What is an open ended toys? 10 Types of open ended toys that best for children

There are many open ended toys on Instagram especially in Western countries. I heard that open ended toys are good for children, but I don’t really know what the benefits are. To put it simply, open ended play is to follow the children's intuition to make what they want, learn from mistakes, accumulate a sense of accomplishment, and develop into a more flexible future person.

As parents, what is even more worrying than guiding my children to play with open ended toys? Don't be afraid, in this article I will introduce to you what open ended toys are. What are the benefits of playing with open ended toys?

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If you come to an environment where there is no right or wrong and no standard, no one will correct you, no matter what you do or say. Would you be happy and feeling released? Or do you feel anxiously overwhelmed?

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I think most adults will immediately question “Does it even exist?" More people tend to be overwhelmed, but it doesn't matter. This is the common feature of our growing up in a standard environment.

But do you know? Now children are still in a relatively standardized education environment, accepting guidance that does not meet the needs of the times, and only after they enter the society, they discover that the world is not what they imagined.

How to let the next generation have strong adaptability and professionalism is the most important topic for us, parents.

 

What is an open ended toys? 10 Types of open ended toys that best for children

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What is an open ended toys?

If you want to understand open ended toy, you must first understand what is "a not open ended toy”? Let's call it standard toy. For example, in the Gundam parts set bought from the toy store, the child assembles the model by hand. In this process, do you think it is open or standard?

The view of early childhood educators is that it is good to do it by hand, but assembling with parts designed by others, this is a standard gameplay, which lacks integrated thinking and creativity.

Open game is a form of game with 90% children and 10% toys. In the process, children are the dominant players, toys are auxiliary materials, and the purpose of the game is ‘the process’.

Open play emphasizes the process. For example, we should focus on the process of building a simulated zoo, not just whether he builds a correct zoo.

The core spirit of open games coincides is STEM education.

To put it simply, open play is to follow the children's intuition to make what they want, learn from their mistakes, accumulate a sense of accomplishment, and develop into a more flexible future person.

The benefits of open ended play and toys

The characteristics of low structure and high construction of open toys give children opportunities to explore and grow. Therefore, foreign countries will also use "Invitation to Play" to describe it, which means "invite" children to take the initiative to play.

1. The opportunity to become a leader

Open ended game is a game without rules or at least children are the one who creating the rules. During the process, children have the opportunity to decide for themselves how to accomplish the goal. For example, if you want to build a castle, you have to think about what shape of material to use, what color to choose, and so on.

This is a good opportunity to cultivate children's independent judgment, so that they can deal with difficult problems more skillfully and make independent decisions when they grow up.

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2. Opportunities to solve the problem

Take the above-mentioned castle as an example. What if the castle collapses in half? If you can't find a suitable part, what can be used instead? Or make one yourself?

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3. Unlimited opportunities for creativity

What will the castle looks like is entirely up to the child to imagine, decide, and then create. Adults can guide him in the process, but he does not tell him "what the castle should look like", "the tree must be green" or "the roof must have an attic." First follow the child's expectations and intuition, although in the end he builds a hot air balloon, it is also the best result!

Types of open ended toys

What is an open ended toys?

Simply say, all toys that can be used for multiple times and multiple games can be called open toys.

Seeing this, you might still be confused. Let's start with the toys we can usually see!

1. Build blocks

Simple, good-textured wooden toys are classics of open ended toys. It is suitable for children to play alone or with others. Because it is simple enough and has no rules, it is very suitable for creativity.

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Apart from geometric shapes, building blocks have no redundant design. Children can stack and piece together a block at will. This process is an open ended gameplay!

Read more: What is STEM.org certification? Why do I need a STEM certification?

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2. Dolls/Puppets

Huh? Is there an open ended way to play dolls too? We generally think that dolls are "designed" toys, and there should be no room for flexible extension, but did you know? Dolls are also an indispensable element in open gameplay!

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These dolls are the representatives of a villain in the hands of children. They can take them to play in the castle they built, or they can let the villain slide down from the pillows. The whole home is an amusement park!

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When we tell stories, we use dolls or puppets as characters, which is more vivid. In the same way, when children develop games or extend their imagination, they will also need puppets to assist them!

3. Anything with neutral color

There are many kitchen utensils, tool boxes, doctor toys, etc. in the house, right? These don’t look like open gameplay, but they are not! Open ended toys do not lie in the toy itself, but pay more attention to how you play with it.

