Presents for toddlers

[mizarchivist]

I can think of a lot of useless ideas for what to get Crime Fighter for his birthday next month, including a puppy, a big vat of sugar, squealy toys.... All of those ideas are, of course, duly considered and shunted off.

So, what does one get for a one year old when what he loves best is to play with plastic wrappers that make a ton of noise and to play in the recycling bin?   

Comments

[catness.livejournal.com]

Bubble wrap.

And get yourself some ear plugs, while you're at it. :)

Or get the app

[drwex]

Yes, there are bubble-wrap apps for most smart phones. Bonus: no extra plastic in the environment and much harder to swallow the phone. Drawback: baby+phone = requires attention

Re: Or get the app

[mizarchivist]

Noted. I'm minimizing all screen time as much as possible still. He'll have screen time for the rest of his life.

[mizarchivist]

I'll save the good stuff for next year when he's less likely to ingest it :)
The stiff plastic vacuum seal packaging is some of my favorite plastic thus far, since the destruction/ingestion is low/slow. We were at a party yesterday and he found stuff from H-Mart: lots of that packaging. It was THE BOMB.