One of crafts proposed by the manufacturer for the bigger Magformers Inspire set. This photo also shows all the colors Inspire sets have to offer.
Magformers Inspire – Camera
Author: MaryB
MAGNA-TILES DX – Imagination Pieces
The manufacturer calls these small blue pieces with holes “Imagination Pieces”. They have no crear role or purpose – it’s up to you to invent where to use them.
Violet Tegu Car
Another Tegu car for babies. This one have triangular top, so maybe it’s a racing car.
Clics Glitter Bucket Set
Clics Glitter is a type of Clics with colorful plastic with sparkles. This particular set, Clics Glitter Bucket, has 133 pieces and extra decorations, like stickers.
ClicsToys, a Belgian company established in 2001, operates its very own factory located in Kempen, where they craft the popular Clics building blocks. These building sets mostly have square pieces, all sharing identical form and shape. What sets Clics apart is their ability to connect smoothly at the edges, allowing flexible joint movements.
Using these plastic squares, the creative possibilities are endless, even though Clics sets tend to offer relatively few extra pieces and accessories. Some sets may include wheels and decorative panels, but few extra items. The true strength of Clics lies in the generous number of pieces in their sets, enabling you to make even biggest creations with ease.
The fundamental building blocks in Clics are square, which naturally leads to the formation of cubic or brick-like structures. However, the great advantage of these blocks is the ability to connect them at various angles, making diverse shapes. Careful assembly can even give you triangular or sloping figures. Nevertheless, the most robust and tough structures in Clics are cube-shaped. Additionally, you can create flat mosaics by combining pieces of different colors.
Playmobil Fire Truck – Box
This fire truck has only 86 pieces – and these pieces are mostly the extra items for the game. The vehicle itself comes in form of a few huge sections you just need to assemble. There is little to build – but when you done, you will get a good toy to play with. You can roll the truck around, rotate the ladder or remove the top of the cabin. Water cannon actually shoots platic “water”. There are also flexible firehoses and many extra items like the traffic cones.
K’Nex Beginner Set
This is one of the smallest K’Nex sets of only 141 pieces. It has classic K’Nex pieces and can be a good introduction to K’Nex for kids who never played with it. The number of the pieces in this set is more than enough to create many interesting crafts – even if they will be less complex than the crafts from bigger sets.
K’NEX Kid Farmin’ Friends Set – Chicken
One of the Kid K’Nex crafts. Photo by the manufacturer.
A Wall And A Tower
Made by Willy, 5,5 years old, from Manetico blocks.
PLUS PLUS Pastel Super Tube Set
Most common Plus Plus package are transparent plastic tubes. They usually have 240 pieces, but there are also smaller 70-piece tubes. The biggest sets of this type are 500-piece “Super Tubes”. This is one of the Super Tube set. This one has pastel colors, but there are also versions in fdifferent colors.
Danish Plus Plus sets are among the most popular and well-known “waffle” building sets. Almost all pieces in these sets are exactly the same – except for the wheels and the baseplates. However, even with only the basic pieces, you can build almost anything.
All basic pieces have exactly the same shape and size – they look like two pluses joined together, hence the brand name. Each piece has two pegs on the long sides one peg on the short sides, and the matching empty spaces. The pieces are thick, so the pegs are as thick as they are long. Because of this, you can connect the pieces in any direction, they will hold well all the same. So you can build both 2D mosaics and all kinds of 3D shapes, connecting the pieces vertically, horizontally, or even with an angle. The Danish schools use Plus Plus kits as an educational tool. They help teach kids basic STEAM skills and help them develop fine motorics and creativity.
To add some difference and more variety to the crafts, the Plus Plus brand offers countless sets with different numbers and colors of the pieces. There are pieces of different colors and hues, glowing pieces, pieces with glitter, and so on. The sets also may include any number of the Plus Plus pieces. There are also both small traveling kits and big gift sets.
Playmobil Fire Truck
Playmobil City Action and City Life series look very similar to LEGO City. They also have police, ambulance, rescue and firefighter vehicles of different sizes. The biggest sets are building of the same theme – like police station or a hospital. However, Playmobil sets, unlike LEGO, are focusing on play, not building. They have very little to no building options – but Playmobil also have more interesting extra pieces and options.
