# Things for boys to play with than an old car **URL:** \ **Category:** The Show\ **Created:** [January 7, 2008, 10:45pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/things-for-boys-to-play-with-than-an-old-car/9129 "2008-01-07T22:45:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![HugoFuchs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/858c86/32.png) [@HugoFuchs](https://community.cartalk.com/u/HugoFuchs)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2008, 10:45pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/things-for-boys-to-play-with-than-an-old-car/9129/1 "2008-01-07T22:45:12Z")
I’ve come up with a short list: The Lego expert builder kit 956 - you’ll have to find one via Ebay. A go-cart: [http://www…-p-28.html](http://www.gokartsrus.com/manco-bandit-go-cart-p-28.html) Don’t forget helmets for them. Book: The Boy Mechanic 700 Things for Boys to Do (pdf of book below) [http://www…55-pdf.pdf](http://www.gutenberg.org/files/12655/12655-pdf.pdf) I suggest for safety sake, only printing out those they are mature enough to accomplish safely. ---
**Author:** ![Coffee\_Man](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f0a364/32.png) [@Coffee\_Man](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Coffee_Man)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2008, 2:20pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/things-for-boys-to-play-with-than-an-old-car/9129/2 "2008-01-08T14:20:42Z")
Girls ---
**Author:** ![Craig58](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3da27b/32.png) [@Craig58](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Craig58)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2008, 2:31pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/things-for-boys-to-play-with-than-an-old-car/9129/3 "2008-01-08T14:31:22Z")
Kids today? When we were kids, we had to steal our own cars to take apart. ---
**Author:** ![pleasedodgevan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/51bf81/32.png) [@pleasedodgevan](https://community.cartalk.com/u/pleasedodgevan)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2008, 9:30pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/things-for-boys-to-play-with-than-an-old-car/9129/4 "2008-01-08T21:30:58Z")
Chess, Sudoku, Tetris. ---
**Author:** ![bscar](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/bscar/32/34_2.png) [@bscar](https://community.cartalk.com/u/bscar)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2008, 10:51pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/things-for-boys-to-play-with-than-an-old-car/9129/5 "2008-01-08T22:51:13Z")
> I suggest for safety sake, only printing out those they are mature enough to accomplish safely. the kids, or their father? 😛 > Kids today? When we were kids, we had to steal our own cars to take apart. now they just trash the cars their parents buy them. \<\_\< ---
**Author:** ![Opera\_House](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/9dc877/32.png) [@Opera\_House](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Opera_House)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2008, 4:30am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/things-for-boys-to-play-with-than-an-old-car/9129/6 "2008-01-11T04:30:06Z")
I grew up in a town where kids had 2 or three cars before they had their license. Now they probably want an auto repair video game. ---
**Author:** ![Georgie\_sMum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c57346/32.png) [@Georgie\_sMum](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Georgie_sMum)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2008, 3:09pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/things-for-boys-to-play-with-than-an-old-car/9129/7 "2008-01-11T15:09:11Z")
For the 4 children the mom wanted to get a junker for… Shop yard sales and buy small appliances. Cut off the cord and place on a lunch tray with screwdrivers and other tools. Remind the kids not to dismantle other things around the house. My kids have explored mixers, answering machines, thermostats and many other fascinating mechanisms. Enjoy.