ok. I've been meaning to post this here for a while now.
what's your kid's favorite _free_ toy?
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What's your kid's favorite _free_ toy?
what's your kid's favorite _free_ toy?
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<LI>- My son has a pair of cereal boxes cut in half and sticky taped to make a pair of square tubes. He puts these on his arms and he's an instant robot. Then, when he puts his $2 Optimus Prime mask on (admittedly not free) he's an Autobot!! and he walks around singing "Autobots fight their battle to destroy the evil forces of the Deceptokons." These robot arms are almost worn out - we're going to have to eat more cereal....</LI>
<LI> - I punched holes in the top of a pair of empty formula cans. I then cut a couple of short lengths of rope and poked them through the holes and made some cool stilts. They're just tall enough for little kids to feel really high, but really stable so they don't fall down and break their neck.</LI>
<LI> - Actually - one time I got two short lengths of wood and banged them in a cross on top of a big piece of wood. I got a marker and drew a pilot on the side: he played with that helicopter for ages, and it cost me not a penny. The other night he fell asleep playing with that helicopter.</LI>
<LI> - We've done this one twice: old cardboard box, poke the bottom out and fold down the sides. Then get the strap from an old sports bag and attach it to the box. Instant car. Works even better with a paper plate for a steering wheel. We keep these behind an armchair in the family room, and the kids run laps around the kitchen yelling out car noises.</LI>
<LI> - My wife put some glitter in a water bottle and put the lid on really tight. She did this when our oldest was about 1, and 3 years later they're still fascinated by it.</LI>
<LI> - We've got a nappy box that got turned into a plane that buzz light year fits into.</LI>
<LI> - I'm not counting the push-bike that we found by the side of the road during hard rubbish collection: all I did was replace the inner tubes and oil the chain... or the battery operated boom-gate thing that makes noises like a train crossing (again, from hard rubbish) that the kids use in the back yard when they're riding the free bike and the scooter (present).</LI>
<LI> - All the scrap paper they use for drawing and gluing and craft stuff is obviously office leftovers. In fact, the paper is 80's printer paper with the perforations.</LI>
What's your kid's favorite _free_ toy?
