Top All Time Toys
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Popular Toys that aren't toys
Have you ever given your kids some popular toys and they end up playing with the box? Of course, we all have. Kids know what is fun--they don't have to have the latest "cool toys". Kids enjoy normal, everyday things. Hope these ideas get your imagination going!
Top Toy: Duct Tape
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My husband swears by duct tape. He uses it to tape everything together. He tapes his shoes together-he tapes boxes--he has even taped his skin? Kids love Duct tape. They love the things they can create with it. My kids enjoyed taping things together like paper mache! They could make snowmen or people or forts --all with duct tape.
Cellophane tape would be a version of duct tape. Kids can make all sorts of things with cellophane.
Cellophane tape would be a version of duct tape. Kids can make all sorts of things with cellophane.
Top Toy: Sandbox
Top All Time Toys
There is something about sand that is intriguing to adults and children of all ages! Running your fingers through the sand is calming. Building castles in the sand and tearing them down is tremendous fun. Burying yourself in sand is thrilling. Creating and playing in sand spans all ages and all abilities. Be sure to get your kids a sandbox. If it is winter, just get a pail and put a small amount sand in it and put it in the kitchen for easy cleanup.
Top All Time Toys: Sandbox
Step2 Naturally Playful Sand Table
Amazon Price: $47.49 (as of 02/23/2012)
Great for a classroom or for an individual family! Holds a 50 lb bag of sand or one can fill it with beans or rocks etc. Height is perfect for toddlers to Pre-K.
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Top Toy: Rocks
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Rocks--what can't you do with rocks. Smooth little rocks that you can pile up and build things. Big rocks you can climb on and scale and jump on. Little rocks you can keep in your pocket and start a collection. The list is endless! Use plastic boxes to store and pour the rocks from one box to another. Find Duct Tape Here
Top Toy: Water
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Water in every shape and size. Stream of water coming from a hose in the back yard=hours of fun. Water in a bathtub=hours of fun. Water in a pail in the kitchen or in the sink=hours of fun. Water can be used for science experiments, cleaning the floors and playing, water gun fights, throwing rocks in rivers and streams and just plain horsing around. Water Guns
Top Toy: Blanket
Top All Time Toys
What would a list of toys that aren't toys be without a blanket? A blanket can be used to build forts in the living room. My kids would work for hours getting everything set up and then tearing the forts down again! A blanket can be used as a superman cape, or any superhero. A blanket can be used for a picnic in the living room on a snowy day. A blanket or many blankets
Do you have any toys that aren't toys to add?
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Treasures-By-Brenda
Feb 15, 2012 @ 7:51 am | delete
- This one's for really young children, but I'll never forget my sons playing in cardboard boxes and even in the kitchen cupboards.
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vallain
Dec 3, 2011 @ 3:58 pm | delete
- We used to pick flowers and make them into necklaces or the tube shaped ones like trumpet vines fit on your fingers. Kids will play with anything given the chance to explore without structure.
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GayleMcLaughlin
Dec 3, 2011 @ 4:43 pm | delete
- I picked tiny flowers and made them into necklaces also! Funny how kids are all alike!
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poddys
Dec 3, 2011 @ 3:53 pm | delete
- You missed the best toy of them all - a big cardboard box! We used to make everything out of them, from cars to forts to boats and planes, to spaceships to houses. Those were the days, when a common object could be turned into a plaything. My son used to love playing with water too, as did I...
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GayleMcLaughlin
Dec 3, 2011 @ 4:42 pm | delete
- You are so right! I thought that one was too obvious--but it is THE best toy!
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