rafiki Posted March 9, 2011 Share Posted March 9, 2011 . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laurad1125 Posted March 9, 2011 Share Posted March 9, 2011 Nerf battle axes, plastic swords, foam shields. Those get the most play time by far at our house. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abbeyej Posted March 9, 2011 Share Posted March 9, 2011 I'd love, love, love to have a really solid zip line in our back yard for the kids. Any time we've been to homes where they have a good one, it's always been such a hit. A rock-wall is another great idea (and the materials for assembling one are so much more readily available now than they were just a few years ago). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DawnM Posted March 9, 2011 Share Posted March 9, 2011 Anything with water! Anything with guns and chasing and shooting. Badminton LaCross Trampoline Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jumping In Puddles Posted March 9, 2011 Share Posted March 9, 2011 Nerf guns, axes, crossbows etc. The preteen boys that I know (and strangely enough, I know a lot of them! :lol:) live for nerf. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luckymama Posted March 9, 2011 Share Posted March 9, 2011 Nerf anything. Even preteen girls like this stuff ;) Super large foam glider-type airplanes We're building dd11 a tree house/fort this spring at the bottom of our yard. We hope to add a zipline :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starr Posted March 9, 2011 Share Posted March 9, 2011 sling shots, marshmallow guns, potato guns, tall trees, old lilac bush forts Get some pvc pipe and make marshmallow guns for his birthday! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abbeyej Posted March 9, 2011 Share Posted March 9, 2011 Okay, okay, I'll seventy-fourth (or whatever) Nerf weaponry. ;) It's true, those *always* get used. ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Cinder Posted August 24, 2011 Share Posted August 24, 2011 Mine likes airsoft, but you need other people to play. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oops, duplicate account :/ Posted August 24, 2011 Share Posted August 24, 2011 I have four boys, but my oldest is only 8. I'll 3rd the zip line. They love it and so do the older boys that visit. Same with our trampoline. It's huge with a net and they love that thing and it's a big hit with older boys that visit as well. They just don't get sick of it. We only have warm weather for about 4 months out of the year, and still they are on the tramp in the dead of winter. Not inexpensive, but worth every penny, except it was a gift from grandma. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farrar Posted August 24, 2011 Share Posted August 24, 2011 We think of them for toddlers, but I'll tell you, the thing that was always sure to keep a certain segment of the middle school boys I taught busy for HOURS was if we took them to a sandbox. But it had to be a big, epic sand sort of place, so perhaps not backyard sized. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dkholland Posted August 24, 2011 Share Posted August 24, 2011 Our guys play Blongo Ball (or Ladder ball...google it). Nerf is always used here...daily. One went and bought pvc pipe and discovered that if you just blow the nerf dart through the pipe, it goes much farther and harder! Four square is an old game that still lots of play if you have pavement/cement to play on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aliya Posted August 24, 2011 Share Posted August 24, 2011 Potato cannons, water rockets (similar to this one ), etc. My son has more fun with the toys he's made than any toy he's bought in a store. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swellmomma Posted August 24, 2011 Share Posted August 24, 2011 DS is big into playing swords/lightsabers/guns. He likes to pretend he is a ninja, jedi, soldier etc. But he is my quirky boy. He is not big on sports. He would love an RC helicopter or airplane. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elegantlion Posted August 24, 2011 Share Posted August 24, 2011 DS and I have these, Mashoonga, like light sabers and Nerf in one. http://www.amazon.com/Mashoonga-Dueling-Sabers-Set-Blue/dp/B002XJ2PVI Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeidiKC Posted August 24, 2011 Share Posted August 24, 2011 Is there a website for ideas/designs using PVC pipe? I mean do you glue them together or what? I'm not crazy about my 7yo using PVC glue, whatever that might be. Or are they fastened some other way? I like the idea - sounds great! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elegantlion Posted August 24, 2011 Share Posted August 24, 2011 (edited) Is there a website for ideas/designs using PVC pipe? I mean do you glue them together or what? I'm not crazy about my 7yo using PVC glue, whatever that might be. Or are they fastened some other way? I like the idea - sounds great! We never glued the pipe, we just bought the connectors. The only problem if if you build a marshallow shooter and a child takes it apart, make sure you have saved the building instructions. Edited August 24, 2011 by elegantlion Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarlaS Posted August 24, 2011 Share Posted August 24, 2011 For my oldest son's 11'th birthday, we got him a puppy. :w00t: :leaving: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeidiKC Posted August 25, 2011 Share Posted August 25, 2011 We never glued the pipe, we just bought the connectors. The only problem if if you build a marshallow shooter and a child takes it apart, make sure you have saved the building instructions. what instructions, from where? I am obviously a complete idiot when it comes to this. What connectors? Some special PVC connectors you get at the store? Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginevra Posted August 25, 2011 Share Posted August 25, 2011 Slingshot. Hang milk jugs for targets. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laurie4b Posted August 25, 2011 Share Posted August 25, 2011 BB guns and airsoft guns. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amyx4 Posted August 25, 2011 Share Posted August 25, 2011 Our zip line came from spring swings. http://www.springswings.com/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
endurancerider Posted August 25, 2011 Share Posted August 25, 2011 We have a treehouse, zipline, and an enclosed trampoline that my kids love to use daily. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarlaS Posted August 25, 2011 Share Posted August 25, 2011 I just realized this thread is from March. :) Not too terribly old, but the boy's birthday has no doubt come and gone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gardenmom5 Posted August 25, 2011 Share Posted August 25, 2011 when my older boys were that age, they built a tree house. they collected building scrapes. then they'd build with it. then they'd take things apart so they could remodel. would use ropes to hoist things up. over and over. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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