Toys for 1 yr old

[MeadowHay]

I'm drawing a blank here. DD is 13 months and she has quite a lot of toys but most of them won't hold her attention for longer than about 5 minutes anymore, I guess the novelty has worn off most of them (not exaggerating). I know realistically a 1 yr old isn't going to sit and play nicely on her own for hours or anything, it's just frustrating because she will spend a good hour playing by herself if her playing is taking everything on and off the bookcase or changing table over and over again. But will not play with her toys much.

We already have wooden shape sorter things, rattles, drum, xylophone, teddies that talk/sing etc, blocks, animals on wheels that she can push along, a ball...all of these things she likes but only for a few mins at a time. She has refused to go in her jumperoo for months so I need to put that away really. She won't go in anything anymore, she just screams and draws her legs up. Push alongs are also a bit pointless because she will only push it if she also holds your hand with one hand . She's nowhere near to walking ftr and she is a bum shuffler.

(I know I shouldn't have to justify myself but just to say, when she is playing for an hour or so, I am an active participant in that play, I don't just leave her for an hour and disappear! I just would rather she play with her toys rather than messing up the bookcase and changing table and needing me watching her every move in case she picks up something she shouldn't.)

Mine is the same!! She loves anything new and will engage in a new toy for a long time.
Things she loves are
Stacking rings on a wooden pole toy
The eggs - we play 'open and close'
Cardboard boxes (but she's a chewer)
She's toddling so she likes her walkers / wooden doll pram walker

The two things in trying -
Only allow certain toys per day so all her toys get rotated. So one day we have instruments, her books, her stacking blocks and her eggs. Next day dolly and pram, building hammer and train set.

I'm also getting a bit of an addiction to second hand. It's better for the environment, I can choose to get about 3 or 4 toys for the price of one and after 3 months I put them
Back on the sites for someone else to enjoy

Also every now and then raid a different part of the house - whisks, wooden spoons and Tupperware. Let her play with the bath toys but in her bedroom. Maybe if you're having a sort out of clothes she's grown out of she can chuck them about a bit whilst you whip them away into piles

Well, messing up things is playing as well ;) Put the things she shouldn't be touching out of her reach!

Here is a play list with some toy suggestions for this age (including why they are good toys):

Though, to be honest, spending 5 minutes concentrated on a toy is pretty okay for that age. The duration will slowly expand as she gets older.

Some more suggestions: You said she has a lot of toys - it's possible she has too many! Constant distraction makes it harder to concentrate. Try to not have the space too cluttered.
Also, ditch toys that make noise, so basically everything with batteries. Maybe keep the favorite, but in general they certainly do not improve a child's attention span and concentration.

Oh lift the flap books are now a hit too

Aw, she likes toys that make noise though! Only for a short time but she likes them. Nursery said she particularly likes musical type toys there too.

I should have said that I do rotate toys and I don't get them all out at once etc, I agree with all of that. She has two main toy boxes and I have a thing of only opening one of them on a day and I don't get all of the box out at once etc. Tbh she has loads of teddies and soft toys which she's not really interested in, im just keeping them cos I thought maybe when she is bigger she may play pretend games with them? They were all gifts and hand me downs, we have never bought her a soft toy. Altho we have actually hardly bought any toys as she has had a lot of gifts and hand me downs. Def will look in local charity shops that's a good idea then if she doesn't really play with something at least I haven't gone bankrupt buying it.

My DS likes knocking over towers so blocks, Duplo, mega Bloks are all good. He's really into filling and pouring so balls, pom poms, pasta and different containers and scoops. He likes those toot toot cars and that posting pig toy. A play tunnel has been a big hit and is good for rolling things down as well as crawling through. I let him take the things off shelves and out of cupboards, he seems to really enjoy it!

Agree with others about not having too many things out - I usually have a box of things out for the mornings and then a different activity for after lunch and then he has access to other toys as well but he has to get them.

"Aw, she likes toys that make noise though! Only for a short time but she likes them. Nursery said she particularly likes musical type toys there too."

I'd suggest things with which she can make noise - especially percussion instruments and kitchen stuff. That way she is active in her play instead of a passive recipient to the noise. She can also explore that different things make different sounds - my son had a phase when he was experiencing this and could spend quite some time just banging on different objects, because he obviously found it fascinating that they sound differently.
He still likes banging with things (he's almost 2) and regularly raids the kitchen drawer with cooking spoons. After most meals he wants to stay in his chair for a while to just beat the table with his cutlery ;) And just yesterday he spend a long time with the egg whisk because the sound it makes is so different to the other utensils.

"Tbh she has loads of teddies and soft toys which she's not really interested in, im just keeping them cos I thought maybe when she is bigger she may play pretend games with them? "

Sure, keep them! She'll probably be interested in them at some point. But store the things she's not interested in yet out of sight, in a cupboard or somewhere, to avoid crowding and overstuffing the play area(s).

Smart My DD loves banging things, it's probably been her favourite activity since she was about 6 months old . Tied with emptying and filling now though too, but only of things that aren't toys .

Thanks for everyone's suggestions, will pop to local charity shops tomorrow too and have a scout.

Stacking cups! Literally the best toy ever when DS was 1. The other thing that he played with for ages was a ball run (like a marble run but bigger).

Have a look on schpock too I get so many local bargains

"Tied with emptying and filling now though too, but only of things that aren't toys "

Oh, yes, my son did that too for several months. That was great, because it's occupy him for hours a day :D Make sure there aren't any things she's not supposed to have within her reach, lean back, relax and enjoy that she's busy! ;)