GTKY: Toys!

[Bluedaisy]

And not the dirty kind purple!

So tell me:

1. Have you saved any toys from your childhood to give to lo (or not)?

2. Does your LO have a favourite toy?

3. Do you have a favourite of lo's toys?

4. Does your LO have any toys you find creepy?

[Bluedaisy]

1. Have you saved any toys from your childhood to give to lo (or not)?
I saved my Precious Places:

and a lot of my dolls
2. Does your LO have a favourite toy?
LO loves his Fisher Price Car, An Angel Fish Puppet my mom brought back from Hawaii and his sand table.

3. Do you have a favourite of lo's toys?

I will confess to LOVING all of the Little People and the Uncle Goose Blocks

4. Does your LO have any toys you find creepy?
I don't even know why I find this creepy but LO has this little green car that says "Going places, Looking for faces...I see you!" and I find it sooo stalkerish and creepy!

[ashbash]

1. Have you saved any toys from your childhood to give to lo (or not)? Just a few, there is a pink rattle that both kids loved and a weeble wooble seasme street set that is a hit.

2. Does your LO have a favourite toy? probably a tie between his lawn mower or his Melissa and Doug mop/broom set - dont try and tell him to pick a gender specific side

3. Do you have a favourite of lo's toys? squigz because they can be used 1000 different ways and his tunnel because him and sister love to play chase though it and its just too cute, they always fall over laughing at each other

4. Does your LO have any toys you find creepy? not really, im pretty selective on toys but DD does have a doll that is a little creepy looking

[jillywilly]

1. Have you saved any toys from your childhood to give to lo (or not)? Not a ton - I have my teddy bear from childhood that resides in his bedroom. My mom has an old slinky of mine that he loves playing with at her house, and there's also an ass ton of legos in their basement waiting for him to get old enough.

2. Does your LO have a favourite toy? He LOVES the new GoGo SmartWheels he got for his birthday - he was gifted both the parking garage and train set. He's also a big fan of his water table, and the new cozy roadster we got for him.

3. Do you have a favourite of lo's toys? We bought him the Mega blocks, and will admit to enjoying building various creations for him to destroy

4. Does your LO have any toys you find creepy? No. Unless you count this one ball that is so sensitive it will seemingly randomly light/up sing when you just walk by it, but that's more annoying than creepy.

[veggiemo]

1. My mom saved this from when I was a kid and it's a huge hit when they go to her house:


2. LO's favorite toy changes from day to day. But he got this for his birthday and it ranks pretty high up for both kids:


3. I really like this Melissa and Doug shopping cart. LO pushes it all around the house and is using it to learn to walk.



4. Hmm. Well when I was in the hospital after giving birth to LO, DS picked this out for him in the gift shop. Everyone that came in the room was like "what is THAT?" (It looks worse in person)

[veggiemo]

Bluedaisy, precious places! My sister had a bunch of those!

[billyhorrible]

1. Have you saved any toys from your childhood to give to lo (or not)? no toys,but stuffed animals/cabbage patch dolls.

2. Does your LO have a favourite toy? Right now maybe the water table? He also loves his Little Tikes truck, whacky ball, and this butterfly puzzle thing.


3. Do you have a favourite of lo's toys? not really. Anything quiet that will keep him occupied.

4. Does your LO have any toys you find creepy? I hate the FP laugh and learn dog because he would randomly turn on and say "come play with me." Luckily he's out of batteries. Only took 4 years.

[heartofglass]

1. Have you saved any toys from your childhood to give to lo (or not)?
We saved the rocking horse my made me, but we haven't restored it for him yet.

2. Does your LO have a favourite toy?
Yes, a Pyrex measuring cup and a spoon. And he's loved the fisher price train since he got it 6 months ago.

3. Do you have a favourite of lo's toys?
Not really.

4. Does your LO have any toys you find creepy?
Any of the ones that make noise. We always forget to turn them off at night and inevitably they go off by themselves in the middle of the night.

ETA: pic of LO with his Pyrex cup making mommy a dirty socks on the rocks for keeping her up all night

[Widget123]

Am I the only one who thought twice about this thread when I saw the subject was toys and it was created by Bluedaisy I digress...

1. Have you saved any toys from your childhood to give to lo (or not)?
I did not save them but my mom did and they are at her house. Example: A Sesame Street playset.  ETA: This is one of the ones.  She still has the store ones too.

