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Toys my 5 year old plays with on REPEAT 🧸💕
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items Collection of different educational and play toys , along with fun activities my 5 year old has loved playing with. Includes screen free options like tonie boxes, creative play items, art supplies, and favorite toys hes loved having all these years!
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Screen Free Entertainment
Build and Construction Sets
🚗 Active & Pretend Play
Creative Play & Art
🌳 Outdoor Play
Screen Free Entertainment
The Tonie Box has been a hit in our house for years. My son got his first one around age 2 and he has truly enjoyed all the features it has to offer. His favorite part about the tonie box 2 is being able to play the games. It has helped with his inde...
Toniebox 2
A wide selection of age-appropriate stories, music, and podcasts to choose from, so there's always something new in the rotation. There's also an option to record custom cards turned into a surprise favorite feature. Screen-free and easy for a 5-year...
Yoto Player
A fun way to build reading interest, with different formats and stories to choose from. There's a whole range of sets and characters to pick from, so it's easy to find ones that match whatever he's into that week. We love to take them in the car and restaurants too.
Leapfrog Books
Build and Construction Sets
We spend hours building so many different things. Some of them turn into ramps and houses, and others tranform into a rocket. So much fun using your imagaiton to come up with a cretaion. They connect by magnets and come in so many shapes and sizes! O...
MAGNA-TILES Classic 100-Piece Set
The best part about these is the size. My son can build just like his big brother and we dont have to worry about tinuy lego pieces. They are easy to grab and keep track of. So many different ideas and designs to make. Challegnes my sons problem solv...
Lego Duplo
These are squishy, stretchy building blocks. Much softer than LEGO, so they don't hurt to step on and are gentler on little hands. Some blocks have sand, foam beads, or tiny stars inside for extra sensory play, which adds a fun twist to regular build...
Jelly Blox
Real wood, solid weight, and simple shapes that don't limit what gets built with them. There's no set way to use these, so the same box turns into towers one day and something completely different the next. Still one of the most reached-for toys in t...
Melissa And Doug Wooden Blocks
🚗 Active & Pretend Play
Multiple levels and track pieces that can be rearranged, so it's not the same single setup every time. Includes a garage, ramps, and enough track length to build out different layouts. Works with any standard Hot Wheels cars.
Hot Wheels City Ultimate Garage Track Set w/ 2 Cars
My son was constantly grabbing real tools around the house, which was a safety issue waiting to happen. This gave him his own version to 'fix' things with, and it's turned into his actual daily job around here. He uses it several times a week, unprom...
Little Tikes Construction
My son loves to help with dinner. I wanted a way for him to feel included in dinner prep & Now he 'cooks' us dinner most nights while I make the real one. It's turned into one of his favorite parts of the evening routine.
CUTE STONE Kids BBQ Grill Toys, Color Changing
A real 12V ride-on Jeep with working headlights and a working horn, built low to the ground for younger drivers. Two speed settings mean it's easy to start slow and open it up as confidence builds.
Power Wheels Jeep
So much fun watching the dinosaur hatch all on its own. It is interative as well. You can train, feed, and care for your dinosaur. My son loves his and treats it like our house pet.
Primal Hatch Jurassic World T-Rex Egg Toy
These are so much fun and interactive. You can decode your hyrbid creations and see what morphing hybrid you'll hatch by combing the liquid into the egg. Such a fun surprise to hatch.
Primal Hatch Hybrid Hatchers Mystery Dino Egg
Creative Play & Art
Crayola has so many different arts and crafts options. From crayons, washable markers, paper, colored pencils, and more, art time has never been so fun.
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This solves the 'I'm bored and want to make a mess' problem without an actual mess, since cleanup takes minutes. It's still in weekly rotation years later, and he never runs out of new ideas for what to make. Worth having a stash of extra colors on h...
Play Doh
A large, reusable drawing surface lit from underneath, with markers included and a flip-out kickstand so it works flat or upright. The board turns off with an action button, and the LED design makes even simple sketches feel more exciting to look at....
Crayola Ultimate Light Board - Kids Drawing Tablet
Restaurants and car rides used to mean handing over a phone to keep him occupied and quiet. These solve that with mess-free 'painting' using just water, so there's nothing to spill or stain. They live in my bag permanently now.
Water Wow
So many different characters and books to choose from, these are reusable peel-and-stick stickers on a shiny background, so they can be pulled off and repositioned instead of used once and tossed. No mess, no cutting, and a whole book's worth of scen...
Melissa & Doug Sticker Wow!™
This is so much fun for sensory play. We love all the different molds and colors. There’s so many ways to be creative. Watching the science of how these are created is the best part, along with playing with them of course!
Kiditos Magic Water Elf Toy Kit Squishies
🌳 Outdoor Play
This one turned into an instant backyard favorite the second it came out of the box. It stands up and runs on its own, lights, music, and a nonstop stream of bubbles, so it feels like a whole event just from flipping a switch. The top detaches into a...
Tiki Torch Bubbler - Pool Party Bubble Machine
These trucks were built to last in the sandbox. We love hauling the dirt and rocks from one end of the yard to the other.
Tonka Sandbox Toys
Every little boy needs a wagon to haul all their favorite toys and tools in. This one is timeless and classic. My son plays with it everyday outside.
Radio Flyer Wagon
Summer is so much more fun with this. We don't live very close to any pools or splash pads, so this has been a great way to still have water play wihthout a long drive. Theyre inflatable and easy to store and put up / down.
Inflatable Water Park