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For example, children can let the dolls float on the water on the bowls or plates then start a little adventure, allowing the children to experience life and discover themselves without restriction, which is also one of the benefits of open ended play. Pay attention to not being restricted by gender when providing materials. It is best to choose neutral color, which reduces the chance of children's creativity being dominated by the meaning of color.

4. Pretend play and dress up

Dress up, props and costumes should be children’s essential toys. Girls may like princesses and mermaids, while boys like racers and Spider-Man. If your children like that, you can prepare more of these props and costumes at home. When the children's friends come over, they can also play together. They negotiate and plan on their own. Maybe a self-directed and self-acted stage play will be produced.

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The colorful silk scarves like the ones you have seen are hot-selling children's products in the United States! Because silk scarves are soft and changeable, in addition to being used as clothing, children can be used as wings, tents, flags, etc., so foreign countries even create unique ways to play silk scarves. Isn’t it interesting?

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5. Brushes, paints and cardboard

Art creation allows children to inspire creativity and beauty, and help children prepare art supplies. They can use recycled materials such as cartons, clay, and bottles to create.

Read more: Recommended bath toys

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6. Toys that can generate rhythm and music

Music is another broad and imaginative world. We need to give children some small objects that allow them to enter and start exploring the world. Some are very simple or even self-made. For example, a pot and a spoon are good "metronomes". They can play more complicated ones when they grow up. Small drum kits, electronic organs, etc. are all very good toys.

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7. Sports toys

Ball, skipping rope, frisbee, etc., which is also very beneficial. Not only can they exercise, but these simple sports toys are good items that inspire children to come up with a variety of ways to play.

You can also find that some kindergartens have large-scale wood, cement, old tires, etc. in the outdoor spaces. These items are used to inspire children to use their bodies to play a set of their own games!

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8. Animal shape toys

The usage of animal shape toys is very similar to dolls. Whether it is farm animals, zoo animals or dinosaurs, children can enter a world full of imagination. A group of animals is a small society, and children will spend a lot of time studying the relationship, dialogue and struggle between them.

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The animal shape toys itself has no redundant design, it is easy to combine with the building blocks or loose materials in the home, so it is also fun to make things together!

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9. Construction toys

The most common construction toy is LEGO. This kind of toy is more difficult than wooden building blocks. There are different shapes of blocks and the combination of different blocks is also different. Children need to keep trying, designing, and even knocking out and restarting. Train the small muscles and mind.

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10. Teaching tools and board games

Board games have fixed rules of the game, but children must think deeply about various strategies while observing the rules, so as to exercise their problem-solving skills.

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Many parents worry that they don’t have time to play with, or don’t know how to guide their children. This is all normal! How to start an open ended game, it is recommended to start with preparing materials. The easiest way is to buy building blocks, buy some dolls or animal shape toys, and show them directly to the children. When the child is older, he can choose to construct toys, follow the instructions at first, and then slowly learn to make the shape he wants.

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The main concept is to find materials at your home, use recycle waste, such as cartons, bottles, or even flowers, grass, buttons, and many more. Let your children play freely!

Plus-Plus is so fun! Plus-Plus unboxing

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Every time I see this kind of toy with simple design but endless creativity, I literally will be in a state of "falling into a black hole" - this means I will buy more, let my child play with them more and seek for a new way to play. The same case with Plus-Plus building blocks, it probably broke my personal limit again. Plus-Plus is really fun!

I also completed the super, super complicated, but terribly powerful Plus-Plus x World Map, it's really fun and taking me so much time to finally finished.

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After playing with Plus-Plus blocks for some time, I am very sure that it is really helpful to my daughter, Pupu, she know the 3D construction concept better now! Now, when constructing objects, she has her own set of logic and steps.

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What is Plus-Plus?

Plus-Plus - a construction toy for hours of creative play

Plus-Plus has a unique design in one shape and 2 sizes that can interlock with other Plus-Plusses that are identical to it. From a single repeated element you can create anything that you can think of, both in 2D and in 3D. It is a perfect educational toy that stimulates fine motor skills, creativity, focus and patience!

Plus-Plus is made in Denmark. The Plus-Plus factory and headquarters uses 100% green energy from wind power and we have a “NO WASTE” production. All products and packaging are 100% recyclable.

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In addition, Plus-Plus received a super high score of 4.9 stars on Amazon. Pass the EU EN71-1, 71-2, 71-3 toy inspection standards. Does not contain plasticizer, so it is safe for children to play.

