| These days kids have gadgets that I couldn't have | | | | them, they just need to have the capability to stick |
| dreamed of when I was growing up, and as the | | | | onto different surfaces. Free address labels seem to |
| years go by, the more technologically advanced the | | | | have the same "fun" factor as expensive stickers I |
| toy gets...heck, I was at the Apple Store a week ago | | | | picked up from the party store . Regardless, I find |
| and I saw some kids zipping by in their Heelys who | | | | them sticking from everything from the floors to my |
| couldn't have been older than 13 buying the iphone & | | | | hair (involuntary). |
| and an ipod! When I was 13 I had to save for | | | | #2 Item: Bouncy Ball |
| months to get a Nintendo....and not the Wii or the | | | | Cost: $0.50 per ball |
| Nintendo 64...This is the old school Nintendo, with | | | | Scoop: These little multi-colored balls seem to have |
| Duck Hunt. Anyways, I digress, I thought it would be | | | | been around since the beginning of time and not lost |
| interesting to note what my kid is playing with now | | | | its appeal with the rugrats. Of special interest is for |
| as he just turned two years old. Here is the list: | | | | my toddler to hurl this at me while I am least |
| #5 Item: Empty Tupperware Bowl | | | | expecting it |
| Cost: Approx $0.50 | | | | #1 Item: Little Tikes Cozy Coupe |
| Scoop: Used in conjunction with spoon, sometimes | | | | Cost: $50.00 |
| imaginary. My two year old loves to mix imaginary | | | | Scoop: This seems to be my kids only real source of |
| concoctions of chocolate milk and other goodies in | | | | indulgence compared to his other inexpensive toys. |
| this bowl. He often eats his imaginary dinner from this | | | | Although this was very annoying to put together, my |
| bowl and then refuses to eat his real dinner. | | | | kid plays with this every single day and seems |
| #4 Item: Paper plate and 2-4 crayons | | | | convinced that he can get from point A to B within |
| Cost: Approx $0.11 | | | | our house faster in the car then walking. Well at least |
| Scoop: For some reason drawing on a piece of paper | | | | I don't have to gas it up.Aside from the Little Tikes |
| just won't do. There seems to be something magical | | | | Cozy Coupe, the rest of these "toys" cost under |
| about coloring on a paper plate. I don't get it, I even | | | | $1.50. |
| tried it myself and I preferred coloring on regular | | | | See, it doesn't take money to buy happiness...well at |
| paper. | | | | age 2 anyway. In any case I'll keep this in mind when |
| #3 Item: Random Stickers | | | | my kid is 7 and the xbox 720 has come out with |
| Cost: $0.00 - $0.50 per sticker | | | | $100 games. Just out of curiosity, I'd love to hear |
| Scoop: My 2 year is obsessed with stickers, and they | | | | about what your toddler's favorite toys are. |
| don't have to have Barney, Mickey Mouse or elmo on | | | | |