Presents for toddlers

[mizarchivist]

I can think of a lot of useless ideas for what to get Crime Fighter for his birthday next month, including a puppy, a big vat of sugar, squealy toys.... All of those ideas are, of course, duly considered and shunted off

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Is he a stuffed-animal boy?

[drwex]

Those are kind of the canonical present, imo. Failing that, a big cardboard box he can crawl in/out of.

Re: Is he a stuffed-animal boy?

[catling]

This. At one, K loved stuffies. And boxes. (Well, at almost five she still loves stuffies. And boxes.)

Re: Is he a stuffed-animal boy?

[mizarchivist]

His household adults seem incapable of resisting getting him stuffed animals on what feels like a monthly basis. Today's was a black and white kitty. I was a fool, and let him pet the stuffed bunny that was 3x larger than him. My hope on getting him to let go was to distract with the cat. He didn't let it go again for the rest of the shopping trip. I could tell by the grip and the lack of eye contact he was gearing up for a shriek to rend souls if I took it away. So, lesson learned.

Re: Is he a stuffed-animal boy?

[drwex]

Pygment suggests that if you think the large cardboard box is too simple (or awkward) they make brightly colored caterpillar-like crawl tubes. They're composed mostly of fabric and spring plastic or metal so they squish up well for storage.

Re: Is he a stuffed-animal boy?

[mizarchivist]

Oh wow, that sounds great!

Re: Is he a stuffed-animal boy?

[drwex]

Here is an Amazon link to the kind of thing we were thinking about. Should we get him this?
http://www.amazon.com/Pacific-Play-Tents-See-Tunnel/dp/B0007YDC0E/ref=sr_1_3?s=toys-and-games&ie=UTF8&qid=1342527481&sr=1-3&keywords=crawl+through+tunnel