Bday ideas for 5 y.o. boy from Amazon Prime?

[RedSuedeShoes]

I am down to the wire with bday shopping & planning for my son. This morning and tomorrow morning were my last resorts for getting it done, and now his sister is home sick so I can't run errands. Any great suggestions available with Prime shipping for a kid with the following interests: trains, cars, solar system, mechanical stuff (how everything in the world works!), building stuff with plans. He is a 3rd child so we have plenty of stuff already, but I do want to get a few things that will be exciting to him.

Thx for any and all help!

[happymommyof2]

Some of our favorite gifts were snap circuits, Legos, K'nex and stomp rockets.

[plusbellelavie]

DS2 turned 5 in December and he is also the 3rd so plenty of stuff already too! But he has enjoyed playing with his older siblings Snap Circuits and so we got him and he loved building it and playing with it.

http://www.amazon.com/Elenco-SCROV-10-Snap-Circuits-Rover/dp/B000GG7XXK/ref=sr_1_23?ie=UTF8&qid=1398363943&sr=8-23&keywords=circuit


He also loved the Legos he got that were not already his older brothers he got several different kits but we started with several smaller ones like these until he got the hang of it and then got him the bigger ones like the plane and robot but we held on to those until February or March and then gave them to him.

http://www.amazon.com/LEGO-Creator-31013-Red-Thunder/dp/B00GSN5BWA/ref=sr_1_12?ie=UTF8&qid=1398364258&sr=8-12&keywords=3+in+1+lego

http://www.amazon.com/LEGO-Creator-31017-Sunset-Speeder/dp/B00GSN5DLE/ref=pd_sim_t_1?ie=UTF8&refRID=1DJDDVQSHH5XZ572XHEH

http://www.amazon.com/LEGO-Creator-Super-Racer-31002/dp/B00A88G6V6/ref=sr_1_9?ie=UTF8&qid=1398364187&sr=8-9&keywords=3+in+1+lego


http://www.amazon.com/LEGO-Creator-Red-Rotors-31003/dp/B00A852N2U/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1398364258&sr=8-4&keywords=3+in+1+lego


This one looks cool since he likes trains and it wont' break the bank

http://www.amazon.com/LEGO-Creator-31015-Emerald-Express/dp/B00GSN5BXO/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&qid=1398364258&sr=8-6&keywords=3+in+1+lego

HTH! Hope your DD is feeling better!

[acmom]

My almost 4 and almost 6 year olds just got these animal poppers in their Easter baskets and LOVED them! Good for outside or inside bc the balls are lightweight foam.

http://www.amazon.com/Hog-Wild-Dino-Popper-Shooter/dp/B004FPBBSG/ref=pd_sim_t_4?ie=UTF8&refRID=0XS25TQV0XRQ1TENJCT2

They love stomp rockets as PP mentioned too. Or maybe Lincoln logs?

[RedSuedeShoes]

Oh, such great ideas! Thank you all.

We have stomp rockets, Lincoln logs and the snap circuits rover already - he loves all of them. I like that Lego train set! I had forgotten he wanted Lego trains (though it looks like the whole train set is $$$, so I like that smaller one!). And I bet he would love K'Nex, too. Our older son had a small set of those but never cared for building stuff. The popper thing looks like fun - he would really love a Nerf gun but we already have trouble with aggressive behavior towards his sister, so I doubt weapons would help that! Maybe the popper is a good alternative.

Does anyone have a bank (piggy or otherwise) to recommend that's available on Amazon? We start giving our kids a small allowance when they turn 5, so it's something I had thought of for this bday, but didn't see anything I loved when I glanced around Amazon today. I'd really love a tin bank shaped like a train but don't know where to get that, especially 3 days before the bday!

Thanks again!

[ahisma]

Check a local jeweler for a train bank, or one of those personalization places in the mall. Either one should have one in stock.

Not sure what your budget is, but this is what we're getting my DS for his 6th birthday this summer: http://www.amazon.com/FORT-MAGIC-BUILDING-CONSTRUCTION-KIDS/dp/B006WAL3YO