Caterpiller Posted August 30, 2011 Share Posted August 30, 2011 My daughters 5th birthday is comming up. I've started a list. LOL :) I'd love to hear what your kids enjoyed at this age. Please say if they are a boy or girl. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meggie Posted August 31, 2011 Share Posted August 31, 2011 My son's favorite toy is the #10 MUS blocks. He takes one in each hand and spins them and makes his own buzzing noise. :001_smile: Sorry, not much help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jujsky Posted August 31, 2011 Share Posted August 31, 2011 My daughter loves Calico Critters, Littlest Pet Shop, Zoobles, American Girl (she got her first one a couple months after turning 5), and now she likes those Squinkies too. DS liked Imaginext toys at that age. It's pretty much all he played with. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AK_Mom4 Posted August 31, 2011 Share Posted August 31, 2011 When DS(now15) was 5yo, his favorite toy was 2 cardboard boxes and a roll of duct tape.......oh, and a towel fastened on as a cape. Possibilities were endless.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
butterflymommy Posted August 31, 2011 Share Posted August 31, 2011 DD 6, Barbies. :tongue_smilie: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Dominion Heather Posted August 31, 2011 Share Posted August 31, 2011 Legos ad nauseam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shellydon Posted August 31, 2011 Share Posted August 31, 2011 Girl 8 rolls of colorful masking tape on a dispenser ala Lakeshore Learning http://www.lakeshorelearning.com/seo/ca|searchResults~~p|2534374302106155~~.jsp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caterpiller Posted August 31, 2011 Author Share Posted August 31, 2011 My DD is very into cardboard, tape, and "inventing" too :p I should take that into concideration actually. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChristusG Posted August 31, 2011 Share Posted August 31, 2011 Dd4 and Dd7 enjoy the following.... Trio blocks....they build huge houses out of these. Crafts. One time I got them a big box of various things to craft with. Things like buttons, wooden pegs, string, ribbon, glue dots, foam stickers, felt, wooden pieces to paint, magnetic strips, beads, elastic, cardstock, etc. I basically raided Michaels and got a bunch of stuff. They use that stuff a lot. Right now they are into the new My Little Pony series and toys called Canterlot. They have them at Target. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kalanamak Posted August 31, 2011 Share Posted August 31, 2011 Boy, marble run. I loved them, too, at that age. And those realistic stuffed birds that make the call when squeezed. My son still loves his. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toawh Posted August 31, 2011 Share Posted August 31, 2011 Boy Playmobil he loves the knights and horses and the soldiers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JenneinCA Posted August 31, 2011 Share Posted August 31, 2011 Boy Legos. Lots and lots and lots of Legos. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alte Veste Academy Posted August 31, 2011 Share Posted August 31, 2011 Both boys - wooden blocks and Legos DD - wooden blocks with play animals and fairies, craft supplies Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FO4UR Posted August 31, 2011 Share Posted August 31, 2011 6yo girl Beading kit Dolls and accessories cast off workbooks to play school crayons, markers, colored pencils, pens, paper clips, my 3-hole punch...Office Max:tongue_smilie: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dragons in the flower bed Posted August 31, 2011 Share Posted August 31, 2011 My son will be six in a few months. He always has a particular stuffed animal that is favored that day. It would be a toss-up between his "babies" and his bicycle, I'd say. He just learned to ride a two wheeler. He has two baby carriers, a sling and a mei tai, so he can enjoy both the bike and the babies at once. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Satori Posted August 31, 2011 Share Posted August 31, 2011 My daughter at both age 5 and 6 is into American Girl dolls/accessories and Barbie dolls. She's really into puzzles. She likes any chapter book with a mouse or wolf on the front cover. Her primary love is stuff like journals and pens, although that probably isn't the most popular 5-6 year old toy. :) Whoever posted the Lakeshore Learning Tape Center of colored tapes, that's something I've always wanted but cannot bring myself to splurge upon. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Food4Thought Posted August 31, 2011 Share Posted August 31, 2011 My 5-year old girl is very much into Littlest Pet Shops. She has a *lot* of them, but she knows where/who each and every piece came from and where it belongs. I buy her more whenever I get a chance, because I play with them too. :D She also loves to draw. I like to keep a supply of good markers for her art projects (I buy her the big Crayola sets and the Pip Squeaks - she "borrows" my PaperMate Flairs and Sharpies). LEGO and K'nex are popular with both of my kids (DD5 & DS7). They play with LEGOs at least 5 days a week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lacie Posted August 31, 2011 Share Posted August 31, 2011 my 4.5 and 6 yo boys love Fisher Price Trio blocks and colored bubbles Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dustybug Posted August 31, 2011 Share Posted August 31, 2011 My DD (5) LOVES the American Girl book series. She is really pining for a doll. I think we'll get her one of these for Christmas: http://babybeblesseddolls.com/ She also loves tea sets, puzzle books (like search stuff...I Spy/Waldo, etc.