Toy

A toy is an object that young Sims can play with in The Sims series. Some toys increase skills or secret skills.

Toys in The Sims
There is a toy box in buy mode which has a Fun rating of 2, and can only be used by children. Makin' Magic adds a pink toy box that occasionally dispenses Fairy Dust, which is a magic ingredient for kids. There is the Urchineer Train Set by Rip Co., which is a scaled-down kid's model of the adult train set. There is also the Will Lloyd Wright Dollhouse, which can be used by one or more Sims.

Toys in The Sims 2
In the base game, there is a toy box in buy mode, and some expansion packs and stuff packs have toy boxes. All toy boxes are the same except for appearance, and have a Fun rating of 7. Children and toddlers who have learned to walk can use the "Play With Toys" interaction to get toys from the box and play with them; non-walking toddlers can play with a toy if an older Sim gets it out of the box. The Will Lloyd Wright Dollhouse returns, and there is a teddy bear that children and toddlers can play with. Also, toddlers have special skill-building toys that only they can use, though older Sims can play with toddlers who are using them.

In The Sims 2: Open for Business, Sims can craft toys at the toy making station, or can buy toys that other Sims have made. In general, these toys can be used by older Sims, though the Twirl, Spin, and Wobble! can only be used by toddlers and children.

Toys in The Sims 3
Toys in The Sims 3 generally raise the fun motive. A few toys let toddler and child Sims learn skills that they normally could not, but the skill is usually capped far below its upper limit for these life stages. There is no Toy Making skill in The Sims 3, however the Inventing skill introduced in The Sims 3: Ambitions will allow Sims to construct some toys.

In most cases only young Sims can use toy objects, however Sims with the Childish trait can also use most toys.

Special toys

 * Teddy bear
 * Rubber ducky
 * Inventing widgets.
 * Dollhouse

Skill toys
In The Sims 2 and The Sims 3, the following toys increase skills for the respective life stages.


 * Toys that teach toddler Sims skills
 * Rip Co. Xylophone (Creativity)
 * Rip Co. Wobbly Wabbit Head (Charisma)
 * Magical Mystery's "Shape, Rattle & Roll"/Baby Brainiac Peg Toybox (Logic)
 * Teeny Tikes Activity Table (Creativity, Mechanical)


 * Toys that teach child Sims skills
 * Rip Co. Little Baker Oven (Cooking)
 * Chess table (Logic)
 * Teeny Tikes Activity Table (Creativity, Mechanical)
 * Genesis Building Blocks (Handiness)

Hobby toys
In The Sims 2: FreeTime, the following toys increase hobby enthusiasm for the respective life stages.


 * Toys that build enthusiasm for toddlers
 * Teeny Tikes Activity Table (Arts and Crafts, Tinkering)
 * Rip Co. Xylophone (Music and Dance)
 * Magical Mystery's "Shape, Rattle & Roll" (Science)


 * Toys that build enthusiasm for children
 * Teeny Tikes Activity Table (Arts and Crafts, Tinkering)
 * Chess table (Games)
 * Don't Wake the Llama (Games)
 * Rip Co. Little Baker Oven (Cuisine)
 * Lemonade Stand (Cuisine)