Toys

[Teddyrose54]

What toys would you like to see brought back, for the kids today to play with?

[tjsprinting]

anything that doesnt require batteries or make a noise- but saying that I have been a bit of a naughty Grandma, I have bought a set of drums for everyone of my grandchildren at different times!!!!! revenge is sweet

[Teddyrose54]

We used to have these wooden wheels, poles and squares, that you could build with.

Bit like lego but wood.

I spent hours building stuff with my brother.

Can't remember what they were called.

[playtowin]

We used to have these wooden wheels, poles and squares, that you could build with.

Bit like lego but wood.

I spent hours building stuff with my brother.

Can't remember what they were called.

i recently gave my littles ones wooden blocks in to nursery because they weren't used any more- he played with them constantly till he discovered ben 10 and power rangers.

[smiffy49er]

We played for hours with a piece of chalk and a flat stone at hopscotch.

Never got bored with that

[Teddyrose54]

anything that doesnt require batteries or make a noise- but saying that I have been a bit of a naughty Grandma, I have bought a set of drums for everyone of my grandchildren at different times!!!!! revenge is sweet

Naughty~

[iwiw60]

Yes, plain old sanded pieces of wood in various sizes/shapes will keep little ones busy for DAYS! I once gave my son a set of colored wood blocks for Christmas. He also got a bicycle. Yep, he played with those blocks for several days before finally jumping on the tricycle!!LOL

Also, for girls especially, I'd like to see a set of good 'ol JACKS come back!! When I was around 8 years old I got a set of Jacks and a golf ball for my birthday. My sisters and friends at school played Jacks every chance we got...it was the "in" thing back in the day!!

[smiffy49er]

I remember jacks. Used to love them to.

My kids had a slinky that they played with for hours

[astral276]

My most played with toy was my Meccano - but you can still get that; followed by my Scalextric. I can't really think of anything that was available when I was a kid that you can't get in some form now. Of course everything is plastic now whereas it was tinplate back when I was a nipper. Bakalite was about the only plastic in them days.

Too many toys nowadays do not allow children to use their imagination; you just set them going and that is it. Toys that foster imagination make for the best toys.

[GibsonsCamp]

I buy vintage toys. My grandchildren love them and playdough with Nannas cookie cutters are the bomb!