Did he see this in action at the grocery store recently ? you could give him small unopened cans, he might enjoy the sounds of the can in particular.
You could try small empty tea tins, we have them coming out of our ears because my ds likes the twinings in the red can with a resealable lid...Dd3.5 is sorting her cars lately, too. Pretty funny when she gets them all 'just so'.

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