Construction Toys

Tonka has sold over 250 million vehicles since it began making toy trucks in 1947. The popular toys are known for designs based on real life construction vehicles like dump trucks and back hoes. And they are truly "Built for Boyhood," as the company motto says. The ruggedly designed toys can take whatever little boys dish out. more »

Playing construction worker combines two things that almost all children love. They get to imagine what it is like to be a grownup with a job, and they can play with rocks, dirt and water. If your little boy or girl is fascinated with dirt movers, dump trucks and all things manual labor, construction might be the perfect theme for his... more »

Fiddlestix are classic building toys for boys and girls. Fiddlestix come in a variety of shapes, sizes and colors and allow for some of the most versatile construction projects of any of the building toy sets. more »

Patterning is one of the most valuable analytic skills your child will ever learn. This skill will prove even more significant as your child grows into adolescence and adulthood. Toys that focus on patterning skills enhance a child's critical thinking, imagination, logic skills, abstraction and conceptual thinking. Patterning can be... more »

If you've exhausted your imagination with your kids -- "no, honey, I can't think of a story to tell you right now" -- and all your games are played out, here is an imaginative do-it-yourself alternative. The best games are the kind you make yourself, after all. Here is a maze trivia quiz game based on the labyrinth in Harry Potter's... more »