What's your kid playing with?

deedee1017 · September 2014

As birthdays are approaching, I thought it would be nice to see what our kids are playing with. Maybe you have something your kid loves that other mom's haven't seen before. So, what's your kid playing with?

Jenball717 · September 2014

Right now she's emptying out a box of mini bags of ritz sandwiches. Entertained for hours, I tell ya!

bkeane619 · September 2014

She really likes putting things inside of other things so sorters have been a hit.

WhenInRome11 · September 2014

An empty tissue box and altiods tin seem to be a hit right now. She also loves her baby doll.

jennlin · September 2014

we're doing blocks...i stack the blocks, and he destroys them. he thinks it's the funniest thing in the world.

deedee1017 · September 2014

this sounds terrible, but dd thinks the medicine dropper is the best toy ever. is anyone's LO using puzzles yet?

shelley1002 · September 2014

The toys he will play the longest with is the FP Zoo, racetrack, a helicopter, and Scout.

https://www.walmart.com/ip/Fisher-Price-Little-People-Zoo-Talkers-Animal-Sounds-Zoo/16636598

https://www.amazon.com/Fisher-Price-Little-People-Wheelies-Sounds/dp/B004ORV2D4

https://www.amazon.com/VTech-Explore-and-Learn-Helicopter/dp/B000NZPPFM

https://www.leapfrog.com/en-us/store/p/my-pal-scout/_/A-prod19156

chelseyestelle · September 2014

Balls. He is obsessed with soccer, golf, baseballs, etc. He can walk around and kick a soccer ball. It's quite impressive. Other than that he loves utensils and toys that have handles. (Shovel, empty milk jug, hammer)

1littlebird · September 2014

Loving the Zany Zoo, one if those 4 sides activity center boxes. She tries to use it as a walker by pushing it across the floor.

alimama33 · September 2014

His current favorite thing ever is the broom. Kid will sit there for like 10 minutes pushing the broom back and forth. I think I'm going to buy him a small one for his birthday.

chelseyestelle · September 2014

I probably play with this more than him but I love this Melissa and Doug toy.

TREDgirl · September 2014

Griffin love his stacking cups still. His new obsession is putting a small ball into them and then shaking it all around. And of course banging the cups together as drums. Oh and books! He gets all cranky pants when we're done reading one.

Rowan though doesn't seem to have a favorite at home. She's too into trying to walk to be bothered right now.

BMnatz11 · September 2014

Currently she's playing with a box, putting it over her head and taking it off.

For actual toys, we have one of the V-Tech Laptops from when DS was little. She absolutely loves the thing. She will open/close it, press the buttons, and dance to the music.

hollydawnburke · September 2014

This morning: a soda bottle and breakfast bar wrapper. For toys, the soft blocks that stack and jingle are a favorite.

Lee81 · September 2014

The only things she wants most of the time are our cell phones, laptops, or keys.

NatesCupcake47 · September 2014

DD's current favorite is my boxes of pantiliners/tampons under the bathroom sink, she likes to remove them all then put them back in the boxes. DH installed the latch on his cabinet when we were testing out latch styles, but has yet to install it on mine. If you leave her alone for more than 30 seconds she makes a beeline for our bathroom these days. It's easy entertainment for when I'm getting ready for work at least... She's also really enjoying her birthday balloons- sidenote- my baby is one today! :-)

shelley1002 · September 2014

Then there is this creepy ball. I have not put new batteries in it yet. I remember the first time I turned this thing on and had no idea it moved on its own. I thought it was possessed.

https://www.amazon.com/VTech-Move-crawl-Ball-FFP/dp/B00FD3PVXA

And he loves the activity table. He tries to climb on it to stand up or get on the couch.
https://www.amazon.com/LeapFrog-Learn-Groove-Musical-Table/dp/B000ETRENI/ref=sr_1_1?s=toys-and-games&ie=UTF8&qid=1410880376&sr=1-1&keywords=leap+frog+activity+table

I keep remembering things as I am losing focus on this project I am working on.

deedee1017 · September 2014

@natescupcake47 Happy birthday to your LO and congrats on the first year!

jennlin · September 2014

Lia1303 said:

this sounds terrible, but dd thinks the medicine dropper is the best toy ever. is anyone's LO using puzzles yet?
Nope not terrible, DS thinks shoes, empty water bottles and the diaper pail are amazing. I gave him 2 Melissa and Doug wooden puzzles last week and he likes to smash the pieces onto the board to make noise. Basically noise and destruction are his favorite things.

oh yes, shoes for sure. doesn't matter who they belong to, he loves shoes...his, his sisters, mine, grandmas...anyone's shoes. we have to leave them outside now.

hlb622 · September 2014

alimama33 said:

His current favorite thing ever is the broom. Kid will sit there for like 10 minutes pushing the broom back and forth. I think I'm going to buy him a small one for his birthday.

