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The Best Toys For
Boys
Cranium
Superfort
My kids love to take this out once in a while and just build
forts.
The boys still love to construct them with cushions from our couches
but this
adds more stability and building options. It is very colorful and
versatile. It uses very easy to assemble magnet connectors so
the kids can easily make forts on their own. We bought
Craniums’ Twisty Tunnels and it
added more options for the fort. The
kids always make a great use of their imagination making forts, boats,
space ships and castles. You can pretty much guarantee if Cranium makes
it. It must be an incredible toy for the kids. I guess this must have
done so
well because now Cranium offers variations. The Carnival Club House looks
like a ton of fun too.
Legos
Just buy any age appropriate legos for the kids. If you want
to
buy one that the kids think is really cool but is complicated be
prepared to put it together and fix it constantly. My youngest boy
mostly enjoys the people so the Community Workers set
was
perfect.
It was a expensive but it has lots of people and
thats Jakobs favorite part. My oldest boy loves to build his own cars,
spaceships etc... so any big tub of legos is great. Legos constantly
entertain my kids for hours. I even have a great time helping them put
together the more advanced sets. I usually find great prices on Legos
at MyToybox
but their selection is kind of limited. Luckily we also have a Lego
store located in our local mall.
Play
-Doh
Everyone loves Play-Doh. My boys love to make basic shapes
with
Play-Doh then add the silly faces or car and plane pieces to them. They
sometimes try to see who can make the longest play-doy rope using the
extruding tool. We have a Play-doh activity table that came with some
tools and makes it easier to clean up. You can always just buy a few
cans and use some old kitchen tools and cookie cutters too. Play-doh is
non toxic so it is perfectly safe and a lot easier to mold than clay.
Perler Beads
We first tried Perler Beads at camp for Cub Scout. Both Liam
and
Jakob loved them. The boys kept going to the craft area to make new
creations with the beads. Their are all kinds of cool peg boards you
can use to create different designs like animals and cars with the
beads. Liam loves to use a square peg board and create his own colorful
monsters and aliens. We recently bought the pirate kit and Jakob has
rainbow colored monkeys everywhere. Perler Beads work by picking a peg
board then covering it with different colored plastic beads. After the
design is made an adult can use an iron to melt the beads into the
shape. Everything imaginable for Perler Beads can be found at Kool
Stuff For Kids but, I found that most of the kits and beads
are cheaper at Amazon. I plan to
get some magnetic tape and let the boys make magnets for our
fridge.
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