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Birthday gifts for 4-6 year old boy
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items Here are some of our favorite toys that have stood the test of time! They are high quality and high value finds!
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Magnatiles
Melissa and Doug
Play-Doh
Crafts
Toys
Kinetic Sand
Magnatiles
Magnatiles are perfect for open ended play! My son will play with them every day of the week!
This set is so fun! The race cars hold onto the edge of the tracks with their wheels. This set is even more fun if you pick up another set of road magnetic tiles to go with it!
MAGNA-TILES Downhill Duo 40-Piece Set
My son loves the fire rescue set! The “flames” are his favorite pieces and he enjoys the pull back car as well!
MAGNA-TILES Fire Rescue 27-Piece Set
This set is so fun! The cranes keep my son entertained and he loves to add additional road pieces to the set to build a larger construction site!
MAGNA-TILES Builder 32-Piece Magnetic Set
This Magnatiles set is definitely the most loved by everyone who visits our house! This set is so well made- the additional tiles store inside of the space shuttle. The doors that open on top allow kids to fill the shuttle with anything they want to!...
MAGNA-TILES Space 32-Piece Magnetic Set
This set is so fun and great to gift! The small base of the police patrol car is adorable and fits the mini magnetic tiles on it very well for building purposes.
MAGNA-TILES Police Patrol 20-Piece Set
The pull back car is super fun and the lights/sounds add an extra touch that other Magnatiles sets do not have! My son loves the blue man and the micro tiles in this set!
MAGNA-TILES Police Station 35-Piece Set
The farm Magnatiles set is so fun and has excellent replay ability. The animals move very smoothly and can stand up by themselves! The fence is a lot of fun and made really well too!
MAGNA-TILES Farm Animals 25-Piece Set
This is a great road expansion set that is compatible with the Magnatiles brand sets but at a cheaper price point!
Magnetic Tiles Road Expansion Pack, STEM Blocks
We really enjoy using these pieces with our other plain Magnatiles pieces in order to build a big city!
PicassoTiles Metro City Hospital Magnetic Set
These car bases are very fun to build on! We’ve had them for about 3 years and they are still going strong despite heavy play! I bought two sets since it’s more fun to make a longer train
PicassoTiles 2pc Car Truck Magnetic Toy Set
This train from Magna-Tiles is the perfect size to drive on top of standard sized magnetic tile squares! My son has really enjoyed having this train! The micro Magna-Tiles build very well on these train car bases.
MAGNA-TILES Advent Calendar
Melissa and Doug
These are heirloom quality wooden toys!
I got this ice cream counter when my son turned 2 and we are still using it over 3 years later! It’s so well made and has so much playability. As he has aged, he’s gone from simply connecting the ice cream piece to the cones to taking my order while ...
Melissa & Doug Wooden Scoop & Serve Ice Cream
We’ve had this pizza counter for about 3 years and it’s still going strong! It’s made so well that it has held up with multiple kids playing with it (age 2-6) and it even fell off a table onto a tile floor! The menu that it comes with is fantastic an...
Melissa & Doug Top & Bake Wooden Pizza Playset
This one has been a surprise favorite! I thought it seemed a bit too simple compared to the ice cream counter, but I was wrong! My son has played with this set endlessly! The popsicles and ice cream sandwiches are so fun to combine the flavors of, an...
Melissa & Doug Wooden Frozen Treats Play Set
The Melissa and Doug sandwich counter is our newest counter that we have. It’s been so fun to order sandwiches and see all of the crazy creations that my son makes!
Melissa & Doug Wooden Sandwich Counter Playset
I bought this for my 5 year old to help extend the life of his play kitchen and he absolutely loves it! He feels like a real chef!
Melissa & Doug Prepare & Serve Pasta Set Toy
This condiment set is so realistic and fun to play with! The strings that come out of the ketchup and mustard are tons of fun for kids!
Melissa & Doug Condiments Set (6pc) - Play Food, Stainless Steel Caddy: Pretend Kitchen Toys, Fine Motor Skills
This is the perfect set to play restaurant for older kids! It includes everything your child needs to take your order and serve you breakfast! My 5 year old loves to use this set to play Waffle House!
Melissa & Doug Star Diner Restaurant 41pk Play Set with Toy Food, Cookware & Play Kitchen Accessories
Play-Doh
Check out these super fun play-doh sets that will get played with over and over!
This is my son’s favorite play-doh toy! He has so much fun making meals and serving them to me. It’s a great size- big enough to feel substantial, but not too big to store!
Play-Doh Kitchen Creations Busy Chef's Set
This blender is such a fun toy! My son has played with it from age 4-6 and it’s still a favorite! Remember, the second stage of motherhood begins once you let your kids mix their play-doh 😂
Play Doh Swirlin' Smoothies Toy Blender Playset
This trash truck is a blast! My son loves making trash with all of the molds and then compacting the trash in the truck!
Play-Doh Wheelie Bin Truck with Clay & 3 Pots
My son loves grating play-doh and making noodles! The pizza theme is so cute!
Play-Doh Pizza Slice Playset, Kitchen Toys 3+
Fun Factory is such a classic set that everyone should have one! It comes with great play-doh tools to use with other sets as well!
Play-Doh Fun Factory Deluxe Set, 31 Tools & 6 Cans
Crafts
Here are some fun craft kits we enjoy!
