Little people

kmhowe72 · Post by **kmhowe72** » Thu Aug 25, 2005 10:52 am

You know I love playing with little people. i just wish I could get my children to play with them. But all they want to do is play with there houses. I don't know what to do. I try to sit with them and play. But they are not interested in little people. They want play with the cars and trucks to with the set.

Of corse I have almost every little people from fisher price. There's just so many. Does anyone know how I can get my children interested in playing with people, and not there houses and so on.:-5

pink princess · Post by **pink princess** » Thu Aug 25, 2005 10:57 am

im definitely learning that if a kid isnt interested in something then your pretty much losing a fighting battle in trying to get them interested, is always worth trying though because they may be missing out on something they really enjoy because they dont have the ability yet to 'branch out' and try new things...

kmhowe72 · Post by **kmhowe72** » Thu Aug 25, 2005 11:02 am

hay pink princess, that a well thought of idea. There playing with them now. I hope it works. Well her comes one with a block. You must be tired isn't like 9 pm over there. I am just beginiing my day. So well thanks for the advice.

pink princess · Post by **pink princess** » Thu Aug 25, 2005 11:05 am

just passed 7pm, but yeah im still tired!

hope you have a good day!

abbey · Post by **abbey** » Thu Aug 25, 2005 11:09 am

It's the old adage is'nt it, you give a child a wonderful present,

and all they want to play with is the box!

abbey · Post by **abbey** » Thu Aug 25, 2005 11:57 am

Far Rider wrote: we only got fruit and coal for christmas... sometimes we got sticks...usually not.Dont forget the obligatory tangerines and nuts in a stocking!

Accountable · Post by **Accountable** » Thu Aug 25, 2005 12:05 pm

Far Rider wrote: we only got fruit and coal for christmas... sometimes we got sticks...usually not.
Fruit? Coal? Sticks?!? Far, that was a coal-driven toy steam train hand-carved from cherry!

You tossed it in the fire, didn't you?

pink princess · Post by **pink princess** » Thu Aug 25, 2005 12:25 pm

Far Rider wrote: KM you had me goin for a second... I thought you were talkin about munchkins or oompa loompas!:D

i didnt want to say it but i thought the same thing! took me a minute to work it out!

:)

along-for-the-ride · Post by **along-for-the-ride** » Thu Aug 25, 2005 1:29 pm

kmhowe72 wrote: You know I love playing with little people. i just wish I could get my children to play with them. But all they want to do is play with there houses. I don't know what to do. I try to sit with them and play. But they are not interested in little people. They want play with the cars and trucks to with the set.

Of corse I have almost every little people from fisher price. There's just so many. Does anyone know how I can get my children interested in playing with people, and not there houses and so on.:-5

Don't have your whole collection of little people out at one time. Just have a few out for them to play with at a time. And just sit back and watch.

chonsigirl · Post by **chonsigirl** » Thu Aug 25, 2005 2:11 pm

Weebles are great play toys! Look, I stole Far's horsie.............

chonsigirl · Post by **chonsigirl** » Thu Aug 25, 2005 2:24 pm

Oh KM, I found a bunny weeble too..............

My kids used to love these toys. Had the cowboy set, don't tell Far................

chonsigirl · Post by **chonsigirl** » Thu Aug 25, 2005 3:23 pm

Me and my shadow......................

Remember the weebles wobble but they don't fall down?

Or am I that old?

BTS · Post by **BTS** » Thu Aug 25, 2005 3:30 pm

:rolleyes: Far Rider wrote: we only got fruit and coal for christmas... sometimes we got sticks...usually not.

You too huh FR?

We were SOOOOOOO Poor, for Christmas mama always wanted to get us a toy and clothes. She could only afford one or the other. So she would buy us overalls and cut a hole in the front pocketts so we would have something to play with too.................. HO HO HO

Post by **Betty Boop** » Thu Aug 25, 2005 5:15 pm

flopstock wrote: The ultimate childrens play items are pot's and pans ,the lids, wooden utencils and tupperware containers. forget all the fancy stuff. These keep them going longer then you want it too...lol. and when they do get bored they can toddle off to the bathroom to draw on the walls with chalk.

But, kids need to be allowed to play with things for the simple enjoyment of playing with them. Playtime does not have to be learning time, all the time. It is just as important that they learn to enjoy things around them.

hahaha my little girl constantly has my pots and pans out! and they just love playing house with the clothes airer and a sheet!!

In the hot weather I couldn't afford a paddling pool, so I sat them in the yard with buckets of water, cups, jugs, whatever plastic containers I could find! I hung a sheet over the washing line to shade them and they thought it was brilliant!!:-6

Nomad · Post by **Nomad** » Thu Aug 25, 2005 5:19 pm

"Some" little people prefer to go by petite.

actionfigurestepho · Post by **actionfigurestepho** » Thu Aug 25, 2005 8:16 pm

Nomad wrote: "Some" little people prefer to go by petite.

