what do your 1 year old boys play with?

[PavlovtheCat]

he has lots of toys really many of which are his sisters, for example he loves her pink dolls house.

I was thinking of not actually getting very much at all for him , he won't really know and there will be lots to play with anyway.

Is there anything he might really enjoy/big present idea? He has a rocking caterpilar, a push along, cuddlies, blocks, noisy things, books etc etc.

(we want to get him a toy garage, but want an original fisher price one, which is more expensive right now due to being nearer xmas, so was thinking we might get his presents in the jan sales/on ebay when people sell off old stuff!)

We have 2DDs and A 17 mnth old DS. He loves the happyland farm which we've had since DD1 was a year old.

Wow toys do really nice vehicles - the bin lorry is great fun!

We have the same problem with what to get for DS as we have so much already. We are thinking of some duplo because we don't have any of that and he seems to like playing with it elsewhere.

When my DS was 1 he discovered cars and that's all he played with for the next 2 years.

Sadly they and that Fisher Price garage you are talking about are hardly ever played with these days as he is obsessed with guns (isn't allowed them) and Ben 10.

Actually thinking about DS has always played with his wooden train track which gets added to each year. Most of DS's friend have one too and are still played with too.

Off to see how much that garage is selling on ebay, if only I knew how to do it!

Anything his 4 year old brother wants to play with...

Could you maybe get him a playdoh type set - DS1 got a fab Night garden one and an octopus one aged around 1 which both him and DS2 still love playing with...

In the sainsbury's scrum sale he chose himself a huge Peppa Pig. And he's getting a car transporter thing as well.

But Peppa pig is what he really likes. We had a terrible scene in Boots with the dune buggy.

Ds2 has just had his first birthday so has lots of toys. I did think about getting him something for the garden so will put it away until the summer.

kate - if it the old fisher price garage, the one without the tracks running through the ramps, I will buy it from you if you want a quick and easy sale...as long as the wind up lift worls!

oh yes cars. He is very into cars. what is that all about?!!! I might just buy him a bucket load of cars.

In that sainsbos sale i bought lots including this cool nemo bath toy, fab! I want him to have it now! But it is his birthday in 3 weeks and need to keep some stuff for then! guess that is my dilemma as it is almost his birthday, then christmas. He is getting something special and keepsakey for his birthday, like an oil filled locomotive, not really for now, for when he is older!

dinky he is the same with DDs toys, he wants every thing she wants, plus cars. which is why i am thinking not to bother buying much for him yet.

13 month old DS is currently playing with

ELC wooden garage - LOVES it (and loads of cars)
Duplo
Brio-type railway
Teaset
Any musical instruments (including pots & pans & wooden spoons LOL)
Pram & dolly (he loves to feed the baby )
and this, which gets a lot of airtime (and you can turn the sound down )

Boys much easier IMO

Orchard toys jigsaw puzzles tractor firengine bus etc
Habitat big red bus
Wooden train track played with every single day for almost 2 years
Wooden car and emergency vehicle collection from either jojo or blooming marvellous
Car mat for pushing toys on...le toy I think on amazon got it from John lewis though
Wow tractors
Builder fancy dress costume
Playmobil ambulance
In fact anything that goes nee
Naw
Big wooden fire engine think from plan but jl do similar one
Sensory ball or any ball really
Rocket shape sorter from vtech
Wooden garage jl do good one but apparently the plastic city one from elf also good. Saw fab coloured wooden one in blooming marvellous.

Books and yet more books

Now if you could help out on what to get a 1 yr old girl thread that'd be fab!!

oh i just bought that rocket shape sorter for him actually, that is his birthday present (one of), half price in sainsbos!!

He has the train track, bought for DD but never that interested.

I will look at the ELC wooden garage, but tbh I am not really happy with ELC/Mothercare, but will look and see how persuaded I am!

At a year old my son played with this relentlessly! It still gets played with now he's four and by his one year old sister. Brilliant present.

My 14mo's favourite toy is his willy.

Duplo, then duplo, oh and a bit of duplo!! He has just turned 6 and he STILL plays with duplo, seriously good value having lasted 5 years so far and going strong.....

Graduated onto Wooden bricks between 1 and 2 and not long after that into Brio train sets....

oh i am sure we have a click clack track...i shall go and look..

I will investigate the garage further tomorrow. It's in DS's room at the mo.

My DS is 2.4 and over the last year he's loved playing with his garage, wooden train set, orchard toy puzzles, wooden trike (elc) and happyland sets. He loves pop up tunnels too although he doesn't have one at home.

At this age DS' favourite toys were:

wooden walker with blocks
wooden pound a ball
wooden block puzzles
wooden click clack track
wooden peg and hammer set
counting peg board
stickle bricks
mega blocks
water tower for the bath
bath books
pop up tunnel and tent with balls in
wave drum and waterways tubes from ELC
baby trampoline
baby rocker
baby swing
slide
sand pit
Tomy Discovery Dome
Tomy Pic N Pop
Tomy Colour Doodle
Rainbow aquadraw
Tomy My First Train Set
Tomy washing machine bath toy
Tomy Egg Parade Toy
Tomy Bath turtle
DK Peepo first words book
DK Touch and feel tractor book
DK Baby Touch and feel christmas book
Usbourne touchy feely polar bears book

Also

big wooden noah's ark shape sorter
ELC Happyland and Fisher Price Little People

The ELC Manic Martians game is my 13mo's favourite thing in the whole wide world.
He loves watching it when it's switched on, he likes waving the hammers around, and he usually has a Martian in each hand.

ELC soft stuff train thing, Brio track, wooden dolls house, garage, kitchen and farm also fab but he was more 18 months - 2 when we graduated onto those. Depends how advanced your 1 year old is I guess. DS was a bit behind and didn't walk til he was nearly 21 months.

He is 4 now and he is getting a wooden london red double decker bus and black taxi from Hamley's along with a London playset. We are hoping to take him to London before Christmas so he can ride on real ones.

seth Does it use batteries?

yes, the martians pop up and down out of their holes.

Anything do with stickers, and cars!