Constructive Playthings Giant Crystal Connectors {Review and 50 Dollar Giveaway!}
These days, the kids just love toys they can use their imagination with. They love to build things, and will sit for hours making towers and other awesome creations. I was so thrilled when Constructive Playthings contacted me about reviewing one of their wonderful toys because I just knew we would receive something the kids would love. Their Giant Crystal Connectors are an instant favorite in our house!
Constructive Playthings was started 60 years ago by a woman who wanted to provide high quality, educational toys to early childhood educators. Today, the company carries everything from teacher supplies, to toys for dramatic play, sand and water toys, musical instruments and more.
The Giant Crystal Connectors are awesome- they are about 4 inches wide, and are made of a thick plastic. To build with them, you slide them together on their notched sides. They have 8 notches per disk, so they can be arranged in any way imaginable.
I love that they are simple enough for Little Miss to use. The size is just right for her hands, and she learned quickly to slide them together. The plastic is sturdy enough to hold up to her manipulating it, but it’s also flexible enough that she can’t break the disks even when she pushes hard on them.
This week, She played with this toy more than any others. She loves to stack them up, separate them by colors (they come in red, yellow, blue and green), and help her brothers build towers. She calls them her “money”, I think because of the clicking nose they make when she caries them in her basket
She really did not want to share them with her brothers, so she keeps “sneaking” her basket of disks off to her room. Luckily, she’s not as sneaky as she things she is, and I know she’s in there because I can hear them clicking as she gleefully shouts “MONEY!”
Bug and Mr. Man got a kick out of this toy too. Bug spent most of his week working on making perfectly symmetrical creations- no easy task once he realized that the angle of the connection could be manipulated which made things a little lopsided. He loves a challenge though, and still has not grown tired of the Giant Crystal Connectors.
I can’t believe how much fun these Giant Crystal Connectors are! They are recommended for ages 3+, and are 32.99 from Constructive Playthings.
Constructive Playthings has been kind enough to offer my readers a 15% discount this week at their online shop (code not for use on sale items, Playmobil, Thomas the train, or Lego) AND they are hosting a giveaway for a 50 dollar gift card!
Enter to win a 50 Dollar Giftcard from Constructive Playthings to be used in their online store. This is a fantastic way to get a head start on your Christmas shopping and put high quality, educational toys under the tree!
Skelton foam puzzle
My kids love anything to do with building or art. They especially love to build with legos.
Anything for the light table! Art supplies!
These are awesome! Would love to win!
Legos and art supplies
Good quality art supplies.
Gears Gears Gears!
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marble run
These look cool we love building toys.
Hard to pick! Anything like what you showed–to build with that keeps little ones creatively busy for a long time. Would love Legos!
We love all kind of building toys!
Anything for the light table 🙂
My big boys are edging out of Legos, and my littles are too small for them. I like open ended playthings like playsilks and blocks and art supplies.
Those connectors look cool! Great post.
How do I pick just one? Probably the Toddler Manipulative Resource 🙂
I have been lusting over some magna-tiles. And they are almost exactly $50. Perfect!
Action Alphabet & the Giant Crystal Connectors have been on our wish list for a long time. I love that the connectors are too big for my autistic son to try and eat. Everything goes straight to his mouth.
I want some of those crystal connectors!
LEGOs and train tracks. As my kids are getting older, I’m limiting their toys (and hopefully presents from grandparents) to collection toys, like LEGOs, trains, blocks, etc. Things we can add to and just keep together and sort quickly when clean up time comes.
I have a 6 year boy that is obsessed with all things LEGO!
My daughter would say American Girl dolls, and I guess I’d agree with her. I’d love to add some blocks or building stuff to the list, though.
Lego’s normally but these look really cool!
My partner would love these and my 16 month old would probably figure them out fast!
My son would love the connectors. He’s such a builder!
We don’t have any Legos yet so that is where we are headed this Christmas.
Lego’s, always. 🙂
I think my kids would love the Career Hat Set the best. All three love to wear hats and we only have a couple from last Halloween that are pretty beat-up at this point.
This looks like a fantastic toy! Thanks for doing the giveaway. Best of luck to all who enter!
My boys would love the puzzles and the building sets! So fun
I love the active play/outside items they have! What a great site! I am really glad you posted this.
Warmly,
Kate
Wow, these would get so much use here with my 2 little builders!
Our son would love the translucent building bricks for the light table and the magnetic gears sets.
family board games. 🙂
Legos! ALL of them!!! lol Really I want to get the kids all the packs they have for school learning, I think those are just amazing!
Legos! 🙂
Tara H