This are two Annies who built their castles. Their fortresses turned out to be small, not because they don’t know how to build, there just weren’t enough parts for their towers.
Two Annies with their little castles
Magnetic Construction Sets For Toddlers
On the left – American Magneatos, an analogue of the big Bornimago for kids. In the center – Magtastik with metal balls. Right one is Japanese Magnet Block.
The Viking Boat
A magnetic frame viking boat sailing on a voyage.
Smaller Ship
Built by Willy (4.5 years old). His mom only helped him with the bow of the ship. The son did not find the necessary parts among our Manetico, so we supplemented it by two pieces – green triangular prisms from the Magneticus magnetic set.
K’NEX Mega Motorcycle Building Set
This set is a little like K’Nex version of Lego Technic. The set offers to build a very realistic motocycle model from the basic K’Nex pieces and some decorations. The model can move in all the same ways the real motocycly would, adding realism.
Playmobil Wiltopia Boat Trip to The Manatees – Floating Boat
Just like the manatees and the water plants, a boat of this set float in actual water. The only problem with this set is a number of small pieces that get lost very easily.
EDTOY Wooden Palace
A magnetic building block palace. Made by 5,5-years-old Willy from a wooden EDTOY kit.
K’Nex Poodle
Arishka got a Kid K’nex Pixie Princess construction set for her 4th birthday. She spent several days building only with it, using only some elements from other sets.
BrainSpark Colorful Digit Blocks
Magnetic building cubes set by the BrainSpark company. All pieces in the set have the same shape, and they are relatively big, so they can’t be swallowed accidently.
Magneic pieces inside the cubes are strong enough to keep rather big sculptures together. The set is compartiable with similiar cube-shaped magnetic building kits. This set is also available in translucent and black-and-white versions.
Zoob Dinosaur
A very good-natured dinosaur made from a small ZOOB construction set. In front of the dinosaur lies a standard size red ZOOB bone. Zoob made these interesting sets before, maybe they will restore them…
Back in 1997, inventor Michael Grey introduced Zoob, a toy inspired by the science of motion and organism development. Zoob represents an acronym for Zoology, Ontology, Ontogeny, and Botany. Each set has rod-like pieces with joint balls and sockets on their ends. Each of these balls has small bumps on its surface, so the joints can both move and stay in a certain position if you need them to.
This innovative toy features a ball and socket connection system, mimicking the natural movement and design found in people, animals, and machines. With just five basic shapes, Zoob offers 20 different ways to connect them together.
Zoob building sets have won awards because they’re different from regular building blocks. They use plastic pieces that snap together, like gears and joints, to build all kinds of objects, limited only by your imagination. After you build something from a big or small ZOOB construction set, you can actually play with it – the pieces were designed to move after being assembled, so you can have fun with the toys you create.
Zoobs are great for helping children improve their fine motor skills. The pieces are small enough to easily manipulate and put them together, but they’re not too tiny like some other toys, so it’s easier for kids who find small objects tricky.
