Building Construction Toys

Wooden, plastic, metal, and magnetic sets

Construction and building toys play a vital role in nurturing creativity and skill development in children.

1. Creativity and Imagination: Construction toys enable children to create anything from simple shapes to intricate designs, fostering creativity and imaginative play.
2. Problem-Solving Skills: Building with toys often involves figuring out how to balance structures or connect different parts, enhancing critical thinking and problem-solving abilities.
3. Motor Skills Development: Manipulating building blocks and assembling pieces help children develop fine motor skills, hand-eye coordination, and dexterity.
4. Mathematical Understanding: Construction toys often involve concepts like size, shape, symmetry, and quantity, helping children grasp fundamental mathematical ideas.
5. Scientific Exploration: Through building, children can explore basic principles of physics and engineering, such as gravity, balance, and structural integrity.
6. Teamwork and Collaboration: Working on building projects with peers or family members encourages teamwork, communication, and social skills.
7. Confidence and Achievement: Successfully completing a building project provides a sense of accomplishment and self-confidence, reinforcing a positive attitude towards learning and creativity.
8. Understanding of Planning and Design: Construction toys encourage children to plan and design before building, fostering skills that are valuable in various real-world applications.
9. Connection to Real-World Applications: Building toys can be related to real-world construction and architecture, helping children understand the practical applications of design and engineering.
10. Adaptability and Flexibility: Children learn to modify their designs or overcome challenges, enhancing adaptability and resilience.
11. Attention to Detail: Precise connections and alignments in building activities encourage attention to detail and focus.
12. Patience and Persistence: Building projects require patience and persistence, teaching children the value of perseverance and effort.
13. Environmental Awareness: Some building toys focus on sustainable practices, fostering awareness and interest in environmental responsibility.

Building Toy Depot

• Batman C3 Construction combination action figure and building toy sets with the 3 Cs standing for construct, customize, and conquer.
• Battle Castle Imaginext
• Team Talking Tool Bench Playskool cool crew team talkin toolbench.
• Bob the Builder Toys - Workshops and Building Scenarios.
• Brio Wooden Blocks - BRIO 50-piece Natural Blocks.
• BTR Building Sets - Built to Rule
• BTR Construction Set
• Wooden Building Blocks - ABC, Alphabet, Hardwood
• Ello Jungle
• Fisher Price Baby Blocks - The best toys require imagination.
• Fisher Price Rescue Center - Baby's First Blocks by Fisher-Price.
• Geomag Magnetic Construction Toy
• Giant Building Blocks - Giant Building Block 40-piece Set by Imagiplay.
• Hardwood Color Blocks - Colored Hardwood Block Set - 65-piece.
• Home Depot Work Bench - Play toolset with toy power tools - wrench, circular saw - that folds into a portable case.
• K'NEX - knex - building toy that connects - The amazing building set that connects together.
• Knex Corkscrew Canyon K'nex slide park building construction playset with electronic sounds.
• Lincoln Logs Toys - Classic building toy.
• Little Tikes Big Building Blocks - Awesome giant building blocks.
• Magnetic Blocks puzzle construction toy based on mathematics and scientific principles of organization.
• Magnetic Marble Building Set - Geostaxs Bucket: The Magnetic Marble Building Set by Geospace.
• Magnaworld 3D building system from the makers of Magnetix.
• Manny's Construction Site - Fisher-Price Handy Manny construction site playset.
• Matchbox Programmable Block Dump Truck - Dump truck follows sequence that kids program in.
• Mega Blocks Dragons Crystal Wars
• Mega Blocks Talking Timmy - Mega Bloks Talkin' Timmy.
• Mega Play from Mega Blocks
• Mighty Dump Truck toughest classic Tonka vehicle comes with construction helmet and tilt-back bed for carrying and depositing big loads.
• Nano Mega Blocks interconnected building system with numerous construction projects and built-in electronic sounds for realistic play.
• Pirate Ship Park Knex building project toy set.
• Play Workbench - Build n' Play Workbench by Mega Bloks.
• Egyptian Adventure - Protect the royal treasures of the pyramid.
• Pop Ons Building System Fisher Price motorized construction toys with block pieces that snap together on an activity table with storage space.
• Rocky the Robot Truck - Matchbox dancing robot truck knows when you load him up.
• Rokenbok Discount Starter Set - For the growing engineer.
• Rokenbok Start Set - Great way to start with Rokenbock.
• Sesame Street Radio Control Construction Set - Sesame Street Radio Controlled Construction Set by Fisher-Price.
• Thomas at the Timber Yard
• Spin and Fix Thomas - Like Hero of the Rails DVD, you crank Thomas the tank engine and fix him.
• Tractor Tom Toys
• Train Table Set deluxe wooden railway table with one hundred pieces and two storage drawers.
• Manny's Transforming Tool Truck - Two-in-one bilingual toy tool truck from Fisher Price.
• T-Rex Mountain Imaginext adventure playset with snap-together pieces for a variety of configurations.
• Trio Bat Cave - Building system with easy-click bricks, sticks, and panels.
• Trio Building System - Fisher Price Trio building set with storage.
• Winnie the Pooh ABC Singing Wagon - The wagon comes with 24 wood alphabet blocks with 3 letters and a character on each one.