2. Does your LO have a favourite toy?
It is taking me too long to think of an answer, so probably not.

3. Do you have a favourite of lo's toys?
This one B Zany musical toy is lots of fun. I will add a pic. Actually that one is probably one of LO's favorites too, because he likes to pick up and chew all of the musical instruments.  ETA: This one

4. Does your LO have any toys you find creepy?
Probably not. If creepy I would not buy or suggest others to buy in the first place.

[erbear]

1. LO has my cabbage patch doll and my American girl doll (that's put up). She will eventually inherit my Barbies and their super awesome dream house (I had the modular one from the early 90s).

2. She loves a few things - her Vera Bradley lovey bunny, her books, her little people, cars, all of her walkers (even though she can walk), her cozy coupe (which she stores everything in), this cheap little wagon mil got her, her soft BeatBo and her Daniel tiger trolley.

3. I love her cozy coupe and I love her Duplos!

4. No creepy toys, but we also have a few that turn on when no one is around!

[blueskiessmiling]

Bluedaisy We had Precious Places growing up! I'm pretty sure my sister has them now.

[blueskiessmiling]

1. I have that same doll house saved as veggiemo, plus a smaller matching one. I also have my Bitty Baby and American Girl dolls for when DD is older.
2. DD's favorite toy right now is a ride-on plastic rhino Little Tikes bike. She pushes it all over, and has mastered getting on and off herself as well. She's also always loved her baby doll.
3. I love her Little People Disney World castle. I think she'll enjoy it more when she has the attention span to sit and play longer.
4. Not so much creepy, but she has this annoying little pink car that sings. I "accidentally " left it outside in the rain once, aaaand now it starts singing at random even when turned off. That backfired on me.

[Bluedaisy]

Widget123, I'll start that over on the private board

[Bluedaisy]

veggiemo, blueskiessmiling, I actually keep them in a tub in my house and friends of ours have two little girls who LOVE to play with them. They were very disappointed at LO's birthday party that I said they couldn't take them out because of the ton of little babies who could choke.

Also this might be a FFC but I've actually considered ordering more on EBay.

[veggiemo]

Jul 11, 2016 14:22:56 GMT -5 Bluedaisy said:

veggiemo , blueskiessmiling , I actually keep them in a tub in my house and friends of ours have two little girls who LOVE to play with them. They were very disappointed at LO's birthday party that I said they couldn't take them out because of the ton of little babies who could choke.

Also this might be a FFC but I've actually considered ordering more on EBay.

I'm not sure we are talking about the same thing? The pieces to this dollhouse are big, chunky plastic. I would not put it in the choking hazard category at all.

Edited: Ah, you meant the precious places. We both said we had the same dollhouse and I was like huh?

[Bluedaisy]

veggiemo haha yup the precious places...tons of tiny dolls and magnets

[tiffbot]

1. Have you saved any toys from your childhood to give to lo (or not)?
Ive had "Carmichael" since I was a baby



2. Does your LO have a favourite toy?
Recently since spending so much time at the lake, she would always grab a shovel and pail and go sit at the shoreline and scoop up and dump for awhile, then wander back up to the toys and grab a different shovel and pail and go back down to her spot. Adorable.


3. Do you have a favourite of lo's toys?
At the moment it's all the new baseball sets they both got for their birthdays in the last couple weeks lol. H and I have been having a ton of fun playing with them in our backyard haha!

4. Does your LO have any toys you find creepy?
Not hers, but DS has this puzzle and if the pieces aren't in it honestly when you turn lights or off in the room it sets itself off making animal noises. Happens when the sun sets and it gets dark in the room too. Freaks me out every time.

[sammyca]

1. Have you saved any toys from your childhood to give to lo (or not)?
I have a bunch of dolls from all over the world but they were more collected by my Mum than me and although they were mine, I wasn't really allowed to play with them. I would totally let E have them now but she's not much of a doll girl. Maybe one day?
H has all of his Lego in storage for when the kids graduate from Duplo.

2. Does your LO have a favourite toy?
Definitely Duplo! I'm so glad we opted for Duplo sets over Little People because we all love it. F mainly enjoys destroying our creations and carrying around the animals and people but he does try to add blocks to towers now.


3. Do you have a favourite of lo's toys?
I'm going head to head with @hazeldublin on this one. Love Duplo. Love!

4. Creepy toys
This thing has the worst sounding animals. They are all evil and possessed.

[erbear]

sammyca we love the Duplos, too! My H is a HUGE Lego fan, so it's exciting to see them play! She's really into the little people in the Duplo set and will carry one of them around and a block, hah.