My nephew was, too. MIL got him this for his birthday and it's his favorite toy, ever.

layali · September 2014

I love how the majority of the responses are non-toy items.

DS is obsessed with remotes, xbox controllers, and our cellphones... probably because we take them away when we realize they are within reach. (We did give him an old xbox controller after removing the batteries.)

In terms of toys, he is loving his activity table:

He also loves to throw and crawl after balls!

hlb622 · September 2014

Anything but toys. He loves banging a spatula on a stockpot while screaming. It's awesome.

#noitisnt

#yesitis

sleepy33 · September 2014

We went to a big consignment sale last week and got a TON of stuff:

He likes all of it, but his faves are that round stacker that looks like air hockey paddles, the big bag of megablock lego things, and the slide. Of course, his most fun activity is tearing apart the foam floor tiles.

sleepy33 · September 2014

Oh, and he's nuts about this thing:

https://www.toysrus.com/buy/math-counting/leapfrog-my-discovery-house-19180-11835097

mancila60 · September 2014

We have a vtech train that he really likes. It comes with blocks plus he can push it around or ride it. He also likes balls mostly the big bouncy kind. And he loves blankets!

muffyvonmuff · September 2014

He just started to understand this toy. You put the ball in, that makes the bus light up and move then pop out the ball. He chases it all around finding the ball then putting it in the hole, its pretty cute.

BRIGHT STARTS HAVING A BALL SCHOOL BUS

other then that he likes to play with our surround sound which is really annoying.

Lee81 · September 2014

wedding06 said:
Basically anything he is not supposed to play with. He likes to pull all of our DVD's out of the cabinets. He successfully took off one of our cabinet locks the other day and played with that for a while. He likes to bang the oven door and look at the kid inside the oven.

The few toys that he is interested in are the Leap Frog activity table and this Penguin
https://www.kohls.com/product/prd-384155/Fisher-Price-Go-Baby-Go-Bat-Wobble-Penguin.jsp?ci_mcc=ci&srccode=cii_17588969&cpncode=32-400689872-2&CID=shopping15

He likes to beat it up and he also sticks his face on the belly to look at the balls inside. It is pretty cute!

Oh and any pushing toy he loves.

My parents have that penguin! I love it. DD, not so much. I think she's scared of it.

mancila60 · September 2014

Oh he also likes computers. He can open things we have never even seen and then we can't get out of them. It is pretty interesting.

jeneshields · September 2014

LO has found the controls on the soundbar. Other than that he loves playing with a mini basketball and trying to open all the cabinets.

carawasa · September 2014

hlb622 said:

alimama33 said:

His current favorite thing ever is the broom. Kid will sit there for like 10 minutes pushing the broom back and forth. I think I'm going to buy him a small one for his birthday.

My nephew was, too. MIL got him this for his birthday and it's his favorite toy, ever.

Does this work? I think it should...that would be GENIUS

megs1409 · September 2014

Other than the remotes, Nalgene bottles, our Surface and magazines? He loves his stacking cups (we stack them, he destroys), Vtech cube (link below), Melissa and Doug wooden puzzles, balls, plastic hammer and wrench set, and ripping apart the foam mat we have (and chomping on the pieces).

https://www.vtechkids.com/product/detail/12341/Alphabet_Activity_Cube

ncase2 · September 2014

Everything. Like, I was reading the responses going "yup, yup, yup". Diapers, remotes, spatulas, boxes, trash, bottles, cell phones, doors (cabinets too), toilets, the dog water.... everything.

