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I just chuck all of the Playmobil in Ikea Trofast bins. I don't even attempt to keep different sets together and accept that tiny bits go into the hoover each time! Sometimes time can be killed by trying to find all the pirate bits together, all the knight bits, etc.


Arts and crafts, we have a chest/tambour cabinet that has lots of shelves close together inside which has evolved as an arts and crafts area and is perfect. In our next house we're hoping to reclaim it for adult use as it is quite a nice piece. At that point I'll probably use the Trofast again with a mix of shelves and bins.

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Hot wheels and tracks.

Knights, dragons and even some animals from Schleich.

They are hugley expensive but sturdy and my son (7)

plays in different voices with them.

And story CDs, he loves listening to them.

But niw l need ideas, as we already have all that ;-))

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I'm embarrassed to say we have SO many of these toys already....castle...kitchen...marble run...board games...lego...duplo....playmobile...jigsaws...the list goes on! I have been on an endless quest to find 'the' toy that actually stimulates and grips eldest boy for more than a week or two. He is always totally captivated by other boys toys at their houses - mostly versions of what we have already... It's kind of reassuring to hear that it's a reasonably common phenomena though.


I think we're going to go for lego/duplo for both this year and I really need to make more time to direct and play with them. The other thing that doesn't help is that my two fight constantly over toys...it's very wearing!


(Oh - as something NOT to buy - last year my eldest (then 3.5) got a beginner scalectrix set - after loving one at a friends house - one of the great non played with things in the playroom - not able to make it by himself and absolutely too rough with it!)

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Hi SB my eldest is 4 and can barely sit still for 5 mins! My mum is getting him a geomag set this year. I haven't ever seen it in action but it does look quite good on the blurb on Amazon.


I also got him a light up globe from John Lewis for his bday which does fuel the odd question about planet earth. Can you tell I am veering toward the more educational gifts!?! We really have so much STUFF I feel that the rule for letting anymore toys in the house are that it has to be small or educational!


Have you looked on GLTC? They have lovely stuff there? What about a wigwam so they can make a den? Or I love this: http://www.gltc.co.uk/vw-camper-van-pop-up-tent/play-tents-and-wigwams/gltc/fcp-product/10002595 (clearly breaking my small and educational rule!)

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I find that some of the stuff we bought when they were young (e.g. it said 3+ so we thought it'd work!), they're coming back to now (age 5 & 7) - particularly the building stuff like Lego etc that they're better able to think around now. So maybe a little bit to refresh something that you already have?
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Our four year old was given a marble run for his birthday - or was it last christmas - and all the adults who come to the house play with it as well and are worried about setting it up so all the routes make sense. But he loves to set it up and build it and then experiment with the marbles to see where they go when you put them in different parts of the run. He doesn't play with it entirely independently but he loves helping (and directing) building it. His two-year old brother loves putting marbles in it too and 'testing' the runs as we build them. I have to say it's the single most played with item by adults and children in our household. It's quite a big one with stairs and wheels and all kinds of things.
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alieh - I found this dragon and now nothing else comes close... http://www.amazon.co.uk/Playmobil-4838-Giant-Dragon-Fire/dp/B001RHAF28/ref=sr_1_1?s=kids&ie=UTF8&qid=1384349592&sr=1-1&keywords=playmobil+dragon+led+fire


Thanks for the tips on playmobil figures, I'll start hunting.


Loving the marble run idea. We'd looked at one for last birthday but decided to keep presents small and few. Is Marbutopia a good sturdy brand to go for (for a 3.2yo who loves dismantling things as much as he does building them)?

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I have a very similar policy to alieh so my son has asked father Xmas for the walking talking dinosaur after coveting alieh's one for a year and I luckily found one in Sainsburys. Then he is getting a new bike from us because he needs a bigger one. Plus I go to car boots and buy little things like cars or animals... And place them in jars as advent calendar. Finally, there are always some books and crafty/arty things from grandparents which I choose (!). But I love Playmobil and debating whether to give the little one the camper van it bought rapt a car boot about 2 years ago! She will be two on 21st Dec...

Btw there are so many presents not because we are very generous but because they both have birthdays so close to Christams.

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