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Wooden Blocks
Three
Standard Kits
for Children
25% - 35% Off
American Hard Maple Blocks - "the real deal"
On this page you will find our Standard Wooden Block Kits. These Kits are so named because in times past they were typically the smallest kits we manufactured. They are suitable for children from about 6 to whenever (maybe 10) who really enjoy building things. Some youngsters in this age range will spend hours and hours at this and can make structures that fill a room. Kids need lots of block rectangles to make things, but they also need arches, planks, triangles, wedges and columns. We have carefully assembled each kit to provide the right balance of these different pieces, but you can easily alter the mix in a kit by adding pieces from the "Booster Kits" page or the "Open Stock" page. As a rule of thumb, we believe that a 6 or 7 year old will need about 200 blocks and can use many more if they get excited. This number of blocks requires a small bookshelf or a cubby system.
Our "A" Kits are somewhat more detailed and offer a wider range of pieces. The "B" Kits are chunkier with somewhat larger pieces. In general, "A" Kits and "B" Kits are the same size (volume/weight). Our Building Blocks Kits come in Premium Hard Maple (all firsts) and Hard Maple First & Seconds. To see a bigger picture of the wood blocks kits, click on the picture icon(
). To
study what's in a kit, click on the List of Pieces. The pictures give a visual
image, but the "List of Pieces" is the definitive list of what is in a kit.
Recommended for ages 3+.