visitor Posted April 4, 2016 Share Posted April 4, 2016 Dear all, my Ds7 is being borred with his old toys. At this moment he only loves to play Kapla . I stopted buying cars and trains because he only plays 1 day with them and then he wont even look at them . After our schoolday we take my boys outside to play but at home DS7 always tell me that he feels borred . So I need to buy new toys which he can play without me . DS loves my tablet , and building things . Please help me :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HomeAgain Posted April 4, 2016 Share Posted April 4, 2016 Probably not what you want, but I would not buy him more toys. There's not a magic product to capture his attention. Let him be bored. It's good for him. ;) 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loesje22000 Posted April 4, 2016 Share Posted April 4, 2016 Do you own any smartgames? http://www.smartgames.eu/nl/smartgames/camouflage-north-pole http://www.smartgames.eu/nl/smartgames/gogetter-cat-mouse Or technical Duplo: https://education.lego.com/en-au/lego-education-product-database/machines-and-mechanisms/9656-early-simple-machines-set http://www.knex.com/knex-education/ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
desertflower Posted April 4, 2016 Share Posted April 4, 2016 Legos Wiki sticks Minecraft Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
visitor Posted April 4, 2016 Author Share Posted April 4, 2016 Thanks loesje he played with smartgames he loved it but he finished most of them. Technical LEGO looks good thanks @ desertflower minecraft isn't that a Nintendo game ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loesje22000 Posted April 4, 2016 Share Posted April 4, 2016 Next level : https://www.bol.com/nl/p/the-kaleidoscope-classic-deluxe/1004004004439716/ Rush hour Etc. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris in VA Posted April 4, 2016 Share Posted April 4, 2016 Set him up with lots of loose parts for building and for making other things. Google loose parts to see a ton of ideas! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arcadia Posted April 5, 2016 Share Posted April 5, 2016 What would he do if you tell him to play with his Kapla when he says he is bored? Lego Technics are a hit with my boys for open ended building. Minecraft is run on creative mode on tablets and its cheaper on tablets. However my DS10 gets screen addiction so we have to ration screen time. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eagle Posted April 5, 2016 Share Posted April 5, 2016 cuboro snap circuits Lego technic k'nex wooden model kits science kits you could get him into stop motion animation using his Legos or kapla blocks as subjects what about audio books to listen to? my ds listens as he plays. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
domestic_engineer Posted April 5, 2016 Share Posted April 5, 2016 all of the above are great suggestions, including letting him be bored sometimes. Here are some other ideas: pixy cubes or tangrams aso blocks (these are a Japanese toy - but it has a lot of little parts so it may not be a good fit for your family) Perplexus madlibs origami / paper airplanes whittling or soap carving finger knitting or some other kind of fiber arts chess (can learn and play on the tablet) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waa510 Posted April 5, 2016 Share Posted April 5, 2016 It sounds like he's more into engineering type toys or games. I'd get him some open-ended building things. My 7 yr old also loves to color while listening to audiobooks. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
domestic_engineer Posted April 5, 2016 Share Posted April 5, 2016 a new idea ... or two: Marble run Some Computer Programming Apps that are disguised as games .... Tynker, cargobot, scratch jr. If you want some STEM focused toys, there's a guide here: http://inspire-purdue.org/EngineeringGiftGuide 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arcadia Posted April 5, 2016 Share Posted April 5, 2016 Stack of Aladdin cards (dollar store has plenty) to build paper structure, similar in concept to kapla planks. Platonic solids using cards http://mathcraft.wonderhowto.com/how-to/make-platonic-solids-out-playing-cards-0130512/ Architecture using cards http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/picturegalleries/howaboutthat/8608137/Bryan-Berg-the-worlds-best-card-stacker.html Dominos were a hot favorite too both for building fortresses for lego minifigures and playmobil figures and for building domino runs. We buy the mexican domino trains sets when they go under $10 at Target or TRU http://m.target.com/p/double-twelve-color-dot-mexican-train-dominoes-game-with-tin/-/A-14693423 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vonfirmath Posted April 5, 2016 Share Posted April 5, 2016 How about some logic puzzle books? when bored, he could sit down and start working on puzzles. Jigsaw puzzles might work too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PagesandFields Posted April 6, 2016 Share Posted April 6, 2016 I have a 7 yo boy that won't play with toys... But he does play with the dogs, mud, and is recently really interested in drawing.... Dress up and role play is recently really important to him... We live rurally so that makes it easier... Legos, knight figures, audiobooks... For his next bday we are going to try to get him magnatiles... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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