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Giveaway: $150 gift certificate from Imagine Childhood Toys

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This giveaway has ended; thanks for your interest!

Welcome to today’s giveaway–sponsored by Imagine Childhood Toys:

From Sarah Olmsted of Imagine Childhood:

“Imagine Childhood is a family owned and operated company specializing in earth-friendly goods, craft and activity tutorials and educational supplies that support and nurture the magic of childhood.

Our carefully curated collection focuses on products that inspire children to create, imagine, and explore. With an emphasis on quality materials, our toys and tools are made for real kids and real adventures.

The holidays are just around the corner and we’re so excited to share our new Lookbook! With more than 170 pages of inspiring and thoughtful gifts, it’s our largest collection yet.

We’ve spent the last seven years combing the globe for unique heirloom quality toys, tools, games and craft projects. This Lookbook is packed with the results of our search, many of which are $25 or less.

We hope you enjoy it as much as we do!”

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“In addition to our shop we also share free crafts, activities and recipes on our blog and through our recent book, IMAGINE CHILDHOOD: Exploring the World Through Nature, Imagination, and Play- 25 Projects that spark curiosity and adventure.

And now for the fun part:

Today one lucky Simple Homeschool reader will win a $150 gift certificate to our shop!”

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How to Win

This giveaway has ended; thanks for your interest!

To be entered for a chance to win, leave a comment on this post, answering this question: How old are your children and what are their favorite toys that encourage imaginative play?

(Note: This giveaway IS open internationally–yay overseas readers!)

For an extra entry, “Like” Imagine Childhood  and Simple Homeschool on Facebook. Then leave another comment here letting me know you’ve done so!

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Special Offer

Sarah is offering all readers 10% off your Imagine Childhood order through Dec. 6th! Just use the discount code “simplehomeschool” at checkout.

This giveaway has ended, and the winner is Marina A, who wrote: “My boys are 8, 4, and 2 days old! :)
Sticks, silks, and Legos. All day, every day!”

About Jamie C. Martin

Jamie is an introverted mom of three, who loves books, tea, and people (not always in that order), and avoids answering the phone when possible. She co-founded SimpleHomeschool.net in 2010 and began IntrovertedMoms.com in 2020.

Jamie is the author of four books, including Give Your Child the World (reached #9 on Amazon's Top 100 Best Sellers list), and her latest release, Introverted Mom (an ECPA bestseller). Her work has been featured by LeVar Burton of Reading Rainbow, the Washington Post, Parents, Today Parenting, and Psychology Today.

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  5. Cheryl

    My kids are 9, 7, 6 and their favorite for imaginative play is dress up materials, and figurines like cars, people, dinosaurs, etc.

  7. Alaina

    My children are 2, 5 and 8. Their favourite toys that encourage imaginative play are dolls, blankets, boxes, kitchen toys and art supplies.

  8. Ellen

    I love Imagine Childhood! My oldest girls are 7 + 4 and lately their best creative toys have come from a “making box” I collected of various scraps and odds and ends. They have made so many toys out of those bits!

  9. Wendi S

    My kiddos are 12, 10, and 8…the boys are inspired by legos and my daughter is inspired by art supplies.

  11. Lacey

    My four year old goes for hours on end with any little figurines she can make imaginative scenarios with. Heck, she even does it with clothes pegs!

  12. Krista

    My children are 7 and 11. My daughter, the oldest, is hooked on Nancy Drew right now and her little brother is always ready to help solve a mystery. So anything that can be used as a “clue”, notebooks, binoculars, etc. are the favorites for imaginative play at this time.

  14. sarah

    Our children are 10, 8 and 4 years old. Our 8 and 10 year old girls would make crafts all day long if they could…and some days they do! They mostly like to knit and make origami. Our 4 year old boy’s favorite toy is building blocks (especially legos). He loves to create his own airplanes and trucks and cars out of tiny blocks.

  16. Miriam Prantner

    My girls are 4 and 7. My seven year old’s favorite is probably her American Girl doll, and the four year old loves figurines and dress up. They both love their legos too.

  17. Meg

    My kids are 11, 9, 7, 4, and 4. Dress-up clothes for the girls and an outside stick for the boys inspire hours of play at our house!

  18. Christine

    My children are 6-4-2 and their favorites are going through my closet of clothes and shoes and taking apart our sofa chairs and turning them into forts and boats and whatever they imagine!

  19. Lisa Joy

    My youngest 2, loves to play with trains and cars. He creates scenarios all day long. My oldest 4 loves to make ‘wars’, his current favorite setup uses the Lord of the Rings Risk game.

  22. Sarah Blasing

    My children are 11, 9, and 5. My son loves Legos. My girls love playdoh between making fashion for their barbies to having their own restaurant!

  23. Kelly W

    My girls are 6 and 3. I am undoing a few years of tv saturation so their imagination is coming back in increments. But my 6 year old loves to play with anything that remotely resembles a princess.

  24. Suzanne Crepeau

    Children are 6 & 13… and both love imaginative play. My old scarves, jewelry and cardboard boxes are their favorite play items.

  26. Carnie crooks

    Age 5 & 7
    One love cutting, drawing,pasting,taping, and stapling all types of creative images.
    The other loves to build from blocks, Legos, sticks, or even random toys, or forts w blankets and furniture. They both love dress up.

  27. Carol

    My son is 8 years old. A big cardboard box is still his favorite open-ended toy! He also loves art supplies.

  28. Amanda

    My children are 8, 6 and 3. There favourite toys for imaginary play are blocks. They spend hours making “set-ups” and adding animal figurines, Lego guys, etc.

  30. Sarah Evanschwartz

    We love building forts, playing dress up and have been hoping To add play scarves and dramatic play items. We also enjoy making crafts and making gooey gunk together. While the weather is making the time shorter we love playing outside exploring the forest. My oldest, age 7, was recently diagnosed with ADHD and I read in simplicity parenting that a simple, intentional home helps minimize symptoms so we have done a major purge of plastic “clutter toys”. We are trying to create a more intentional play home. But currently we are in the between time when our house is sort of sparse. This giveaway would be a perfect match at the right moment! We have three busy and fun children: boy age 7, girl age 5, and boy age 2. Thank you for considering our family and for encouraging strong families! Keep it coming.

  35. carissa

    My children are 9 and 7. Both my son and daughter like to dress up in some old medieval costumes that we have and play as if they are in that time period.

  37. Kathy K-G

    My kids are 11 and 14. As for imaginative play its been making up theater skits, blocks & playmobile, tubers & zots, lots of scarf and dress up clothes… and the best…cardboard boxes.

  38. Samantha M

    My kids are 8- and 5-years old. Their favorite toys are boxes and blocks.

    Thanks for offering the giveaway.

  40. Christy

    My children are 4 and 2. Imaginative play is all they do right now. Dress up, dolls, blocks, wood pieces, play kitchen, etc. Thanks for this opportunity, we love your items.

  42. Alison

    My sons are 11 and 7. The favorites around our home are blocks, Legos, marbles, toy guns / swords and army men.

  43. Bethany

    My son is 6. Big blocks that little folks can grab, balance & build with takes him to other worlds. And pretty much any item that allows him to move, manipulate & dig in the earth. Love what Imagine Childhhod has to offer.

  44. Jeri Thurber

    My daughtet is almost 4 and she loves to make dolls and paint. She creates very complex stories.

  47. Katina

    My 7, 5 and 3 year old will play for hours… what an amazing thing the imagination is and what an amazing holiday gift this would be!!

  48. Amanda

    My boys are 7 and 3. They typically use Legos, stuffed animals and their toy kitchen to pretend and play. They also use everyday items like blankets and sheets to build forts.

  52. Lisa

    Hi – my child is 14 and very creative and imaginative. We use books, costumes and all kinds of toys as props for dress-up and play. This is also a learning experience too because we can learn about different cultures, etc. You are never too old to use your imagination. We would love to win this – sounds perfect for us – plus earth-friendly – just great 🙂 THANK YOU!

  53. Ashley

    My son is 2, and his favorites to play with are sticks, rocks, acorns, leaves, and pretty much anything else he can find out in the yard! He pretends the sticks are swords, or magic wands, or whatever his little heart desires. I’m sure he’d love almost anything off the imagine childhood shop, as well. 🙂
    I’ve liked both simple home school & imagine childhood on facebook.

  56. heidi sink

    I have 3 boys 7, 5, and 3. They love to come up with ways to look like what ever they are playing. Legos get played with almost every day and as long as the weather is good they spend time outside playing with whatever is available.

  57. Me

    7,5,4,2 they love to dress up and use their imaginations pretending they are kings and queens, animals etc. They also love crafts and anything paint.

