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My nephew will be one this week and I would like to get him something memorable for his first b-day, so when he looks back he can say my aunt got me this when I was 1....any ideas?
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For my son's 1st birthday he got two really great gifts: One was "Mike the Mower" which is a talking lawnmower. He LOVES that toy and still pushes it around every day (he's 19 months old now). It will drive the parents crazy but it is a great gift for that age, because they love to push stuff around. Also, he got a "Busy Ball Popper" which is a toy that uses air to pop these 5 colored balls up and then they land back in a spiral leading them back down to where they popped from, and the fun starts all over again. It plays music, too. Kind of obnxious, but again, he LOVES it. It's a kind of a pain becaus it takes 4 D batteries and also the balls get lost all the time, but if you want your gift to be the hit of the party, I highly reccommend those toys. I think they are both made by Playskool. My friend's 5 year old loves the ball popper, too, so it's the gift that keeps on giving. Good luck. You can always get him clothes...he's too young to think that's boring.
For my son's 1st birthday he got two really great gifts: One was "Mike the Mower" which is a talking lawnmower. He LOVES that toy and still pushes it around every day (he's 19 months old now). It will drive the parents crazy but it is a great gift for that age, because they love to push stuff around. Also, he got a "Busy Ball Popper" which is a toy that uses air to pop these 5 colored balls up and then they land back in a spiral leading them back down to where they popped from, and the fun starts all over again. It plays music, too. Kind of obnxious, but again, he LOVES it. It's a kind of a pain becaus it takes 4 D batteries and also the balls get lost all the time, but if you want your gift to be the hit of the party, I highly reccommend those toys. I think they are both made by Playskool. My friend's 5 year old loves the ball popper, too, so it's the gift that keeps on giving. Good luck. You can always get him clothes...he's too young to think that's boring.
Very active 1 year old - Already has tons of toys?
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He has an activity cube, Scout, Little People, several different types of pianos, loads of balls, microphone and other random toys..
I rotate them once a week or when he seems bored.
But he's still bored. He loves to through things so we always have alot of balls for him to play with.
I'd love to find a toy that encourages him to throw something at it or a ball drop toy that makes sound or lights up. Or some other toy thing for an overly active baby.
He's at the mental capacity of a 14-16 month old, other than he does not stack but can sometimes sort.
He's most happy with his books, but lately he's getting bored of those too so I may put them away for a few days.
AND he's going over to his Papa's for 4 days.. Oh boy.
Kim - It's winter.. Can't have water sand toys inside the house.
Liz - There is no dad, and he spends every other weekend with his buddies over at his Grandmas house. Other than that, I have no friends with babies.
Kate - I've tried the basketball hoop but we dont have the right ball for it, only smaller or bigger ones and they like to fly away once they go in the hoop. Which eventually upsets him and gets it sent back downstairs. And he doesn't like to stack so anything stacking just gets broke down and tossed.
Amber - Obviously I'm playing with him. I don't send him to his room and expect him to amuse himself.
Fairy - What a waste of space for a comment. Spongebob, in any case, ought to be banned.
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Do you have a little basketball hoop for him? We got my oldest one when he was one. He loved it. And it was great for me because I could sit in his room and throw balls with him and he had so much energy he'd go get the balls for me and him. He could play for hours. My boys also loved cars at that age. And if you get those old school looking wooden blocks then you guys can build towers together or roads for the cars, etc. I noticed my kids would get a lot less bored with their toys if I was playing with them too. And as an adult you can figure out so many different ways to play with toys that when you're done playing your toddler knows several new things to do too.
I think classic toys are always the best because they seem to not get boring as fast as the lights and sounds toys.
Do you have a little basketball hoop for him? We got my oldest one when he was one. He loved it. And it was great for me because I could sit in his room and throw balls with him and he had so much energy he'd go get the balls for me and him. He could play for hours. My boys also loved cars at that age. And if you get those old school looking wooden blocks then you guys can build towers together or roads for the cars, etc. I noticed my kids would get a lot less bored with their toys if I was playing with them too. And as an adult you can figure out so many different ways to play with toys that when you're done playing your toddler knows several new things to do too.
I think classic toys are always the best because they seem to not get boring as fast as the lights and sounds toys.
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