Indeed, sometimes it is the most inexpensive of toys that create the most fun. First off, in interest of full disclosure, my kids are totally in to playing video games, so don't think that I'm trying to say that my kids are always playing with inexpensive toys and using their imagination.
But, somehow, watching them play a video game just doesn't compare to walking into the living room to find them setting up little plastic Army men that I was just sure they would love when I picked them up at Target for just a couple of dollars (for a bag of them).The kids acted like I got them the latest toy with all the bells and whistles when they saw the bag of Army men!
It was also fun to hear them tell the back stories of these soliders, while setting them up -- which ones were the good guys, which were the bad guys, where some of them were hiding, and the like.
Sure, you do have to watch where you're stepping, lest you take a solider to the bottom of your bare foot (ouch!). But, this is one purchase that was definitely worth way more than the couple of dollars that I spent on it.
It was also fun to hear them tell the back stories of these soliders, while setting them up -- which ones were the good guys, which were the bad guys, where some of them were hiding, and the like.
Sure, you do have to watch where you're stepping, lest you take a solider to the bottom of your bare foot (ouch!). But, this is one purchase that was definitely worth way more than the couple of dollars that I spent on it.
This post is linked to Finer Things Friday and Frugal Fridays.
5 comments:
imagination is a wonderful thing-you can almost see their "gears" turning
:)
my son (5 yrs) has a set of those and some tanks and helicopters his uncle got him. i walked into his room one afternoon to find him setting up an elaborate battlefield scenario. to set the scene further, he had put one of his classical cds in his player and was listening to that while he worked/played.
LOL! When my first-grader starts playing with the Army Guys, the teenagers can't help but get into it with him!
LOL about all of those army men. My living room looks like that, but substitute the army men for Littlest Pet Shop animals.
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Love the simple, nearly-free, imagination-building toys!
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