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlyingMOm Posted August 31, 2011 Share Posted August 31, 2011 She is really pining for a doll. I think we'll get her one of these for Christmas:http://babybeblesseddolls.com/ Thank you for posting this- I *LOVE* this doll! Definitely planning on ordering one for our baby girl for Christmas (she'll be 21 months at Christmas). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eternalknot Posted August 31, 2011 Share Posted August 31, 2011 My daughter loves legos and little hard plastic figurines (animals, historical figures, etc.) She has a pretty active imagination and enjoys creating scenes and plays with legos, figurines, blocks, and tinker toys. She also likes anything on wheels: roller skates, skateboard, scooter, bike. These get really heavy use. My nephew is the same age, and he his favorite toys are legos, lincoln logs, and balls of all kind: football, nerf ball, whiffle balls, bouncy balls, tennis balls, soft tee-balls, soccer balls, foursquare balls. Both kids have a fascination with ping pong paddles and balls. Neither can play very well, but they love to try! We don't have a table, they just do it on the kitchen table LOL. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chepyl Posted August 31, 2011 Share Posted August 31, 2011 Boy: Legos Puzzles Cardboard box and toy saw...he builds dog houses the Wii - WordJong (great for practicing spelling, you must spell words to get rid of the tiles); Mario Kart, Lego Games Craft stuff - construction paper, colored pencils, glue/glue sticks, and scissors! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LillyMama Posted August 31, 2011 Share Posted August 31, 2011 Son (is now 6, but when he was 5)- Legos. Hot Wheels. Typical boy stuff. Daughter- the Wii. She would play the stupid thing all day if we let her. Good thing she has a chart! :001_smile: The Leap Frog TAG Reading pen. Her school books. Books, books and more books. Her stuffed Hello Kitties. Fingernail polish and lip gloss. She canNOT be bothered with dolls. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maus Posted August 31, 2011 Share Posted August 31, 2011 My son, when he was 5-6, wanted and played with trains. Wooden, Lego/Duplo, or GeoTrax. Other than that, he started collecting the huge assortment of teddy bears that live on and under his bed, but he doesn't really play with them. My older daughter, who is still six, asks for Barbies/LivWorld, but doesn't play with them for more than a week or so afterwards. What she plays with are costumes. Especially ballerina, princess, or animal costumes, in that order. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plain jane Posted August 31, 2011 Share Posted August 31, 2011 Boy & Girl: Quadrilla marble run Boy: Playmobil Girl: Littlest Pet Shop Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
icedlatte Posted August 31, 2011 Share Posted August 31, 2011 My DD just turned 6. Her favorites are basically cars, animals, blocks and paints. Wood blocks - We have 2-3 of these sets and a several more small packs of the natural wood looking blocks that are the same size. DD builds cities, garages and roads for her cars or farms for her animals. Matchbox and Hot Wheels cars Playmobil - Vet Operating Room and Zoo Vehicle sets. We also have their Nativity set and she just asked me the other day how many more days it was until we get the Christmas things out because she wants to play with that one. Toob animal sets - We bought the penguin set when we were reading Mr. Popper's Penguins. Since then, we've added several other sets to go along with other things we're studying. They turn school into play and vice versa for her. Safari animals that are about twice the size of the Toob animals Stuffed animals - almost exclusively dogs (collars, food bowls and dog toys to go with them) Journals, which just means any notebook with a pretty cover. She usually draws or paints in them. Sometimes she'll copy something like the table of contents from our animal encyclopedia. Watercolor paints and a ream of copy paper. She walked around the store hugging the ream of paper before we got it and could barely contain her excitement when got home. I was starting to worry that she misunderstood what was inside that package. No, she understood perfectly and was just very excited to have her very own paper. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ann@thebeach Posted August 31, 2011 Share Posted August 31, 2011 Girl 8 rolls of colorful masking tape on a dispenser ala Lakeshore Learning http://www.lakeshorelearning.com/seo/ca|searchResults~~p|2534374302106155~~.jsp My kids love this too! When my DD was 5-6yrs she never played with toys that much except for Little Pet shop. Her main thing was art. She would draw and paint and craft for hours each day-still does at almost 10yrs. Gifts for her have always included at least one of these since age 5-6: some type of nice large drawing pad, fun blank page journals, stamp sets, stickers, colored pencils, bead sets, and/or some type of caddy or organizer bins for supplies. She loved the "Bedazzler" she got when she was 8yrs old! LOL She also liked books on CD and has a few she still listens to such as Cam Jansen mysteries, Farmer Boy, and Boxcar children stories. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
