What is your 4 year old playing with?

[aspentosh]

TamiTaylor gave me the idea for this... So thanks

What is your 4 year old playing with? I need some more ideas!

[karinothing]

Paw patrol toys; k,nex; cars; airplanes; legos; and other assorted building toys

[minzy]

She's really into making cards for people (and mailing them).  She likes doing workbooks (ie., tracing letters or connect the dots).  She still loves her trampoline, and likes to make obstacle courses and then tries to make us do them.

[meltoine]

Lightsabers and swords.

[mlt]

Legos and any thing he can try to turn into a weapon.

[ilikedonuts]

Legos, duplos, shopkins, American girl/baby doll stuff, magnatiles

[ilikedonuts]

Oh and she likes to color and draw

[docholly]

Those little "blind bag" minions you get at Walgreens etc, Play doh, Kinetic Sand, anything Avengers, and he is really into games like Operation or Chutes and Ladders.

[CrazyLucky]

Legos, magformers, soccer balls, board games (he LOVES the Scooby Doo game and it's not bad for adults either), lots of artwork, cars (especially emergency vehicles), toy guitar, binoculars, astronaut suit.

[ginkgoleaf]

Legos, board games (trouble, uno, matching, candy land, etc), dress up clothes (currently captain America Halloween costume).

[qcinoct]

DS2 is not quite 4 but he's mostly playing with his older brother. I'm helpful, eh?

But also, legos. action figures. cars, anything Paw Patrol or pirate related as well 

[rondonalddo]

Swords, dolls (Barbie, Equestria Girls, Monster High), painting/coloring/crafts, dress up, baby dolls, MLP, legos, Zingo, my husband's old Star Wars toys. We've had Kiwi Crate for two months, and it's been fantastic for arts and crafts.

[aspentosh]

When you all say legos, do you mean real legos? Like the older kid ones?

[turtlegirl]

Legos, cars, coloring/workbooks, riding his bike outside in the backyard

[rondonalddo]

Yes, older kid ones. DD can't assemble them herself; DH assembles them and she plays with them. She assembles her Duplos, though-- she's just more interested in the big kid Legos.

[hocus2]

Sept 30, 2015 8:36:28 GMT -5 aspentosh said:

When you all say legos, do you mean real legos? Like the older kid ones?

   My kids both still prefer duplos (4 and almost 6). I know some kids play with real legos at 4.

[ginkgoleaf]

Sept 30, 2015 8:36:28 GMT -5 aspentosh said:

When you all say legos, do you mean real legos? Like the older kid ones?

We have Lego Juniors sets - small Legos but less pieces and therefore easier to put together. DS also is playing with tubs of regular blocks that were DH's.

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Art stuff/crafty things
Dolls
playing doctor/other imaginative stuff but dr. especially.
Outside. Swinging, balls, bike. Her Power Wheels tractor
mini machinery/cars
She still likes to play kitchen
Blocks of any sort. She prefers the wood ones over legos (unless H is around) still..but will take any.
Books
dressing herself/being a "big" helper
She likes the Little People still and I plan to get her more for Christmas
Play Doh/Sand 

PreK things: workbooks, stickers, those make a face pages PP suggested. Etc. 

She likes Endless Alphabet, Endless Numbers and Endless Reader apps

She's getting into Classic Disney movies as well.

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magna tiles
playdoh
numbers
any sort of " guys" he can make a castle for using magna tiles
coloring
writing on his chalk board ( his name, STOP, GO, EXIT, numbers)
helping in the kitchen

[jessnpaul]

Mine's only 3.5 but likes most of the above things listed. I just got him a firehouse off a local mom that he's now obsessed with! He also loves his Batman Duplos (but more so the characters than the actual Legos) so I think I might get him the Imaginext stuff for Christmas.

Anything Paw Patrol is a huge hit too. He's going to be one for Halloween! 

And also his tablet. We put a timer on it because otherwise he'd be on it all day ;-)

[redheadbaker]

DS will be 4 in less than 8 weeks. He loves jigsaw puzzles (24-piece ones). He also loves Duplo and regular Lego blocks. He's still into Thomas. He's getting more into Matchbox cars, though.

He likes coloring (on paper or in coloring books), stickers, and his art easel.

He loves playing pretend with his play kitchen and Melissa and Doug food. He also has dress-up costumes (doctor and police officer).

He likes to ride his trike or his scooter, or play catch with a ball or frisbee. He just started learning soccer, too, and likes to kick the ball at the park with us.

[Deleted]

Craft stuff: foam stickers, washi tape (he LOVES tape), glitter gluestick, scissors, etc.
Tablet: we have a cheapy and he gets to play on it at certain times: www.walmart.com/ip/RCA-7-Tablet-8GB-Quad-Core/38693696 . We've had it since Christmas and it's working great. And for $40, it's cheaper than a "toy" one
GoNoodle website (exercise videos)
Transformers (there are some really easy ones he can do himself, and then some slightly harder ones DH has to help with)

[jinkies]

My daughter turns 4 in October. Her big request is a Doc McStuffins doctor kit.

As for things she currently plays with: both kids play with legos and duplos a lot. She also loves cutting paper with scissors and using markers/crayons/Do-a-Dots.

She likes playing school and beating up her brother.

That's about it.

[aspentosh]

And to answer the question. DD is 3.5 and is into:

Crafts (do-a-dot, scissors, glueing anything)
Magnatiles
Tablet (my sister got her the Kindle Fire for kids)
Matchbox cars
Boogie board

I think I am going to buy her some Legos or Playmobil for Christmas based on this post. And some workbooks since she does like drawing her letters.

[crazygame]

Playdoh, drawing and coloring, dress up clothes and whatever of her toys her brother shows interest in (and not usually in a sharing way).

Magnatiles get used to make castles for her small dolls.

[stackingtens]

Rescue Bots are the #1 hit around here. Then probably his large construction trucks or hot wheels and hot wheels tracks. Also loves board games (Sneaky Snacky Squirrel, Curious George Beach game, Goodnight Moon game, etc.). If we give him a measuring tape, he can entertain himself for hours. :-)

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Sept 30, 2015 8:59:56 GMT -5 jinkies said:

My daughter turns 4 in October. Her big request is a Doc McStuffins doctor kit.

I hope she gets it. We have the same one and DD spends hours giving her dolls, her stuffed animals and her family members checkup. It's definitely our most played with toy and not all that spendy for hours of fun. 

[huskymom]

My Little Ponies, kidkraft dollhouse, play kitchen, assorted board games, playdoh. We got a paint spinner set for her birthday which we'll break otu this weekend. We just opened the Color wonder finger paints which are pretty neat.

She also loves duplos and megablocks still. She got one set of Lego Jrs for her birthday which we opened and put together the other night after her sister was in bed, but holy small pieces - I'm not comfortable with those being accessible with the toddler around yet.

I'm getting a set of magnatiles or magformers bc she loves those at school.

[blueberry10]

DD is almost four. Those magiclip princess dolls have been a hit (particularly the set from Costco that someone mentioned on here). Side note: those were the trick in getting her to FINALLY drop the nighttime pacifier. Each night without it = new doll in the morning. So THANK YOU to whoever posted about those!

She also has a Playmobil house from last Christmas that she's starting to play with more and more.

[asoctoberfalls]

I honestly don't know why I buy my kid toys. He plays with Play Doh, and random household objects like buckets, pencils, measuring cups and spoons, toothbrush holders - basically he loves containers.