Why Do We Need Toys Again???

Since my daughter, and the other two baby girls I watch during the week, are basically obsessed with water bottles, I borrowed an idea from my friend to make homemade shakers using a water bottle and rice. I just filled the clean, dry bottle up about 1/3 of the way with white rice and there it is! Then I started digging through the pantry to see what other fun things I could find. I found some sunflower seeds (with shells) and jelly beans (which we will never eat). They are a hit and it's fun to see the girls experiment with the different sounds each shaker makes. And now we're back to this question: why do kids even need expensive toys!? (pssssst... they don't!)