5 year old no longer interested in toys only art/crafts

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My 5.5 year old rarely plays with toys now but will spend hours colouring drawing and making things. Is this ok/normal. It seems very young. She has plenty of dolls etc. She likes cuddly toys in her bed but other toys are left untouched for weeks now.

Of course it's ok and totally normal. Kids go through phases of preferring another activity for a while. It will develop her creativity a lot

Yep my 6 year old is going through a similar phase.

Yes my daughter never took to toys as such. Cuddly toys yes but not dolls or play kitchens and I wasted tons if money on Sylvania figures. Drawing all the way. She did like lego though.

My 4 year old DD is the same. She doesn’t really play with any of the many toys we have but will draw and make things for hours. We have a little table she can sit at with access to pens and pencils and glue etc so she just helps herself a lot of the time. The CBeebies art magazine is good for little things they can make.
We have dolls houses and play mobile and the ikes kitche that goes untouched!

"Normal" is not the term to use here, because loads of behaviours and interests of a 5 year old are totally normal. My daughter was just like yours at that age. Her artistic endeavours should be strongly supported.

Both mine lost interest in toys at about that age. They did build lego but never played with it much.
I invested in lots of arts and crafts, and puzzles which they loved. Also games like snakes and ladders, guess who and Uno. You might find once she reads confidently she will spend a lot of time reading, my DD certainly did from about 6.5 and DS isnt quite fluent enough for reading for pleasure yet, but I expect not far off.

Of course it is, my son is going through a bit of a phase with this. At the minute he is liking when we draw pictures with a white wax crayon and then paint over them in water colours to reveal the wax picture.

Thanks everyone

My DD is the same. She's 10 going on 11 and it was around the age of 5 that I really noticed she was not a 'toy' person. Her toys have gone pretty much untouched over the years. She is insanely artistic and creative though. She has been drawing for years, making her own costumes and 'sets'. That's her 'play'. DS1 played with toys until he was 12. He absolutely cherished his toys. DD is different. But I have loved her artistic streak. It totally defines her. I often find her awake in bed drawing, drawing, drawing. It brings her tremendous peace and happiness.
I'd celebrate your DD's artistic tendencies and give her free rein. Can I recommend Stabilo Woody crayons? They are the absolute best, especially at this age.

Also, a great Christmas gift might be an easel with a lovely big roll of paper.

Thanks so much for all the replies. It’s very reassuring. I will stop fretting about toys and focus on what she likes doing.

The vanguard six, thanks for that recommendation. I’ll definitely get some