Anonymous
12/22/2019 08:30
Subject: Re:S/O A present you thought your kids would love, but it just didn't get much traction
Anonymous wrote:Playmobil
Learning Resources Teaching Cash register
Learning Resources Gears!Gears!Gears!
Mouse Trap game
Plastic train tracks (played with wooden ones)
Scrabble
Rummikub
Sequence
Lego themed sets - Ds at 10 plays a lot with Lego but rarely plays with themed sets after they are built. Only plays with their minifigs. Does not allow the sets to be broken up also to use the pieces. Does a lot of free play with other bricks.
Uh-oh. Santa went rogue and is bringing this non-wish-list toy. Oh well, at least it doesn’t take up much room.
Anonymous
12/22/2019 08:22
Subject: S/O A present you thought your kids would love, but it just didn't get much traction
Anonymous wrote:Train table.
I have many pictures of my son building elaborate train sets on the floor next to his table. He probably played with trains two hours a day but never on the table.
Anonymous
12/22/2019 08:20
Subject: S/O A present you thought your kids would love, but it just didn't get much traction
Magnatiles. So expensive and DS (now 5) only uses them as projectiles.
Anonymous
12/22/2019 08:00
Subject: S/O A present you thought your kids would love, but it just didn't get much traction
Enormous wooden dollhouse. DD asked for Barbie dream house and I got her this behemoth of a Kidkraft house instead. She prefers the neon plastic - should have listened to her! Now this thing looms in our basement.
Anonymous
12/22/2019 07:27
Subject: S/O A present you thought your kids would love, but it just didn't get much traction
Train table.
Anonymous
12/22/2019 07:27
Subject: S/O A present you thought your kids would love, but it just didn't get much traction
Play kitchen.
Anonymous
12/22/2019 04:39
Subject: S/O A present you thought your kids would love, but it just didn't get much traction
For me it was definitely the play kitchen and train table. He loves these items at the library and at others houses though, so odd. I got one of those Furreal pets last year...definite waste of money.
For things he loves and got tons of use:
He got a desk with tons of storage for his art supplies for his bday last year. (It’s big and plastic, which may not be aesthetically pleasing to adults, but he uses it daily.) My son loves to draw and color.
My mom got him a LEGO table this Christmas but she asked that he open it early (she lives out of state.) He has used that table every day for the past three weeks, both for playing with legos and playing with other toys (the top flips over to a solid surface) it’s also an espresso colored wood so it blends in a bit in our living room
(no room for a play room)
For things he loves and got tons of use:
He got a desk with tons of storage for his art supplies for his bday last year. (It’s big and plastic, which may not be aesthetically pleasing to adults, but he uses it daily.) My son loves to draw and color.
My mom got him a LEGO table this Christmas but she asked that he open it early (she lives out of state.) He has used that table every day for the past three weeks, both for playing with legos and playing with other toys (the top flips over to a solid surface) it’s also an espresso colored wood so it blends in a bit in our living room
(no room for a play room)