18 to 24 month old toys

agytay · June 2012

I have a 15 month old and am in need of some recommendations. He will sit still for only a little bit before getting bored. He has sorters, blocks, stacking toys, a couple of Melissa and Doug puzzles, match box cars, etc.

Any suggestions as to what keeps your little ones busy at this age?

kendra223 · June 2012

I have a 16 month old girl. She is now very into books and she has a stuffed animal that was given to her by her aunt that she's now taken a lot of interest in. Mostly what she does is get books and climbs on us or gets her "Cowwie" and climbs on us lol. She's mostly interested in us. There's also the simple things, like getting an empty cup and taking the lid on and off for example.

For in the car, she has a Laugh and Learn laptop, Laugh and Learn CD player, and Laugh and Learn camera. Those all just stay in the car and she enjoys them.

ETA... things I have heard of on the board (but I have yet to do). Getting different colored boxes and putting objects of the same color in them to learn colors. Like get a red box and put a red firetruck, a red cup, a red cloth in there... things like that. Or get a box and pour some rice in there. Let them use shovels and buckets to dig in the rice.

saraboston · June 2012

DD loves books too. At 18 months, she's starting to branch out into pretend play. I just got her a tea set and a small table with two chairs and she LOVES them.

catycate · June 2012

At 16 months, DS is just having fun with playing with life- walking around, picking up what looks interesting, experimenting with it and moving on to the next shiny object. I am going to start buying toys that emphasize pretend play- a kitchen, blocks, a shopping cart, etc

abs05 · June 2012

At 19 months she is just now starting to get into toys more. Books, megblocks, stickers, a shapesorter, and the DK flashcards are all things that get played with daily. She still enjoys doing things more than toys though. Her Little Tikes slide and IKEA crawl tunnel have been lifesavers this summer. I can set up little obstacle courses for her to go through so she can burn off energy without going outside.

saturdaynightdoubletree · June 2012

DS loves his drum and xylophone, arts and crafts (especially painting), he likes playing in the play kitchen and is obsessed with opening and closing tupperware containers, leapfrog laptop, books, all shapes sizes and textures of balls, little tykes basketball hoop, ball ramp toy, water table, ball pit, and just about anything DD is playing with and doesn't want to share Wink

PaisleyRuth · June 2012

I probably need help with this too. At 17 months, DS is just starting to like books a little (mostly to just flip through - not to sit still long enough to listen to a book, heaven forbid).

He loves balls, opening & closing things (cabinets, drawers - and pulling things out of them), turning things on & off (light switches, flashlight, radio, an old tape player), climbing on & off the couch, chairs, etc.

He is totally not interested in any of the more mentally educational toys/activities (that would involve learning colors, words, body parts, animal sounds, etc.).... typical boy maybe?

spunkyprincessmande · July 2012

At this age kids only sit for a few minutes. He's not bored with his toys, he's just distracted by other thins. New toys probably aren't going to keep his attention for much longer. But some of my son's favorite toys are duplos, books, and coloring stuff. He also loves his water tale.

daniellepanda · July 2012

We are at 17 months right now. Most of London's favorites are wooden toys from melissa & dog, educco, plan toys, etc. He also LOVES books, any sort of musical instruments, is obsessed with cars & trucks, and likes any sort of stacking cups/buckets and scoops etc with sand, hammer ball drop, wooden tool kit, any type of push pull toy, and sit/ride on things! Also anything that involves buttons that play a noise or music that he can dance to.These are the ones he plays with the most for a couple months now...

Our LO loves his play kitchen that came with the accessories;

https://www.oompa.com/baby-toys/item/WH706920

Also his big push buggy;

https://www.toysrus.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2763857

His pull toy gator:

https://www.amazon.com/Dancing-Alligator-9-7-Plan-Toys/dp/B00005CES2

Sorting cone:

https://www.amazon.com/Plan-Toys-531301-Cone-Sorting/dp/B0006H4AXU/ref=sr_1_3?s=toys-and-games&ie=UTF8&qid=1341187791&sr=1-3&keywords=plan+toys

Dwell & melissa doug wooden animal & shape puzzles;

https://www.amazon.com/Dwellstudio-Wooden-Puzzle-Stacked-Animals/dp/B004AP9Y9E/ref=sr_1_1?s=toys-and-games&ie=UTF8&qid=1341187844&sr=1-1&keywords=dwell+puzzle

Shape sorting clock (he loves this at daycare):

https://www.amazon.com/Melissa-Doug-Wooden-Shape-Sorting/dp/B000GKATU0/ref=sr_1_6?s=toys-and-games&ie=UTF8&qid=1341187877&sr=1-6&keywords=melissa+&+doug