3 YO wish list

[hamster]

You all are so good at this!

C is turning 3 and I need wish list ideas. He is really getting into imaginative stuff. He loves art, music, books, vehicles, and camping. We don't have a lot of real estate for "big" toys and I worry about chocking hazards with his 1.5 year old brother.

[sloan]

Mine is also turning 3, when people asked I requested things for him that he can play with quietly in his room since he is getting to the point where he sometimes skips naps and I plan to enforce quiet playtime in his room if he doesn’t want to sleep. Like a little town rug he can play with his cars on, age appropriate puzzles, basically anything that doesn’t make noise or encourages high energy play (like, we have enough balls, but books are always welcome).

[hamster]

Oct 7, 2020 10:53:28 GMT -5 sloan said:

Mine is also turning 3, when people asked I requested things for him that he can play with quietly in his room since he is getting to the point where he sometimes skips naps and I plan to enforce quiet playtime in his room if he doesn’t want to sleep. Like a little town rug he can play with his cars on, age appropriate puzzles, basically anything that doesn’t make noise or encourages high energy play (like, we have enough balls, but books are always welcome).

Highly recommend this series! C calls it his silent time book and is obsessed with it.

www.amazon.com/dp/1615195009?ref=ppx_pop_mob_ap_share

[acr]

Dress up clothes have been big during 3 at our house

[mbcdefg]

DD turned 3 in June. Her very favorite toys are her baby dolls and accessories - stroller, carrier, bottles, clothes and blankets (although she mainly dresses them in her own infant onesies, and clean dish rags, lol).

She also likes her tea set, and the LeapFrog picnic basket.

She’s gotten into board games recently, like HiHo CherryO, Connect 4, and those memory matching card games.

The play kitchen still gets some mileage.

[countthestars]

Picasso Tiles/Magnatiles if you don't already have them!

[thoseareradishes]

E is 3.5. She likes Picasso tiles, balls, play food, figurines. She's not that into toys, so it's hard to think of stuff for her. We got her a nugget during the last drop but we are still waiting for it to be delivered. We got her a wobble board and scooter board for Christmas. Likes markers, crayons, and chalk, scissors, glue. She has MeReaders for rest time but she hasn't opened them in a while.

[numbers]

Art easel
Duplo sets
Magnatiles
Brio trains

[preppy]

Top used items for my 3 year old:
-Micro mini scooter
-Balance Bike
-Magnatiles (I think ours are technically picasso tiles)
-Duplo Sets
-Baby dolls and baby accessories
-Magnetic "paper dolls"
-simple board games, she likes candy land, sneaky snacky squirrel and guess who

[macmars45]

-Duplo construction set (it was $50 I think?) was a huge hit for my DS on his 3rd birthday. He legit jumped up & down while happily screaming.

-3 wheeled scooter

-A car rug (he actually got it when he was much younger but really started playing with it at 3)

-I introduced the game Sorry to him at 3 too.

- 12-24 piece puzzles

My DS will be a bit over 4.5 this Christmas. We're getting him this ride on excavator (or a similar one). We will have a dirt spot until he's done playing in the dirt so for us it makes sense.

www.amazon.com/Reeves-International-Working-Excavator-Rotation/dp/B01MRBHGOQ/ref=redir_mobile_desktop?ie=UTF8&aaxitk=kWUF-JGG68qBWdYAMSN2RQ&hsa_cr_id=7695097360401&ref_=sbx_be_s_sparkle_td_asin_1

[blondemoment123]

Oct 7, 2020 11:04:42 GMT -5 hamster said:

Oct 7, 2020 10:53:28 GMT -5 sloan said:

Mine is also turning 3, when people asked I requested things for him that he can play with quietly in his room since he is getting to the point where he sometimes skips naps and I plan to enforce quiet playtime in his room if he doesn’t want to sleep. Like a little town rug he can play with his cars on, age appropriate puzzles, basically anything that doesn’t make noise or encourages high energy play (like, we have enough balls, but books are always welcome).

Highly recommend this series! C calls it his silent time book and is obsessed with it.

www.amazon.com/dp/1615195009?ref=ppx_pop_mob_ap_share

DS would love this!

[shauni27]

I love all of these recommendations!

For us a mini trampoline is still used daily by our 3 year old.
Blocks and cars are the most used items--we are getting him Magnatiles for Christmas.
LOVES costumes and dressing up.
Loves his bikes (strider and pedal)
I also want to get him a marble track, but might wait until he is 4.

If I ask S what he wants, he just says "REALLY BIG TRANSFORMER TOYS" (eyeroll)

[macmars45]

Oct 8, 2020 8:50:57 GMT -5 shauni27 said:

For us a mini trampoline is still used daily by our 3 year old.

My parents got DS (4.5) a trampoline for Christmas last year... or was it two years ago? Anyways, he uses it daily. It came in extremely handy for exercise when we were stuck inside for a week+ due to bad smoke.

[shauni27]

Oct 8, 2020 8:58:24 GMT -5 macmars45 said:

Oct 8, 2020 8:50:57 GMT -5 shauni27 said:

For us a mini trampoline is still used daily by our 3 year old.

My parents got DS (4.5) a trampoline for Christmas last year... or was it two years ago? Anyways, he uses it daily. It came in extremely handy for exercise when we were stuck inside for a week+ due to bad smoke.

I think we got ours when S turned 18 months and he seriously loves it. He also uses the "handle bar" on it to do tricks almost more than he does just jumping!

