We visited an exhibition of South American butterflies and small reptiles. After that, children decided to build their own exhibition for the Playmobil people.
K’NEX Funny Creatures Exhibition
K’Nex Bird
A K’Nex bird (with 4 legs). Now it lives in our home.
KID K’NEX Zoo Friends Set – Snake
You can build some interesting and charismatic K’Nex creatures with a very few pieces.
Clics CUBICUS
Some Clics CUBICUS building options.
ClicsToys is a Belgian company that was founded in 2001. They operate their own factory located in Kempen, where they manufacture the well-known Clics building blocks. These building sets consist of square pieces, all of which share the same form and shape. They easily connect at their edges, forming joints that can be moved.
Since the fundamental components of Clics are square, the basic forms you can build are typically cubic or brick-like. Nevertheless, thanks to the movable joints, you can connect them at various angles, resulting in diverse shapes. With careful assembly, it’s even possible to create triangular or sloping figures. However, the cubes remain the most robust and dependable structures this set can offer. Additionally, you can explore the option of crafting flat mosaics by combining pieces of different colors.
Using these plastic squares, you can construct flat surfaces and transform them into 3D shapes. Despite having relatively few extra pieces and accessories, Clics offer limitless creative possibilities. Some sets may include wheels and decorative panels, but these are the primary add-ons. On the plus side, Clics sets generally contain numerous pieces, enabling you to create complex structures with a single set.
Geomag E-Motion – Magnetic Spinning Tops
One of the sets with the spinning tops. It was interesting to play with, but we were more glad to have the transparent pentagonal panel (it happened when we didn’t have a separate set with panels – Geomag Kids Just Panels yet). The tops spin really nice, but the surface has to be smooth – we launched them on a plastic table.
The Research Helicopter
A model for sparsely populated areas of Scandinavia. “Cannon” under the bottom is for monitoring the moose.
Robots
A bunch of robots made from Magtastik building kit.
Connect-A-Straws
Another version of the construction set with elastic tubes – the English Connect-a-Straws.
Building straws, also known as building tubes, are a popular type of construction set with unique possibilities. They allow you to create silhouettes and contours of different objects and animals. All crafts from these sets can bend and move, so kids can actually play with their creations.
Instead of blocks, these sets have flexible plastic tubes, that look and act like soft cocktail straws. They can bend in any way and hold any position you want. The tubes usually attach to each other with special plastic connectors. The connectors can look and work differently in the different sets, but there are always many ways the straws can connect. The most common version is hard pins that go inside the straw’s hollow end, fixing it in place. Some connectors of this type have only one or two pins, some may have eight or ten. They also can have different forms, like sharp corners or straight rods. However, this connection type usually means that you can connect the straws only with their ends, and never with their middles.
These straws have great building potential, but, sadly, they can’t hold their shape under pressure (unlike, say, block towers that can hold something on their top). The straws’ building possibilities also depend on how long they are.
City Helpers – Sprinkler Machine
Made from EDTOY blocks by Willy (6 years).
Sad Transformer
This constructor went with us to the lake, so the children constructed between swimming and jumping on stones. Here are ome crafts from this day trip.