  58. Katie

    I have a six year old boy and would love to win this! My sons favorite toys are small cars, play silks, all sorts of art supplies and simple blocks. He also loves blank books for making up his own stories.

  59. Kristin

    My kids are ages 14, 12, 10, 9, 7, 6, 4, 3, 1 and 1 month.

    Favorite imaginative toys:

    KEVA planks
    box of misc. craft supplies
    homemade playdough

    Thanks for sharing this website! What great toys for kids!

  60. Heather

    My children are 4, 2, & 7 mos. Their favorite imaginative toys are a sit-on car, a doctor’s bag, and play-doh.

  61. Jodie

    My children are 14,10, and 8. Their days are filled with good books,lots of dress up, lego creations, blocks, nature walks, science experiments, baking, drama, repurposing cardboard boxes into castles and cabins, marble runs and so much more!

  62. Lisa Suit

    My Kids are 4, 2, & 1. Their favorite toys are definitely their kitchen set/play food and their dolls/stuffed animals! They play for hours with both! Really excited to check out Imagine Childhood! 🙂

  70. Becca

    My little guy is 7 and his favorite imaginative toys are lego which he uses to build fantastical creations of his own. Thanks for the giveaway chance!

  72. Jessica

    My children are 7 1/2, 6, 5 and 2/12. They love to build with blocks, Legos, etc and make things out of toilet paper/paper towel rolls.

  73. Jess

    My children are 3 & 5 and they like cardboard boxes, chairs to make trains, Legos, blankets for forts…um, anything that isn’t a toy because it becomes something. Thanks for the info!

  74. Ashley Browning

    My kids are 5 and 7. They will spend hours with simple wooden blocks constructing whatever their hearts desire. They are great for imaginative play!

  77. Jenny

    12, and 6 year olds are all legos all the time, generally building their own ships. The 9 year old in the middle just likes to take random stuff from around the house and create a nest to read in or a pet store to manage and will play for hours thus.

  78. Sandy

    My youngest is 10 and she loves to play with her little fairies and animal figures. I can hear her making up stories and chatting away with them in her room.

  81. kirsten w

    My boys are 12 & 12; they use everything and anything for creative play. I have a box of “stuff” they create with; toilet paper tubes, foam meat trays, egg cartons.. you get the idea.

  82. Ashley Freeland

    My son is only two and half right now but has a crazy imagination! Recently he was pretending a plain old piece of wood was a guitar! His favorite imaginative play is probably his play food and blocks.

  84. Jaynelle

    My kids (15b, 12g, 9b) are avid Lego creation designers, cardboard kitchen constructors, cupcake bakers, and readers.

  90. Audrey P.

    My kids are 7, 4 and 4. Their favorite things to play with are sticks and pinecones and stones- toys from nature! They spend lots of time being creative with art supplies and cardboard boxes, play silks and blocks are used around here a lot too!

  91. Becca G

    My kiddos are 6, 4, and 1 and love to play with magnatiles. They build so many creations (rockets, churches, sky scrapers) and let the baby knock it over. Magnatiles provide hours of creativity and play in our house.
    Becca G’s latest post: The Pinterest Momma

  93. Rita

    Ooh, I love this store! My children’s ages are: 8, 4, 2 (and soon to be born.) My oldest cardinal favorite is Lego’s, my middle is the artist, and the current youngest loves dolls and little people and creatures.
    Rita’s latest post: Getting Festive

  99. Erin - The Usual Mayhem

    My kids are 7 and 14. The 7 year old makes forts out of anything he can get his hands on, anywhere, anytime. My daughter doesn’t really “play” per se any more, but she creates constantly with sewing projects, Sims tutorials that she posts on her blog, and painting.

  100. Portia

    Thank you Jamie & Sarah
    Our boys are 14 and 11, and our daughter is 10. They love motors, engines, drawing, exploring the woods, hiking, legos, buckyballs, and video/computer games, too.
    Our daughter loves all those things, too! And she loves making homemade anything (make up, jewelry, gifts, clays, and doughs) and repurposing anything and everything to make homes, cities, and worlds for her pet shops and stuffed animals.
    I just liked Imagine Childhood on FB
    And have liked Simple Homeschool for a couple of years now (I wish there was a love button!!)
    Jamie, thank you for the continual support, encouragement, and inspiration you pour into your blogs. You have shared iron rails for me quite a few times when I otherwise felt like steering of this course God has called me on! Blessings to you and your family always.
    Portia

  101. Emma

    My three youngest boys are 10, 5, and 3. They play and imagine with Lego mostly, but also with stuffed animals and toys they make from cardboard.

  103. Kate

    I’d love to win this for my good friend’s daughter who is almost one. I think buckets are a really good imaginative play toy!

  104. Erin

    My kids are 9, 7, 5, and 8 months. Their best imaginative play comes from a combination of found items and craft supplies: a cardboard box, sticks, string, etc. and markers, glue, paper, scissors. The possibilities have no end!

  106. annabelle

    For my 5 and 7 year old boys it is characters from coloring sheets which they cut out and use to create a story world that doesn’t end. I often hear, ‘next chapter tomorrow’.
    My 9 year old girl doesn’t seem to need toys as much but she does love her tiny creature toys and her beloved softies.
    Thank you!

  108. R Goff

    Our children are 12, 11, 8, and 4 yr old twins. A large cardboard box is their favorite toy! They color it up and go to the moon or the ocean depths. Thank you for the opportunity!!!

  111. Stephanie Michele

    My boys are three and one. My oldest lives building with blocks (making houses and cities and, oddly, gas stations) and using anything around the house to play: blankets and pillow forts, “the floor is lava”….maybe we need more imaginative play toys?

  112. Teresa

    My children are 11, 8, 6, and 2. My 11 year old can open up a notebook and the next thing I know she’s creating a story; my 8 year old likes to create castles and forts with boxes; my 6 year old creates with legos and my 2 year old enjoys playing with her baby doll. Last night I went in to check on her and she had her baby doll sitting on the opposite side of the crib modeling the way she was sitting and they were having a “conversation.”

  113. Courtney H

    My children are 4, almost 3 and 1. The four year old uses his imagination with LEGOS, capes, cardboad boxes and forts. My two year old leans toward dress up, Mega blocks and craft projects. My one year old likes to clean out the cupboards and knock over block towers and forts.

  114. Jeanne

    I have a 7 year old boy and 3 year old girl, and they both love all types of blocks…legos, wooden blocks, cuisenare rods…they can play all sorts of things with them! What a wonderful giveaway!

  115. Jaclyn Reynolds

    My children are 15, 13, 10 and 2. They have loved making movies with my camera and toys for years, like stop animation videos. They also love drawing and art time!

  116. Terri F

    My two sons, ages 9 and 7, get the most imaginative with everyday objects like boxes. Depending on the size, they will create vehicles for themselves, or their hamsters. Or they will cut it apart and make a place to live and pretend to be hamsters! And all the while they are concocting a story line to go with their play. I just love to hear them interacting together at these times!

  118. Addie Metivier

    my daughter is 3.5 years old, and she loves to play with handkerchiefs, small boxes, and the ikea soft square bins. she has more fun with non-toys!

    i also like Simple Homeschool and Imagine Childhood on FB.

  119. Shyla

    Such a great giveaway! Thank you. I have six kids, 13, 10, 8, 5, 3, and 9 mo. Lately the favorite thing for imaginative play has been dress ups from our costume box.

  123. Rachel C

    I have two boys, 5 & 3, they love to make inventions with Tinker Toys, K’Nex, and Legos. Thanks for the giveaway opportunity!

  124. Jessica

    My children are 11,9,and 2. My oldest loves read and draw. My nine year old daughter is a little engineer with tape and string, and My two year old son loves trains and story time. Thank you for the chance to Win!

  127. Olivia

    My youngest is 15 months and she loves books, balls, and legos. My other boys are 17, 19, and 24. 🙂

  128. Jodi

    My daughter is 6 and my son is 3. They love anything that involves dressing up and make believe! My daughter also loves dolls and art and my son loves boats and planes.

  129. Amy

    My kids are 3, 7, 8, 10 and 12. Honestly, some of their favorite things to play with aren’t even toys. They love building forts and putting on plays. 🙂

  131. Mama Rachael

    So, my Little Man doesn’t need anything. His hands throw fire balls, he fights “bad guys” as he ninjas around the room or yard. Two sticks help, because then he has a bow and arrow or double-wielded swords. but then I’ve seen blankets fill in for fire balls, and also other various able-to-be-thrown-things.

