The best baby toy: big blocks!

Posted January 10, 2008

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I know I have waxed on about these blocks before. And I know they are terribly expensive ($128 for a set of five, we bought two sets). But these are, bar none, the best toy we got for our baby.

Update to make the "buy these blocks at Constructive Playthings for $129" link more obvious.

These are huge, vinyl covered foam blocks. They are big, brightly colored, and light, so you can stack them high and knock them down without fear of damaging your baby. They come wrapped in black plastic, like a set of tires from Costco (or is that just a myth?), and ours arrived a little dusty. Our boy has always loved building things, and we're not sure which came first, the blocks or the desire. But he's almost five now, and still using them as much as he did when he was younger.

Here are just a few pictures of what we have done with them:

The rest of the pictures are on Flickr.

3 Comments so far

christina on January 11th, 2008

I have been looking everywhere for these exact blocks - where did you find them?
Danny on January 11th, 2008

Christina, we bought them from Constructive Playthings, then they disappeared, and now they're back. The blocks are kind of hard to find while browsing the site, but I saw them in a paper catalog they sent me this holiday season. The link is in the entry above, and I edited the entry to make it more obvious.
Soft Play Forms | by Danny Novo on July 26th, 2008

[...] So, we're sitting around Saturday morning, one kid is watching TV (yes, we know) while the other is playing happily with the big, vinyl-covered foam blocks we keep telling you are the most awesome toy ever. [...]