And because of Plus-Plus I’ve been invited to Xue Xue Institute. Looking forward an opportunity to have my own class in Xue Xue Institute, finger crossed.

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There are 2 kinds of Plus-Plus according to its size, Midi and Mini.

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The proportions in my hand.

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Midi can be played children over 1 year old (parents still need to supervise). Mini are suitable for children over 3 years old (don’t swallow, please supervise your child while playing).

The colors included in each collections.

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There are a total of 9 combinations of Plus-Plus block to block assemble.

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First let me introduce 600 pcs Midi rainbow collection

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This kind of building blocks the more is the merrier. For my daughter Pupu, I don’t really need to give he any instructions, she already is an expert in building blocks. This time, let us see what Pupu can create with Plus-Plus.

On Saturday morning, Pupu is very considerate while taking care of Dad, she is playing with building blocks quietly, lol, see how her father sleep.

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Midi are very easy to assemble.

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There is a nice feeling when you holding Midi, it is thick but not heavy and not light either, it is hard for me to describe, but when you assemble Midi I feel very therapeutic.

At the beginning, you can accompany your child to combine the 2D images first. The 2D pattern of the butterfly is very suitable for children to learning symmetrical patterns. Parents can do one side first, and then let the children practice the other side. I also took my CD as a scale, see how big the butterfly is, hahaha.

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Combining 2D designs no longer can satisfy me! Here are my creation, not Pupu’s.

From left: Spiderman, Iron Man, Hulk, Captain America

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I don’t think about what I would like to create from the beginning, but the inspiration is suddenly come into my mind. Although, my Avengers creation is very cute, but Pupu will have no feeling at all, she is more of a princess girl. Then, I try to create princesses, who know I create it until 2 AM.

And, I finally made it!! The 4 princesses. Can you tell who they are?

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Don’t tell me you can’t tell yah! It is very obvious.

Although the Snow White is wearing culotte, but you can see right? It is Snow White.

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Even a 5 years old girl can tell that she is the “Let it Go”.

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I am super satisfied with Ariel’s tail.

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And~~~They can also exchange their skirts, hahaha!

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Of course, it’s no problem to create a more masculine designs. Like this excavator, it can really dig. Different angles can be changed between building blocks and building blocks. You can also change the angle of excavator to give them a digging position.

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The carrots!

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Roaster with duck.

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You can create anything! No matter a boat, a car, a plane, or anything, you can create all…. with your imagination of course.

Midi 20 pcs pastel collection are so dreamy.

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You can create a flower.

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Or a chick with a tree.

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Or a little human, with an addition of a flower it can turn into a little girl.

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Ok, now let me introduce the Mini collections.

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You can create so many designs with the Mini. There are 3 collections of Mini, which is Neon, Pastel, and Rainbow.

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Let us start from what Pupu choose, of course the dreamy Pastel collection. There are so many different colors in each box. What a fun combination! The color of the pastel collection looks really comfortable.

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If you choose the big box, please prepare to not receiving any instruction card. But don’t worry, if you go to Plus-Plus official website, they have a section special for finding inspirations.

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220 pieces of 3 in 1 Pastel collections in very suitable for an entry level, the price is also affordable!

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3 in 1 means that with this box you can create 3 works. But because it is only 220 pieces, you might need to disassemble after you finish it in order to create the other one.

The whole series of Plus-Plus building blocks are made in Denmark, which I think this is very rare now.

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There are details of each colors quantity, however, is there anybody who really recount them? I am too lazy to do that.

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It comes with a How to Assemble card.

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I formed a track, carriages, cargo compartments, stations, and fences.

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Not long after that Pupu create a glasses.

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Plus-Plus blocks can form a circle or other arcs by changing the angle of the connection between the blocks. For a five-year-old Pupu, there is basically no difficulty in combining and assemble the blocks.

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Plus-Plus texture is not only a plastic texture, it is a plastic but also have an elastic feeling. But since the Mini collection is relatively small, it still need some effort to combine. So I need to take a break after playing with Plus-Plus, not only Pupu enjoyed playing with Plus-Plus, even me the adult is also enjoy it very much.

Let's set up a crown first, follow the step-by-step instruction.

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Slowly adjust a long strip of blocks into a circle and connect them.

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Put the decorations on the crown in order.

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How can there be no scepter with a crown! So I make a scepter immediately, lol.