Toy-specific though, he got 2 things for his birthday that he loves:

Playschool Rocktivity Motocycle. Seriously, this thing is awesome - it beeps, plays music (like, real music - "I Like To Move It," "Walkin’ on the Sun," "Life Is a Highway" and "Ticket To Ride", etc.

And his very own cell phone:

We also have a ton of legos / mega blocks / little people blocks. They are everywhere, and he always has one in his hand, lol.

Kdanson · September 2014

Lee81 said:

wedding06 said:
Basically anything he is not supposed to play with. He likes to pull all of our DVD's out of the cabinets. He successfully took off one of our cabinet locks the other day and played with that for a while. He likes to bang the oven door and look at the kid inside the oven.

The few toys that he is interested in are the Leap Frog activity table and this Penguin
https://www.kohls.com/product/prd-384155/Fisher-Price-Go-Baby-Go-Bat-Wobble-Penguin.jsp?ci_mcc=ci&srccode=cii_17588969&cpncode=32-400689872-2&CID=shopping15

He likes to beat it up and he also sticks his face on the belly to look at the balls inside. It is pretty cute!

Oh and any pushing toy he loves.
My parents have that penguin! I love it. DD, not so much. I think she's scared of it.

We have the penguin as well. DD loves it but the batteries die so fast.

jennlin · September 2014

carawasa said:

alimama33 said:

His current favorite thing ever is the broom. Kid will sit there for like 10 minutes pushing the broom back and forth. I think I'm going to buy him a small one for his birthday.

My nephew was, too. MIL got him this for his birthday and it's his favorite toy, ever.

Does this work? I think it should...that would be GENIUS

i've looked into working-vacuums, there are 4 or 5 brands that have working vacuum, but none suck/clean the way you would want it to (according to reviews). they just become expensive air suckers that you would have to re-vacuum over anyway.

cassey910 · September 2014

Oaklee loves his blocks and stacking cups. He also loves balls and his walker. His favorite is this huge Mickey Mouse lol he crawls all over him!

tashad18 · September 2014

LO has a little wooden tractor that is a pull toy that he loves. It came with two little attached carts that had a pig and a cow in each one (both wooden). He loves to carry the pig and cow around.

He also likes boxes.

sleepy33 · September 2014

Dyson makes a working vac, I saw them at Sam's. I don't think it actually functions as a proper vacuum, but it does have suction!

DisneyMamaToBeTTC · September 2014

Books! My kid loves to read! He likes to chase his soccer ball, or an assortment of other random things, around the floor.

And why are those wooden block activity cube things so freaking expensive??? I think DS would like it but it's rather pricey!

bkeane619 · September 2014

DisneyMamaToBeTTC said:
Books! My kid loves to read! He likes to chase his soccer ball, or an assortment of other random things, around the floor.

And why are those wooden block activity cube things so freaking expensive??? I think DS would like it but it's rather pricey!

They are worth it. They hold up great and my 3 year old still Ioves it.

Kdanson · September 2014

wedding06 said:

Kdanson said:

Lee81 said:

wedding06 said:
Basically anything he is not supposed to play with. He likes to pull all of our DVD's out of the cabinets. He successfully took off one of our cabinet locks the other day and played with that for a while. He likes to bang the oven door and look at the kid inside the oven.

The few toys that he is interested in are the Leap Frog activity table and this Penguin
https://www.kohls.com/product/prd-384155/Fisher-Price-Go-Baby-Go-Bat-Wobble-Penguin.jsp?ci_mcc=ci&srccode=cii_17588969&cpncode=32-400689872-2&CID=shopping15

He likes to beat it up and he also sticks his face on the belly to look at the balls inside. It is pretty cute!

Oh and any pushing toy he loves.
My parents have that penguin! I love it. DD, not so much. I think she's scared of it.
We have the penguin as well. DD loves it but the batteries die so fast.

@Kdanson that is odd.We haven't replaced ours once and he beats it up at least once a day.

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Maybe I used half dead ones from the drawer! I haven't replaced them yet.. But I should get on it.. She loves it so much more when it makes noise when she beats on it.

PinkDahLia44 · September 2014

DH gave DS one of those old school "vacuums" that pops the balls to entertain him while we were at bru the other day, so of course we couldn't leave the store without it. He still seems to really like it.

This thing:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00CQHYWJK/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?qid=1410922657&sr=8-1&pi=SY200_QL40

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