I need some ideas (kids don't look)

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So Christmas is upon us. My little girl is 9 and she's pretty easy to buy for since she can basically voice what she wants. However, little man will turn 4 in March and if you have a 3 or 4 year old you can understand that they want everything if you ask them. I guess the issue I have is that he has all the traditional stuff already like baseball stuff, balls (yes, those too), RC cars, action figures, building blocks, etc. What are you getting your younger kids?

We picked up a Tonka dump truck and I think I'll get him a bike too but beyond that I'm stumped. I need some ideas if any of you have any.
 
GotWood said:
Get him a giant cardboard box, he'll use it more than the toys.
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I went to the beer store the other day and brought home a box...yep, he played with it for hours.
 
Dedicated nice soft dirt spot for the Tonka......and a Crane/Shovel to dig with.
How big is he?
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More cardboard.
 
Power Wheels four-wheeler or better yet John Deere tractor with trailer

Age appropriate Lego

Inflatable bounce house or trampoline

Swing set or spinner swing for swing set

Nerf gun
 
Trucks, Legos, my little boy is 6, we've always tried to get "learning toys", books, he read me a book before he started kindergarden. We try to get him things that promote thinking and creativity.
 
Buy, or build him a play set. As in, incorporate a sand box, a climbing rope, a rock face climb, a tower with a cover, with swings, wooden rope bridge, a slide. So much you can do with one of these. Use your imagination, and he will use his!.
 
Don't sweat it so much b/c at that age, it doesn't really matter. He isn't going to remember what he got for Christmas vs a borthday or whatever.
All he'll remember is that you played with him.

Buildin ga playset in teh yard is always a great idea... but really sucks to do in December
 
trailhugger said:
Start him on a balance bike instead of training wheels, both our boys learned way faster that way.
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All 3 of mine learned this way. I don't think they would have learned any other way. My oldest rode with the training wheels for 2 years, wore them out literally! I told him I was not buying another set of training wheels, he had to learn. I took the pedals off his bike and he coasted down the hill in the driveway and in less than a week he was riding! The twins never had training wheels, they went straight to bikes with no pedals!
 
The way I've always operated with kids that age is that they don't care what 'it' is, as long as 'it' has fond memories attached to it. Not to mention, who can remember what they got for Christmas when they were 4 years old. Hell, I don't even remember what I got last year. But what I do remember are wrapping paper tube sword fights, popping bubble wrap, wrapping paper dodge ball fights and enjoying the time spent assembling 'it' with my old man.
 
That's why I thought the Tonka toys would be good. It gets him outside digging and moving stuff around. I think he could get a multiple year use out of them. I still remember some of my favorite stuff when I was a kid. That's why I encourage Legos and building toys. Nerf guns and other stuff that can get chewed up by the dogs or break after a couple use don't really interest me.
 
trailhugger said:
Start him on a balance bike instead of training wheels, both our boys learned way faster that way.
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This. Balance bikes are pricey, so I just took the pedals off the bikes I intended my daughters to ride, and they learned in no time. Once they could push off with their feet and balance for a few seconds, I put one pedal on so they could get the feel for it. After they could push off and balance with a foot on the one pedal, I added the second pedal.
 
Ours came from CL but we did take the pedals off our daughter's bike to help her learn. In reality, she learned to balance on the third wheel while trailing behind me on the Greenway.
 
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