    We did just get the Little People Manger Scene out, and that seems like it might be a favorite. We will see. He is only 3 1/2.
    Mama Rachael’s latest post: Pursuing Projects

  132. Olivia

    I liked your page on Facebook and I’ve already been following Simple Homeschool on Facebook. I love your site! I’m always looking for great toys.

  135. Megan L.

    My kids are 3 and 10. Both love playing dress-up and building castles, boats, whatever out of the couch cushions!

  137. Brett Elizabeth Spore

    Our son will be 5 on Dec. 23. His favorite imaginative toys are characters of almost any kind. He loves Lego minifigures, army men, stuffed animals of all sizes, action figures. The cool thing is he isn’t really into what they were originally supposed to be and creates his own stories instead. I love that about him.
    Brett Elizabeth Spore’s latest post: Vacation in Seaside

  140. Lillian

    My kiddos are 6, 5, 3 (triplets), 2, & 8 months. Their favorite imaginative toy is dressup clothes.

  141. Nancy Wang

    My kids are 12, 9, and 2. The toys that have inspired the most creative play are Playmobil figures, and those little Japanese erasers!

  143. Melanie

    My girls are 5, 3, 2, and 3 months. They love their dress up clothes! They’ve been all over the world in those clothes 🙂

  144. Sarah M

    My kids are 5 & 7 and their favorite toys seem to be their teddies. They get daily play. Also, any type of building structure and blankets. Forts are a daily around here!
    Sarah M
    Sarah M’s latest post: DPP 2014 // Day 3

  145. Sarah

    My kids are 6, 8, 10, & 12. They LoVe imaginative play! We have a big dress up trunk, stuffed with costumes and random articles from the thrift store. The kids could play Legos all day long, as well as endless hours spent with the doll house, incorporating miscellaneous small toys from all sorts of sets. Seldom does the play stay in the doll house! 🙂

  150. Danielle

    My kids are ages 9, 6, 4 and 2. They all love imaginative play: pretending to be dogs, playing legos, working with tools (especially daddy’s “real” tools), playing “baby”, drawing & painting.

  151. Kathy D

    I have an almost 10 year old daughter who loves to write stories and act them out. Her favorite imagination tools are paper and pencil! She also likes to dress up and portray (at various times) a waitress, beauty salon employee, vet, doctor, teacher and spy 🙂

  153. Sara

    My children are 7 and 10 years old. One of their favorite things are sticks. They can be so many things!

  155. Sarah M

    My kids are 6 and 9. They love to dress up and play and my daughter loves to take plain white paper and make things to imagine with!

  157. Sarah Jean Etheridge

    My kiddos are 1, 6, 11, and 16. We have purchased small gifts from Imagine Childhood in the past and adored them! We love pretend play and time spent in the outdoors, both of which would be inspired by the beautiful items at Imagine Childhood. Thanks!

  158. Amy

    Thanks so much for this giveaway!! I have been fretting over how to afford quality toys this year, and I hope this will give us a chance!
    My kids are 3.5 and 5yo, and they are both totally different! My 3yo will sequester herself with an entire herd of horse figurines, stuffed animals, and ponies, singing and voicing all the different “people” in elaborate stories and games, while my 5yo will gallop around the house with whatever cape-like thing he can find and jump off of the furniture — I *think* there is imaginative play involved, but clearly the main point is the jumping off of things!! lol.
    Anyways, thank you for the chance to win!
    Amy’s latest post: Weeknight Staple Recipes: Greater Tuna Salad on Cranberry Whole-wheat Bread

  161. Shannon

    My children are 10 and 12 and still love imaginitive play. Their favorite toys are building sets, stuffed animals, small plastic or wooden animals, and anything they can use to build a tent/fort!

  162. Sally

    I have an two 11 year old daughter and a 14 old son. They still love to play outdoor town, creating bakery, post office, eateries etc all from things found outdoors. Thank you for sharing this site, the have so many lovely things! I will definitely order for when we return to the USA in January.
    Sally’s latest post: Update November 2013

  163. Kim

    My 3 year old loves to create houses, cities, roads, and landscapes with blocks, rocks, shells and silks. Peg people and cars often join in the fun!

  167. Amy

    My daughter is 2 and is baby obsessed so our best toys for imaginative play are all kinds of babies, diapers, wipes (clean ones we’ve dried out for her), anything she can turn into diaper balm, and her own booster seat and eating utensils.

  168. Sally

    I also like your blog and imagine childhood in Facebook and shared with two Charlotte Mason groups that I think will like the products. We too have three children from three continents
    Sally’s latest post: Update November 2013

  170. Sara

    My children are 7 & 4 and their favorite type of play is dress up. The right cape or scarf can create a fantastic character!

  174. Audrey P

    Happy holidays! I have two boys, 4 and 1. Imaginative play and nature/outside play rule our home. Big brother likes character acting from his books, and little brother loves to do whatever he can to be part of the action!

  177. Jennifer G.

    My daughter is 6. Her box of dress up clothes is one if get favorites! But there are so many more! Tea parties with all her animals. I wish I could post a pic because they are pretty amazing 🙂 just listening to her make up songs and dance around makes my heart happy!! Thanks for the giveaway 🙂

  179. Missy Cochran

    I like both of you on FB, and thank you for this giveaway opportunity! Mine are 10, 8, 8, and 5 and be creative with anything and everything, but they especially love music and art.

  182. Camille l

    My kids are 13,11,9 and 7. They love to play with Lego’s, my girls love playing with fills and animals, and they will all dress up and play that they are orphans. Or play war outside.

  183. Chris

    My children are 10, 7, 5, 3, and 3. They love to play outdoors, so anything they can find becomes a world of play – sticks, rocks, mud, trees. They also love to play with Legos and blocks 🙂

  185. Angie Cox

    My children are ages 6, twins 9, 11, 14, 16, 18 and 23 and a grandson turning 1. My 6 year-old daughter loves anything related to art and dressing up. She often creates a little space within other rooms to create her works of art, skits and dances. My twin 9 year-old boys enjoy sketching, painting, magic tricks, origami and inventing. They use everything from card board boxes to aluminum foil to their circuit kits to invent almost anything. I often find my pantry full of cereals or snacks in bags because the boxes have used for masks or building cities. I am amazed by their creativity and attention to details. Thanks for the giveaway!

  190. R Finklea

    My 2 year old son loves books and blocks. My 7&9 year old daughters really enjoy dress up and tea parties.

  192. Julia Dickson

    My kids are 7, 5 and 2 and hands down their favorite toys are the play silks I dyed for them a few years ago. The kids have become so many different characters in their play adventures and also use them as baby doll blankets. It was a fun project for me and they have held up so well!

  195. Samantha Allen

    My kids are 5, 3, and 2months old. They’re favorite toys to use their imagination with are definitely their legos and stuffed animals. They have so much fun creating different stories with their toys.

  197. Holly

    My children are 1, 3, and 5. All girls and they love dress up! The older two also just like plain paper. They could draw and create all day, if I let them!

  198. Melissa P.

    My kiddos are 3 and 4. Lately their favorite imagination tool are blankets to make “museum” forts.

  201. Erin

    What a great company!! I can’t wait to check out everything else they have to offer!! I also “liked” both on Facebook!! Great giveaway!

  202. Elizabeth Floyd

    My kids are 11, 9, 8, 6, and 1. Outdoor materials are what they love to play with: sticks, rocks, trees. They love the woods, they love being outside.

  204. Juli Vrotney

    My children are 8,6 and 3 years old. Lego’s, and wooden train set are some of their favorite things to play with. Otherwise they will use whatever they can find to play “doctor” etc.

  205. Judith

    My children are 5 and 6 years old. Their favorite toys for imaginative play are any household items or things from outside that they can figure out what to make them into.

  206. Casey

    My kids are 12, 10 and 2. My two year old loves blocks, silks, and anything that rolls, especially trains. He is just discovering pretend play with stuffed animals.

  208. Abby

    My children are 7, 5, 3, 1, and newborn, and they use just about anything that isn’t fastened down for imaginative play.

  209. Melanie

    Our boys are 4, 2, and 9 months old. Their favorite toys that encourage their imaginations are definitely Legos, their blankies (used as SO many things, a cape, a flying carpet, etc), wooden blocks, and of course coloring.

  210. Sara

    I have three kids, ages 2, 3, and 5. Their favorite pretend-play toys are dress-up clothes, kitchen toys, and stuffed animals. They would love the toys from Imagine Childhood!

  215. AmyB

    My kids are 11, 8 & 6. They love playing with sticks, legos, or any sort of figurine. Excited to find out about this company!

  216. J. Mickey

    My kids are 7 and 2 and love playing with rocks & sticks. And cars. Somehow cars end up being everything under the sun.