Creepy toy alert - we have a fisher price camera and it just went off randomly.

[kemdupuis]

1. Have you saved any toys from your childhood to give to lo (or not)?
I think we saved my American Girl dolls, but not much else. We have my keepsakes- VT Teddybears, monogrammed/personalized things, but not many actual toys.

2. Does your LO have a favourite toy? B loves all things that aren't toys. He loves our roomba vacuum, an assortment of cat toys, my yoga ball, and a solid maple bowl that he likes to spin on the floor. He does love his water table, and this little einstein's music player. He also loves balls- his favorite thing is throwing them and watching them bounce off walls/floors/whatever

3. Do you have a favourite of lo's toys? I am a sucker for wooden, classic toys. He has a beautiful set of Haba wooden blocks, a monogrammed VT Teddy bear, and a little hammer table that has 3 balls that you can knock through the holes. He also has these wooden musical shaker eggs (from his Easter basket) that I love, and several Melissa and Doug wooden cars, stacking rings, and a bead maze.

4. Does your LO have any toys you find creepy? I hate the vtech toys that talk to you and tell you great job and all that stuff. It's just so cheesy. And I am not a fan of toys/items/clothing with characters all over them. None of this stuff creeps me out, I just don't like it.

[mbjune13]

1. Have you saved any toys from your childhood to give to lo (or not)? I have one doll at my parents that I keep forgetting about.

2. Does your LO have a favourite toy? Bright Stars monkey that she can chase around the house. You press a button and it rolls and lights up.

3. Do you have a favourite of lo's toys? Her hand made doll she got for her birthday. I'd take a picture but it is in her room.

4. Does your LO have any toys you find creepy? She has a Case tractor that makes noise. The one button says "Let's go farming!" in a really weird, deep voice.

[Deleted]

1. H mom saved tons of his toys and gave them to us. The kids love them. I saved my brothers 40 yr old Legos I don't let DS play with them yet because too many choking hazards for DD

2. Her favorite toy is a fisher price mailbox from the 70s. It's H's childhood toy

3 creepiest toy is also H's. It's a cross dressing French clown w a potbelly and long braided hair. His nose is partly falling off.

[Deleted]

sammyca we love duplo too

[musicfrk2002]

1. Have you saved any toys from your childhood to give to lo (or not)?
Not specifically for J. I do have my own stuffed animals still that he has played with, but they aren't his. My uncle gave J his set of blocks from the...1950s? 1960s?

2. Does your LO have a favourite toy?
Anything that isn't a toy. My phone, remote controls, cds, coasters, basically anything he can get into. The toys he plays with most after I take away the other things are cars and cogs.

3. Do you have a favourite of lo's toys?
The quiet ones

4. Does your LO have any toys you find creepy?
I don't think we've had any strange encounters with toys yet

[sammyca]

@poppyc8 that clown is terrifying!

[Widget123]

tiffbot we have the same farm puzzle and ours also sporadically talks at night too

[pghtruelove]

1. Any saved toys?
I have given Lo all my stuffed animals. I also have a doll house that was my grandmothers that I will let her use once she gets older.

2. LO favorite toys?
We have been trying really hard to get her to imprint on something, anything, to help soothe her while sleeping. W she has finally decided on a stuffed frog. Also her huge teddy bear. She loves to crawl all over it and sit on it to watch tv or look out the window. Also her dogs like to cuddle with her on it.
3. My favorites?
She had a really cool baseball toy to teach her how to hit a ball. SO and I have a fun time with it.
4. Creepy Toys?
She has this dog that moves if you touch it, it was to help with crawling, but if it's on and you don't play with it for a bit it makes a dog whining noise and it always freaks me out.

Edit: submitted before I finished.

[billyhorrible]

Jul 12, 2016 0:06:39 GMT -5 madymoiselle said:

@poppyc8, OMG I am laughing so much about your description of Obelix !!! Lol for days to the french clown.

He would not appreciate that description! Poor guy.

[tiffbot]

Lol Widget123 and madymoiselle that makes me feel much better to be honest haha

[purple]

Jul 12, 2016 0:06:39 GMT -5 madymoiselle said:

@poppyc8, OMG I am laughing so much about your description of Obelix !!! Lol for days to the french clown.

Poor Obelix, he would be mortified, and so confused...