Obnoxious Birthday Gift for My Two Year Old Nephew (ideas, toys, parent)
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My nephew is turning two this in one week, and I am driving to my sister's home 150 miles away for his birthday party. We are very close, and since I am his only aunt, it is my sacred duty to get him a very annoying birthday present (ie loud drum sets, mini scooters that run over toes, and the like) I'm not a parent myself, and would appreciate any suggestions on gifts that would be fun for him and fulfill this requirement. Links are appreciated. Thanks in advance for your ideas!
I remember when we we're into Tonka Trucks, my son would play with that dump truck all day long, in fact, we still have it and it's still rolling strong powered by my grand daughter, lol. They're built strong, made of steel and they last forever. Your nephew might be too young, but give it a look anyhoo.
Before we had kids and had no idea what we were doing, we bought our nephew a farm playset that had approximately 1 million (non-choking-hazard) pieces. I mean this thing had an actual herd of every kind of farm animal you could imagine.
My BIL still cusses that playset and says they found little farm animals all over the house for years.
Those fake food sets that you use in a mini kitchen have a lot of parts also.
Stop into the nearest book store and pick up some cardboard books - they are very sturdy - and I suggest that one of them be Five Little Monkeys. When you arrive, make sure to read him the book, complete with insane expression. He'll giggle and say, "Again! Again!" Do it again.
While you're driving back home, you can laugh at the thought that your sister will be reading that book "Again and Again" to this delighted child.
If she had a girl, I would recommend a makeup kit like what I unknowingly bought for my neighbor's kids. This play kit had loads of makeup, glitter, and all sorts of other stuff that was messy. The girls were in heaven and thanked me profusely. It was their favorite gift of the bunch. I had asked them what they wanted for their birthday and they had been very specific.
A few months later I ran into my neighbor putting garbage out. She had a frazzled look on her face and grumbled something like, "Cleaning up because of THAT makeup kit YOU bought." Apparently those girls loved to play dress up and also quite frequently used my gift. I felt sort of bad....sort of. Our neighbor could be quite high maintenance and they moved not too long after.
Two thoughts come to mind: Anything that chews through batteries, particularly "D" batteries. Anything that makes sounds.
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I'm not a parent myself, and would appreciate any suggestions on gifts that would be fun for him and fulfill this requirement. Links are appreciated. Thanks in advance for your ideas!
