Comments on: Fun, Frugal Kid Toys

By: Catherine

Catherine — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 13:52:36 +0000

I like that magnifying glass idea!

By: Jenny

Jenny — Tue, 12 May 2009 15:46:14 +0000

my son is like that too. xD

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By: Diana

Diana — Sat, 09 May 2009 18:49:06 +0000

I love this post. I have 4 children with wide age ranges 1-13. In my experience the simpler the better. At our house we love, love balls, bikes and anything we can do outside. Inside we are fans of more balls, the play kitchen, board games, art supplies and making forts from blanket and pillows. Diana´s last blog post..Barnes & Noble Earn a Free Book

By: Miguel de Luis Espinosa

Miguel de Luis Espinosa — Wed, 06 May 2009 19:41:38 +0000

I don’t have kids, but I have favorite frugal toys: paper miniatures. There are pages like junior general dot org with zillions of soldiers, cars, houses and the like, all available for download and printing

By: Carrie

Carrie — Tue, 05 May 2009 04:45:48 +0000

The list you gave is pretty much what my daughter loves best. This week she wants to play with worms and her magnifying glasss. I found an inexpensive, unbreakable plastic magnifying glass at Christmas time, and she spends hours inspecting all sorts of things.

Like most kids, the best treasure you can give her is an empty cardboard box and some spare time alone to play with it!

By: Craig

Craig — Mon, 04 May 2009 20:54:33 +0000

Kids are easy. Growing up, if you gave me a ball and string I would be happy for hours. Kids use their imaginations more and are entertained very easily, so no need to buy ridiculous expensive toys when the little things can satisfy.

By: Kika

Kika — Mon, 04 May 2009 18:19:23 +0000

My parents passed down huge bins of playmobile and lego to my kids (collected over the years by my younger brothers). Now, neither of these things are cheap to buy initially of course, but they were free to us and are well loved and provide hours of entertainment. As much as I love to declutter, I plan on saving these bins to pass on later to my own grandchildren. My three year old really enjoys her play kitchen which I originally bought, second-hand, for $25 about 8 years ago (for her older sister). I definitely also agree that chalk and bubbles are fun, inexpensive, warm-weather entertainment.

By: Laura

Laura — Mon, 04 May 2009 18:14:23 +0000

I did not know I was so frugal! I gave my kids paint brushes and water and they painted our shed a lovely darker shade of brown. My boys also loved to make what they called "snake bread" it was a mixture of anything leftover that was ready to be thrown away. It could have been crackers or pudding it did not matter they loved stirring and it was going in the garage anyway. One last great fun thing that really worked for our boys, shaving cream. : ) Laura´s last blog post..15 Reasons Mom Will Love an IPhone

By: Bette in the Midwest USA

Bette in the Midwest USA — Mon, 04 May 2009 16:02:33 +0000

I couldn’t agree more with your ideas of cheap toys! My 10 y.o. son, who has no shortage of toys, LOVES to make things out of boxes of all sizes and shapes, cardboard paper towel and toilet paper rolls, and other items in the recycle bin!! He’s currently into pirates (again) and has made an entire fleet of ships outfitted with all the accessories, entirely out of recycled items. He’s make elaborate cities inspired by Walter Wick’s I Spy books and more ships, planes, etc. than I could count. We supply him with the tape and staples and let his imagination and creativity take over. Isn’t childhood grand?!

By: Molly

Molly — Mon, 04 May 2009 14:01:09 +0000

My cat loves the cardboard boxes, too! In fact, just this morning, I put it in a different place in the living room, and it was like a brand-new box all over again. Frugal fun extends to pets, too.