What toys do you have that get played with as much as Magnatiles?

[Anonymous]

Brainflakes!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Magna tiles now has other sets: a barn, a schoolhouse, a castle, a school bus, etc. Love them so much. Just wish they were cheaper.

There are other brands that are cheaper and still good quality. B mag is one.

[Anonymous]

Plus plus blocks and tinker toys for building

[Anonymous]

Legos and hot wheels with tracks

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Is one brand of Marble Runs better than another?

Discovery Toys Marbleworks is the best by a lot.

Much used toys in our house:

Train track
Plain old matchbox cars
Toy kitchen (until about age 5.5)

[Anonymous]

Not similar, but the things we have that have gotten the most use out of mulitple kids, friends kids, etc. is the play kitchen and the dollhouse with rooms of furniture. And just when I think I can finally get rid of them, the kids will randomly play with them again.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Not similar, but the things we have that have gotten the most use out of mulitple kids, friends kids, etc. is the play kitchen and the dollhouse with rooms of furniture. And just when I think I can finally get rid of them, the kids will randomly play with them again.

Kitchen set, doll house and the doll stroller got so much use!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:1) most used thing at our house is Art supplies—construction paper, markers, paint sticks
2) magna tiles and LEGOs tied
3) Dress up clothes & pretend play stuff: toy dr. kit, play kitchen/play food, toy cash register
4) toy vehicles, baby dolls, barbies, animal figurines all tied for last place but still do get regularly played with

Stuff we have that never gets played w and I plan to give away or put away and save til they’re older:
Brio Train tracks + trains
Dollhouse
Little people figures and buildings (little people school, barn, etc) and playmobil sets (which we have a TON of thanks to grandparents)
Board games
Any “STEM” sets or other building toys besides magnatiles and Legos
Any craft kits

It's so interesting how some toys just never catch on for some kids. Our hot items for a 4.5 and 6.5 year old are:
- magnatiles
- craft kids with glue, pipe cleaners, sparkly things, pom poms
- certain floor puzzles (mainly for the 4-yr-old) - 50 states, sharks, solar system
- wooden trains/tracks
- board games (Fairy Game, Candyland, Bingo, Sneaky Snacky Squirrel)
- charades game
- small trampoline
- play kitchen and food, especially coffee maker and ice cream

Never caught on:
- dollhouse
- legos