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And here is my cute Princess Pupu.

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And the King and his Princess, like father like daughter, two people that I love so much.

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Next, horse carriage.

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And I turned them into…….

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A house! Or more like a gazebo.

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What to play in autumn? 5 Awesome autumn-themed STEAM activities

Do you like autumn? In this season when the temperature is getting cooler, let's have an autumn-themed activity with our children!

This time we’ve selected 5 STEAM activities related to autumn, including how to use Oreo cookies to understand the moon phase, make pumpkin volcanoes, use building blocks to make pumpkins, and maple leaf dyeing science experiments!

Every kind of activity is really full of autumn feel. Are you looking forward to it?

Read also: The rising of toy industry during pandemic

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What to play in autumn? 5 awesome autumn-themed STEAM activities

1. Mid-Autumn Festival Moon Viewing Science: Oreo Biscuit Moon Experiment

The most important festival in autumn is the Mid-Autumn Festival! I wonder if you have any fixed activities during the Mid-Autumn Festival? I love barbecue and grapefruit! (So not creative).

If you want to play something different with your kids during the Mid-Autumn Festival, you must try using Oreo cookies to learn the moon's ecstasy, just do it!

Read also: Bonding time! Do these 6 STEAM activities with your child

Things need to be prepared

  • 8 Oreo cookies

  • Learning chart (not necessary)

How to do the Oreo biscuit moon experiment?

  1. Explain why the moon is cloudy and clear.

  2. Use the cream filling of the biscuit to make moon phase changes.

  3. Take the child to observe the moon phase changes.

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You can also print out the following study sheet to play the moon cookie experiment to make it easier for children to understand!

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Credit: Superstar Worksheets

Credit: Superstar Worksheets

2. Know the fruits of the season: DIY apple life cycle hat

Autumn is the season of apple. Apple is the healthy and a very good fruit. Take advantage of this season to do a little STEAM activities with your children and let them know the growth of apple!

Read also: Recommended toys to develop child's skills for the future!

Credit: The STEM Laboratory

Credit: The STEM Laboratory

Things need to be prepared

  • Drawing paper

  • Pencil, colored pen or watercolor

  • Double-sided tape

How to make the apple lifecycle hat?

  1. Draw a periodic pattern of "from seed to apple" on the drawing paper.

  2. Cut out a long piece of paper, wrap it around and stick it as a hat.

  3. Paste the drawn patterns on the edge of the hat, and you are done!

You can also search for "apple life circle" on the Internet, and there will be many apple growth patterns or study sheets.

Credit: The STEM Laboratory

Credit: The STEM Laboratory

Credit: The STEM Laboratory

Credit: The STEM Laboratory

Wearing such a cool cycle hat not only learns the plant growth cycle, but is also full of fun in the process. Isn’t it great?

3. Halloween pumpkin volcano

Autumn is also the season for Halloween. In addition to the Halloween costume parade, you might as well have a more weird "Pumpkin Volcano" science experiment with your children!

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Things need to be prepared

  • Dishwashing liquid

  • Baking soda

  • White vinegar

  • Food coloring (orange, purple, green)

  • Small pumpkin

  • Others: knife, small spoon, small container

Read also: Baby essentials that is important for your children's development

How to make Halloween pumpkin volcano?

1. Cut the pumpkin head and clean the seeds.

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2. Pour a teaspoon of baking soda in each pumpkin.

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3. Add a little dishwashing liquid.

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4. Add food paint.

5. Finally, pour 1/3 cup of white vinegar to complete.

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Credit: Natural Beach Living

Credit: Natural Beach Living

Credit: Natural Beach Living

Observe carefully, what will happen to the pumpkin?

Adding acid (such as acetic acid) to baking soda will cause a chemical reaction to produce carbon dioxide. At this time, many bubbles will be generated inside the pumpkin. As the carbon dioxide increases, the bubbles will be squeezed out, which looks like a volcanic eruption!

4. Maple leaf dyeing science experiment

This is a very simple scientific experiment that is very suitable for autumn. But first you have to take your children out to "collect maple leaves". Take the opportunity to take the children out for a walk!

Credit: A Little Pinch of Perfection

Credit: A Little Pinch of Perfection

Things need to be prepared

  • Maple leaves of different colors (red, yellow, green, brown)

  • Alcohol

  • Transparent test tube

Read also: BabyLux event: Get to know your toys with ToyBrain

Credit: A Little Pinch of Perfection

Credit: A Little Pinch of Perfection

How to do the scientific experiment of maple leaf dyeing?