  220. Molly

    15, 13, 10,7, being in nature, hiking, sticks, trees, good art supplies, I would love a chance to win!!

  221. Anna L.

    For my 11 year old son, it’s all about construction toys: LEGO, K’Nex, Zoob. He comes up with all sorts of projects. For my almost 13 year old daughter, she is moving out of playing with toys, but she still has a small number of stuffed animals she plays with. Each of those animals has a name, a voice and personality and when she plays with them, she comes up with fun story lines.

  223. Katherine

    My kids are 7, 5, 2.5 & 13 weeks. Our favorite toys to encourage imaginative play is dress ups. Thanks for an awesome give away!

  224. Amber

    My son is 3 and loves to create things with “jawbones”. My daughter is 6 and uses about any item we have to pretend it is something else. Right at this moment, she is using the markers as various flavored lollipops to sell in her “roadside stand” in our living room and the decorative pillow from my bed as a cake! I also have a 7 month old son who just started crawling, and his current favorite toy is everything!!

  225. Mary

    My children are 6, 3 and 3 mos. Stuffed animals, costumes, and trucks are always favorites and they get added to household and art items to create elaborate play scenes. Thank you for offering this!

  226. Michelle

    My boys are 10, 8, 7, and 2. Their imaginations thrive with building materials: blocks, blankets, Legos and the like. They also love swords and capes.

  227. Pamela R

    My kiddos are 5, 9, 12 and enjoy art supplies, magnatiles and a few little figures and can spend the day playing!

  228. J

    My youngest son who is 9 loves to walk around with his homemade swords and shield. He and his brothers ages 14 and 12 put their money together to buy a huge bag of Lego blocks at a garage sale to add to the ones they already had!

  229. Marlina

    My son is 8, and my daughter 3. She loves being a princess. A piece of cloth tied with pretty ribbons could be a queen’s gown one day, and next day a cape. Christmas baubles becomes glittery fruits in her hands. Buttons becomes cookies, and toilet paper rolls are drinking cups. I love your products. All of them! it makes me drool just going through the Look Book! 😀

  230. Kyrie

    Our girls are 9, 7, 5, and 3. they draw and write constantly (blank books and colored pencils are the favorites here), and love their stuffed animals, dolls, and playsilks (which give the, endless baby blankets, stuffed animal capes, and dressups).
    Kyrie’s latest post: Shifting

  232. Jennifer

    My 5 year old and my 2 year old are busy right now with their wooden blocks – we have gotten so many hours of play from simple wooden blocks! Their 11 month old brother loves them too!

  234. Heather

    My boys are six and four and the toys that they like the most for imaginative play are Legos (they are so creative with them and do a lot of role playing with the people). They of course love building and discovering things outside too 🙂

  235. Robyn McLeod

    My children are 8, 7, 5 and nearly 2. The three oldest adore wooden train tracks, stuffies, knight dress up clothes and art supplies. They’ll spend hours left to the own devices with these kinds of toys. My little one is just getting into babies and farm animals. She’s often “the baby” when the olders kidnap her for playing Family, but she’d much rather be the mommy lol

  237. sara

    My kids are ages 8, 11, and 13…they still like to play legos and get very imaginative with those. Thank you for the awesome giveaway!

  240. elena

    my living kids are 6 and 3. They love to play with legos, dolls, and acorns and pinecones in their fairy house.

  244. Jessica Rivera

    My son is 4 and he loves playing with dinosaurs and also swords. My daughter is 1 and she loves her babies. (I also liked both pages on fb)

  246. Andrea Smith

    My kids are 5, 3, and 8mos. My five year old is a mini-mama. She loves to play with baby dolls, mini kitchen stuff, purses, shopping carts, etc. My 3 year old will play along, but she likes to play with little people like in a doll house and make them act and do stuff. My 8 month old has been far more interested in baby toys than his sisters and I find him doind stacking puzzles and such. I’m amazed!

  247. Clarissa

    My children are 1 & 3 and my favorite toy for them have actually been these two large exercise mats. We make forts out of them and they have a blast. They are also perfect for horsing around on because they create a soft place to fall. Thanks for hosting this giveaway!

  248. Tanya W

    My kids are 14,9 and 6. We love dress up clothing, blocks and fairy houses. Art supplies are always used along with their play (lots of signs and pictures!) Thanks so much for the fantastic giveaway!

  250. Cherish

    My kids are 8, 6 and 3. They loves all kids of blocks and play silks. I’m off to check out your store!

  252. Christina Schickler

    My son is going to be 2 next week and we have another on the way! He loves playing with cars and trains and is now starting to become more imaginative with them and his peg people! He is receiving more for his birthday and Christmas, so I can’t wait to see his imagination flourish with them! =)

  253. Amanda

    My daughter is almost two. And, she’s starting to engage in imaginative play. Her favorite thing right now is to turn anything and everything into either a camera or a drum. 🙂

  254. Kim Ho

    Our kiddos are 6, 3, and 1!!! They create with Legos and blocks!!! They also love creating with art!! Drawing, painting, etc. liking pages on Facebook for extra entries!!! 🙂

  255. Sarepta

    books! They are pre-readers but enjoy making up own stories. Then whatever toys are near become added to the story.

  256. Lisa Wess

    4 year old girl and twin 1 year old boys. The boys love play pits and pans to make music and my daughter love building castles out of blocks.

  257. Whitney

    My kids are 13, 7, and 4. My son’s favorite imaginative toy is , no lie, a stick. He can make a stick into anything and play with it for hours. Aside from that, as for bought toys, all three most love their kinetic sand. They have spent hours playing with that stuff together.

  259. Alison W

    My kids are 10,8,7,5 and hands down they’re favorite thing is dress up clothes! They go from ninjas, to chefs, to pirates, and backs again all in one day:)

  261. Nicola

    My kids are just-10 and almost-7. They still love simple toys such as large wooden blocks, Tinker Toys, dolls, and hands-on sensory play. Thank you for the generous give-away!
    Nicola’s latest post: away

  262. Kali

    My girls are 7, 4, and 2 years old. Currently their favorite toys are musical instruments, dolls, and building blocks.

  266. Kaaryn

    My children are 9, 9 and 7. They are most content doing art projects, playing with legos, board games and made up games.

  267. Kim Savino

    My twins are 7 and they love playing dress up and any building toys. Their favorite building toy right now are Picasso Tiles.

  268. Sue

    Our kids are 2 & 4 and I realize that what they like best recently is their random assortment of mixed up toys, figurines and plastic bugs which provide them with a whole host of possibilities!

  271. Carole

    I have two boys, ages 8 and 11. The oldest is loving books and acting out/retelling the stories or creating scenes with legos. My youngest spends his time outside in the woods, on the swings, or being with the chickens.

  277. Megan M.

    My kids are 2, 4, 6, and 8 and they love Legos and cardboard boxes. Oh, and full rolls of toilet paper. Haha!!

  278. Cat

    My favorite toy that encourages imaginative play is actually our firefighter hats. When my kids wear those, they turn everything into a fire or a firetruck, a hose, etc! They are 4, 2, and 4 mos. 🙂 The baby doesn’t participate so much yet! 🙂

  282. Amy

    Hi Jamie. What a cool offer! My kids are 9,8,6,4,2,1
    The older boys love swords. My older daughter loves her doll. My youngers are happy with just about anything. We love wooden toys that remind us of Little House in the Big Woods!
    I also LIKED your FACEBOOK page! 🙂

  283. Stephanie

    Our kids are 6 & 2 and our dress up bin and there play silks offer hours of imaginative fun!! Thanks for the chance at this awesome giveaway we love Imagine childhood!

  284. Molly

    Perler beads and simple craft supplies keep my two boys (5 and 6) occupied for hours. Thank you for the chance!

  285. Jessica

    My kids are 4, 2.5, and 7 months. The two oldest are boys and love cars and trucks. They like pretending to be race car drivers.

  291. Sally

    My children are 8, 5 and 3. They love using silks and felt toys to make up stories, and using tree blocks (and regular blocks) to make houses/sheds/garages for their little cars.

  297. Maria Avellino

    Our kids are 6 and 3. Both the big sister and little bro love all forms of dress-up play. They bring in scarves, baby dolls and stuffed animals to suit whatever story-line they are imagining. Just the other day, everyone morphed into fairies and reenacted a scene from Tinkerbell. What fun! The plot lines are endless:)

  298. Angela

    I have a nine yr old girl who plays and plays with her lego minifigures and other dolls for hours. My six year old son loves play swords and legos. Hope I win 🙂

  299. Jayme

    My kids are 2 and 4. My laundry basket and their toy brooms are the most used toys in our house! Generally functioning as a boat with oars or hockey sticks and goal 🙂

  300. Virginia

    My daughter is 11 and still loves imaginative play. We think it is very important. Whatever is handy can be used for play. We have always loved giant cardboard boxes.

