Toys
To dream of a toy represents feelings about ideas or situations that you enjoy "toying with" or "playing with" in a controlled manner. Experimenting with ideas, relationships, or aspects of your personality in a safe and controlled way. Perhaps you are "playing" with emotions, people, or opportunities. Spontaneous activities. A leisurely activity that you partake in whenever you want.
Example: A teenager dreamed of playing with a toy caterpillar. In waking life, he was feeling good "playing with" or "toying with" the feelings of a friend he secretly began to hate and didn't want to talk to for the rest of his life by telling about them he was changing schools for the first time to see their reaction. In this case, the toy caterpillar may have reflected his feelings about harmlessly experimenting with annoying his former friend by telling him he was changing schools to see his reaction.