Boys Toys

ride on scooter, push toys like a wheel barrow, climbing frame, garden house, water/sand tray, paints, jigsaws, small world play like a farm/zoo, cars and car mat, exploratory things like torches/magnets/magnifying glass. Take him to Smyths or The Entertainer, now Toys R Us has gone , and let him look around himself.

Mega blocks are big hit in my house all the grandchildren love building towers and knocking them over.

I also have the mega bocks table they can build on.

You can also buy sets that build into characters.

My DGS loved his toy hoover when he was 2 but then eventually dropped it in favour of little figures from Playmobil and Imaginext. They both do a range for younger children. He also loved cars, diggers and trucks so we bought him a playmat with a road lay out and he played for ages moving the cars around the roads. You can get some good chunky vehicles in the Early Learning centre. It sounds funny but at 2 his favourite pastime was when I pulled the blinds up and he (armed with a squirty bottle of water and a cloth) “cleaned” my windows. Happy days

Now he’s 9 and just sleeps, eats and breaths sport.