Magnetic Blocks Christmas Themed Building Toys for Kids Ages 3+ STEM Toys for Boys Age 3 4 5 6 7 8 Year Old Girls Gift Idear

Easy to use, and fun for a variety of ages
We had a whole group of kids here and this toy was not only great for younger kids, but even the older kids got in on the fun. The blocks are a little bit reminscent of Minecraft, so probably why the older kids enjoyed playing with this set too. It’s kind of like a cross between a craft, a fidget toy, and building blocks.Operation is easy – literally just snap them together! They hold together well, and stay stuck even when picking them up (though you’ll need some base support for larger builds).Kids will have fun making all kinds of Christmas scenes and houses. There’s even little snowmen, Santas, trees, presents and a Santa sleigh.The pieces are about the size of a standard dice, so keep this in mine when little children are around. They are fairly small pieces.Overall, cute little set. I find the price slightly on the higher end, but it did get a ton of use with our kids and guests, and is well made, so no stars deducted there.

Like these blocks but not great for under 5. They are smaller then I like. ( choking hazard). And it’s looks like your getting alot and your not. So not my favorite. $$$ for what you get.

This is one of the higher quality magnetic cube playsets with 8-magnets per 2cm (0.8″) cube. Colors are bright and difficult to mar and magnets are strong. This set allows you to create a Christmas-themed scene, but there aren’t enough blocks to do much with. This set also costs more per block than most other sets.It takes 10 of the 11 wall-texture blocks to surround the included door, and the door must be supported behind it with two blocks so it doesn’t fall over since it has no magnets. Two additional wall blocks have an odd orange top to them which doesn’t look great, while two more have a fireplace on one side and stockings on the other. There isn’t any ground but there’s too much wood – 10 tree trunks and 8 snow-covered trunks. Basically, they expect you to get 3 sets if you want to do much beyond the Christmas tree, but then you have way too much wood, too many trees, santas, sleighs, and snowmen.I like that the tree blocks have ornaments on them – much better than other Christmas sets I’ve gotten. I don’t like the weird light block I put at the top of the tree. It looks more like a film strip than a lantern and I’d much rather have a star included in other sets. The sleigh is cute and the two-block reindeer is cuter. Block count in the manual was accurate.This is one of the very few block sets where all the product photos show scenes you can actually make with the included blocks. Big kuddos for honesty. But also notice how odd some of the scenes look with blocks used in strange ways.When combining sets, beware that some sets contain 1″ blocks instead of the 2cm blocks in this set, while others contain six magnets per cube (one per face) instead of 8 (one per corner). Personally, I prefer 8 magnet, 2cm blocks because they take up less space, are less expensive, and seem to stick together slightly better. But kids may find the 1″ blocks are a better size for using other toy characters with.Each block rattles, which will please young ones. The rattle comes from a magnet near each corner of each cube that can rotate so you can connect any side of any block to adjacent blocks and perfectly align them, or they align on half-block steps as well.Sometimes blocks stick more strongly than other times. I suspect this is because the moving magnets put North poles on one side and South poles on the other, so blocks on the other sides are sticking N/S “sides” of magnets together which is likely a weaker connection. Basically, blocks will stick strongly on the first two opposite sides you connect and more weakly in the other four directions.Each block is plastic outside, formed of a “cup” of plastic with a plastic cap to complete the cube. Colors seem somewhat embedded in the plastic more than printed or stuck on. Whatever the process, it seems durable and is unaffected by light scratching with a fingernail.Overall, with a poor balance of block types plus charging $35 for 68 blocks which is almost as much as other sets with 100+ blocks, this one gets 3 stars.