily, and I like to think it's instilling a love of music in them. Another big it in the same vein: A wooden set of musical instruments that Lola got on her first birthday. It's got a tambourine and a drum and a harmonica and a xylophone and other assorted noisemakers, and there's not a day that goes by when both of the girls are not playing with these - often several times a day. All ages
8. Toy Cell Phones and Other Electronic Gadgets: Real cell phones, of course, are a sure kid-pleaser, but if you want yours to remains intact, get one of many plastic toy phones out there that beep, light up, and even speak to your child. We have several floating around the house and they are in almost constant use, and often the subject of some heated battles. Also popular: toy remote controls, IPods, etc... Ages 1-4
9. Play Kitchen: I purchased a retro pink kitchen set for Lola when she turned one and it is the focal point of the playroom. It looks sort of like the Pottery Barn one, but a little smaller since we had space issues, and it's by Kidcraft. It's such a hit with boys and girls alike. The girls love making and serving meals, tea, etc. from their kitchen, washing dishes, putting their plastic and wood food away, etc. Ages 18 mos and up...
10. Dress up clothes and shoes: Today, five girls conveged on our playroom - my daughters and their cousins, and they all crowded around the Guidecraft Dress Up Carousel. For the next hour, we hardly heard a peep as they lost themselves in mounds of dresses and capes, wings and wands and tiaras and plastic shoes, purses and beads and wraps. They traipsed down the hall, clip-clopping in their heels, and checked themselves out in the mirror. Ages 1 and up.
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