[mccallister84]

Both of my kiddos (2 and almost 4) are really in to their little people sets.

[hamster]

Oct 8, 2020 8:50:57 GMT -5 shauni27 said:

I love all of these recommendations!

For us a mini trampoline is still used daily by our 3 year old.
Blocks and cars are the most used items--we are getting him Magnatiles for Christmas.
LOVES costumes and dressing up.
Loves his bikes (strider and pedal)
I also want to get him a marble track, but might wait until he is 4.

If I ask S what he wants, he just says "REALLY BIG TRANSFORMER TOYS" (eyeroll)

How does he do with the pedal bike? We actually got him one. He's such a reserved kid but he has such confidence on his bike, so I'm hoping it goes well.

I'm sure he would love a trampoline but the little one is an ER visit waiting to happen on his own accord, so that sounds terrifying!

[hocus2]

Building sets - could be duplo or early lego, magna tiles (still in use here several years later),
a toy kitchen and playfood would probably be big hits and there are small ones that don't take up as much space. I actually still have ours and use it for storage since we don't use it anymore.
I am pretty sure my daughter got a toy broom and vacuum that she loved around this time.
A doll/animal stroller was well loved by both kids. I ended up getting a second one once the first broke.

[thoseareradishes]

Oct 8, 2020 16:19:27 GMT -5 hocus2 said:

Building sets - could be duplo or early lego, magna tiles (still in use here several years later),
a toy kitchen and playfood would probably be big hits and there are small ones that don't take up as much space. I actually still have ours and use it for storage since we don't use it anymore.
I am pretty sure my daughter got a toy broom and vacuum that she loved around this time.
A doll/animal stroller was well loved by both kids. I ended up getting a second one once the first broke.

Yes, the doll stroller and shopping cart get a decent amount of use.  The doll stroller usually gets pushed around the neighborhood with a stuffed animal and various rocks, sticks, and leaves shoved in it.  I got ours off Facebook marketplace.

[isabel]

DS2 is obsessed with the Melissa and Doug ice cream set we have. He plays with it all the time.

He also likes his strider bike a lot and is just starting to really get the hang of it at 3.5.

smile.amazon.com/Melissa-Doug-Wooden-Scoop-Counter/dp/B01B1V10KA/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=melissa+%26+doug+ice+cream&qid=1602214199&sr=8-1

[shauni27]

Oct 8, 2020 15:49:22 GMT -5 hamster said:

Oct 8, 2020 8:50:57 GMT -5 shauni27 said:

I love all of these recommendations!

For us a mini trampoline is still used daily by our 3 year old.
Blocks and cars are the most used items--we are getting him Magnatiles for Christmas.
LOVES costumes and dressing up.
Loves his bikes (strider and pedal)
I also want to get him a marble track, but might wait until he is 4.

If I ask S what he wants, he just says "REALLY BIG TRANSFORMER TOYS" (eyeroll)

How does he do with the pedal bike? We actually got him one. He's such a reserved kid but he has such confidence on his bike, so I'm hoping it goes well.

I'm sure he would love a trampoline but the little one is an ER visit waiting to happen on his own accord, so that sounds terrifying!

he is better with the strider, but we put training wheels on it and it is much better!

[simpsongal]

My DD is turning 4, but some things she's loved: Magnatiles, microphone, just getting into legos, scooter, balance bike, bike w/training wheels.

[gerberdaisy]

Oct 8, 2020 8:50:57 GMT -5 shauni27 said:

I love all of these recommendations!

For us a mini trampoline is still used daily by our 3 year old.
Blocks and cars are the most used items--we are getting him Magnatiles for Christmas.
LOVES costumes and dressing up.
Loves his bikes (strider and pedal)
I also want to get him a marble track, but might wait until he is 4.

If I ask S what he wants, he just says "REALLY BIG TRANSFORMER TOYS" (eyeroll)

My 3 year old is obsessed with "really big robots" or transformers.  If you fine a good one let me know! Figured for christmas he'd be so excited.

[sloan]

Oct 8, 2020 16:19:27 GMT -5 hocus2 said:

Building sets - could be duplo or early lego, magna tiles (still in use here several years later),
a toy kitchen and playfood would probably be big hits and there are small ones that don't take up as much space. I actually still have ours and use it for storage since we don't use it anymore.
I am pretty sure my daughter got a toy broom and vacuum that she loved around this time.
A doll/animal stroller was well loved by both kids. I ended up getting a second one once the first broke.

Not a “gift” exactly but for anyone with a regular swiffer laying around you can remove a section or two of the handle and put some sort of fabric over the bottom and BOOM it’s a kids mop. DS loves it at least haha.

[hocus2]

Oct 9, 2020 9:53:16 GMT -5 sloan said:

Oct 8, 2020 16:19:27 GMT -5 hocus2 said:

Building sets - could be duplo or early lego, magna tiles (still in use here several years later),
a toy kitchen and playfood would probably be big hits and there are small ones that don't take up as much space. I actually still have ours and use it for storage since we don't use it anymore.
I am pretty sure my daughter got a toy broom and vacuum that she loved around this time.
A doll/animal stroller was well loved by both kids. I ended up getting a second one once the first broke.

Not a “gift” exactly but for anyone with a regular swiffer laying around you can remove a section or two of the handle and put some sort of fabric over the bottom and BOOM it’s a kids mop. DS loves it at least haha.

  My kids love to swiffer. When we did all the housework when our cleaning person wasn't able to come that chore got the least grumbles.