Luckily, there is such a thing as a good toy investment — those rare toys that are cool enough to grow up with your kid, from toddlerhood to tweendom. These timeless toys are affordable, well made, and universally fun, appealing to all ages by satisfying our innate love of problem-solving. They’re built to last. They don’t need screens or electricity to be engaging, and they don’t need a corporate backstory or blockbuster tie-in to make sense. Long before we talked about STEM toys, these games and toys were honing spatial and logical reasoning skills, building creativity and shaping us as people. The fun your toddler has scattering and re-stacking Magna-Tiles at 3 is essentially continuous with the fun they’ll have building complex structures out of Magna-Tiles when they’re 9. Here are 11 other timeless toys that every family should have — and keep. Every product on Fatherly is independently selected by our editors, writers, and experts. If you click a link on our site and buy something, we may earn an affiliate commission.
