I love Legos! I have very fond memories of being a kid and building with them. I was excited to share this with my kids. We started with Mega Bloks and have moved all the way up to the little Legos.
When my oldest had her first birthday we did a block party and everyone got her Mega Bloks, and now have a hope chest full of them. This makes for great fun! The kids can actually build a castle that they can fit in, and have hours of fun.
As they grew, we moved up to the duplos and the Legos.
Duplos are great for kids 1 – 5 because they are easier to hold and don’t take so many pieces to actually build something. We also use the duplos for sink or float experiments, which make them even more fun to play with. They’ve become bath toys too. Also, Duplo characters are fun for the little ones to play with.
My daughter really enjoyed the princess castle sets. Building these created great one on one time with Dad, they both enjoyed putting them together. We do not believe in gluing Legos, so, they stay together for a little while before they are changed and create something new. I however am not a huge fan of the sets.
One they are expensive and you do not get a lot of pieces. But more so because the pieces are so unique you can’t really get creative. I was trying to make a candy cane striped tower and even with 4 castle sets, plus several superhero ones, there were only five white squares. Five! Hundreds, if not thousands, of Legos and 5 white squares, I could not believe it.
That next Yule came with three large buckets of Legos! It was amazing. There are enough Legos to build anything and all the fun pieces you could need, especially white squares.
Overall, I give Legos, duplos, and Mega Blocks 15 Stars (that’s five each) but I give the sets 3 stars. The small number of pieces and the high price make them not as amazing. But if your kid is into something specific they are great additions.
