Originally Posted By Mickeymouseclub I am a grandmother now with 2 small (4 and 6) grandchildren. I have decided to force a battery free xmas on my grandchildren since I am tired of all the toys requiring batteries. Unfortunately I am having a last- minute fear that my grandchildren will be disappointed with Santa this year. So far it is all Legos and games. Do you think the old fashioned games like Mr Potato Head ( I remember using real potatoes and felt pieces) Also Connect 4 and the old Cootie game. But today I wandered into the APPPLE store and saw the newest Disney magical pen for all the lucky children that are receiving i-pads from Santa. My grandchildren will hate their battery free Xmas.
Originally Posted By tashajilek "My grandchildren will hate their battery free Xmas" You never know. My nephews are the same age as your grandchildren and they are far more into lego than anything else. "Do you think the old fashioned games like Mr Potato Head ( I remember using real potatoes and felt pieces)" Real potatoes? LOL.
Originally Posted By dagobert My nephews like LEGO a lot. It's their favourite toy, but I don't know how popular LEGO is in the US. Here in Europe kids love it.
Originally Posted By Mickeymouseclub LEGO is very popular in the USA ... and very expensive Does anybody have an opinion about the new Disney Creativity Pen sold exclusively at the Apple Store? I asked a few of those Apple people/storeworkers and they did not know anything about it. Do those people have an official name they must call themselves and the customers similar to cast member/guest. Anyway the Disney Creativity Pen costs 49.95 and requires batteries...
Originally Posted By KCCHIEF Legos are way cool for all the boys (all ages) in my family and they often request certain ones
Originally Posted By Mickeymouseclub They are so popular we don't even worry about duplicates because we know they can always be used for future gifts or the inevitable: when they lose a specific character. I was ruthless at my grandsons bday party when he received those Lego monsters with the moonstones. One boy in particular kept putting one in his pocket. No way was I going to buy a complete boxed set just cause we needed that moonstone!!! Personally it makes me mad all of the "theming", as a grandparent. That is why I say they are expensive... It is no longer an innocent toy.
Originally Posted By A Happy Haunt I didnt realize it but my kids are also having a battery free Christmas!! I don't think they'll even notice. They like to do crafts and one plays the drums. She wants some "drum stuff.". I'm glad they're past that stage.
Originally Posted By fkurucz >>LEGO is very popular in the USA ... and very expensive<< The special sets are expensive (say like the Star Wars ones). Personally, I frown on those. The whole point of Legos is to use your imagination and make something original. The kits remind me of paint by the number sets. If I want a Millennial Falcon or a TIE fighter I'd rather have a real model and not a Lego one.
Originally Posted By Mickeymouseclub ...Yes after diligently "trying" to put together these sets for our grandchild and then watching as he takes them all apart and create his pwn little Star Wars World; we got smart and don't waste our time. It has become a much more fun way to play for everybody.
Originally Posted By velo last year I bought our young cousins a Lego Boardgame - it looked great, you had to recreate an object that was pictured on your card. I was told that they liked it a lot. I love battery-free Christmas'!!
Originally Posted By Kar2oonMan >>My grandchildren will hate their battery free Xmas.<< No they won't. Even as a kid battery powered toys weren't as much fun as imagination powered ones. Plus, eventually the batteries died and then most of those toys were useless. LEGOs are wonderful at every age, especially the Freestyle kind rather than the branded sets. Classics like Mr. Potato Head and Cootie and Hi Ho Cherry-O will seem exotic to them. If you play WITH them especially they'll enjoy it and you'll both have lasting memories of this Christmas. Another great low tech game is TROUBLE. It teaches strategy and planning (and the consequences of knocking your opponent pack to start -- revenge! LOL) I say god job going low tech!
Originally Posted By iamsally I say *HEAR, HEAR* Mickeymouseclub!!!!! Stick to your battery-free guns;o)!!!! We have 8 grandchildren ages 3-13. Yesterday Rod and I filled various shopping carts with puzzles, activity books, crayons, markers, brain teasers, tablets, jump ropes, hacky-sacs, wooden trains and cars, chalk boards, bouncy balls, a small amount of candy and even those magic towels. Games are always good. We have many we have gathered over the years. The first thing my grandkids ask when they come over is, "Will you play a game with me?!?" >>My grandchildren will hate their battery free Xmas.<< I think not. I did not buy my grandchildren souvenirs on our last Disneyland trip. Money was short. When the two little ones (6 and 3) came over when we got home I told them I brought them............wait for it.............. chocolate milk. They were ecstatic. The best things in life are battery-free.
Originally Posted By Mickeymouseclub i have just been handed a last minute battery- free challenge. My grandchildren have asked Santa for the wooden Nutcracker Pirate. Must be a pirate nutcracker and i have spent two days driving all over town to find not one but two pirate nutcrackers... Just like the last minute change of mind for their Halloween costume they have announced this awful close to last minute. i leave Saturday to drive to texas so i guess I can stop at every pirate themed gasoline station along the way! Curse this battery free idea! Grrrrrrr....
Originally Posted By Kar2oonMan Get a regular nutcracker and pirate-tize him! Add an eye patch, paint his jacket back with a Jolly Roger on the back and, well, he's already got two wooden legs, right?
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Originally Posted By Mickeymouseclub you are a genius.,Kar2oonman. and it will have a great story behind it. Created with love by grandma and some guy named Kar2oonman.
Originally Posted By Kar2oonMan Excellent! Unless they hate it. In that case, I will swear in a court of law that I urged you to buy them each a Nintendo DS. ; )
Originally Posted By Kar2oonMan That's why I'm considered the "cool" uncle. Well, that and my awesome Gangnam Style dance moves.