  1. First, wash the picked up maple leaves and blanch them in boiling water for 5 minutes.

  2. Take the leaves out and place them on the tabletop to warm them up.

  3. Pour alcohol into the transparent test tube container.

  4. Put the maple leaf directly into the alcohol and let it stand overnight.

Get up the next day and you will see Maple Leaf stained with alcohol! It turns out that the cooked leaves have no cuticle protection. When they are soaked in alcohol, the chloroplasts of the leaves will be removed and dissolved in alcohol to form dyeing. It is beautiful, right?

Credit: A Little Pinch of Perfection

Credit: A Little Pinch of Perfection

5. Use building blocks to create pumpkin

Seeing a foreign teacher using Lego bricks to teach children to make pumpkins, I think that Plus-Plus is more suitable! Because you can make an "arc shape" with Plus-Plus, and it can construct a very stunning shape whether it is flat or a 3D design!

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See more creation ideas with Plus-Plus.

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Business opportunity during pandemic - The rising of toy industry

We’ve been ‘stuck’ at home since the beginning of 2020, it is already more than a year nowr. Some countries might start letting kids back to school, some countries might still struggle and decide to extend the lockdown. With this article, I would like to share my observation through all this pandemic time. How it affect our baby product business. You will be surprised that actually the toy industry are rising. And what toy category that rising up so much during pandemic.

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| Toy industry's may be thanking to pandemic

| The rising toy category during pandemic

| Building blocks

| Trampolines and playsets

| Smart toys

| Musical and art & drawing toys

Toy industry's may be thanking to pandemic

Parents pointed to loss of income and uncertain economic climate as two factors that would require them to rethink some of their spending even when stores reopen their doors.  Just another factor certain to affect toy sales this year. 

So what steps can toy makers take to head off these challenges?  They must do what they do best: turn to new bells and whistles and think outside the box.

  1. Toy brands should turn to new ways to engage moms and kids which allow them to interact with their toys. 

  2. Leveraging influencers to host in-home playdates that allow kids to touch and play with the hottest new toy while moms look on is just one way. 

  3. It might also include product demonstrations in driveways and cul-de-sacs, or the seamless integration of social media with platforms that really matter to moms.

Now is the time for toy makers to be as innovative with their marketing as they are with their new products.  With a little creativity and strategic thinking, toy makers have the opportunity to navigate the shift in family toy buying that’s headed their way.

The rising toy category during pandemic

Building blocks

In late April, sales of Legos were up 64% year over year on eBay Australia, and rose as high as 92% one Sunday night. Basic Fun, the maker of Lite-Brite, Lincoln Logs, and K’nex—old-school toys that require users to think creatively and put things together with their bare hands—has also seen sales soar. Chief Executive Jay Foreman told the New York Post that the company had its best first quarter ever this year.

Read also: Building blocks for baby

Our recommendation

Plus-Plus: The construction toy with one shape and endless possibility! Build flat or in 3D. Fun for kids from age 1 to 101.

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Newmero: Fun to play with numbers

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Trampolines and playsets

Toys that let kids get their energy out have jumped: The Asians are interested in mini trampolines, while Americans are furnishing backyards with bounce houses, playground sets, and slides. The Chief Executive of MGA Entertainment, which manufactures play houses, basketball hoops, and trampolines, recently reported that sales were up 100% in March compared to 2019.

Our recommendation

Fold & go kids trampoline: Featuring pre-assembled trampoline mat with a padded frame cover, the Fold and Go Trampoline is easy to set up and doesn't use bungee cords.

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Smart toys

Demand for smart toys is on the rise due to its user engaging property. Smart Toys are electronic component embedded toys that have their own intelligence and behaves according to the environmental stimuli. It enables to reduce the smartphone industry threat by using artificial intelligence to attract children. Many smart toys like Spin Master's interactive Luvabella baby doll, Hasbro's bluetooth-connected Furreal motorized pet, Barbie's futuristic hologram Barbie, Lego's app-based coding playset and Mattel "smart" baby monitor have been launched.

Read also: Recommended toys to develop child's skills for the future!

Our recommendation

PLUGO: The physical-virtual play is not only a lot of fun, but highly educational for youngsters.

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Musical and art & drawing toys

Without formal art classes to attend, children are expressing themselves through drawing, painting, coloring, sculpting, and crafting. Music classes have been canceled along with the rest of school (not to mention live festivals and concerts).

