Annual Favorite Toys by Age Thread! 2006

[purpleeyes]

DC's faves:

ANYTHING kitchen related (including the food network. His favorite is Rachel Ray.) ;)

Trains (we have geotracks and fisher price)
Little People

Building (mega blocks, wooden, etc.)

Pretend play
kitchen, making food, having a picnic, cleaning
going to work (he plays on a 10-key and an old phone)
going to a construction site (riding the digger, pouring into the dump truck)

Reading
Jigsaw puzzles

Stickers

Music!-instrument set, singing

Great Thread!

Beth

[hillview]

DS is 16 months old. His favorite are:
Books!! BOOKS AND MORE BOOKS -- loves turning the pages and stacking them and putting them into and taking them out of boxes.

-Balls
-Anything that can be open or closed or stacked (blocks, food boxes, drawers, shelves with doors etc).
-Putting things into and our of boxes (are you sensing a theme?) sorting blocks
-Anything to do with water (bath, kitchen sink, bowls of water -- MESSY but fun)
-Ketler tryke he likes a lot
-Lift the flap books (I know More books!)

We have a bunch of other toys which are occasional things he likes but really -- a waste (SO SAD!).
/hillary

[redhookmom]

My 4 year old girl's favorites:

Blocks

Polly Pockets

Animals - she became really interested in these when we started buying "families." The display at Target includes Mommies, Daddies
and babies.

Vanity - she spends time everyday sitting at her vanity and orgainizing her stuff. She likes the little music/jewelry boxes.

Workbooks - if only I could get her big brother so excited about "homework." She is obcessed with letters and letter sounds.

Leapster - Letterpiller is her favorite game.

Tea Set, Pizza Set, Birthday Cake set, and play dishes.

Dress up!

Playdoh

[Alice523]

Up to 6 months or so, DS's favorites were the Lamaze Inchworm, Whoozit, Clutch Cube, Gymini, and a toy mirror.

6+ months, his favorites are/were the Leapfrog Learning Table (HUGE hit!), stacking rings, O-ball and inflatable balls, household items like spatulas, remotes.

At 11.5 months, he loves the Radio Flyer Walker Wagon, Leapfrog Table, car with popping balls by Sassy, any kind of ball including DH's football, and books, especially boxed ones and touch and feel/lift the flap.

Touch and feel/lift the flap books we like: Karen Katz books, Dear Zoo, That's Not My Dinosaur (Usborne series has several different ones), and Peekaboo Kisses.

[wendmatt]

DD is 4
Polly Pocket
Polly Pocket cash register
puzzles
Any books
Dora Candyland has been popular since 3rd birthday
Art supplies
Play doh
Magnadoodle
Franklin Dominoes
marbles and glass 'jewels'

[urquie]

i remember it being very helpful to put the name of the toy (or a few that will fit) in the subject line. :)

editted to change the subject line!

[urquie]

dd's favorite x-mas gift when she was 1 1/2 was her corelle calin doll and a little stroller to go with it.

at 2 1/2 she still plays with her doll daily. her other most played with "toys" are the playsilks from bumbershootbaby. she uses them for everything!

[urquie]

dd is 2 1/2 and still loves playing with the corelle calin doll she got last x-mas and the playsilks she got for her first b-day. these are by far her favorite toys!

[caheinz]

At ~32 months, DS loves:

Thomas trains and all that goes with them
Legos/Megablocks
Puzzles (moved up to bigger jigsaws already)
Kitchen and random food items (including many empty *real* food boxes and canisters!)
Books, and we're finally able to do more than board books
(one that he loves is "1 to 10 with Thomas and Friends", with a "magic" pen, that was at Costco a little while ago)
Toy vaccuum (have the pink PBK one here!)
Little People
Random vehicle toys (trucks, buses, etc)

[94bruin]

DD is 17 months.

Kitchen - we just got this for her and she *LOVES* it - we don't have food or accesories, yet, but she is happy enough to wash her hands several times an hour (yes, we are raising a very clean child!)

Books

Remote Control (not a toy, but DD can't get enough of any remote.)

Signing Time DVD (the only TV DD watches)

Doodle Pro - especially useful in the car

At other people's homes she is always attracted to the

Ride on toy
Baby stroller