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Kiddo Kryptonite! (They. Won’t. Stop. Playing.)
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items Welcome to our toy box of tried-and-true treasures! This list rounds up my four-year-old’s absolute favorite games, toys, and activities—tested daily and approved by all!
Sections
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Scene/Sticker/Magnetic books (imaginative play)
STEM + Building
Miscellaneous
Scene/Sticker/Magnetic books (imaginative play)
Pretend play princess edition! Includes scenes, stickers, and and additional coloring pages 🎨
Disney Princess Create-A-Scene Sticker Pad
Another book of scenes! Scene books are fantastic for fine motor skills (peeling stickers) and pretend play (creating stories on the pages!). This is also a perfect, mess-free, activity on-the-go.
Sticker Activity Book
Do not underestimate the appeal of these sticker books for kids! Melissa and Doug has amazing, inexpensive pretend play sticker kits. My kids play could design these all day long.
*stickers are not reusable in these books
Make-a-Meal Sticker Pad
A staple!!! My four year old loves these to make her own characters. I also loved using this with my two year old when teaching him body parts!
Make-a-Face Sticker Pad
Undoubtedly my kids favorite foods to design are the Melissa and Doug sweet treats books!
Sweets & Treats Stickers Pad
This magnetic play packs a ton of punch for the super low price tag! The best bang for your buck on this list!
Magnetic Create and Play
Any kind of magnetic doll dress-up game is a huge win! Melissa and Doug have several options.
Best Friends Magnetic Dress-Up Play Set
This one keeps my four year old SO BUSY!!! She started playing these when she was around 3 years old and has been one of her favorites since. Can also double as a coloring page!
Melissa & Doug Seek and Find Sticker Pad
LOVE THESE!!! My girl is really into friendships, dress up, and dance, so this one is really up her alley. We have had ours for about a year and a half now and it has held up so well! Reusable stickers, played with often!
Reusable Sticker Pad - Dress-Up
STEM + Building
The MOST fun introduction to engineering. Endless amounts of pretend play with these! Limitless possibilities.
Blockaroo Blocks
The greatest toy! Wonderful for teaching to follow directions and use critical thinking skills starting at a young age.
Tumble Trax Magnetic Marble Run
We have several magnatiles sets that get used DAILY in our house - however, both of my kids prefer Picasso Tiles! Picasso Tiles have much nicer characters in our opinion. And much cheaper! (Win Win for mom!)
PicassoTiles Animal Character Magnetic Tile Toy Set
Our family started off with the normal garden play set, and quickly bought a second set (this fishy version). This version gets more use for us, and keeps the little babes busy!
Coral Garden Flower Building Toys
The entire line of learning resources gears are AMAZING! Both my 2.5 year old, and 4 year old enjoy it just as much as eachother, and both are able to build it with ease. We have bought so many sets of these we have lost count.
Pro tip: These are OF...
Gears! Gears! Gears!® FlightGears™
A large splurge for our family but one that was so worth it! Our kids spend A LOT of time building blocks, but we wanted something very large and very sturdy to build homes for their endless amount of character figurines. These are so beautifully mad...
Hollow Block Set
Miscellaneous
Our FAVORITE ITEM OF ALL TIME. Impeccable quality, constant play, hours and hours of undivided attention. We own 8 kits and they are EACH in use daily. The most played with toy in our playroom.
Young + Wild and Friedman
We have several of these card sets! The best for getting little wiggles out. This is one of our most-used go-to's!
Mollybee Kids Dance Party Cards
My daughter went through a GIANT Raya phase, and became obsessed with playing with these gems. They are great for refining fine motor skills and teaching cause and effect!
Rock 'n' Gem Surprise