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Hands-On Building Toys (That Are Not Legos) Recommendations
Asked by M.P. from Peoria
on November 12, 2012
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My 7 y/o son likes to do things with his hands. Though he likes Legos, he prefers toys that allow him to use his own creativity. He plays with his Lincoln Logs and a...
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- K'nex, Tinker Toys, and Erector Sets.
- We have a few different building toys available through Discovery Toys. Bendy Beads, Jumble Zoo, Block It, Marbleworks, and Touch Tec Bricks can all allow him to be c...
- My son had a great time with K'nex, Legos, and Construx, all of which allowed him to use his creativity. Some of the sets he had were for specific models, but most ...
Where Do All the Legos Go?
Asked by A.D. from Portland
on September 1, 2011
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My 4 yo is really getting into Legos, and I A. learning how expensive they are. There are none for sale on Craigslist, and very few on ebay that are better deals than ...
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- They end up on the floor. Mom steps on them in the middle of the night. Cusses in the dark. Then throws it away. Or dad cleans the kids rooms and anything left on ...
- OK, I searched on e-bay and there are 137,702 listings for lego.
- There are used ones out there- but not a ton. I think it is because people use them for a long time -age 4 to 14 and then save them for future generations. My mom stil...
Legos
Asked by P.B. from Chicago
on November 4, 2010
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Hi! We are looking into buying Legos, and I was wondering where have you found Legos at a good price? I was surprised at how expensive they are in the stores. Thank...
Lego Blocks
Asked by D.K. from Cincinnati
on June 17, 2011
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Hi Mamas,
At what age did you let your child move from the Duplo building blocks to regular Lego blocks? I have seen some sets that say 4+. Did you let your child...
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- Love your name, D.. (I've never seen it before!) My kids loved Legos and still have them in the basement. Once in a while they are down there doing something with t...
- I think my son was 4 years old when we started giving him regular legos. My daughter has been playing with regular legos with her brother since she was 3 years old. ...
- They have to say 4 + by federal law because some 3 year olds (like my son) still try to eat everything. If he is past the "lets see what THAT tastes like" thing, it i...
Do You Love Legos?
Asked by M.S. from Bloomington
on January 3, 2011
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so my 6 year old son is really into legos and is always wanting to show me his creations and play with him. i just don't get legos, and while i try my hardest to act i...
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- my second child was a son, after a first daughter. I also felt at a loss for a long time - I grew up with two sisters! At age 6 he adored Legos, cars, drawing, card ga...
- I personally don't like them nor Tinker toys & Lincoln Logs mostly because it leaves a mess you loose a few then they get steped on & damn that hurts especially while ...
- I have the opposite problem! I LOVE LEGOS! I wish my daughter loved them more. I don't like doing tparties and dolly things! Yes, I am a mom, but would much prefer...
Legos Legos Legos
Asked by R.M. from Los Angeles
on March 24, 2011
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Anyone have an awesome way that they organize their kid's legos??? My son has probably 30 pounds of legos, and of course he is always dumping out whole tubs of them t...
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Toy Mess!
Asked by T.M. from Bloomington
on June 16, 2008
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i was just getting frustrated about our playroom that has a train set, astronaut guys and peek a blocks and puzzle pieces and wheels all mixed together on the floor et...
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- My ds will be 4 next month. Dp and I do most of the toy cleanup around here, and ds helps a lot of the time. (I do have to admit that ds doesn't seem to get as many to...
- T., I am frustrated too. Every night I scour our TV room to put the toys where they belong. It's futile. I just have to do it if I want to feel some calm. When ...
- I have a 3 year old and a 4 year old boys. If they do not help clean up when requested, they go to time out. I don't make them clean up the whole thing. I help out a l...
Toy Problem!!
Asked by K.K. from Cleveland
on October 29, 2006
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I have a toy question. I will be the first to admit that my kids have too much! But now it is so much that it is starting to annoy me and I don't know how to stop it. ...
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- I have an almost three year old son that has too many toys also and is starting to be controlling & selfish with these toys...So, we made some ground rules...When we a...
- When it comes to the old toys you can either have a yard/garage sale or donate them to a women's shelter for women that have childern. For christmas buy more toys that...
- Oh K.... Christmas must be coming....I swear I go thru the same thing every year and vow "enough is enough"! I am definitely a believer of less is more (and believ...
Toy Storage/Organization/Picking Up
Asked by J.P. from Chicago
on February 12, 2011
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I am constantly going crazy with picking up toys! I have 2 girls, ages 3 & 6, who LOVE to play with lots of toys at once. They mix their Little People with their pri...
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- My kids are still younger than yours, so I think sanity for me might be a few years away. We do have toy bins, but one thing I did was give up on the idea of keeping ...
- We use to clean up where we put certain toys in this bin, etc. We've stopped. We put certain things in their containers, but most of the toys just go in bins. End of s...
- In my case dad picks up at the end of the evening. I don't even go in there until he's finished. I do not clean up after him. It's his responsibility to watch the k...
Putting Away the Toy Room and Lego Land
Asked by E.J. from Pine Bluff
on November 27, 2012
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Need some advice. My 8 yr old son has a wall to wall Lego City built in his toy room/spare bedroom but now that we have a second child on the way, he is having to ge...
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- Can you build shelves up the wall of the bedroom? Have a vertical city instead of a horizontal one? When he gets older and no longer want the legoland, the shelves wi...
- Would they fit on a train table if you got one of those?
- There are ideas on pintrest you can search for. The shelving idea sounds like a winner.
