I have discovered that the laser pointers that cats and dogs love to play with work great on 5 year old boys also. We recently got one for the cats and dogs to play with. Tyler saw the dogs chasing it around and started chasing with them. He was determined to catch it and was crawling all over the floor to get it. So next time it is rainy or cold out and the kids are restless break out the laser pointer for hours of energy draining fun!