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Building Blocks Buying Guide

Building block: the classic no frills pretend-play toy for young children. They make excellent educational toys for children to develop their hand-eye coordination, enhance their logic thinking capability, develop capability in spatial awareness, and improve creativity.

Kinds of Building Blocks

The choice you need to make when buying building blocks is whether to go for interlocking building blocks or stand alone building blocks. Vehicle building sets like blocks for building ships, rockets, tanks and trains are popular among children and educates them on different parts of a vehicle. Basic subject knowledge that includes math, science and language skills is developed when children play with building blocks that involve alphabets and numbers and symbols. Colour coordination, hand eye coordination are improved to a greater extent. Plastic, foam and wooden options can be opted for. For intermediate players LEGO is a good choice. The Batman, Indiana Jones and StarWars Lego themes are the popular options for kids. K'nex or erector sets occupy your entire family for long hours.

Top Brands

  • Ravensburger
  • Sage
  • House of Marbles
  • Haba

Quick Picks

Quick Picks

Knock Knock Blocks :

They contain sixteen soft building blocks which come as cubes and triangles.

Melissa & Doug Deluxe Jumbo Cardboard Blocks :

It is a 40-piece set. They are ideal for 2 years and above.

Hamleys - 100 Pink Building Blocks in a Tub :

The pink wooden toys are safe for children and are suitable for children two years and over.  

Quick Picks

Floating Building Blocks :

The floating building blocks are made of foam and they provide children with a lot of fun and learning.  

Fire Engine - Puzzle Building Blocks :

The fire engine is handmade out of plastic and safe for children to play with.

Cow Cart Pull-Along with Building Blocks :

The cow cart pull along is made of natural wood with a cow’s head at the front and contains building blocks in them.

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