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What was your child's favourite bestest toy ever.... when they were 2??

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LegoLeia · 15/10/2007 12:45

...We just don't seem to feel inspired by any toys at the moment!

Please help us by telling us what you couldn't live without at this age, and then we will go and buy it for Christmas... DS simply is not interested in toys!

Thank you! xxx

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RGPargy · 15/10/2007 12:46

Thomas the Tank train set and track. DS absolutely LOVED it til he was about 5 or 6!!

RGPargy · 15/10/2007 12:47

Oh and it was the Tomy one where the engines and carriages had magnetic bits on them so they just snapped together - very unfiddly!

dooley1 · 15/10/2007 12:47

my ds loved these wooden blocks

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dooley1 · 15/10/2007 12:48

also Peppa Pig's playhouse has been played with endlessly since he was 2

krabbiepatty · 15/10/2007 12:49

Brio trainset

MaryBleedinShelley · 15/10/2007 12:50

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screaminghousewife · 15/10/2007 12:50

Jigsaws, dd absolutely loved them. Early learning used to do some fab ones and she spent hours sat with them. You could help her for 1/2 an hour, wonder off and do some housework, come back and she'd still be sat there pulling them apart and putting them back together.
Ds, on the other loved his garage at that age, 50 matchbox cars and a large plastic garage and he was in toddler heaven.

damewashalot · 15/10/2007 12:50

ELC happy land stuff, loved that for ages and teaset/ playfood type stuff.

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LegoLeia · 15/10/2007 15:46

Does wooden Thomas fit with Brio?

Some great suggestions, thanks everyone!

Any more?

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fishie · 15/10/2007 15:49

ds 2.5 not very keen on toys either. i mean he'll play with them, esp if a parent joins in, but he doesn't have any particular favourites. he quite likes building little towers with random objects.

LilianGish · 15/10/2007 15:52

Duplo train set (in fact he's playing with it as I write - aged 4) also Brio train set (in fact we got the cheaper Ikea tracks which are compatible with the Brio trains). He has one set upstairs and one downstairs. Absolutely never gets bored with them and you can add to them endlessly. I also really enjoy playing with both of them with him which is obviously a bonus!

NoNickname · 15/10/2007 15:59

Every birthday, I write a list of what ds receives so that I can do all the thank-yous [polishes halo] - ds's second birthday list is still in my notebook. These are the things, looking back, that he liked the best:

"Who's on the Farm" puzzle
Chad Valley (Woolworths) wooden train set - it's about £11 on their website at the mo - but for £56 you can get a set with more pieces and a table too - he would have loved that
Fisher Price Little People "Ramps Around Garage" - a huge hit and he still plays with it now at 4
ELC 6 x pets puzzles
ELC cash register - and they also do the play food and money

spookykitty · 15/10/2007 16:01

Tomy megasketcher - am getting two new ones for Christmas as they have worn it out and fought over it constantly.

FisherPrice Little People - worth their weight in gold, played with every day we have the Ark, Garage, house, castle and bus.

NoNickname · 15/10/2007 16:03

Just as a warning, the last two things on my list are for ages 3 and up. (He was fine with them - i.e. they were age appropriate for him, but the money in the till wouldn't officially be suitable until 3 because of the hazard of choking).

PanicPants · 15/10/2007 16:03

Diggers diggers diggers in all shapes and sizes (although scoop - from Bob the builder- is very badly made, we are on number 3 and he's broken too)

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LegoLeia · 15/10/2007 16:04

NoNickname

I salute you and your record keeping, and your excellent usage of links

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lemonaid · 15/10/2007 16:08
  • Plush Bob the Builder (lots of places sell them; we actually bought DS's used from a Mumsnetter)

  • Assorted figures (Little People-sized things, although actually two of them are from a set of "People Who Help Us" figures he got from Boots when he was one but wasn't very interested in at the time, and the other is a small plastic Bob The Builder)

  • Creanimaux blocks (he doesn't play with these so much now, but loved them for months).

  • Play kitchen and play cups and saucers and pans (we don't actually have at home, but he loves the one at nursery and we may get one)

lucyellensmum · 15/10/2007 16:10

i've seen the wooden brio Thomas the tank set, was tempted to buy it for DD (trains are her absolute favourite things in the whole wide world) but it is EXPENSIVE! Was thinking could buy the thomas stuff and use it with the tesco wooden trainset, im sure it would be fine as it fits in with brio.

I am feeling pretty smug just now though as i have just brought a thomas the tank train set (plastic not wooden) complete with about ten diecast trains, some plastic ones from the local charity shop for ONE POUND!!! I was convinced when i bought it that it was going to be incomplete and broken, i mean, ONE POUND But it is fantastic, i actually feel quite guilty only paying that much as it is a local hospice shop and they looked after my dad when he died, i do buy lots of stuff there though. I am a real second hand fanatic, which is ok, but i end up with sooo many toys because they are so cheap and we cant move for toys.

What about a cooker set? DD loves hers, it keeps her occupied and is good for interactive play too. We got ours from early learning centre and the cut up food too, that is really fab. If you join their birthday club you get a voucher for 20% discount too, which is significant for a big purchase. They also sent us a really groovy cd which dd loves.

Playdough? Loving the playdough, and that can only get better

FlightAttendant · 15/10/2007 16:18

Sorry, this isn't going to help much but Ds1 has been obsessed with one thing only since he was about 1 year old...electrical cables and extension leads.
He is now four and still plays with them at every opportunity...not live ones I hasten to add...it was very hard to know if buying him his own would stop him trying to get the real ones, or encourage him to think they were all safe. We hadn't much choice as it was such a massive obsession, but anyway, he is still here!!!

TheDuchessOfCorpseBride · 15/10/2007 16:22

When they were 2...

DDs best presents were a cow print raincoat, ladybird wellies and an easel (paint, paper roll & blackboard). It's still in use 4 years later.

DSs was the Thomas Wooden Railway.

And DD2 was doll & pram and a small trampoline.

Around this age we also bought each of them a wooden kichen unit each (cooker, sink & washing machine) - it's used constantly and was well worth the money it cost.

Pannacotta · 15/10/2007 16:48

FA DS1 is also obsessed with extension leads and plugs/sockets, much more so than with any of his lovely wooden toys/train set etc! He also loved the foot pump which came with my birth pool! Have given up buying toys for now....

FlightAttendant · 15/10/2007 17:19

Fantastic, Panacotta! I thought he was a bit odd till you said that...never mind the disparaging remarks from all and sundry, 'You can't let him play with that!!!'

FlightAttendant · 15/10/2007 17:20

Btw it's not the same child is it??!! I think we might have had some kind of immaculate dual conception of twins!?

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gegs73 · 15/10/2007 17:24

thomas track and trains
hot wheels