What toys has your 2 yo loved? Looking for ideas for my dd's birthday next month.

[joorla]

There's so much choice I just dont know where to start and I don't want to waste money on something that she will only play with for a month or two.

Any recommendations??

Bubbles.

Bubble Buckets (with different 'wands'.

Bubble Machines.

You can't go wrong with Bubbles at that age!

(Tescos have some fab bubble stuff inc. 1 litre bubble mixtures.)

the velcro fruit and veg is very popular with both my older dcs (4 & 2) try ELC, toys r us, monstercare or similar. Also tea set stuff is popular, they love imitating. I drink gallons of pretend tea some days!

Something from the Fisher Price little people range ... the farm or zoo went down well in our house!

my ds is 2 this month, we have bought an art eisel from elc and lots of paints etc. We have also bought an etch a sketch though its aged three we think he will enjoy it. He has a bubble machine which is great fun either at bathtime or in the garden. He got a sand pit from his grandparents as an early gift and he absolutely loves it.

a plastic kitchen- she loves it (now over 3).

also, very inexpensive Russian Doll (the ones with smaller dolls inside each).

Definitely kitchen/play food/microwave etc etc. And jigsaws. Orchard toys ones are great.

Duplo
Sticklebricks

or are those just boy things?

Kitchen

tea set

Jigsaws

Animals from ELC

Cars/vehicles etc

Fairies stuff from ELC

happyland stuff from elc is a big hit

tea set,she played with one on hols that was all kept inside a big clear tea pot and she LOVED that

loads of play doh and glueing and sticking stuff

books,books,books: all the blue kangaroo ones and sandra boynton ones for my 2yr old

bags, all shapes and sizes,my dds fave at the moment is a kids cool bag from saino's!

Definitely kitchen and all associated paraphenalia - all 3 of mine adore ours and it's probably the most played with toy that we own.

er, cardboard box? 2yos play with anything and everything. except lovingly thought out toys ime

bubblemachine is always a great hit.

We also gave him for Christmas a toy car he can motor around on - he loves it (and spends time "cleaning" it - so sweet).

For our DS's 2nd birthday we gave him a trike - he adores his and loves going on it in the garden, to the shops, to the park, etc.

Teapots, hoovers, anything house-related also huge hits (though at present his favourite toy is a wooden spoon from our kitchen as he likes pretending to be little cook from Big Cook Little Cook - go figure!)

We bought dd1 the ELC kitchen for her 2nd birthday (plus family bought her some accessories to go with it ie kettle/play food/play cake/till etc) she'll be 4 soon and she has played with that kitchen almost every day and dd2 (18months) loves putting things on the stove(makes a noise) and clattering pans etc best thing we have ever ever ever bought!

kitchen
brio trains and track
trike

A kitchen - I would splash out and get a wooden one though - they look lovely and last.

DD is 2.2

Push chair played with daily (get one with a basket on the back as she loves transporting things around in it - especially dishwasher tablets )also dolls cot and car seat (plus obviously the dolls!

Play kitchen and tea set

Play dough cutters etc (make the play dough - the stuff from shops is too sticky - and expensive) Play dough is the one "craft" thing that she will play with alone for literally hours on end.

Toy till-Niamh's been playing at "paying" (shooping) for the last 3/4 wks-and I've now bought her a toy till from Woolies-reduced from £15 to a £10. Has a little conveyor belf & microphone, money-coins & paper, credit cards to swipe! Basked & food.

Thanks for all the great ideas - think I'm going to get her a kitchen, can anyone recommend one as they seem to vary in price a lot?

playdoh - ds will spend ages with the stuff.

cooker

toy animals and farm (or zoo type ting depending which animals ds puts in it - sometimes i'm a bit worried about that the lions are going to eat the cow )

cars

trampoline

A colour doodle. Don't have to worry about leaving them with pens. Ds1 played with it every day for a couple of years. My nephew (2.5) also loves the one we bought for him.