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Surprise Kids on Christmas Morning with the Newest Building Sets from PLAYMOBIL-Giveaway

When Benjamin was about four years old, he had birthday money to spend and used it to buy a PLAYMOBIL horse and stable set. It was my first experience with PLAYMOBIL and I fell in love with the high quality, interactive building/play sets at first sight. The company is constantly coming out with new themes […]

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TMNT Fans Will Love the Mega Bloks Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Battle Truck

44 Comments / Reviews / Kathryn

There are some things my boys enjoy that I don’t understand at all. Their obsession with watching other people play video games on YouTube is something that goes right over my head. And their love of jump scare games completely confuses me. But there are some types of entertainment that we can all agree on,

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Combine Fun and Learning with Magformers Building Sets

164 Comments / Reviews / Kathryn

When it comes to finding the best toys for my boys, I tend to favour those that encourage creativity. That’s why building block sets have been a favourite with Zackary and Benjamin for years now; the building possibilities are only limited by the imagination of my children. But recently I had the chance to review

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Build and Race with Modarri Model Car Sets from Borgfeldt Canada-Giveaway

86 Comments / Reviews / Kathryn

My oldest son has always had a love of cars. And while he doesn’t quite invent as many fanciful racing stories as he once did, he still will often spend hours driving his favourite cars around the house. In fact, one of the few things that Zackary loves even more than cars is building sets.

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Build and Battle with New Mega Bloks Skylanders SWAP Force Skyland Spinners

64 Comments / Reviews / Kathryn

My oldest son’s taste in toys have really changed a lot in the last year or so as his fine motor skills have developed and his imagination has expended. I have to admit that his favourite activity is playing video games, but to ensure that he’s not spending too much time in front of a

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Let Kids Build and Race with New Mega Bloks Hot Wheels Turbo Tubes

51 Comments / Reviews / Kathryn

If there are two things that my boys absolutely love, it’s building sets and cars. My oldest son’s love of Hot Wheels is something that almost consumed our house at one point, and while he’s moved on and expanded his interests a bit since those early, car-obsessed years, we still have a huge collection of

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Let Your Child Get Creative by Making #KREOCityVille KRE-O Kreations-Giveaway

116 Comments / Reviews / Kathryn

While my son loves building models with his building sets, what he loves even more is inventing his own structures and vehicles. He generally only follows the instructions that come with a building set once. Soon after, he’s taken apart the set and created something completely new. So when I told him that we were

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NanoBlock Building Sets are Big Fun in a Small Size

2 Comments / Reviews / Kathryn

Building sets are a big thing in our house right now and both my boys are at their happiest when they’re either assembling a new set or putting together pieces from previous sets to create new creations. We have a variety of brands and styles of construction sets and I have to admit that I

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Your Child Can Build a Story and Save a City with #KREOCityVille Invasion-Giveaway

107 Comments / Reviews / Kathryn

My son has loved building sets since he was a toddler stacking wooden blocks and now that he’s seven years old, he has traded large, simple projects for smaller, more complicated construction toys. Last Christmas he received a KRE-O Transformers set that was one of his favourite construction toys for months afterwards. And when I

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Let Your Child Build an Adventure with New Mega Bloks Building Sets-Giveaway

110 Comments / Reviews / Kathryn

My oldest son Zackary has always loved building with blocks and over the years, he’s developed from building huge towers with large Mega Bloks to putting together intricate sets of favourite characters. What I love about building sets is that they don’t just give kids a chance to build a fun model. The characters and

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Sharing the New LEGO DUPLO Toddler Toys at a LEGO DUPLO Party!

18 Comments / Articles, Family, Reviews / Kathryn

I love being a LEGO DUPLO Play Ambassador not just because my boys love LEGO but also because I get to be the first to learn about all the newest products available for children. Recently, LEGO DUPLO released a line of Toddler building sets and not only did I get to be one of the

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There’s No Such Thing as Summer Boredom with LEGO SpongeBob Squarepants Building Sets

139 Comments / Reviews / Kathryn

Summer vacation is a time for lots of fun outdoor activities and family bonding, but summer is also a time when parents sometimes desperately need to get work done while kids are getting in the way looking for something to do! This summer, Nickelodeon Canada wants to help you prepare for those moments with a

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