Read also: Playing open-ended toy with Dena toys - My First Rainbow

Art & Drawing Toys, which includes play dough, putty and drawing tablets, went up in Russia (+35%), the UK (+141%), Germany (+159%), France (+261%), the US (+653%), and Brazil (+674%), compared to January. Musical Toys were also up in the Netherlands (+40) and Brazil (+166%).

Our recommendation

Hay Dough

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Bonding time! Do these 6 STEAM activities with your child

Being a parent in the present era is certainly faced with a variety of parenting trends that make you confused, one of which is about the selection of toys. In the market there are many educational toys circulating in children's toys, but your little one does not necessarily like to play them.

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| What is STEAM activities?

| Why STEAM toys can make children feel interested?

| 6 STEAM activities ideas

What is STEAM activities?

STEAM stands for Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math. Each of STEAM's five subjects share a common approach and focus. They require gathering and using evidence to create knowledge or solve problems. STEAM learning happens naturally everyday as children explore, play, and try new things.

STEAM toys are curriculum-based products to help prepare children for the study of academics, technology, arts and more. STEAM toys are educational products that help to engage children in a culture of learning and fun with the help of toys and activities.

Why STEAM toys can make children feel interested?

"STEM toys" are meant to encourage children to develop their skills in the key disciplines of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics, and shoppers are seeing more and more of them on digital shelves. But many parents wonder whether these toys really deliver on their promises.

Each child has a unique pattern of development and it varies according to age, environment and intelligence that was born from birth. Well, this STEAM toy method frees each child to explore his own mindset and creativity and a perfect bonding time activities.

It gives children tools and methods to explore new and creative ways of problem-solving, displaying data, innovating, and linking multiple fields. STEAM aims to spark an interest and lifelong love of the arts and sciences in children from an early age

6 STEAM activities ideas

1. Sand print game

You only need clean sand and various forms of mold, they can enjoy playing sand on the beach. Use Dena as sand mold, in case your children afraid of sand, you can use it in kitchen as a cake mold. Really worth to have!

This activity trains the sensory and motor nerves at once. They will practice recognizing shapes, developing their creativity in arranging sand into something.

2. Play dough

Toys that can be formed freely are most suitable for sharpening children's motor skills. As parents, you must try fisherTiP. FisherTip is a high quality product which made in Germany and produced from potatoes grown on domestic farm. It is 100% biodegradable.

3. Color stamp

Playing color stamps can be another way to stimulate children's creativity. Itis cheap and easy, parents just need to prepare white cardboard and food coloring.

Dissolve food coloring with water. Give an example to the little one by dipping your hand in the liquid color, then make a stamp on the cardboard.

Not only hand stamp, try the other parts of the body such as feet, fingers, or use other objects such as banana and tree trunk. Banana stem will produce a unique shape.

Read more: Build learning kids by let them playing blocks

4. Puzzle

Training your little one playing puzzles is also fun! They will practice creatively while sharpening logic. Find the right pieces and arrange them until they are become a new figure.

You can try Plus-Plus, they only contain one shape only, which two plus signs. One shape with endless possibility! Designed and made in Denmark, this deceptively simple shape is the ultimate in open-ended play.

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5. Arrange the shapes

Before introducing your baby to lego, try to teach them using a bigger size of toys, like soft blocks, or you also can use a simple tools. Arrange small boxes of used drugs or food packaging for example.

But you need to remember to prepare at least several different forms. You can take advantage of plastic bowls and different size of glasses. He will slowly recognize what size is. If they already feel bored with simple tools, then it is the time for soft blocks. Don’t forget to choose a soft block with attractive shape and colors.

Read more: MOOMU Vanilla Soft Blocks

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6. Puppet plays

Whose little kid doesn't like to play dolls? Every babies must have at least 1 doll at home. Yups, usually parents use it to practice their communication skills.

Dolls are moved followed by voices from Daddy and Mommy, as if the doll itself is speaking. From this activity children learns to recognize sounds. Well, after a bit later, try to let him direct the puppet show himself.

Use the doll at home, hold one for you and give one more for the little one. Invite children to talk through dolls, after a while they will understand and try to play alone.

Read more: Recommended toys to develop child's skills for the future

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It turns out that preparing educational toys for children doesn't have to be expensive and luxurious right? Interesting recommendations for young moms. Good luck!!