urgent help 5yr old ds who hates lego...

[onanightlikethis]

ds hates lego, or any consruction type toys. we got him a playmobil castle last year and he doesnt play with this type of thing either. he loves music, so he has a drum set and cheap mp3 with speakers...but am really struggling to think of other things for him..his 6yr old brother has a a big pile of lego, knex etc...any ideas??

got bike, scooter, keyboard already. he doesnt really want anything...

Imaginext by fisher price - have a looksee - am sure there will be something he'll like.

Garage, cars - my ds really liked these he is 7 now and still plays with them all the time...he als really not into lego although has done the odd bit more recently... How about some board games?

If he is artistic, would he like puppets and puppet theatre?

remote controlled car
robot
trains

Musical stuff?

craft stuff

trampoline

art sets

roller skates

playdough

train set

Also Hama beads recommended on here for girls 5+ but I find DS makes more with them

Does he like drawing/crafts? What about a desk?

How about that thing for making little animations - my dh got my dd that at the weekend in Tesco. It looks great fun. They put playdough around a hinged mini manequin and then take photos, moving it slightly every time and then put it all together to make a film. I will go and find out what it is called.

Would he like a dance mat?

Or toy saxophone?

Penny whistle?

Tickets to a kids concert?

this

3/4 size guitar? Harmonica? Board games? Simple science/make-lots-of-mess sets? Scalextric? PC games? Bubble machine/giant bubble set?

thanks for all the ideas...with having an older brother we have the trampoline already, saxaphone his godmum has bought,games he got some for his birthday last month...he likes following me about, doing jobs..he has a ds, its more about making their piles equal, while i like the fact of concert tickets..he wouldnt be excited about that on xmas day....hes not into art or craft, we have hama beads and playdough..hes is soo hard to buy for!

My son hates anything sporty or cars/lego. We brought him top trumps, board games (monopoly, Othello, cludo and the like) , calculators, books, the science museum toys.

metal detector
insect law kit

camera?
videocam?
microscope (science museum toy)?

Video camera, CDs, something with a microphone that he can record his music onto - in my day, it would have been a cassette recorder with a microphone

Audiobooks, music lessons?

all 3 dc hated lego and duplo and all those other construction things.

they loved cars though and we went through several garages. The obvious brio train set had additions each christmas such as the latest drawbridge or tunnel. Our other main presents over the years were dressing up costumes eg fireman, policeman doctor, superman, buzz lightyear.

what about one of those fold up tents with a tunnel attached? Brilliant indoors or outdoors. It could be his own private den.

I have 5 yr old ds and had exactly same prob - every other mother was saying lego!!! He hates all that boyish stuff! Finally settled on X factor tour tickets!! My dh can't wait (haha) - I can't go as too pregnant (yay)!