The Voice of Mom

Last summer, we took a trip to Washington, D.C.  While we were at the American History Museum, we discovered a really cool building toy, ZOOB! We had never seen anything like it and it was very hard to pull our 7 and 6 year old boys away from it to move on to other exhibits within the museum.

So when we got home, we checked this toy out to see where we could find it and put it on the wish list for the upcoming holidays.  As luck would have it (and a huge hint provided to their Aunt),  they received the 125 piece set of Zoob as a gift this year.  The moment the package was opened, they were both digging in and putting pieces together and coming up with different creations.

Here’s a description of what the pieces are like from Amazon:

“The design of award winning Zoob is based on a living & natural system; the 5 nucleic acids that are the building blocks of life. Its mobility mirrors the natural movement of people, animals, and machines. A multitude of benefits. Using Zoob, children view movement of biological, anatomical & mechanical parts (joints rotate, limbs extend, axles spin.)”

The set comes with an instruction booklet that can be used to build specific designs, or used as inspiration for whatever your kids can come up with, that’s what I love about it.  It really allows the kids to come up with their own creations and with the way the pieces can move the options seem limitless.

The pieces are not terribly small, but the recommended age for this building toy is 6 and up.  The set comes in a sturdy plastic storage box, which we find helpful when it’s time to clean-up as they know exactly where those pieces should go.  They also have sets that are designed to build specific creations such as the ZOOBMobile Car Designer Set, which I believe my boys will be requesting the next time we are getting close to a birthday!

Photo courtesy of Amazon.

Patsy Kreitman also writes for her personal blog, Family, Friends and Food.