In the Rain Posted August 31, 2011 Share Posted August 31, 2011 Girls Calico Critters MagnaTiles Ponyville art supplies Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laughing lioness Posted August 31, 2011 Share Posted August 31, 2011 My now 11 yo ds LOVED his Buzz Lightyear. He actually still plays with it every now and then (we finally bought him a 2nd one because the first was so busted/duct taped). All of my kids- boy or girl have LOVED playmobil and legos. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dmmetler Posted August 31, 2011 Share Posted August 31, 2011 Girl age 6, legos, for about the last 3 years and no signs of ebbing. At age 5, Littlest Pet Shop, Ponyville, her dollhouse, and basically anything tiny were hits. American Girl started at age 6. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sue G in PA Posted August 31, 2011 Share Posted August 31, 2011 Dd6...Littlest Pet Shop. She LOVES playing with all her little animals. Also likes these building things called, "Connectogons". Little colorful octogon shaped wooden pieces that fit together to make different structures. Very cool toy. And her dollhouse. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5knights3maidens Posted August 31, 2011 Share Posted August 31, 2011 My daughter just turned 6. She loves, horses, punch-out paperdolls, fairies, puzzles, etc. :001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mhg Posted August 31, 2011 Share Posted August 31, 2011 (edited) 5 yo boy. Best $1 I spent at the Goodwill: I bought a cage spinner that came from a bingo set (you put the balls in the cage spinner and turn the spinner and it spits out a random ball.....only my son uses it as a cage in imaginative play, it churns out all sorts of things...it turns Diego into an alien, etc.). This would be gender neutral....I saw it also a Target's Games section. Also likes masks (I bought a set of animal masks and he (and my 5yo neice) LOVE pretending with these. My neice (age 5) also likes her microphone and boxes to make houses/tunnels with. Also, my son and my neice like the attack gerbils....what are they called? ZuZu pets? You push the little button on the top and they make cute little gerbil sounds and roll around and change directions when the bump into things. My neices LOVES the ones I got her. And last, but NOT least...(this should be listed first on my list here) are his MEMORY MATCH CLAMS from Learning Resources http://www.learningresources.com/product/parents/shop+by+category/early+skill+development/active+play/smart+splash--174-+memory+match+clams.do?search=basic&keyword=clams&sortby=bestSellers&page=1& (he and all my neices....my neices are ages 7,5,and 3) all like these a lot. Edited August 31, 2011 by mhg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JennyD Posted August 31, 2011 Share Posted August 31, 2011 6yo boy -- blocks. We have a huge set of wooden 'school' blocks and they have been in near-constant use for at least the last 2 years. Dress-up clothes and stuff for magic tricks are also big hits. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SKL Posted August 31, 2011 Share Posted August 31, 2011 My girls are going on 5. DD1's favorite thing right now is her bike. She recently learned how to ride it independently and she is pumped! DD2 is absolutely crazy about her dollhouse. It's about 2.5' tall and has lots of little dolls (collected over the years) - from Disney princesses to Playmobil knights to ethnic dolls in costume. She acts out fairy tales and movies and creates all kinds of romances, LOL. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MamaBearTeacher Posted August 31, 2011 Share Posted August 31, 2011 My 5 year old son loves any figurines he can use for pretend play. His favorite is his Little People castle. He spends a couple of hours playing with it a few days each week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lisa in the UP of MI Posted August 31, 2011 Share Posted August 31, 2011 My 5yo boy loves LEGOs more than anything else. Red car sets are the best, though he usually makes his own designs. My almost 7yo dd loves doing crafts, playing with dolls, and reading. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mchel210 Posted August 31, 2011 Share Posted August 31, 2011 Mine LOVES those little animals in a tube...or those animals from target that are on a wooden shelf. (not sure of the name) THey look like miniature animals. She takes them in the bath every night and plays forever. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smillard00 Posted August 31, 2011 Share Posted August 31, 2011 Bitty Baby twins with the double stroller is #1 today. Other days it is her art easel (Melissa and Doug brand) or her wooden doll house or the Littlest Pet Shop house with all of the little pets. Definitely a good age for imaginative play! Her birthday is in a few weeks and I have no idea what to get her. She doesn't need anything, but it would be fun to find something small that would delight her. :001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dustybug Posted September 1, 2011 Share Posted September 1, 2011 Thank you for posting this- I *LOVE* this doll! Definitely planning on ordering one for our baby girl for Christmas (she'll be 21 months at Christmas). No problem! :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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