Imitation of a fortress wall in the Geomag My Castle constructor.
Assembly Of A Section Of The Fortress Wall
Author: TatianaZh
Edtoy – Gears And Shades Of Blue
The smallest, very cute gears just magnetized 2-year-old Arkhip. He is also a big fan of blue, so simple designs are all in shades of deep blue and baby blue. Edtoy has Jamjam block set with only blue pieces – and only tubes, without cubes and prisms. There are also similar multi-colored sets.
The Castle
We love the Magic Shape constructor from Edushape so much – its nice, lightweight and interesting. Great toy for ages 2 and up.
Assembly Of The Panel With Merlons
The cardboard piece imitating a part of the wall with merlons has pictures on both sides. One side depicts a stone wall with merlons, and the other side shows either the same stone wall or a latticed window, typical for medieval castles and fortresses. The upper part of the cardboard element should be slightly folded, so that the merlons protrude forward slightly, and then it can be secured to the plastic panel, better a transparent one. To ensure a tight fit between the cardboard and the panel, the cardboard has small slits, and the panel has small pegs.
Inside The Castle Tower
Inside the castle tower. Made from Geomag castle sets.
Tiko Christmas Tree
Christmas tree the kids made from Tiko. I would never guessed that it is if they haven’t told me. It’s a very futuristic tree.
Pythagoras, Tiko, and Tako are vintage building sets. They have big panels of different colors and shapes, that connect by the edges. Each piece has sockets and balls that can snap together, connecting the pieces. You can also connect the pieces of different shapes, as long as their sides match. This connection is strong enough to hold even the biggest structures together.
Because of the sockets’ form, Pythagoras and Tiko panels can form both flat surfaces and 3D shapes. The flexible joint connection means that you can connect the pieces at different angles. The bigger panels are huge – they are a few inches long, so kids can create toy hats or items to hold, and not just toys. They are sturdy enough to wear and to play with. There also are smaller pieces that can help connect the bigger pannels together or make smaller crafts. The pieces of this set have all kinds of shapes – there are different triangles, rectangles, squares, pentagons, and so on, all in different colors.
Sadly, Amazon seemingly has no sets exactly like Tiko and Pythagoras, but some very similar concepts also are interesting enough.
Christmas Tree
An attempt to build a Christmas tree in May. There are gears on 3 sides, and they all spin at the same time.
Smartmax – 2 Slides
A structure for lowering cars from slides can be called a parking lot, or, anything else. For example, a garage 🙂 A 2-year-old child plays with it simply – he puts cars on and slides them down. Between the slides, the girls arranged a gazebo – I don’t know what the cars may need it for. But their brother didn’t mind, he even decorated it with a flower. The roof in the gazebo was made of curved rods. This was before the opening of another SmartMax set – Flower Palace, which has full hipped roofs.
Tegu – 42 Pieces
New Tegu Set – 42 parts of 9 shapes in 3 color options. 4 high supports/poles, 4 medium supports/poles, 6 extra long bars, 6 long bars, 6 short bars, 6 cubes, 2 parallelograms, 4 small trapeziums, and 4 wheels.
The Train And The Grids
Afonya added some grid-like elements to the train cars.
