[RL, Baby] I need ideas for things to buy for Gabriel's birthday. Probably 3+ up toys since he's pretty bright and we watch him a lot working at home. Maybe stuff for outside, he already has a small pool.

I should start marking these toddler too haha

we got aster a play kitchen for his 3rd birthday. also, board games!! peaceable kingdom and petit collage are 2 good brands for those

Ooh never heard of those! The kitchen is a good idea too but he does have a train set downstairs idk if that might be too much

I wonder- what's he into? I'd get into what he gravitates toward during play whether it's building, matching things, or imagination-based deals

Just building off of what he's into while offering some avenues for variety as his personality develops :v

i know for me I was into pretend a LOT with the tools I had, then i saw jurassic park in theaters like 5 times at my insistence and it was all over, I was a dinosaur kid

pretending with dinosaur toys and building jungles

He loves drawing and his playdough kit. It's hard to figure out what he likes in particular apart from that...maybe paints might be a good idea if we can set an area outside where he could paint and we can hose him down when hes done haha

duplo legos?

for drawing: maybe easel/paints/a smock, sidewalk chalk, or watercolors? duplos are very good for this age too yeah. could also try to find some kind of outdoor playhouse or playset too

OOH SIDEWALK CHALK that's the shit

He has sidewalk chalk yes! Sadly waiting for our ....air quality to not be shit

he does get bored easily (but at 2 years old it is normal)

Easel is a great idea

Duplos are also great, I am actually waitinf for a sale they usually have some sometimes

He does have some dollarama legos and plays with them from time to time so he has those for now

outdoor playhouse would be great!

yeah, I'm trying to avoid outdoor things cause... well....

Ted got a lot of plush toys at 3

yeeeah

That's also when he got his trampoline, which wouldn't work for Gabi

arteest... maybe his own apron if he likes to help in the kitchen

my nephew loves helping mom in the kitchen

oh that's a great idea

to go with the apron maybe one of those blunt scrapers so he can cut up soft veggies or fruit while he's helping out?

ooooh I should find those

empress (temp.) : what ARE those called offically

a dough or a bench scraper! there are wooden ones and plastic ones as well as metal ones

If he likes water, a water table is great, Alex loves the one we got him

Seconding the Duplos, too

I do have a watertablebut filling half of it woth sand is a great idea

empress (temp.) : perfect I'm gonna get him one for sure

playdough and "moon sand" stuff, bubble-blowing stuff, dancing-ribbons (you know, those long ones on bitty sticks?) bath-crayons (colored soap "crayons" to draw on the tub/himself with), tot-sized hula hoops, foam balls and make a tic-tac-toe board with holes to toss them in/some kind of thing like the bowling games at arcades? (foam project boards work!)

etch-a-sketches and those boards that're black until you press, and then it reveals the colors behind it?

or the kind that look like milky little honeycombs in the screen, and uses a magnet-stylus to display the gray pigment-things inside the cells, where you can clear it by sliding the magnet thing behind it....

(that's a terrible description of it, sorry)

a tiny Bop-It, if you're okay with the noises?