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A yo-yo. Why? Because they know it looks like fun, but they have no idea how to use it. And that’s expected, since many adults can’t yo-yo either. So, a preschooler is left to just told the string and watch it unroll once. Then they will ask you to roll it back up. Then they will watch it unroll. Then they will ask you to roll it back up again. Then they will watch it unroll. Then they will ask you to roll it back up again.
Repeat indefinitely.
If they tire of that game, they will probably try to play with the string in some way. Which always seems to involve stretching it across their face or around their neck. Or maybe chewing on it. So, as you can see, yo-yo’s are both maddening and unsafe. Spread the word.
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And then there’s the inevitable game of “hold the string and swing the heavy yo yo around in a circle”. Guaranteed to hit breakable objects and other people in the house.
Other really bad toys for pre-schoolers? A duck call. I don’t know what possessed us but we gave our son a duck call and then had to listen to him blow in the darn thing for hours at a time. And moon-boots. The shoes with springs in them that you strap on your feet and bounce around? Terrible things for small kids. I swear our kids are about to snap an ankle. I eventually had to put those away and say they were for “later”.