Wooden Toys: Infant
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Dallas Store Selling Wooden Toys for Toddlers and Preschoolers
Asked by D.K. from Dallas
on December 30, 2010
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Hello everyone!
Hope y'all had a wonderful Christmas weekend.
I have been searching for good wooden toys, especially cars and building blocks for my 2 year old...
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- http://www.kidkraft.com/find-a-retailer/ You can search this company's website by item to find retailers near you. They are a manufacturer and don't sell directly to...
- I carry Melissa and Doug toys at my natural baby store, Babies Bottoms and More. They're not on the website (www.babiesbottomsandmore.com) because wooden toys are so ...
- I just got my two year old son Tegu blocks for Christmas! Everyone in the family now loves them! Check them out-- a very green company, super high quality, and they ...
Toys All Over
Asked by J.O. from Detroit
on October 8, 2010
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If the kids are are toddler, preschool and preschool, do I let it go and have the house overrun with toys?
If I put them all downstairs (the toys, not the kids), what...
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- I just went thru the house and found all of the most annoying toys (meaning the loudest or most pieces) and hid them in the guest room closet. Chances are the kids wi...
- I would choose a few toys at a time and have a designated spot for them...shelves, laundry basket whatever is do-able. Keep the rest in the basement and alternate. A...
- I agree that this is a problem that many parents have (especially when you have more than one). Our playroom is in the basement (it was supposed to be the hubby's man...
Cheap Wooden Toys
Asked by K.M. from Denver
on November 8, 2010
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Right now my husband and I are graduate students and work. So, we are pretty poor but I don't want that to stop my son for having good quality, educational, beautiful...
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- Back on the Rack in Denver is great. They consign clothes, toys. Baby equipment, etc.... I have found wooden puzzles, blocks, and even a wooden kitchen there. I have a...
- Melissa and Doug have GREAT great toys that are hand made, wooden and educational. In addition to them being sold at Marshall's, TJMaxx and HomeGoods for cheaper than ...
- Check the craigslist in your area.
Toys or No Toys?
Asked by M.H. from Lansing
on April 14, 2010
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My DH and I both read a book called Anastasia. He has now decided it is a bad idea to give children toys. It encourages materialism and consumerism and is unnecessar...
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- You hit the nail on the head. TOO MANY toys are the problem. See if you can find a reasonable compromise. Its hard, my family and the inlaws get tons of things fo...
- Remind him that all toys contribute to role playing and creativity for children, even video games (which I am totally against) can be argued to have some benefit. I...
- DH? Sorry...I'm ignorant to what that means, but perhaps you two could just discuss some things that might aid in your child's development and learning (of course anyt...
Which Toys?
Asked by C.D. from Louisville
on July 29, 2007
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I know this might sound like a silly question but my ten month old little girl is not amuzed (sp) by anything. I don't know what toys to get her. I have bought the fis...
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- I know around that age my son started LOVING those Peek-a-blocks. they're fun to throw, look at, & shake like a madman...also the Leapfrog maracas they light up, make ...
- I've never seen a kid who didn't like the Leap Frog Learn and Groove Table. http://www.toysrus.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2293345&cp You can put it on the flo...
- My youngest just turned 9 months & absolutely loves 3 toys of hers--The Drop/Roar Dinosaur, The Fisher-Price Roll a round/swirlin' surprise gumball machine (takes the ...
Toys
Asked by J.M. from Boca Raton
on December 2, 2011
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My daughter is 18 months old and will be 19 months old on christmas, i am having a hard time figure out what to buy for her. i already got a basketball hoop and a mick...
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- My girls' favorite toys at that age were shopping cart, baby doll stroller, Little People, and a tricycle with a handle that an adult can push. The Leapfrog fridge se...
- my daughter loooooves her babydoll and stroller and play bottle... Also since u live in fl like me, a little water table for the back yard is awesome (since it's no...
- Melissa and Doug have some other great wooden toys besides puzzles - train sets, pretend food sets, etc. For my daughter at that age, I also got her a set of wooden b...
Outdoor Wooden Playset for Toddler
Asked by K.C. from Evansville
on January 26, 2010
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My son will be turning 2 in April and I am wanting an outdoor wooden playset for him this summer. I have been looking at the Gorilla playsets. Any experience with th...
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- We got a Rainbow - if you ever move, you can move it with you; and it is easy to add additional "big kid" things like monkey bars, and you can switch out toddler bucke...
- My son turned 2 last January and we installed a playset during the summer. He needed some help (confidence) to play on it some of the time but he enjoyed it. I would...
- We got ours from Cosco. It was $1200.00 and worth every penny! It's not like the rainbow brand that has just the tent on top, ours has an actual little house with a ro...
Toy Organization
Asked by L.K. from Chicago
on March 4, 2008
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Does anyone have any suggestions for toy organization. I already store some toys in bins and rotate them every few weeks . How long do you keep a toy if you think they...
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- I use clear rubbermaid containers for some things that have lots of little parts that I don't want to loose and I also don't want the boys to be able to open them too ...
- Check out Ikea in Schaumburg. We bought the Expedit bookcase for our basement toy room (may be a little big for what you are looking for), but they have tons of diffe...
- Hi L., I also rotate once a month (on the 1st). I'd say if they are from their first year (baby toys) you'd be safe in getting rid of them. I probably need to take m...
Seeking Advice on a Wooden Playset
Asked by M.G. from Chattanooga
on May 1, 2008
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I am wanting to purchase a nice Wooden Playset for my 2 1/2 year old son. Have any of you recently purchased one? I did not realize how expensive they were. I do no...
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- My husband built our last year. It was a lot cheaper to do it this way. I think it saved us almost $400 and that was for the cheapest one. My cousin actually builds...
- We got ours at Home Depot and it was $1,100. It is very well made and is sealed so there are no splinters. You can pay to have it built if you want to but my husband...
- We purchased the big wooden play system from Sam's Club two summers ago and my kids (now 4 and 2) LOVE it! It has 3 swings, a rock wall, a little playhouse part, a sli...
Toy Storaqe
Asked by A.M. from Chicago
on October 21, 2008
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Even though my son is only 6 months old I hate seeing his toys all piled up in the corner. I'm looking for some organization ideas on toy storage in the family living ...
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- I have 4 daughters so I can relate to clutter. What we just bought were the new storage things that Target carries-they are a brand called itso. You can configure th...
- We have two baskets/trunks from Pier 1 that we love. One is smaller that we keep in my duaghter's room and the other is a pretty big one for our family room. It hold...
- We have several of these canvas bins from The Land of Nod. http://www.landofnod.com/family.aspx?c=106&f=957&pc=16 They are about eight dollars each, and just gen...
