Friday, April 23, 2010
Help Me Out: Gift Ideas For Brayden
Brayden will be five next month! For the first time in his life, he is full of ideas of things he wants, but I wanted to ask you readers if you had good ideas for five year old boys. I have gotten good ideas from y'all for my girls in recent months, so I wanted to check in for this. Thanks!
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My 5 yo nephew just spent a week with us, and here is what seemed to interest him.
Barrel of Monkeys game
Box of simple play animals
bag full of plastic balls (like in a ball pit)
Mr Potato Head
Hullabaloo (actual game)
Backyardigans
Alphabet puzzle
Bristle blocks
Not sure if you let your kids play with pretend guns, but we just gave my nephew a water gun for his birthday and he loved it.
Does he have a Tag Reader? I got one for my four-year-old son last month for his birthday, and he really loves it. He has 4-5 books that go along with it.
My nephews really like the Robert Munsch CDs, stories read by the author. Books on CD may be a good idea if you spend a lot of time in a vehicle.
DS' favourite toys at 5:
- Matchbox cars & trucks - especially car-carrying trucks
- books on CD - we started this last Christmas when DS was 5.5 and he loves to listen to them at rest time, early mornings, IP, etc. The local library is a great source of new CDs
- marble run/marble tower
- LEGO Creator 3-in-1 vehicle sets (like this one http://www.amazon.com/Lego-6745-Creator-Propeller-Power/dp/B001L4FE7I/ref=acc_glance_t_ai_-1_t_1 ). DH makes the vehicle(s), DS plays with them :-)
- trampoline, sandbox & sand toys, swing/slide set are used every day
- 2-wheel scooter
- bike
- Filo lacing set like this (http://www.amazon.com/Quercetti-QA0570-Filo-Lacing-Set/dp/B000F4GHP8/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=toys-and-games&qid=1272113398&sr=1-1 ). we bought this for DD but DS has stronger fingers and more interest in it than she.
Hope Brayden has a great birthday!
We have three boys, so we are expert toy buyers! :-) Here's what's popular at our house:
Legos
Thomas the Train (Get the wooden tracks. They are practically indestructible)
Lincoln Logs
A Leapster by Leapfrog (I found a brand new one really cheap on ebay for my oldest.)
My 5 yr old son routinely plays with/looks at the following things:
~ Action figure men and any vehicles that they can fit in.
~ Cars, planes, helicopters (all sizes) to race or play with.
~ Bike
~ 100 piece puzzles or big floor puzzles
~ Magformers. These are great. Even his 3 yr old sister loves them (I have to admit that I like them too) :). They are magnetic building shapes. The kids can use their imagination to build things or follow the instruction book to make specific things.
~ Any kind of “I Spy” type of book.
~ Animal Magazine Subscription for kids. My son will look at these magazines over and over again (car rides, quiet time, whenever). It’s a fun gift because he gets “mail” once a month and everyone loves mail! We have gotten him Nature Friend, Ranger Rick, and National Geographic Kids.
Good luck with your gift hunt! :)
Thanks for the ideas everyone!
Larissa, I have seen that hullabaloo game and wondered if it was fun or not. Thanks!
Jennifer, a water gun is a good idea for the start of summer, thanks!
Angela, no, no tag reader. I will look ino that. That is leapfrog right? I have always liked anything we got from leapfrog.
Anika & Penny, yes! Thank you. I love books on CD. We have a couple, but I would like to get more. I always like to get a book for each birthday, so I will do that for this birthday.
Penny, we have one of those LEGO sets and he loves that, too.
Thanks Carrie! We also have the Thomas wood tracks; love those.
Jess, I have never heard of magformers. I wonder if they are like geomags? I will look into it. Thanks!
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