Boys alternative to a doll house?

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  • Eastern_Echo23
    Eastern_Echo23 Posts: 198 Member
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    micro machines, toy train sets, legos, hot wheels
  • QuietBloom
    QuietBloom Posts: 5,413 Member
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    What was wrong again with the doll house??

    This. Let your kids play with what they want. My son plays with dolls and his favorite show is my little pony

    An amazing number of teenage and young boys are into My Little Pony. They call themselves 'Bronies".

    http://jezebel.com/5827591/the-unlikely-origins-of-the-brony-or-dudes-who-like-my-little-pony
  • Contrarian
    Contrarian Posts: 8,138 Member
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    Fisher Price Little People sets. http://www.fisher-price.com/en_US/brands/littlepeople/

    When I was little, I had the circus train, castle and garage. They were awesome.
  • aquarabbit
    aquarabbit Posts: 1,622 Member
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    Legos? They have buildings.
  • SpecialKitty7
    SpecialKitty7 Posts: 678 Member
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    Dress up costumes? My cousins had a big trunk full of them when i was a kid, and we all had a lot of fun pretending we were different people. My Aunt put all the old halloween costumes in there and some cool props.

    this was my nephew's favorite toy ever. we'd pick up stuff at garage sales, goodwill, the dollar store, etc. sometimes he'd mix them up and make his own superhero outfits. batman ears, superman cape and knights armor.
  • QuietBloom
    QuietBloom Posts: 5,413 Member
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    http://www.squidoo.com/dollhouses-for-boys

    Really awesome castle houses, submarine house, rocket house, etc. Very cool. I would totally buy these for my nephew!

    Wow, so cool!
  • peacefulsong
    peacefulsong Posts: 223 Member
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    Does he want a dollhouse? If so, just get him a dollhouse. The boy/girl toy divide is ridiculous and if you don't want to get him one just because it's a 'girl toy' then you're only perpetuating it. I remember one of my male cousins playing with dolls when he was little; my favorite toys were matchbox cars when I was little, it really doesn't matter.
  • kyleekay10
    kyleekay10 Posts: 1,812 Member
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    They make Lego sets for that age.

    ^ This would be good.
  • Madame_Goldbricker
    Madame_Goldbricker Posts: 1,625 Member
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    Scalextric http://www.scalextric.com/shop/sets/

    Meccano http://www.scalextric.com/shop/sets/

    Fire station

    my first carpenter kit

    http://www.fatbraintoys.com/toys/toys_by_ages/boys/top_picks_3.cfm Apparently all the lastest top picks for 3yr old boys
  • Pixi_Rex
    Pixi_Rex Posts: 1,676 Member
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    Legos or duplos... they can build and have the little men for their buildings. My brothers loved them... they also used to use my barbie dream house (that I never used) for their GI Joes .
  • jmc0806
    jmc0806 Posts: 1,444 Member
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    I had the whole micromachine city growing up along with my legos
  • LurveTheDoctor
    LurveTheDoctor Posts: 303
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    What was wrong again with the doll house??

    This. Let your kids play with what they want. My son plays with dolls and his favorite show is my little pony

    An amazing number of teenage and young boys are into My Little Pony. They call themselves 'Bronies".

    http://jezebel.com/5827591/the-unlikely-origins-of-the-brony-or-dudes-who-like-my-little-pony

    He likes it because he does and because his sissy does not because it's a fad. He's only 4 lol
  • AquabearGO
    AquabearGO Posts: 232 Member
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    Erector set , football, baseball, basketball set, soocer set - a game he can play outside with you so it will encourage him to be active, then he wont have to come on here in 20 years like the rest of us...........
  • ryry_
    ryry_ Posts: 4,966 Member
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    Action Figures and Vehicles...I remember when the ninjas turtles met Batman...Batman was like, Sweet turtle van, and they were like "No batman, the flames on the back are awesome...high fives all around.

    Then they rode off and kicked the everloving crap out of the evil forces of Super Shredder, Mr. Freeze, Lemming Army Men in various poses, The Green power ranger, and other villains

    I even built a lincoln log fort where this all went down.

    Oh to be 27 again...
  • BeccaBollons
    BeccaBollons Posts: 652 Member
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    My little boy will be 3 next month, and he LOVES sneaking into his sister's room to play with her dolls house while she's at school. He has his own goldilocks and 3 bears house which my daughter outgrew, but he uses that as a garage for his 1563549 toy cars. Kids just want to play out what they see day to day, and dolls' houses are a great way to do this, whatever form they take. They don't have to be pink and girly, wooden ones are great for girls and boys.
  • Dunkirk
    Dunkirk Posts: 465 Member
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    A large sheet thrown over the table for instant cave. Dining chairs lined up for tunnels/secret entrances. No storage issues and everything on hand.
  • sunglasses_and_ocean_waves
    sunglasses_and_ocean_waves Posts: 2,757 Member
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    multi story garage
  • JenAndSome
    JenAndSome Posts: 1,893 Member
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    My kids don't really play with toys much. They always act like they like them, but then they sit with them for 10 minutes and move on. I don't even buy them anymore. I prefer to take them to the restaurant of their choice. Maybe instead of a toy you could put him in tumbling lessons or peewee sports.
  • BrainyBurro
    BrainyBurro Posts: 6,129 Member
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    a shark with a fricken' laser beam.

    sharks_w_laser_beams.jpg
  • emalinemartin
    emalinemartin Posts: 131 Member
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    Something to get him outside because too many kids sit indoors... A toodler fort? Swing set? Scooter car (the little plastic ones) and a costume to go with it? Little carpenter play station, or even the cooking one. Bike? giant foam building blocks for outside use? ball, bat and mit?

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