The Most Fun Gift Our Kids Received

My kids went crazy for this carton of eggs toy that would open to be different colors and numbers. My 5y son loved mixing them up and opening them to do math games and my 2y son just loved holding them, opening them and fitting them back together. Then any toys they got became part of their pretend store and of course the eggs were part of a pretend market for selling and buying.

Yes! I was a huge fan of this sort of thing as a child. I also had a cassette tape that taught me (or attempted to teach me) how to be a ventriloquist. Loved that, too! I remember one of the tips: Avoid saying certain words that require more mouth movement.

I spotted an offer to buy a small plot of land in Scotland in exchange for an official title and presented our three boys with framed certificates of their Lordship for Christmas. My husband was skeptical, but it was the hit of the holiday! They loved it and continued to banter in a regal manner for days. The only downside was being ordered to serve more milk at dinnertime as a “lowly peasant.”

It’s a pretty cool conservation effort and they plant a tree for every plot purchased! https://establishedtitles.com/

Omg! I got this as a gift around age 8 and it’s one of the most memorable gifts I received in childhood and I absolutely was obsessed with it.

One year, my stepdad gave my kids a book on different types of knots and different size ropes. I’m not kidding, they played with it forever. They loved it! Who would have guessed?!?

My 2.5 yo was gifted a ball pit and she just loves it. It was meant for our basement but she plays with it so much that so far we have let her keep it in the living room. She will play in it, hide toys in it to find later, or even just watch tv while standing in it!

My husband and I got our goddaughter the same magic kit too! Her dad texted us a video of her trying to do a trick with her wand and saying “abwa cadabwa.” I die.

Woah. When did Anton become a teenager?

My 8 year old loves unicorns and dragons and fairies so we got her the Melissa and Doug fold and go wooden castle. It’s just the right size for her Playmobil figures, can store the figures inside, and easy for her to take outside to play with her friend. Big hit! Also, new game Kingdomino has been a great to play as a family, fun for all of us. And a feather pen and sealing wax and seals to up her letter writing game to her cousin, which she used right away (they are playing some long distance imaginary game mashing up Harry Potter, Avengers and Star Wars over the last 2 years through letters and zoom calls).

After reading about how much your kids loved it, I got the Melissa and Doug wooden bus for my son on his first birthday. It’s almost two years later and the bus and wooden people are still going strong, and are played with everyday single day!

This year the kids got magnatiles and big sized plusplus blocks for Christmas, and they’ve spent a few hours each day building with them.

So cute! 11 and 13 here. With one believer and one “keeping the magic” so gaming headphones, kinetic sand, a tripod for filming videos on the iPad and cocoa bomb round molds were the rage here.

My 20 month old got a Melissa and Doug shopping cart and a camelbak mini mule backpack. He’s obsessed with both and spends his days cruising around the house with his cart, backpack on, ready for anything.

We have a 9 year old and he got an electronic dart board. We have all been having so much fun playing darts together, I highly recommend one!

Does Toby still play with toys? I have a ten year old nephew who only wants video games, every now and again maybe he’ll play with Legos. I always struggle with what to get him since I don’t know much about video games and also you can just download them rather than having to physically buy them. Anybody else have a kid like this?

Such a fun gift for your boys. One of my kids has really gotten into magic during the pandemic, even taking a bunch of magic classes on Outschool and making surprising progress. He’s also really enjoying performing tricks on Zoom for family! We joke that he’ll come out of Covid ready to work birthday parties. I recently learned about a really neat sounding magic store in Indiana that we hope to visit post-Covid: J&B Magic Shop and Theater (Google it!)

My daughter (10 years old) got a karaoke microphone and adored it. There hasn’t been too much singing. But she is constantly pretending to be a male reporter (she has given him a name and has a very clear idea of his personality and look) as she reports on everything happening in our family.

I think I had this exact kit when I was a kid! Is that possible? A wave of nostalgia came over me when I saw those items on the cover (especially the egg-dish-like thing- what is that thing?).

the husband is a kid’s magician (our kid, now 10, sometimes helps with a trick or two), and has been entertaining littles on zoom throughout the pandemic. sure he can be a little Gob from arrested development sometimes, and sure i refuse to dust his props, but i love seeing hundreds of little laughing faces on gallery view during his shows, virtual crowds from babies to preteens, some showing off their own magic kits in the background. things usually end with a dance party. it is the best cure for the pandemic blues we’ve had so far, and keeps things….magical.

My dad sent my 4-year old son a marble run for Christmas and it has truly been the hit of all his gifts! Literally hours and hours of play. I really don’t love “playing pretend” so anything I can build/make with him is my favorite type of play.

Similar to this one: https://www.amazon.com/Marble-Genius-Run-Super-Set/dp/B01BEPHH4Q/ref=zg_bs_2522040011_3?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=S93BEETAEEDH95NEG7QQ

Oh I love this! My nephew got this ridiculous “screaming chicken” toy (google it – you’ll thank me later). It’s like a giant rubber chicken that you squeeze to make funny noises. I think my sister in law and I had more fun with it!

Ahh thats super fun! I think we’re maybe a couple of years off, but will definitely keep that on our list.

Our girls (4&5) loved Harry Potter PJ’s and Harry Potter glasses then the surprise hit was my old set of Boxcar Children books. We were just taking them off my parent’s hands, but our 5 year old picked one up and is now through Book 8 – she’s completely in love.

After watching your Instagram of the boys doing the tricks, I sent the Melissa and Doug one to my 8 year old nephew! He’s definitely a ham so I’m hoping he likes it. Got his 10 year old sister a friendship bracelet making kit. Realllly working on being the cool-good-gift-giving aunt!

We gifted my highly energetic six-year-old an indoor “scooter.” Think early elementary and zipping around in the gym during P.E. It’s definitely loud and a little wild, but she has a ton of fun with it! It’s really helped for being cooped indoors.

hand2mind Purple Indoor Scooter Board With Safety Handles For Kids Ages 6-12, Plastic Floor Scooter Board With Rollers, Physical Education For Home, Homeschool Supplies (Pack of 1) https://www.amazon.com/dp/B008AK6WMC/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_glc_fabc_Hmo9FbTE0C7B5?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1