Imaginary Toy?? 3 Year Old (4 in September)

What a great imagination! I wouldn't worry about it. My kids haven't had an imaginary toy but my oldest did have an imaginary friend and my youngest is apparently reincarnated as he used to tell us elaborate stories about things he did when he was 8 or 10 or a grown up - when he was 3 or 4. "Remember when I was 10 and I woke up on the top bunk and banged my head on the ceiling and fell out of bed? That was awesome!"

Sound like he's found a way to solve any problem he can come up with!

Let the blue car roll! He will indeed drop it eventually but it's normal and actually something to encourage. Ask him what color the seats are, ask him what stuff is in the trunk, ask him...everything. It's great that your older child is playing along too.

Pretty frequently I see posts on here from moms worried that a young child's seeming obsession with something imaginary is a sign that something is wrong. Unless the thing imagined is violent or extremely negative, it's generally not only normal, it's something to promote. I'm talking as the parent of an older child (12) who used to imagine a lot and who now loves to do creative writing etc. Imagination is a muscle -- let him exercise it. It may drive you batty at times when he won't let up but truly, he will eventually move on. If you are lucky, he will move on to something else creative!

Where can I get a car like that? ;) It sounds awesome!

For a while at that age my daughter was into asking for toys that didn't actually exist - like she wanted a magic wand that would make real rainbows and a magic necklace that would turn her into a mermaid at will and she was sure she would get them for her birthday or Christmas because she had been so good. It was hard letting her down that such things weren't actually real, but it was fun thinking they could be. I often tell her that whatever she is thinking of, may not exist now, but maybe she can invent it and figure out how to make it work!

What a very wonderful imagination! I would not hinder this or make him feel odd about it, myself. Now, if the blue car had a bad person in it and was trying to make him go inside it, or something like that, I'd investigate if farther. But if it's just a super duper car with 100 seats for everybody?! Wow... that's cool! :) You should have him at some time draw a picture of this blue car. It would be fun to put a picture of this mighty car in his memory box/album. It's too bad that children lose this great gift as they get older. My daughter (just turned 10) used to have 2 "friends". She knew all about them, where they lived, what they looked like, what they loved to eat, etc..... It was fun to hear the antics of her friends!! :D

It's his version of an imaginary friend, and it's amazingly wonderful and cute. Please don't worry and just cherish this phase.

This is a sign that your son feels confident and loved enough to fully develop an imaginary world. It only means good things.

My son does this. I think it's normal. I was the same way as a child. I am a normal adult. I think it's a shame, that parents don't allow their children to use their imagination. (I am not speaking about you personally, but in the general sense.) It seems like our country views innocent imaginative play, as weird, and discourage it. So sad.

Let his imagination go!! My son is 4, and he is growing a bit out of it. He tells stories all the time, but now it's about tangible objects. He still has his imaginary moments, but it's not constant now.

Mine didn't have imaginary friends or imaginary vehicles, but she had an imaginary dog that never left her side. Copper went with us to the grocery store, to the movies, even went with her to the hospital when she had her tonsils out.

my daughter at six still has "ghost friends" as she calls them and plays and talks to them still. she's an only kid and shy and very imaginative. i worried too and even put a post up before but have decided to let it go and love the fact she is having fun even if its with ghost friends

totally developmentally normal...just go along with it and enjoy the phase of creativity. It's gone before you know it.

sounds like 2nd son will, by default, have an imaginary blue car too. Don't be surprised if he rejects the blue car instantly one day for something his of his own choice.

I love it, I think it's so incredibly cute and really shows a great imagination on his part. Especially, how now even his sibling is getting in on the fun. Who hasn't imagined something so wonderful and extraordinary like this, and wished for it to come to life. He's creating it in his mind and that's where genius is born. Who knows, you may have an inventor or an engineer on your hands. This is how amazing things are created - from our imaginations just going wild.

He's fine.
He's normal.
He is developmentally fine.
Good for him.

My son was like that. Still is. And he is 6.
He is also very bright and creative.
My daughter, is 10, and she STILL fondly remembers, her "imaginary" friends and toys.

It is the creative developmental process.
Normal.

My son is 3, going on 4 in August. When he is older, he is going to be RICH and uild me a bigger house, so he can live in ours...AND have a YELLOW RACE CAR! Always talks about having a yellow race car and points out any yellow car he sees when we're driving. Yellow has been his favorite color since he's been talking.Of course, boys love their cars! I think it's awesome, and I've never thought it was something to worry about. I might think differently about a yellow race car when he's 16. For now, I'm loving the cute factor!