Some of us just like to think we're "dainty"

kmhowe72 · Post by **kmhowe72** » Thu Aug 25, 2005 8:26 pm

Well I let them play with them today and they liked it. Of corse now I have to pick all up. So I am saying good night. It's 11:25 pm esdt. Good night/ good morrow to all thos people in england.

pink princess · Post by **pink princess** » Fri Aug 26, 2005 2:37 am

Far Rider wrote: I get picked on in every thread....:-2

tis only coz we love you!

:-4

pink princess · Post by **pink princess** » Fri Aug 26, 2005 2:38 am

Nomad wrote: "Some" little people prefer to go by petite.

i like the word petite

i hate when i get called skinny, i always correct people to slim!

i am not skinny, i know skinny and im not it..... pink is slim!!

Majenta · Post by **Majenta** » Fri Aug 26, 2005 2:50 am

Betty Boop wrote: hahaha my little girl constantly has my pots and pans out! and they just love playing house with the clothes airer and a sheet!!

In the hot weather I couldn't afford a paddling pool, so I sat them in the yard with buckets of water, cups, jugs, whatever plastic containers I could find! I hung a sheet over the washing line to shade them and they thought it was brilliant!!:-6

hehe I used to play drums with my mum's saucepans when I was little...17 years later, I'm a drummer! :wah:

Accountable · Post by **Accountable** » Fri Aug 26, 2005 5:16 am

When I was a little kid I loved to put the laundry on the line. That way, I could make a tunnel tha zigzagged up & down. Now they do that at Disney and bank ques and it's a pain.

My favorite toys were gourds my mom grew. I'd pick one or two & hollow them out. Then I'd carve doors & windows & make little towns to play in. Who needs store-bought toys?

chonsigirl · Post by **chonsigirl** » Fri Aug 26, 2005 5:22 am

Gosh AC, my brothers made their own skateboards from scratch, and we played with anything laying around the place. Who needs fancy toys, when you have imagination!

Accountable · Post by **Accountable** » Fri Aug 26, 2005 5:34 am

chonsigirl wrote: Gosh AC, my brothers made their own skateboards from scratch, and we played with anything laying around the place. Who needs fancy toys, when you have imagination!
Toys steal the imagination! I still look at any item and imagine a list of other uses, a skill built from years of stick-swords and cardboard box cars.

Boycot Toys R Us!!

Want a weeble? Push your little brother down. He'll get back up!

kmhowe72 · Post by **kmhowe72** » Fri Aug 26, 2005 5:37 am

I don't go toy ur us. Because the two that know of are 45 minutes away. I just settle for Walmart or sometimes Target.

actionfigurestepho · Post by **actionfigurestepho** » Sat Aug 27, 2005 9:20 am

Yeah, my toys looked an awful lot like a vacuum cleaner and a dust rag!

kmhowe72 · Post by **kmhowe72** » Sat Aug 27, 2005 9:56 am

I bought them a picture book the othere night. But now they want to play with wooden blocks.

CARLA · Post by **CARLA** » Sat Aug 27, 2005 12:07 pm

Well being the oldest one I can honestly say we did build our own toys, forts, scooters, and we had more fun that I remember vividly to this day. There weren't any WEEBLES, OR FISHER PRICE TOYS.. you had your sister and brother and all the neighborhood kids to work on the some took weeks, some minutes but when they were done we ran them through there paces and laughed when they fell apart..

Allow our kids to play with blocks, and build.. it is somethings that comes natural to us all.

chonsigirl · Post by **chonsigirl** » Sat Aug 27, 2005 12:13 pm

And legos, every little one can make something out of them................

kmhowe72 · Post by **kmhowe72** » Sat Aug 27, 2005 2:24 pm

DON"T TALK ABOUT LEGOS

I live in the lego capital. I use to live behind lego's. But n ow I live down about 3 miles or so down the street. I know alot of people who worked their. My Husband tried to get a job at legos headquaters. We have gone to church with the high people. Thats all I got for my darn baby shower for Jacob. Doug wanted me to put Amber into lego day care. Yes their is a building and toys made out or shaped like legos that people actually work in and play with. LOL I have Mega blocks(which is not made by legos) I have 170 peak and see blocks. Which are the fisher price ones you can see through.

I just a toy at walmart were a child can sit and the side table has stuff for them to play with. That might be good for amber since she will have trouble sitting on the floor once she gets her brace. and I saw a play dough table I want to get for them. TOYS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! And now Christmas is upon us.:-6