Thought-Provoking Gifts For Young Kids? 458
An anonymous reader writes "Societal norms and my sibling's procreative endeavors have put me in the position of having to buy gifts twice a year for young children. What makes them happy are unremarkable bits of plastic. They already have innumerable unremarkable bits of plastic (from their parents and grandparents). My preference would be to get them gifts that challenge them to think creatively (or at least to think), which they'll be able to pick up and enjoy even after they outgrow their train/truck/homemaking fetishes. Beyond the Rubik's Cube, what thinky toys from your childhood are still in production? What new thinky toys have you discovered that work for the 5–10 age range?"
Re:Lego (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Lego (Score:5, Funny)
A Fleshlight (Score:5, Funny)
Thought-Provoking? Check.
Unremarkable bit of plastic? Check.
They'll be able to pick up and enjoy even after they outgrow their train/truck/homemaking fetishes? Check.
Won't have to pick out gifts twice a year after this? Check.
Re:erector set - newfangled plastic type (Score:5, Funny)
I still remember the lovely combination of little tiny nuts and bolts.. and deep carpeting.. and the sound it made going into vacuum cleaner!
Re:What's Wrong with Happy Kids? (Score:3, Funny)
Ignorance is bliss. Give them the greatest gift of all: a TV and a basic cable subscription!
Re:A bigger Rubik's Cube (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Gimme something fun ! (Score:4, Funny)
Shuriken!
What, not thought-provoking enough?
Well, the following... (Score:4, Funny)
What about one of these?
http://www.cracked.com/article_18494_15-unintentionally-perverted-toys-children_p2.html
Re:Gimme something fun ! (Score:0, Funny)
Porn (Score:5, Funny)
Buy them porn...When I was a kid, I found it to be remarkably educational.
Re:How about an MC-board? Re:Lego (Score:4, Funny)
just to see what they'll come up with
A crippling fear of electricity and computers!
Re:I know, I know! (Score:3, Funny)
Or they could end up working for FedEx or UPS.
Re:Wood blocks (Score:4, Funny)
Giant refrigerator sized cardboard boxes too.
My nine year-old made himself a cardboard coffin out of a big box. He actually sleeps in it most nights.
I'm trying to figure out if I should be impressed with his creativity, or concerned about his morbid bent.
Re:A bigger Rubik's Cube (Score:3, Funny)
Timecube. Four toys in a single toy box.
Re:How about (Score:2, Funny)
One word... vuvuzela. (Score:1, Funny)
Do you like the kid's parents, or not?
Re:How about an MC-board? Re:Lego (Score:5, Funny)
I said, "This sounds like revenge. What did they do to you?"
"My brother bought my kids the popcorn popper on a stick last year." The brother deserved it completely, IMO.