What household items make good toys in your house?

[mommd]

Right now, DD loves pot holders, especially the mitt kind. She sticks her hands in them and laughs. Socks and caps from water bottles are also really fun for her to play with. So, what everyday item does your DD/DS like to play with?

[lizamann]

The wastepaper basket is a huge hit around here. DD can be occupied for 45 minutes taking all the junkmail out and "reading" it.

[houseof3boys]

For bath time, the ketchup bottle (with no label) and an empty cut fruit container are the favorites. With all of the "real" toys floating about, he loves those two the most.

He is very into an opened box of (ahem :)) tampons right now too. He puts them in piles and stacks them, he puts them in a bucket and then throws them all over the place. I said to DH that anyone traveling that needs toys should just go buy a huge box of tampons for entertainment. We still laugh when we say "Ryan go pick up the tampons please."

The pot holder novelty has already worn off with Ryan unfortunately.

[LucyG]

LOL! My DD is also fascinated with tampons (and pantyliners!). She will spend lots of time taking each one out of the box and lining them up along the tub edge. Every now and then, she pretends to take a bite of one and laughs like it's the funniest thing in the world! :-)


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[Puddy73]

LOL! My DD loves to play with tampons, too. It is the one thing that keeps her occupied while I am getting ready for work in the morning. She also likes an old cell phone and good ol' tupperware and wooden spoons.

Jennifer
Mommy to Annabelle Mae 9/8/03

"Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away."

[jasabo]

Too funny! My guys got ahold of a box and spent like 20 mins playing with them! It was hilarious. For days, I kept finding tampons underneath all my living room furniture.

I'll have to give the pot holder thing a try - never thought of that.

My guys like the broom and dustpan, even though I bought them little ones from BRU - guess the big people ones are more fun. And, unfortunately, the remote controls haven't lost their allure yet, even though I gave them an old one without batteries to play with.

Lisa - mom to 16 month old twin boys

[deborah_r]

Various kinds of plastic containers. One that has been a hit for a long time now is an empty Pampers wipes holder container.

Our cordless phone is probably his favorite thing in the world, he calls people all the time by hitting speed dial. The other day, DH had called his brother. Then he put the phone down next to him, he was laying on the floor. Then Kai grabbed it and was playing with it, and DH jokingly was asking Kai to scratch his back. My BIL's girlfriend called a little bit later and said "Sometimes I have these psychic visions, and I just had one that Kai was scratching your back..." He had hit redial and called my BIL's house, and his girlfriend could hear DH talking! Guess we have to be careful what we say when Kai has the phone!

[Marisa6826]

Measuring cups, empty boxes, empty water bottles, catalogues, socks (what IS it with socks?!), the dogs collars (strange, huh?), the remote control, empty DVD holders, Daddy's cell phone (with the buttons locked), my keys.

Oh yeah, garbage cans! The little waste paper basket ones...

That's just the beginning!

-m

[C99]

An unplugged mouse, dead laptop, unplugged computer keyboard, pots and pans, kitchen utensils, screwdrivers (with CLOSE supervision).

[jubilee]

the empty tube from a paper towel roll- he calls it a "duuut-du" like the trumpeting sound. My oldest plays a real trumpet, and my youngest walks around with the empty tube playing his horn too.

Also loves a paint stir stick, the swiffer duster, drink coasters, a wooden ruler, empty plastic cups in a low cabinet, and the all time favorite- my hair brush. He's insisted on taking my hair brush out shopping with us, to the park, etc. I call him Fabio when he walks around with the stupid brush! LOL

[mharling]

His favorite bath toy is my peri bottle from the hospital.

Other hits are empty toilet paper rolls, a box of Kleenex, stacks of plastic cups, empty yogurt containers, mostly empty water bottles, empty coffee cans, shoe boxes and phones.

Mary
Lane - April 2003
Little brother or sister on the way - EDD March 2

[writeleigh]

Empty water bottles, measuring cups, remote controls, magazines.

[ALLEYCAT]

Anything from the baking cabinet is fair game,cookie sheets, metal measuring cups and wooden spoons, the two cake pans he bangs like tamborines. Empty drink bottles and other assorted trash.
The laundry basket of clean clothes he likes to pull out and unfold. The old wipes box with clean dry cloth wipes in it.
His favorite game is to get the pine cones and decorative rocks from the potted plants and drop them on the floor.

[nwaddellr]

I've been meaning to start a thread like this, but always forget when I'm on the computer. So, let's see:

The kitchen timer (it beeps), my carpet sweeper, laundry is great fun to pull out of the basket, the newspaper (especially the Sunday ads) or magazines, a wooden spoon I decorated as Spoon Man (happy face on one side, sad face on the other), film canisters...

Who needs to buy real toys, right!

[mommd]

We've been trying to figure out what to buy her for her first Christmas, and we joke that we will just wrap a box with socks, spoons, paper and empty water bottles. I bet she would love it! :)

[LD92599]

The last few days definitely tampons here too! What is it with those? Oh, and the box of panty liners too!!! I couldn't figure out where all the tampons went last month..now I know..under the TV, under the bed, etc.

Also...sealed VHS video tapes, cassette tapes. It's crazy!

Laura
mom to William
3.5.2003

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