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Best toys for 5 year olds 2011 - 2012

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What are the best toys for 5 year olds

Many of the best toys for 5 year olds have educational value. 5 year olds are becoming more social. They have friends and will play in larger groups. Board games are great for enhancing these social skills and there are some featured later. Many outdoor toys also encourage social play such as diggin dodge tag (featured later). Many 5 year olds love arts and crafts and there are some fantastic ideas in this category. 5 year olds have great imagination and toys that facilitate this are ideal. Other ideas include science kits and fun gifts such as cameras.

Read on for the best toys for 5 year olds.

Fun toys for 5 year olds

Obviously the most important thing when buying a toy for 5 year olds is that they're fun! There are lots of great fun toys for 5 year olds and below are some top picks. Enjoy building a marble run, shoot movies to show family and friends on the Vtech digizoom camera or see how high you can shoot a stomp rocket into the air.
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Construction Toys for 5 Year Olds

I think some of the best toys for 5 year olds are construction toys. Construction toys often keep children occupied the longest. They can use toys such as the lego featured below to build houses, towns, space rockets, garages, farms etc and then have fun playing with them afterwards. If you like lego and want more lego ideas check out my article on Best Toys for 5 Year Old Boys which has ideas of themed lego sets such as star wars lego. Lego is an obvious choice of construction toy that has stood the test of time but there are some other great choices too. Check out some ideas below.
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Best educational toys for 5 year olds

Although many toys in the article have educational value, the toys listed below are particularly educational, improving understanding of maths concepts, perceptions, fine motor skills and concentration skills.
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Board games for 5 year olds

Board games make great gifts for 5 year olds. They help develop social skills, teach taking turns, teach about winning and loosing and are great fun too!
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Toys that use the imagination

5 year olds love role play and toys that facilitate using the imagination. Check out the toys below..
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Outdoor toys for 5 year olds

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Cars for 5 year olds

Remote control car make great gifts for 5 year olds. Parents and kids will love racing the remote control cars featured below around the house.

Many boys love car play sets like the hot wheels set featured below.
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Arts and Crafts toys for 5 year olds

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Scientific toys for 5 year olds

5 year olds are enthusiastic about learning so make science fun while they're still young.
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Racing Tracks

There are some great toys where for 5 year olds are able to build their own race tracks in different configurations and then drive their cars along the track. Check out some options below.
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Popular toys for 5 year olds

Still need more ideas? Here are some suggestions of more popular toys for 5 year olds.
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More ideas for 5 Year Olds

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Best Toys for 5 Year Old Boys in the UK

If you are from the UK, this website has lots of top toy and book offers every month to choose from.
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Feedback on the Best Toys for 5 year Olds

Please leave any feedback or any suggestions of the best toys for 5 year olds below. Thanks!

  • MindPowerProofs Mar 31, 2012 @ 7:10 pm | delete
    My girls love arts and crafts. I collect the packages of nearly everything to reuse in our activities. Paint, glue, scissors. Voila!
  • Adrijan Feb 4, 2012 @ 11:02 am | delete
    Great lens, nice ideas.
  • baby-strollers Dec 7, 2011 @ 9:39 am | delete
    Really hard to go wrong with lego. Year, after year, I load the kids up with that stuff. Good deal, thanks!
  • TransplantedSoul Oct 21, 2011 @ 2:42 pm | delete
    Nicely laid out site with some great ideas. It'll be interesting to see which toys become sensations this year. I feature some of the past "Toy Memes" in my lens http://squidoo.com/top-10-toy-memes I'm sure it will need to be updated after this year!
  • sushilkin Oct 14, 2011 @ 5:17 am | delete
    thanks for sharing your ideas !
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