We really love toys and entertainment that spark the freedom for play and creativity. Kids are often peg to classroom settings of schedules, rules and regulation, that they sometimes forget to think freely and creatively. We came to know about Citiblocs from My First Games. And its founder, Pamela has given us some for play and review. Pamela is a Mother of 3 and firmly believes in the numerous benefits of playing games. Mums do really know best after all.
Citiblocs are good for both individual and group play. Some days, Js build alone and some other days, they decided there's more achievement in teamwork. Each box contains 100 pieces (comes in 50, 100, 200, 300 or 500) of precision cut building blocks, in assorted and natural wood colours. All same in shape and size. It's all as simple as it looks, no glue, no magnets, no connectors or clasps. All you would need is just some good imagination to explore gravity and balance. These blocks are made from Grade A Radiata Pine from certified renewable forests in New Zealand. Some great wood they are.
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precision cut building blocks, in assorted colours of greens and browns
and natural wood colour, and all in the same in shape and size.
Constructing structures with CitiBlocs precision cut building blocks is
done without glue. There are no magnets, no connectors, no snaps nor
clasps. Together with the ever-present force of gravity, all you need is
a good sense of balance, and an active imagination! The award winning
(17 Toy Industry Awards!) CitiBlocs blocks are made from Grade A Radiata
Pine from certified renewable forests in New Zealand. - See more at:
http://www.myfirstgames.sg/citiblocs-100-camo.html?search=citiblocs#sthash.H6RcN0lG.dpuf
of
precision cut building blocks, in assorted colours of greens and browns
and natural wood colour, and all in the same in shape and size.
Constructing structures with CitiBlocs precision cut building blocks is
done without glue. There are no magnets, no connectors, no snaps nor
clasps. Together with the ever-present force of gravity, all you need is
a good sense of balance, and an active imagination! The award winning
(17 Toy Industry Awards!) CitiBlocs blocks are made from Grade A Radiata
Pine from certified renewable forests in New Zealand. - See more at:
http://www.myfirstgames.sg/citiblocs-100-camo.html?search=citiblocs#sthash.H6RcN0lG.dpufFrom left to right, the Cool set consists of blue, turquoise, lime green, dark green and natural colours. Camouflage set comes in shades of green, brown and natural colours. Hot set comes in red, pink, orange, yellow and natural colours. While the natural is only of single shade.
If you are one perfectionist, cleaning up will be strictly categorized into their original state. For Js, as long as they all fit into each box without bulging. It's one toy they often play now, cleaning up must be made easy. So then, we introduced the time table of ten. Stack 10 sets of 10 to get 100. Instead of counting painfully to 100 to fit each box, we broke down the counting. Yay! Maths and cleaning up become partners. Alternatively, it's always easy to get a bigger box to fit all in. Easy peasy lemon squeezy.
Citiblocs is an easy play that needs no instructions or explanations. Js opened it, and at that very instant knew what to do. It really is one great toy for self play. For the initial, they didn't think of mixing the blocks, but I hinted them not to be restricted. Use whatever they needed and allowed their imagination to soar. We didn't want to get back to the classroom setting of, "No".
Jazz built a local tourist attraction, which she claimed to be Chinatown.
She said that was Chinatown |
Fitness studio |
Imagined carpark |
So then, I decided to take a closer look
into what he has between the blocks. There were his toy stormtroopers
and 'weapons'! How did I not realised he had so many troopers around the
house?!!
Oh well, however they wanted to build on that imagination. When they ran out of ideas, they would go to the book of ideas, included in each box. There's really more construction that's far and beyond your imagination.
They had much fun out of it, and to train patience and perseverance, we can even get them to build a series of domino effect. When one collapses during build up, they will patiently pick up the fallen pieces into position again. Gravity and balance do require load of patience and trying. I love it, when it comes to testing their perseverance.
And I will affirm, it's one good play that will last through the growing years. You won't believe even the grown ups attempted to play with it too!
Get your Citiblocs fun, online at My First Games. Citiblocs will go on a 30% discount, whilst stocks last. Check out with discount code: CTBTHIRTY. While shopping, don't forget to check out their wide selection of boardgames too. Free delivery for purchase above $100.
The season of giving is not too far away! Have fun shopping.
Disclaimer: Citiblocs were given for the purpose of this review. All photos and opinions are solely ours.