The selection and use of sex-typed toys influences the masculine or feminine characteristics of children's play. When fourth- through sixth-grade children chose freely among a variety of sex-typed and neutral toys, only girls showed significant toy preferences. However, for both sexes, feminine play constructions and descriptive stories occurred with girls' toys, and masculine ones with boys' toys. In a second study, when boys and girls were limited to either boys' toys (vehicles) or girls' toys (dolls and doll furniture) and blocks, play constructions and stories reflected the gender association of the toys provided, rather than the child's sex.