BUILDING ADVENTURES
HOW TO CHOOSE CONSTRUCTION TOYS FOR ANY AGE
Make Christmas morning a little more magical with inspiring gifts that provide endless hours of fun. Our wide range of construction toys will spark children’s imaginations and encourage important skill development at every stage. Here are some tips for choosing the best construction toys for children of all ages, to guarantee smiles when they unwrap their presents.
Themed sets will help them discover new worlds and learn as they play. With My First Cars & Trucks, toddlers will sort, stack and build their way to better dexterity and creativity. This Number Train set includes numbered pieces that’ll teach them to count, while My First Garden helps them understand what makes their garden grow.
Age 3 - 4 years
As their abilities develop, help them create a world of discovery with fun toys they won’t want to stop playing with. Sets with moving parts and engaging accessories are ideal.
With the Kid K'Nex Budding Builders Building Set, little ones can let their imaginations run free or recreate models from the easy-to-follow guide, all while improving their hand-eye coordination and motor skills.
With the unique Magformers Walking Robot Set, they’ll build clever moving robots using easy-to-hold magnetic pieces, ideal for learning problem-solving skills.
Kid K'Nex Budding Builders Building SetMagformers Walking Robot Set
Age 5 - 6 years
For younger children pick sets that inspire a storytelling adventure where they can invent their own characters, worlds and scenarios or recreate scenes from their favourite films. Wannabe speed-seekers will love this Disney Pixar Cars 3 set, from the LEGO Juniors range, with specially designed, larger pieces for building and racing their favourite cars.
Encourage communication and cooperation with sets they can enjoy with others but are just as much fun to play on their own. Themed sets, such as LEGO Friends Olivia's Creative Lab and LEGO City Sweeper and Excavator, are perfect for inspiring their imaginations.
The LEGO City Cargo Train Super Pack is exclusive to us and will keep kids busy well past Boxing Day. It includes more than 1,300 pieces to build a remote controlled, motorised train, along with a train station and metres of extra track. They’ll be impatient to start making models with the K'Nex Classic Constructions Building Set.
Age 7 - 9
Now’s the time to introduce them to more complex builds. Choose toys that are educational but, most importantly, full of fun, so they’ll learn new skills without even realising.
The LEGO City Cargo Train Super Pack is exclusive to us and will keep kids busy well past Boxing Day. It includes more than 1,300 pieces to build a remote controlled, motorised train, along with a train station and metres of extra track. They’ll be impatient to start making models with the K'Nex Classic Constructions Building Set.
Age 10+ years
Older children will love to discover a show-stopping advanced set under the Christmas tree. Choose exciting, challenging kits that create life-like models or have intricate parts.
Teenagers (and the young at heart) will love recreating the iconic Caterham Seven 620R racing car with this exclusive kit. Film characters and scenes are always a popular choice – with this detailed, movable LEGO Star Wars Last Jedi BB-8 set, they can make their own lovable droid. The one-of-a-kind, interactive Meccano Robot M.A.X lets them get stuck in to robotics and coding – they’ll be so engaged, they’ll hardly notice they’re learning future-ready technical skills.