Why Construction Toys are the Perfect Gifts for 3 Year Olds

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Three year old boys and girls gain important motor skills every day. Construction toys can make fantastic presents, whether it’s building a racing car, a marble run, rally kart, a fort or even a rocket ship! We’ve pulled together a few of our favourite of our toys for 3 year olds.

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Top Construction Toys for 3 Year Olds:

  1. Magnetic Patterns – Fun Wooden Shapes
  2. Bolt Buddies – Build A Tractor
  3. Design & Drill Robot Workshop Engineer Kit
  4. 1-2-3 Build It – Transport
  5. Build Your Own Racing Car

1 Magnetic Patterns – Fun Wooden Shapes ,  £21.99 £21.99

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Create colourful patterns with 220 magnetic wooden pieces – superb.

This exciting creative set contains 220 magnetic pieces to combine in infinite ways! From triangles and diamonds to squares and hexagons, each bright wooden shape has a magnetic back. Create awesome repeating patterns, affixing the magnetic wooden pieces to the 28cm double-sided board, choosing a blackboard or whiteboard background. Follow one of the 14 design cards included, or come up with a totally unique creation!

2 Bolt Buddies Tractor – Design & Drill ,  £16.99 £16.99

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Assemble a colourful 22cm tractor – with a handy power drill.

Sturdy tractor and trailer to construct and enjoy – with a handy toy screwdriver too. This awesome set combines creativity and construction as you build your very own tractor with towing trailer. Follow the illustrated poster to connect the wheels, trailer and seats to the tractor body, then fix everything in place using the toy screwdriver and sturdy bolts. The set includes a cute farmer figurine and their chicken sidekick – and the box even transforms into a farmyard playset. A fun kit to use again and again. Am-hay-zing!

3 Design & Drill Robot Workshop ,  £39.99 £39.99

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Assemble colourful robots with 70+ pieces

This awesome set combines creativity and construction as you build your own robot figures! Snap the sturdy parts together, choosing from more than 70 pieces. Fix everything in place using the toy power drill and transparent bolts, then customise with cool stickers. Simply remove the bolts to mix up your bots and start again.

4 1-2-3 Build It – Rocket, Train, Helicopter! ,  £29.99 £29.99

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Build 3 colourful modes of transport with this easy 17 piece set!

This brilliant building set has 17 colourful pieces that easily snap together. Blast off in your rocket, fly away in your helicopter, or Choo-Choo down the tracks on your train! With chunky, durable and easy to assemble pieces made perfectly for little hands, mix and match your way to wonderful creations. From Learning Resources, a lovely gift to introduce little ones to the fun world of engineering!

5 Build Your Own Racing Car – 30 pieces ,  £29.99 £29.99

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Use a working drill to build a sturdy 7” car with sounds & lights.

This entertaining 30 piece set combines creativity and construction as you build a racing car. Learn to use the working drill to fix everything in place and proudly assemble your very own car, complete with lights and sounds. The large bolts are easily removeable, so you can mix and match the pieces to build different coloured versions. Endless pit-stop fun for mini mechanics – vroom!

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) about Construction Toys for Three Year Olds:

Why do construction toys make great gifts for three-year-olds?

There are many reasons why construction and building toys are the perfect gift for three year olds. First of all, these toys help toddlers and young children build fine motor skills. Next, they introduce important new STEM concepts and reinforce concepts that children have already learned, all while encouraging creativity and imaginative play. On top of all of that, these toys are just plain fun to play with!

How do construction toys help three-year-olds build fine motor skills?

Construction toys help children develop their dexterity by requiring them to pick up different pieces and fit those pieces together. The best building toys can also help children make those all-important mind and body connections. This means that children must think about where they want each piece to go, and then use their hands to make it happen.

What STEM concepts can three-year-olds learn from construction toys?

As many educators have said, learning through play is an amazing way for children to learn! One wonderful thing about construction toys is that they can introduce children to important scientific concepts while providing hours of entertainment. Sure, three-year-olds might not understand gravity in the same way that adult scientists do, but they can understand that a play piece won’t float in the air — it has to be connected to another piece. Simply put, construction toys are a wonderful way to introduce youngsters to the fascinating world all around us, including cool concepts like magnetism!

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