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    Looking to make noisy/irritating toy for 3 1/2 year old.

    Time to start planning for next Christmas. There is a young fellow who will be 3 1/2 years old next Christmas. I am looking for ideas to make a noisy or irritating toy to give him. The ability to drive his parents nuts will be a plus. Any ideas?

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    Buy that little boy a Police Whistle.
    Or make him a drum.
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    A giant card board box filled with bubble wrap. He will spend hours or days popping them.

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    I recently made a pair of push toys that make quite a racket. They have large jingle bells and wooden balls inside the cages are pretty easy to make.
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    I also made a pull toy dog that makes noise.
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    Wooden train whistle.

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    Make him a recorder & then pay him to practice in front of his parents for hours every day

    Would this child be a grandchild of yours? I find one of life's great pleasures is watching my grandchildren put their parents through the same things they put my wife & I through.

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    Buy or make a drum.
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    I got a big pot and wooden spoon and gave that to my new grandson. He loved banging it and making noise until my daughter took it away from him.

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    We found an old toy piano. I repaired it, refinished it, and at last report they were still banging on it.
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    Google "Aztec Death Whistle". Parents will flee the house and never return.

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    Mark Twain paid a visit to Brigham Young and as a parting gift he gave all the boys a whistle. I think the girls got a manicure set?
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    Make a ratchet rattle. It is basically a handle on a gear with a piece of wood about the thickness of a tongue depressor mounted on a piece that can swing freely around the gear so that it clicks on each tooth.

    Google > ratchet rattle < or > matraca toy < for images. Easy to make or less than $20 on line.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Erik Loza View Post
    Google "Aztec Death Whistle". Parents will flee the house and never return.

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    Wow, this wins the contest right here. That would be the most annoying thing you could ever give a child.

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    With 55 wives I wonder how many little boys with whistles were running around Brigham Young's house?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jim Koepke View Post
    Make a ratchet rattle. It is basically a handle on a gear with a piece of wood about the thickness of a tongue depressor mounted on a piece that can swing freely around the gear so that it clicks on each tooth....
    Just happen to have some on the bench in various stages of completion as a procrastination project. (They were supposed to be for this New Year's Eve, but will have to wait for next year. ) These are more of an adult size toy, so would have to be scaled down. A little guy would have to put some real muscle into it to make them work.

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