  303. Amanda

    Kids are 3 & 5. They love their stuffed animals, dressing up, dollhouse dolls, action figures and whatever they make!

  305. Kris Jarecki

    My kids are 18, 16, 15, 13, 8 and four. Legos are a big part of our imaginative play, as well as MagnaTiles , QBaMaze, Fidgits and swords, always, swords!

  311. Ann

    My six children, ages 13, 11, 8, 5, 3 and 6 months, love play cloths/silks. When my oldest was 2, I bought several yards of cotton fabric and hemmed them. They are still a favorite toy today! They are used to dress up, to drape over chairs, to have picnic on and to wrap the baby in. Dress up costumes are popular as well.

  312. Heather Borchert

    My kids are 9 and 7 and love costumes the most. They play inside and outside using costumes and their imagination. Thanks!

  315. Sarah Hammond

    My daughter is 3 1/2 and loves coloring and creating masterpieces as well as dress up costumes!

  318. Angela Alison

    My kids are 7, 5 and 2 and love plastic animals, from farm animals to dinosaurs. They come up with names for them and play a myriad of games with them, only problem is when you find a stegosaurus on the floor in the night with your foot!!

  319. Stephanie

    Aloha,

    My children are ages 3 and 5 and we welcome new educational toys. Happy, happy holidays!

  322. Fibia

    Kids are 8 and 5. They like pretending to be animals, playing with wooden toys, and building with bricks.

  324. Jennifer Olson

    My kids are 7 and 5. They love cardboard boxes, paper and tape to build just about anything.

  326. Kerri fry

    My son is 5 and likes to use a combination of books, old wood Lincoln logs, trains cars and anything else he can find to bold race courses and whole cities.

  327. Paige

    Our kids are 8 and 9 and they love creating with Legos, cars, plastic animals and dress up clothes.

  329. Kristin Evans

    My children are 5, 3.5, and 21 months old- all boys. They love Mega blocks, Lego, dress up clothes, and police and fire fighters toy sets for imaginative play. Anything to do with transportation is huge at my house.

  330. alicia s

    My kids are 2, 4, & 4. They love to play with random things they find around the house, like fake jewels and things like that. 🙂

  338. sarahlvenn

    3.5 and 5. They can play for hours with their stuffed animals, making up very intricate characters and story line to go with it. It is super fun to watch.

  340. Lisa

    My daughter is 10. Her favorite toys always have been her stuffed animals. They are players in complex stories and residents of imagined worlds.

  341. Tavia

    Mine are 6,4, and 2. The older ones could do Legos all day. The younger loves (my) kitchen tools! Thank you!

  343. Amanda Abernathy

    I have 3 beautiful children. Oldest daughter is 7, she’s my artist and loves any kind of art supplies, especially glittery ones. Middle son is 4, he’s my builder and loves any kind of building toys like blocks, linkin logs and anything that he can build with. My youngest daughter is almost 2 and she loves pretend play, she loves her little farm animals and barn and playing Mommy with her baby.

  344. Amanda Snow

    My son is 3 and LOVES his wooden trains. He plays typical train games with them, but also makes them “talk,” puts them to sleep at night, and asks them if they’ve had enough to eat. It’s adorable!

  345. Lori

    My kids are 3, 2 and 3 months. They love stuffed animals, dress up clothes, Duplo Legos and a play kitchen for imagination play.

  346. Bethany

    My children are 5, 3 and 1. Their imagination comes alive with our play kitchen, indoor tricycle and any baskets or boxes lying around.

  347. Diane

    My children are 12, 11, and 4.
    My 12 year old mostly plays ps3 games or computer games.
    my 11 year old loves barbies and monster high dolls.
    my 4 year old loves cats. She has small cats that live in her doll house. Crafts i don’t have enough for her. She loves to paint and draw circle people.

  348. kelly McBride

    My kids are 9 and 6. For imaginative play, they love to use paper, tape, pencils, pillows, blankets, and musical instruments. They can also build and play with blocks for hours.

  350. Elizabeth

    My kids are 6, 4, almost 2, and due in February. Their favorite imagination toys are anything that is not really a toy at all! Boxes, plates and cups, bits of paper that are cut up and spread all over the house…
    Elizabeth’s latest post: Seeking Knowledge

  352. Rebecca

    13, 10, 9, 2, 12weeks. Each child has different ways to be creative. I have one Lego maniac, one computer hacker, a craft/sewing/drawing girl, and one who loves dress up, play kitchen, Stuffies. And of course one who is more interested in sleeping than playing right now! With FOUR birthdays in December, a gift cert would be awesome!
    Rebecca’s latest post: It’s That Time of Year Again!

  353. Julie

    My girls are 3 & 5. They pretend they are horses, kitties, dogs, or other people. Just started playing “house” where one is the mom and one the baby. Toys they love are dolls and stuffed animals and dress up clothes.

  356. Marcy Nateras

    I have a 5year old and a 3 year old. They love to dress up in my shoes, dress up clothes and towels that are capes or long long hair

  358. Tamara Mays

    My boys are 20 months and 3 and love cars and Legos but they also LOVE playing housekeeping with their play brooms and vacuums! Husbands in training!

  359. Christine

    My children are 13, 10, 8 , 6 and 4. Books, costume clothing, dolls, blocks and trains inspire imaginative play in our home.

  360. fatema

    I have a 4 year old and a 1.5 year old that are both Lego crazy!

    I “like” Simple Homeschool and Imagine Childhood on FaceBook.

  366. Kelly

    My kids are 8,6,3, & 1. Their fave imaginative toys are blocks and creating things with art supplies!

  367. Noelle B

    My girls are almost. 3 and 5. Their wooden horses / farm animals definitely inspire lots of horse related play! So imaginative and fun. They also love their leaf pile… Hours of make believe and games 🙂

  369. Kristen

    My children are 14 , 6 and 3. The favorite toys include Legos, art supplies, dress up anything and sticks and rocks!

  370. Megan C

    My daughter is 21 months and loves books, play food, blocks and baby dolls! It is so fun to watch her growing, learning and exploring more pretend play each day!

  374. Anne

    My youngest children are 9 and 10 years, and their current favorite toy is the large pipe cleaners. They have made hats, masks, backpacks, and backpack leashes for each other.

  375. TwiddleBagsAndSuch

    This is the best thing I’ve seen in a LONG time! And just in time for Christmas! I have been looking all over for these very unique types of toys that aren’t plastic and leave nothing for interpretation or imagination. My kids are 13,10, and 3. We value simple, beautiful, timeless pieces that have multiple uses and a world of possibilities. Rocks and playdough are among our favorites at the moment. Books and music are way up there too. Thank you for sharing this with us!

  377. Lynette

    My children are 15, 12, 10, 7, 5, 3, and 1. Their favourite things for imaginative play are usually found outside: discoveries in the barn loft, hiding places in the orchard, making fairy houses in the summer from leaves, flowers, and pine cones. In the house they love Legos/Duplos, blocks, playing house, and being detectives.

  378. Sara R

    My kiddos are 4, 6 & 8. They can while away the hours with Legos, their play house area, or doll house.

  379. Alicia

    Mine are 4 and 2, and they love everything for imaginary play. Toy food, dolls, animal figureings. Boxes. Sky’s the limit.

  381. brittany

    My boys are 6, 5, 3, and 18 months. Their favorite is the hobbit house we built out back for them last christmas!

  384. melissak

    Our girls are 8 and 10 and especially love to pretend with dress-up clothes and repurposed props! I like both Simple Homeschool and Imagine Childhood on Facebook.

  385. Breanne Halderman

    Hi, my girls are 14 (books and art supplies), 4 (dress-up, play food, and forts), 3 – twins (baby dolls, blocks, and rocks?). And I have a new baby boy (he just wants you to talk to him 🙂 I love the idea behind these toys. It’s right up my alley! Thanks for the opportunity, and the discount!

    I have already liked Simple Homeschool. I love the newsletters.

  391. Karla

    My kiddos are 7, 5, and almost 2. They LOVE to pretend play on a daily basis – especially my 7-year-old daughter! She creates her own paper dolls and scenes with simple paper and markers/crayons/colored pencils, but also loves to play with dolls, pretend kitchen items, and dress up clothes. My 5-year-old son loves sensory stuff – like kinetic sand, dirt, play dough, water – and building with Legos and trains. The almost-two-year-old mimics her siblings, but gravitates towards drawing and carrying around a doll or kitty.

