3 Year Old Boy Favorites

[readyin07]

I suck at parenting. My baby's birthday is this week and he really has no gifts besides a new book of Thomas stories. His love is cars and Thomas right now and we have a train table, plenty of trains, a million and five cars and Hot Wheels track. He has a bike, trike, plasma car, radio flyer scooter, wagon (all hand me down, but in too good of condition to replace). I asked my inlaws to get him the leap frog ice cream cart I have heard good reviews about. I'm going to look for some small pool and beach toys since that's all we do now. Maybe some kind of toddler craft he can do independently or easy puzzles - we have harder ones and smaller kid ones? I suck at this.

[somersault72]

My daughter is only 2 but she and her 2.5 friend LOVE the water table. DD could play at her water table every single day. Or I know a Nugget is a hot item right now? Kinetic sand? I'd love to get DD a toddler trampoline like our babysitter has but the ones available are too expensive for our budget.

[acr]

Things my 3 yo has enjoyed:

Play doh
Airfort
Sprinkler splash pad
Magnatiles or Picasso tiles - player with daily

[ny96]

My soon to be 3 year old is getting a balance bike and some play doh toys. He loves Play Doh, Kinetic Sand, and Magnatiles.

[lessel]

What about a little remote control car?

[sterl724]

My 3 year old loves magnatiles (we have the Amazon brand - Picasso I think. Much cheaper and have held up really well). He plays with them several days a week and has since Christmas.
He is also a big fan of kinetic sand and playdoh.

[acr]

Oh - this kind of play doh set was a big hit. etsy.me/3861VLA

[scribellesam]

My boys love kinetic sand! I buy disposable aluminum baking pans to keep it contained along with a set of small construction trucks and they’ll quietly play for a ridiculous amount of time. My kids are not the quiet play type so it’s a big deal lol.

A simple remote control car was also a big hit at that age but be prepared to go through seven gazillion batteries.

[pierogigirl]

I never got the Step2 roller coaster, but my boys used to love playing on it when they could.

Little Tikes lawn mower (not the kind with bubbles) was a huge favorite of DS2. Also shopping cart and play food. Little People sets.

[isabel]

Kinetic sand is fun and not terribly messy. Both my kids can play with that pretty endlessly with all their cars. DS2 is 3.

[isabel]

Also, I gave in and bought more cars for both kids for their birthdays this year because the novelty of a new toy was exciting for them and there’s so little they can look forward to these days.

[sparty04]

DS3’s big present this year was a sand table. He loves it. He plays for hours with his trucks and beach toys.

He’s also super into Octonauts and I found someone selling a huge lot of toys on fb for pretty cheap.

Step2 roller coaster?

[expectantsteelerfan]

Does he have any big vehicles like Bruder trucks? Those were a favorite for my vehicle loving kid and got played with in so many ways for such a long time. He had a recycling truck, fire truck, cement truck, log truck, and another brand big boat, and he loved them all.

[gt7301b]

My son is newly 4 and these are the things he enjoyed last year:

Paw Patrol look out tower - he plays with this almost daily

Magnatiles

Magna-Qubix - He LOVES these and we used to take them with us when we were allowed to leave the house

Water table

Kiddie Pool

Indoor slide

Bubble lawn mower

Step2 Wonderball Fun Playhouse 

Board games - He got Hoot Hoot Owl and Race to the Treasure for Christmas

[sdlaura]

My new 3 year old loves magnatiles! He got a plasma car for his bday - I see you already have that

[jewel]

My boys are 2.5 and 5, and this is what gets the most use between both of them:

- Little construction vehicles with any kind of moveable medium - sand, little rocks, dirt, kinetic sand, water beads, playdough
- Water table
- Lincoln Logs
- Magnet tiles (we have Picasso from amazon)
- Shake n Go cars and track
- Duplo train sets
- Transformer rescue bots guys
- Easel and chalk/markers (cheap version from ikea)
- Coloring books and stickers
- Step 2 coaster
- Kids table/chair set from ikea
- Hungry hungry hippos game
- Little basketball hoop
- Tool bench and battery powered tools
- Vtech go go track and cars
- Bounce house

ETA - they also like having the "guys" from any of their favorite shows - super wings, octonauts, etc.

For us - basically any kind of vehicle and/or track set is a hit. They love construction trucks, fire trucks, car carriers, etc. If you can put a vehicle inside another vehicle, it's better. Any kind of messy, water, outdoor summer toy is great right now. They love kid versions of anything we do - gardening, cleaning, cooking, etc.

Does he have a big kid bed/room yet? When my older one turned 3, we re-did his room as his gift. It was something we would have bought anyway, so it made into a gift very nicely, lol.

[ellipses84]

Anything you’d find in a preschool would be good. My recently turned 4 year old was suddenly at home in March, and I wished we had a water table or sand box. He loves the puzzles at school so we got some more for home. Alphabet and number wooden ones are great, along with ones of favorite characters. We also have wooden alphabet lacing beads and and lacing boards. When he was 3 he really loved the duplo Lego train. He still plays with duplo and regular Legos, but the duplos are nice since he can do them by himself. This year he got the paw patrol tower and it keeps him very entertained. I get my kids stuff they need, like water bottles, utensils, pajamas, undies, etc, with their favorite characters on it. Chalk, bubbles, outdoor toys that get ruined over time, etc. are always good. It doesn’t have to be expensive or unique. I’m sure he’ll be excited to open any present.

[shauni27]

Jun 29, 2020 9:43:29 GMT -5 lessel said:

What about a little remote control car?

this is the NUMBER ONE THING my son asks for, as a gift for his third birthday in a few weeks.

Jun 29, 2020 9:58:49 GMT -5 scribellesam said:

My boys love kinetic sand! I buy disposable aluminum baking pans to keep it contained along with a set of small construction trucks and they’ll quietly play for a ridiculous amount of time. My kids are not the quiet play type so it’s a big deal lol.

A simple remote control car was also a big hit at that age but be prepared to go through seven gazillion batteries.

Good idea. We lost our kinetic sand when we moved, but I think new kinetic sand with those tubs and toy cars is a great idea.

my son turns 3 in a few weeks. On our list is: magnatiles, remote monster truck, hot wheels tracks, new bike with pedals, binoculars and costumes and books.

Things he is OMG SUPER INTO: anything monster trucks and super heroes, trampoline, bikes, bubbles (he just got a bubble gun and it is the only toy gun we allow.), soccer ball and kid sized soccer net.