I’m not working for Fisher-Price. I was just reminded again how much I love this toy
We’ve had it since my oldest was barely able to scribble. He turned 11 in December.
The flower-shaped magnets are long gone, but I feel no angst when I run across this toy in the midst of one of my many decluttering projects.
It’s not broken, and it still gets used. At random times, one of my three kids will spend a morning or an afternoon drawing or writing on it. There’s something so satisfying about erasing with the little slide-y thing across the bottom.
And not wasting paper when you’re drawing simply for the pleasure of drawing.
And a pen that never gets lost or runs out of ink.
After all the toys that have come and gone through this home in the past decade, I’d say this one is pretty remarkable.
What toys have your kids played with through various stages of childhood?
Oh. Even though I’m not working for Fisher-Price, I did use my Amazon affiliate link. Ummm, why would I not use it??
Lego for me. I know you have a lego-phobia but it’s such a winner for me, partly because it doesn’t matter if you lose a piece behind the couch, because the whole fun of it is making stuff out of little pieces that are fundamentally all kind of the same. Mum bought some for my sister and I when we were little, and my parents still have it – it was played with throughout our childhood, and has been played with by my nieces and nephews and they’ve just started adding to it for my little girl. Non-gender specific, endlessly reusable, unbreakable, limited only by the players imagination. It’s wonderful!
We have lots of Legos over here too. Probably have sucked enough up in the vacuum to create a whole new set 😉
We still have this toy as well and my son will be eleven this year. It’s one of the toys that survives the numerous toy stages that kids go through. It’s great for road trips as well. I think this toy will be hanging around our house for some time to come.
Oh my gosh! I have one of those that has been around forever too! Can’t remember if it was for my first or second grandchild so its either been around 13 years or 10 but that’s still a long time for a toy. I think we have 2 out of the 3 magnets but the string on the pen is gone. Amazingly the pen has not been lost! It is now being played with by my 3rd grandchild. That is a good value. I think even now they are under 20 bucks. You can pay that much for a toy that doesn’t last any time at all. It has almost made it to the donate pile several times over the years but it always gets rescued. : )
We’ve had two of these stuffed into the back pockets of my front seats for ever. One for each girl…. I can’t tell you how many road trips have been made possible by these nifty little things!
We have one of these and boy has it seen a lot of use.My oldest received it for Christmas when he was 4 or5,he’s now 19.His brother played with it for years as well as my nieces.Now my great nieces play with it when they come to visit.
Trains. It seems that many boys out grow trains, especially Thomas, by the time they’re 5 or so. Well, my 7yo still LOVES to play with trains. It was even what he asked for and received as his big Christmas present in 2012. I also have a younger son, 3yo, who may love trains more than his big brother does. We’ll be keeping those for a while, yet.
My kids loved to draw when they were young so I bought them each one of these. They didn’t really enjoy them, preferring to use pencils and crayons. I cut back on expensive paper by finding spiral notebooks on sale in August and buying a stack for them to use (Kept all their artwork together and not scattered throughout the house). I also let them draw on junk mail (Lots of them have nothing on the back). I always wished they had preferred the writing boards like the one you showed.
I started buying the spiral bounds for my grandbaby, too! Especially when they’re a dime at back to school time!!
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I couldn’t agree more! This toy is definitely a keeper!
My children still have (and use) theirs too. Also have Lego and playmobil from when I was a child. Playmobil is the one toy I don’t mind spending a lot on, as I know it will get played with and last!
I just bought a aquadoodle but I will likely invest in a megnadoodle too I am shooting for zero waste.