  392. James Wise

    0, 2 & 4 – The Superman cape gets the big win on imaginative play at our house, closely followed by the “Dress Up” clothes (doctor, wedding, princess, hats, etc).

  393. Heather

    Our girls are are 2, 4, and 6. They love playing “house”. It’s their favorite game incorporating dress up, baby dolls, and the play kitchen. They have fun this way for hours almost everyday! Winning this giveaway would be beyond fantastic! Thank you!!!

  396. Ashley Moshell

    We have a 7 year old, 5 year old and 2 year old…all boys! They love to play their version of dress up which always involves a cape, as well as building things out of all different materials.

  400. Laura B

    My son is 8 and he finds creativity in EVERYTHING- our recycling is his favorite building blocks, we also love puppets and many outdoor treasures.

  401. Sarah (Home's Cool)

    Four kiddos here, aged 8 (almost 9), 7, 5 & 3. My three boys and daughter share most interests and all toys! The ones they spend the longest with and come back to most often are blocks. Blocks of any kind; wooden blocks, Lego bricks, Multi link cubes and also the virtual blocks of Minecraft . They love to create structures, characters and stories with their vivid imaginations. (Home’s Cool ‘likes’ Simple Homeschool and Imagine Childhood.)

  402. Heather C

    Hi! My children are 8, 6 and 3. My boys love to build with anything, especially Legos and blocks. They also love to draw and create things out of paper. My daughter loves to play with her animals and is just starting to play imaginatively. They all love stories too. Thank you for the great giveaway!

  405. Jen

    How old are your children and what are their favorite toys that encourage imaginative play? – My son is 6. One of his favorite toys, that encourages imaginative play, are building blocks of all kinds! We love wood blocks, castle blocks, Legos, connecting blocks, etc.

  406. Anina

    I have 4 year old (almost 5) twin girls and a 2 year old son. Right now their favorite things to inspire their imaginations are some books and dress up costumes I’ve made for them!

  410. Krista M

    2 kids at home (5 and 2) and one on the way in 2 weeks!! Our favorite toys are blocks (the kids never tire of them) and dress up clothes. Thanks for the fantastic giveaway!!

  412. Carrie

    Four kids…boys are 10, 7, and 4, and an almost 3 year old little girl. All of them, hands down, LEGOS.

  413. Mary Ann

    My boys are 9 and 7 and our youngest is a girl, just 5 months old. Imagination usually happens best with fort building supplies, stuffed animals, and dress up clothes. The baby loves soft things.

  414. Heather M

    My boys are 8, 6 and 2 and they are creative with art supplies and blocks and of course sticks!

  416. Christina Poulsen

    I have 3 children currently (I am due with #4 in April) and they are 8, 4, and 2. By far the boys favorite toy (ages 2 & 4) is probably wooden blocks. It sounds kind of boring, but they build all day long, it’s so fun to watch! My 8 year old daughter is artistic and creative. She will take craft supplies and make the most awesome creations and toys!

  418. Jessie

    My children are 3.5 and 6 and they love to draw and ‘sew’ and play make believe with their dolls and animal. We love Imagine Childhood… the book, store and blog!

  420. Christine Dean

    My daughters are 1 and 2. They are both very happy to “play” cooking in their kitchens, but prefer to help me with the real deal. My youngest is very creative and loves to play with animals while my oldest prefers to tell stories. 🙂

  422. Amy B.

    Ten kids here! I is all grown up with a newborn of her own and then I have ages 17 down to 11 months. My kids love to dress up and create imaginary worlds. The younger ones also love to pretend cook! They all love blocks and legos and realistic looking animals…my living room has been transformed into a zoo more than once! Thanks for the giveaway.

  424. Anjulie

    I have 2 daughters aged 3 yrs and 3 months. My three year old loves her play kitchen, she loves to prepare tea and meals for the rest of us. The three month old loves anything she can put in her mouth, lol. 🙂 I plan on putting some of these beautiful toys and things on my Christmas list!

  426. caryn roberts

    What an awesome giveaway! 10, 9, 7, 5, 2 are the ages and one of the items they have ALL played with imaginatively and continue to use are the wider glass stones (like fishbowl glass stones but 1 inch big) They have been jewels, money, mountains for tiny toys, game pieces for randomly generated games from elaborate to ‘hot/cold’) Simple fun.

  427. meredith

    My daughter is 6 years old. Her favorite imaginative toys are usually her animals (stuffed and wooden). She can endlessly tell stories with these simple toys. Thanks for the chance!

  429. Sara

    Four kiddos here, 12,10,9, and 6, the youngest is the only girl. Even though she likes her dolls, she plays swords and legos with her brothers all the time. They like to make their own board games too.

  431. Idaho Jill

    My daughter is 7. Paper and colored pencils are of course a favorite, but she is also into dolls right now.

  433. Tracey

    My kids are 3 and 16 months and they love our tickle trunk of costumes. It’s so cute to see the two of them dressed up and going on a pirate adventure, or riding a train.
    Tracey’s latest post: Still sick…

  435. Jamie

    The ones still at home are 5, 7, and 14. Legos get a lot of action around here (especially for the 5yo boy), and crayons/pencils/paper are the 7yo girl’s favorite. My 14yo has done so much imaginative play over the years she still finds all sorts of creative, imaginative things to do, and helps the little ones come up with ideas, too — like Barbie dresses made from leaves, etc. It’s fun to watch. 🙂
    Jamie’s latest post: Week-end: links & life

  438. Rachel

    I have 2 boys, 4 and 7. Large dirt piles and woods are the things that inspire the longest lasting and most imaginative play outdoors. Indoors any type of small vehicle or farm equipment.

  440. Christy S

    Mine are 1 and 3. For indoor play I’d say blocks and markers/paper. Outdoors it’s dirt, shovels, and buckets. Thanks!

  442. Elizabeth

    My kids are 5.5, 4, 2.5, and 1. The boys can make a bucket, shovel, and hammer quite exciting and my oldest girl loves to cook with anything she can find. The baby is interested in whatever is currently put away 😉

  446. Shinsetsuna

    I have 2 girls age 4 and 2. Our classic and favorite toy is Blocks of all kinds. Mostly wooden. Blocks promoted not only imagination but comprehension of math/geometry concepts.

  447. Barbra C

    I just have one little boy who turns 15 months on Saturday. He loves pots and pans, buckets and shovels, and his trusty spatula.

  449. Laura

    My children are 5 and 3. They get really imaginative with everything around the house! My 3yo loves cars, planes and books and my 5yo loves fairies.

  450. Miet

    My children are 4 and 2. Both love playing with their little kitchen, and my son is also very fond of “shopping” with his little shopping cart.

  451. Lanelle

    My 5 year old imagines with Legos all day, while my 3 year old is all about baby dolls. Thank you for the chance!

  452. Rebecca Brewer

    My girls are 2 1/2 and 4 and LOVE to play dress up. They would really enjoy this. Thank you!

  455. Sarah Erickson

    My girls are 8 and 4. My eldest loves weaving crafts, like loom bracelets and pot holders, and my youngest loves to play role playing games with her imagination and maybe with dressing up.

  457. Christine W

    My kids are 4 and 2. Duplos get a lot of action, as do matchbox cars, and a simple flashlight!

  459. Monica Nuss

    My son is 17 and he builds spaceships with his legos. My 16 yr old and 14 yr old daughters read stories and writes them. My 8 yr old girl plays with legos, and reads books.

  460. Ruvi

    My kids are 5, 10 and 12. They love to play make believe, they put on plays, make arts and crafts or if recycled, everyday home items, dress up, play in the fort they built. The girls play with their dolls and make clothes for them out of scraps of fabric. My son likes play with Kinects, cardboard boxes, paper airplanes, balls, marbles, stones. They all love Legos.

  461. Laura Aiuto

    My children are 3 and almost 5. Some of the toys we like for imaginative play are blocks of all kinds, treasures from nature like sticks, nuts, and pinecones are our latest favorites, and play silks!

  462. leah

    My five are ages 10, 8, 6, 3 and 19 months and I have to say that the most imaginative toys that we have are simple wooden blocks. I found a set at an antique store for $15.oo years ago, and they have been the favorite of all of the kids!

  468. Jennifer H.

    My sons are 7 and 9 and both have Autism. Imaginary play can be tough for them, but my sons love hats and costumes.

  470. Sarah

    My kids are 6 and 4. They love most dolls, little wooden animals, legos, and forts made of couch cushions.

