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10-06-2004, 03:27 PM
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Good, but twisted toy for a 2 year old boy... Need suggestions...
My nephew is about to turn 2, and I need to keep my record going. I'm essentially the black sheep in my family, especially when it comes to giving presents. For my nephews 1st birthday, everyone else got him teddybears, or stuffed dogs. I got him a stuffed scorpion and a 8 foot long stuffed snake. He loves em, and won't sleep without his "nake" and "corpon."
I've been kinda busy this year, and haven't been keeping up on my toy research, and ideas for something for a 2 year old? |
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10-07-2004, 05:31 AM
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Sharks are cool. My 3 year old loves his stuffed shark, which he got on a trip to Sea World. We thought he'd be scared, or be more interested in Shamu or the dolphins or tropical fish, but he's all about the sharks. Now he loves the music from Jaws (though he hasn't seen the movies, he knows what sharks are all about from watching Shark Week) or anything at all even remotely shark-related.
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10-07-2004, 05:38 AM
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As the black sheep auntie (but the kids love me), I'd suggest toys that make noise, but don't require batteries...
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10-07-2004, 06:33 AM
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Upright
Location: Lexington, KY & Hanover College
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::smiles:: what you really need to get him are two books writen by Neil Gaiman- Wolves in the Walls and The Day I swaped my dad for two goldfish.
These are wonderfuly writen books that are illistrated a little on the dark side. Perhaps you should wait a year or two though with the reason being that now he won't know better if they are taken away, never to be seen again.
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10-07-2004, 02:05 PM
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10-07-2004, 02:37 PM
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Too late, already got him the book and the stuffed animal from "wWhere the Wild Things are" it was my favorite as a kid.
I don't think he's quite old enough for those two neil gaiman books, I already have them and think they're just a bit beyond a 2 year old. |
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10-08-2004, 06:29 AM
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You might not want to "scar" the kid ... but being the father of a three year old I don't think some of these are too bad:
http://morbidtendencies.com/botmc-details.html edit: and another one: http://www.teddyscares.com/index.shtml Last edited by vanblah; 10-08-2004 at 07:10 AM.. |
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10-11-2004, 12:50 AM
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In honor of AVP they have a stuffed alien larva thing, it even has wires inside the arms so it can "grab" you
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10-12-2004, 08:02 AM
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10-13-2004, 09:55 PM
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whoopie cushin(s)-with demonstrations during the party (or your next visit)
Green slime, play dough, an Ant Farm or Sea Monkeys, Garbage Pail Kids collectors cards (the new ones that come with the stench built right in...eww!!)! Yup, that's the best I can do at the moment! Have fun!!
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10-16-2004, 09:01 AM
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11-18-2004, 03:19 PM
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But nowhere near as cool as the stuffed Cthulhu... /bows to Giant Hamburger... Of course you could do what I did with my 2-year-old and buy some really cool black boots and punk like clothes...
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12-02-2004, 02:09 AM
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Location: Berkeley, CA
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If you're going for something offbeat, how about something that is alive? How about a hamster in a cage? They're pretty friendly with kids too. Another thing that my kids loved was a live butterfly garden (http://store.yahoo.com/insectlore/liveinsects.html).
If you just want to piss his parents off, get him a barbie doll. |
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12-23-2004, 10:13 AM
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