Foil art is so fun and it’s a craft that my son can do independently! He loves both the process and the finished product, and I love that he can do it without assistance!
Klever Kits Outer Space Foil Art Kit for Kids
Foil art is so fun and it’s a craft that my son can do independently! He loves both the process and the finished product, and I love that he can do it without assistance!
Klever Kits Foil Art Kit for Kids - Dinosaur Stickers
Foil art is so fun and it’s a craft that my son can do independently! He loves both the process and the finished product, and I love that he can do it without assistance!
Klever Kits Foil Art Kit for Kids - Mess Free
Window art is so fun! My son loves to paint his sun catchers and give them as gifts to teachers and grandparents!
Made By Me Create Your Own Window Art Kit
Wikki Stix are basically a waxed string that you can make into neat pictures. My son enjoys playing with them!
Wikki Stix Doodler Travel Toy - 24 Wax Sticks
Toys
Here are some other toys that get played with weekly at our house!
We got this ball to upgrade my son’s bouncy cow once he outgrew it! It’s excellent quality and is holding up very well!
AppleRound Hippity Hoppity Hopball 18in Blue
This Bitzee is an electronic game that you use motion and tapping in order to operate. It was pretty intuitive for my 5 year old and he has had a blast unlocking characters and then playing games with them. Once all of the characters have been unlock...
BITZEE Disney 30 Interactive Characters Toy
Kinetic Sand
Kinetic Sand isn’t as messy as you would think it is! It sticks to itself and you can also vacuum it right up! It’s so satisfying to play with. Make sure to store your sand in an air tight ziplock bag to make it last longer!
This is my son’s favorite kinetic sand kit! The beach molds are so cool and he loves building sand castles!
Kinetic Sand Folding Box with 2lbs Sand & 7 Molds
This set is super fun! My son loves all of the pieces- making bricks, jackhammering, and scooping everything up with the front loader! We didn’t keep the box though. He plays with these toys in the yellow construction kit box!
Kinetic Sand Dig N' Demolish Playset 1lb
This is such a fun kit if you have a construction obsessed boy! The crane is fun to play with and the brick maker is fun too!
Kinetic Sand Construction Site Sandbox & Truck
The kinetic sand ice cream set is so fun to serve the ice cream! My son loves to scoop the sand into the top and see it mix together as it comes out into the ice cream cone!
Kinetic Sand Soft Serve Station with 14oz Sand & Tools
Lego
The 4+ Lego sets are fantastic! They allow for more building opportunities than the 2+ Lego sets. We love the new Toy Story 5 themed sets!
LEGO Disney and Pixar Toy Story 5 Blaze's Horse Ranch 43304
This classic bucket is the perfect launch into traditional Legos after Lego Duplos. There is an idea book in the box that teaches your child how to make a few specific builds, but after that it’s all about the creativity of your child! We enjoyed the...
LEGO Classic Medium Creative Brick Box Building Toys for Creative Play, Kids Creative Kit 10696
This classic bucket is the perfect launch into traditional Legos after Lego Duplos. There is an idea book in the box that teaches your child how to make a few specific builds, but after that it’s all about the creativity of your child! This bucket is...
LEGO Classic Large Creative Brick Box Build Your Own Creative Toys, Kids Building Kit 10698
This set is really fun and another great early traditional Legos set! The boat floats and makes this a super fun bath toy as well!
LEGO City Fire Rescue Boat Toy, Floats on Water Set 60373
This creative suitcase is a great traveling toy for your child! We don’t play with it in the car because of the small pieces, but we like to take it to the beach or to grandma’s house! There is an idea book to help encourage creativity in your child.
LEGO Classic Creative Suitcase 10713
This was such a FUN build! The box comes with 4 separate instructional booklets and it let us build a character vehicle each day over the course of several days and let the fun last longer! The train stays hooked together well and the RC car is so fu...
LEGO Disney and Pixar’s Toy Story Celebration Train & RC Car 43264
This is such a fun Spidey and Friends Lego set! The pirate ship is a lot of fun to play with and my son loves that it comes with all 3 of the Spidey main characters and Gobby!
LEGO Marvel Spidey And His Amazing Friends Team Spidey Pirate Ship 11208
Electronic learning toys
I got my son a Yoto mini when he turned 5. I liked the idea of him having an easy to use audiobook player while we were traveling! It has been a great investment! He can easily select and insert the card that he would like to listen to. Yoto has the ...
Yoto Mini Player USA – The On The Go Mini Audio Companion For Kids
I bought this adventure jacket for my son to protect his Yoto Mini player! The silicone makes it easy for him to hold onto and I like that he can put the wrist strap around his arm to help him not drop it on the floor of the car! The light green colo...
Adventure Jacket Carrier For Yoto Mini - 7 Colours
These headphones are great for the Yoto Mini! I like that they can limit the volume so that my son doesn’t play the sound too loud in his ears.
Yoto Headphones for Kids - Volume Limiting & Adjustable Headband
The Yoto card case is perfect for holding all of your child’s Yoto cards!
Card Case
My son has had a Tonie box since he was 1 year old and he still loves it now that he is almost 6! There are so many Tonies to choose from for all different age levels!
Toniebox 2 Tropical Teal