  471. Cynthia

    My children are 7, 4, 2, and a baby. Dress up and Lego are their two favourite imaginative ways to play. 🙂

  472. Donna

    My 2 year old is all about dolls and tigers right now and my 3 month old just likes to pull my hair. Thanks for the chance!

  473. Claire

    Mine are 2, 5, and 7. We homeschool and they play together so well. Their favorite toy by far is a piece of old climbing rope, purple and blue intertwined, about 4 feet long. This evening it was a cat leash and they were the cats.

  476. Amy

    My children are 17, 15, 11, 9, and 7 and I think at our house it’s a tie for the favorite toys for creative play – their extensive dress up collection (a combo of play silks and years of dance performance costumes) and their peg dolls. Both are used constantly!
    Amy’s latest post: Apologies

  482. Lily

    My boys are 6 and almost 2. Our giant basket of wooden blocks inspires a lot of imaginative play. Always the first thing I pull out when they are feeling “bored.”

  484. Aneeta Kasinathan

    My kids are 4 & 1. The 4yo plays with boxes (car, bus, barney’s house) and he uses the inside roll from kitchen towels as his telescope. He then pretends to be on a jungle safari & names animals that he sees.
    Aneeta Kasinathan’s latest post: Hola!

  487. Bethany Mason

    My daughter is 6 and my son is 3. They love building forts out of blankets and pillows. They also love building blocks, stuffed animals and dress up costumes!

  490. Emily

    My daughters are 2.75 and 8 weeks. The older one’s most flexible toy is a piece of paper–she has one notecard that’s been “a camera” for about a month!

  491. Meredith

    My boys are 4, 2, and 1. The 4 year-old will literally pretend that anything is anything. (I’ve watched him act out intricate stories with the tokens from “Sorry”.) Both of the older boys love wooden trains and track, especially when the trains have names. The 2 year-old also loves puppets, as does the 1 year-old.

  492. Cheryl

    My 4 year old son likes dress up clothes and also using “found objects” to tell elaborate and silly stories!

  494. Helen Price

    My granddaughter is 3, almost 4. We spend hours playing Dr Sydney, chasing imaginary pirates and monsters. We love to look at a piece of art and make a story to go with the picture. She is amazing and I am the luckiest Nana in the world.

  495. Jennifer Schulz

    My girls are ages 5 and 7. Some of their favorite toys that encourage imaginative play are big hollow blocks, fairies, and simple art supplies. I was just looking over the Imagine Childhood Look Book last night and fell in love with so many toys!

  496. Tanya

    Our children are 5, 3 and 1 1/2 yrs. We love trucks and dressing up. One toys that was a favorite for a while was a old tin that became a drum for the kids!

  497. N. Masani Landfair

    I found simple Homeschool through Imagine Childhood and have long liked both pages. I am a homeschooling Mother of a wonderful 8 year old Robot Making and Minecraft building 3rd grader. Thanks for 2 great pages and the opportunity.

  498. Michele

    We have many lovely toys from Imagine Childhood! They are such a great shop!
    My son’s favorite imaginative play toys though are LEGO bricks. He’s playing with them now, creating robots and space adventures.

  500. Debbie

    Our kiddos are 9, 7, 4 and 20 months. Their favorite toys that encourage imaginative play include a lot of things that aren’t toys at all…like cardboard boxes, child sized chairs, extra sheets etc. But they also love legos, train tracks, magnet blocks etc. They are always enjoying a grand adventure!!

  501. cassie

    My almost 3 year old daughter is a book fiend, but is most imaginative with dress up clothes or art supplies. My 2 month old is mostly into mobiles 😉 I would LOVE a chance to build our preschool playroom as we are just weeks away our second international move and have kept our pickings slim knowing that it was coming!

  502. Melissa

    My kids are 5, 7 and 8. They love Lego and blocks of all kinds. My daughter enjoys crafting and would do so all day if I let her! 😉

  507. Carrie White

    My two year old son imagines with blocks, cardboard boxes, couch cushions, toy dinosaurs, books, and a toy golf club that can be a guitar, microphone, boat paddle, horse, vacuum, or whatever else strikes his fancy. 🙂

  511. Sarah

    My children are 7, 5, 3, and 2. Their favorite things to encourage imaginative play are dress up clothes, microphones, books, dolls, and a bench or table that they pretend is a stage.

  514. Margaret

    My children are 7, 5, and 2. All three love dress-up (particularly capes or play silks) for imaginative play. The older two also love including their dolls, and the youngest loves his non-functioning old flip phone for long, involved conversations. 🙂 Thanks for the chance!

  517. Rita Z

    My daughter is 5.5; she loves crafts, puppets and telling stories. She also enjoys playing with doll houses (or similar set ups) and imaginary worlds (let’s pretend… ).

  518. Amy

    My girls are 7 & 10. They love to play with…each other! It doesn’t matter what you give them, if they’re together, they will have a blast.

  519. Michelle

    I have a 3 and 6 year old and they both love Legos, train sets and blocks. They are an everyday staple in our playroom.

  520. Emily Stapley

    My pack of boys, ages 8-12, love good old wooden blocks. But their new favorite is about to be your large pack of Sticklettes, can’t wait for Christmas!! We love you I.C.!

  523. Gissel

    My children are 6 and 4. They love cardboard boxes, our recyclables, dirt, playdoh and anything they can build or make crafts with. These things spark their imagination like nothing else. 🙂

  528. Wendy

    My girl is 11 and I would have to
    Say her best tool is nature – she loves the woods and can spend hours out there! We have created a nature bag that adds to her exploration and imagination thanks to your website!

  530. Christine

    My children are 11, 9, and 8. They still all use their play silks. They boys are drawn to anything they can build with and my girl is a always crafting with whatever she can find!

  532. Jennifer

    My children are 11, 9, 9, 7, 4, 2, and tiny :). One of our favorite imaginative toys is our set of brio-type trains (all from the thrift store, of course!). They love setting up double and triple decker tracks all over the living room. (all of mine are girls, except the 2 year old, but they love trains as much as I did as a kid!)

  534. Angela

    My almost two year old gets his inspiration for imaginative play from our farm! He loves “run-running” like the cows and miming feeding grass to the pigs.

  536. Di Linh Reichman

    My kids are 11, 9, and 5. Their favorite toys that inspire imagination include building blocks (wood and Lego), wooden trains and tracks, a play kitchen, and a wooden doll house.

  538. Andrea MM

    My 8 yr old is into Lego building; my 6 yr old is into art and dress-up pretend play and my 4 yr old often play with his older siblings or when playing lone, often plays with his favorite Batman toys.

  539. Ashley

    My 3.5 yr old and 8 yr old girls love blankets and sheets to make forts, castles, spaceships, or school. My 3.5 yr old loves her baby dolls(or any stuffed animal) that she can take care of on her own just like mommy. My oldest is currently in to playing house or school(where she’s in charge) whether it’s with her sister or stuffed animals.

  541. Andrea MM

    I absolutely ‘like” Simple Homeschool and Imagine Childhood on FB. Would love to win this, I’ve been drooling over Imagine Childhood products for a couple of months now!

  544. Abby

    My kids are 7, 5, 3, 2, and 4mo.
    They love to dress up in their princess, knight, vet, and cowboy costumes and play!

  546. Stefanie A

    My five year old loves building toys, his wooden train set, tents and forts, and pretend play with dress-up clothes and things like play swords. My two year old loves her dolls and anything art related. And they both LOVE their books and acting out the stories that we read.

  547. Annette B.

    My two boys are 7 and almost 3. They love stuffed animals, trucks, blocks of any kind, costumes, etc. They both have wonderful imaginations

  550. Pamela

    I have a 7 year old girl and 4 year old boy. My kids enjoy draw supplies, paper, blocks, trains, and play tents.

  551. yalisha case

    My kids are 14, 8, 5, 2, and another will be here soon.
    Our favorite imagination inspiring toys are the simplest- little wooden faceless figures, baskets of beautiful stones and sticks, stuffed animals that look almost real, a giant stack of floor cushions, colorful play cloths.

    • Fawn

      My kids are four and eleven. Funny thing, they love boxes! They make homes for bugs, beds for dolls, they cut out doors and Windows and make barns and stables for all the play animals.
      Thanks!
      Fawn

  556. Tiffanie

    My girls (4&6) love animals of all varieties including stuffed animals, schleich plastic figurines, play mobile sets, calico creatures, etc. They love role playing as animals in costumes too!

  562. DebbieKL

    Great shop! I have three children – 7, and 3 year old twins. They’ve been pretty active with wood blocks lately building castles. The girls especially like pretending with dolls. Thanks!

