Did you know that every time your child designs, builds, readjusts and tests, they’re practising engineering skills? The whole process is totally natural to them. So why not encourage this pursuit of answers and playing with purpose?
From building blocks to blanket forts, our selection of top engineering toys will help them develop cognitive and motor skills, encourage creative problem-solving and critical thinking, and help them understand spatial awareness and concepts like cause-and-effect. Best of all, we’ve broke them down by age group!
Engineering toys for toddlers aged 18 months+
Engineering toys for toddlers aged 24 months+
100-Piece Wooden Block Set, $32.99
Professor Poplar’s Ultimate Alphabet Blocks, $19.99
Alpha Block Cargo Truck, $19.99
Engineering toys for children aged 3 years+
Constructables! 92-piece Wood Building Set, $34.99
Blockbeard’s Pirate Ship Block Playset, $19.99
Gizmo The Hedgecog Gear Puzzle, $21.95
Engineering toys for children aged 4 years+
100-Piece Wooden Train Track Set, $59.99
Engineering toys for children aged 5 years+
Crazy Forts 69-Piece Set (Flexi Forts), $54.99
Constructables! Pine Wood Building Planks, $32.99
Crazy Forts 69-Piece Set (Classic Purple and Green), $49.99
#1 Empowering Gift for Girls by Huffington Post, and selected by Purdue University for their Engineering Gift Guide (2015).
Engineering toys for children aged 8 years+
Dr Toy 100 Best Children’s Products Winners
Electronic Snap Circuits – 300 in 1, $61.99
Snap Circuits Junior – 100 in 1, $31.99
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