  563. Tika Buchanan

    My boys are 10 and 9 and love legos, swords, nerf guns. Thr girls are 3 and 1 and it baby dolls and tea parties all the way.

  564. Lauren E.

    My daughter is 7, and its hard to get her imagination going. She likes to dress up to get into character. Then she is able to let free her mind

  565. Anna Lillian Mercado

    my son is 20 months and he loves anything with wheels. He is also starting to enjoy block building.

  567. acmom

    My littles are in preschool thru elementary gr— we love legos, stacking robots, dress up stuff, paints, and playdo! 😀

  569. Fay

    My kids – boy, 9, girl 8 – love pretend play! Anything that can be turned into a costume or props – from old scarves to a cardboard box… they’ll use it.

  572. KelM

    My children are 5 and 8. For the older one it has been an assortment of wooden train tracks and trains, Kapla (and other) blocks, silk and cotton fabrics, string, paper, dirt, rocks and twigs, and for my younger one, all of the same, with the addition of dolls, , dollhouse, dress up, play kitchen (which til now has been a converted bedside table)

  573. Cora

    I have three wild animals with great imaginations! 🙂 … Riley 11, still loves to play with legos, is very creative with a sewing machine (I did not teach her that…. 😉 ), and loves to design clothes with a fun craft set my Mom got for her…she then makes cards for her friends with paper outfits that go with their individual personalities. Jacob and Hannah, 8 also both love legos and creating ‘houses’ for each others lego people. Jacob, of course, loves making space ships and has recently gotten hooked on building trucks with loooooong, very detailed camping trailers. LOL Hannah is my reader…she reads constantly, any and all kinds of books, from Magic Treehouse, to my Bible study books. They all love to play dressup and make up skits anytime we have a family gathering. Merry Christmas!

  574. Suzanne

    My kids are ages 5 and 2. They love to pretend with anything! Legos, costumes, teddy bear counters, etc. Whenever we finish reading a story, my 5 year old wants to involve the whole family to pretend it.

    I have liked both Facebook pages. Thank you!

  579. Stacey E

    My kids are 11, 8 and 4. The 11 year old loves legos and reading. My 8 year old loves to draw and write her own books. My 4 year old loves pretending with her toy animals. They all like to build with wooden blocks and boxes to make cities for their toys.

  581. Liz

    My daughter is 5 and she LOVES silk scarves. In my opinion they are some of the best facilitators of imaginative play!

  583. Brooke

    My children are four years, and ten months. My four year old loves her play kitchen, doll house dolls, and play scarves. She also loves to read, draw, and write her own books. My ten month old loves peg dolls, and toys with wheels.

    Both children love playing outside more than anything, especially water play, and they share a love of music.

    Thank you for the chance to win, and also for the coupon!

  585. Christy B.

    My kids are 7, 5, and one due in April! Right now, their favorite thing for imaginative play is their dress-up closet. Thanks for the giveaway!

  588. Kristy

    My boys are 6 and 5. They love Legos, MagnaTiles, and old Halloween costumes for imaginative play.

  589. Kristy

    My children are ages 2, 4, 7, 9, 13 & 15. Imaginative play is a big part of their daily lives, from doll houses to dragon castles, dress up and lots and lots of books to expand their ideas and imaginative possibilities even more! 🙂 Thanks for this awesome giveaway!
    Kristy’s latest post: Snug Little Snowman – Pattern Preview!

  591. Elisabeth

    My children are 10, 6, 2, and 5 months old. The older two LOVE to build things with Legos! They have great imaginations and create all kinds of neat stuff! My two year old loves shampoo bottles and they are her “babies”! My 5 month old tastes EVERYTHING and also loves her toes! She also just learned to clap and is SO amazed that we know how to clap too!
    Thanks for the giveaway. ~Elisabeth~

  593. April

    My kids favorite toys that inspire imaginative play are;
    10yo – legos
    9yo- dress up clothes
    3yo- sand table, dress up clothes and playfood

  601. Andrea

    My seven and five year old love paper and scissors. Any kind of paper will do! Colored pencils are an extra bonus.

  602. Katrina

    6 children from age 15 down to age 3…
    They love costumes, natural elements (sticks, dirt, rocks, feathers), crafty things (markers, colored paper, hole punches, yarn), and good books to fuel their imaginations.

  604. Wendy

    My children are 14, 13, 12, 5, 20 months, and 5 months. Their favorite toys that encourage imaginative play are instruments. They can all get together or hang out by themselves playing their instruments. They write songs, have talent shows, and just have a great time.

  610. Amelia

    My children are 6.5 and 4, and the dress up every day. They also love baby dolls and any accessories they can use to play house, inspired by their two-week old sister.
    Amelia’s latest post: Who is it?

  613. Laura

    My boys are 6 and 9. My older son loves art, esp. drawing. They both love making forts out of anything they can find & then reading inside the cozy space.

  616. Melinda

    My son is 6 years old and he loves playing pretend all the time…he particularly likes to re-enact anything we read about in books, so he uses a lot of toy animals for this.

  617. Stephanie Olmsted

    My kids are 11, 5, & 10 months. Best place for imaginative play is outside. Also horses.

  619. Katie L

    My little guy is almost 7, and my girl is 3. Both of them absolutely LOVE building blocks, of any kind! We have some nice wooden ones, but also a bunch of TRIO blocks. It’s a bummer they don’t make the TRIO blocks anymore because they are awesome!

  623. beth

    My children are 2 and (almost!) 5 and they *love* to dress up, especially as superheroes, so capes, masks, and such are their favorite right now.

  627. Erica

    My son Is 2 and I also have a 7 month old. My little boy will play with his matchbox cars all over the living room using all the furniture and space for his imaginative play.

  628. Liza

    I have a 5 yr. old daughter who loves playing dress-up and using her brother as a pet dog. My 3 yr. old son loves collecting and playing with sticks (super heroes, fort building, swords, etc.) and play dough.

  630. Sara

    My daughter just turned 2 and her favorite ways to use her imagination seem to be with her babies and with her play kitchen…and sometime with them all together, making treats and drinks for her babies, feeding them, cleaning them up…it really is one of my favorite things to watch. She’s just recently started telling us what she is drawing when she asks for crayon time and it’s always so interesting to hear what those swirls and lines are meant to be from her perspective…never gets old! We have another baby expected in February and I’m excited to see her imagination grow as well.
    Sara’s latest post: A Year of Projects: Projects 34, 35, 36 & 37

  633. Krissy

    My son is 7, and sometimes it is literally the card board boxes that arrive and turn into a suit of armor, or whatever comes to his imagination.

  634. Charis

    My kids LOVE imaginative play, inside and outside! Inside they love dress-up, legos, blankets for tents/forts, stuffed animals, play food and kitchen. Outside is dirt, buckets, rope, anything they can find!

  635. Cindy

    I have a 4 year old and 10 year old. The little one loves dolls and animals, the smaller the better. She talks with them all day long. The 10 year old loves making up games with the neighborhood kids outside. They create worlds and businesses and adventures and just go and go.

  636. Svetta

    My lovely children are 4,2,& 5 months almost. Simple things engage their imagination such as a blanket for a cape, jump rope as climbing rope, and legos.

  638. Jamie

    I have a three year-old daughter and 8 month old son. Anything seems to spark my son’s imagination at this point. My daughter loves blocks, beads, pipe cleaners, popsicle sticks, anything small and open-ended brings on imaginative play.

  639. Marla

    My children are ages 4,5,6,8,9, and 11. I have to say paper is the all time creativity toy winner for my kids creative play. Lego blocks would come in second. But paper can be anything. Tissue paper has been taped onto backs to make colorful capes. Paper has been rolled and taped to make swords, lots of variants here, long swords, swords with handles, daggers (I almost forgot to mention the matching shields). Paper can be cut and taped onto a shirt for just about any kind of a hero you could want to be. Once I bought a gigantic pack of construction paper from Costco and thought it would last forever. A year later I was buying another. We often don’t think of paper as a toy, but my children certainly do, and have spent endless hours shaping it into exactly what they need it to be at that moment.

  640. jill

    liked you on fb! I am a mother of 5 that homeschooled my children 25 years ago. Now my grandchildren are 7, 2, 2 and 2 with 3 on the way. The grandchildren will be homeschooling also. We love to play with wooden blocks and love books! Thank you for all of your inspirational posts!

  641. Sheri

    Legos inspire my 7 year old boy to build and create anything he can imagine. My 3 year old can imagine any objects into a vacuum, blower, tractor… Basically, anything with a motor.

  648. Kristin

    My kids are 10 months, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13 and 14. They love dress up. They put on plays, act out their favorite books or movies and just have so much fun!