Sometimes, my almost 3-year old son is too lazy to hold a crayon or feed himself with a spoon, so the opportunity to refine his fine motor skills is missed. Large building blocks sometimes do the trick, but it only exercises his fingers with downward, pushing movements. I also want his fingers to move in many ways, something close to like putting a needle into a thread but safely. I want his fingers to strengthen too, in a way that he can click and unlock basic interlocking toys. With this, he will surely improve in his scribbling, colouring, and handwriting. In short, I just need to effectively motivate his fancy to tinker. 
So this Christmas, I figured the best holiday gift for rapidly developing toddlers and preschoolers should be something that will make them enjoy working their hands and fingers, while at the same time boost their raw creativity and free imagination: the K’NEX Tinkertoy 150 Piece Essentials Value Set! Tinkertoy, a National Toy Hall of Famer in the US and the classic construction toy loved by many generations for more than 100 years, has been redesigned to snap together and stay together for a more enjoyable and long-lasting play by this generation’s post-millennial kids.
The 150-pc Tinkertoy set contains a satisfying variety of parts that leave little ones an endless array of ideas to create with. The illustrated instructions suggest 16 creations to make with the colourful Tinkertoy pieces like a kite, flower, butterfly, sun, dog, seesaw, and even a windmill, a house, and several towers. But for sure, imaginative and playful toddlers can create more than that. Aside from the classic spools and rods which are bendable, there are end caps, flags, washers, and a lot more interlocking bits and pieces that teach the basic concepts on ‘simple machines’. Remember the pulley, wheel and axle, inclined plane, lever, screw and wedge? Kids can tinker and create from these things that can also move and function!
My son is very much enjoying what he thinks is ‘free play’ with the Tinkertoy, but for me he is now my little designer, architect, engineer, and inventor. He’s been building random things that he’s so proud of ‘inventing’, which of course all look beautiful to me. So far it’s serving my purpose of enhancing his fine motor skills, and I’m so happy to see him appreciate how each part locks with another. I also applaud the updated version of this classic toy because it keeps up with the future of today’s children on STEM education.
The K’NEX Tinkertoy 150 Piece Essentials Value Set is recommended for kids aged 3 and up. It’s a great holiday gift for any kid who loves either art, science, or both! And if there’s one Christmas wish that I could have for every family with a toddler, it’s for them to have a Tinkertoy at home! Imagine what this timeless classic could do to bridge any generation gap among kids, parents and grandparents. It’s definitely going to be a geeky but endearing bonding activity!
I would love to win because you can build so much and let your imagination soar, or you can build what they suggest, plus you can make them move too
I would love to win because this would be great for my child’s small motor skills.
I would like to win so my daughter can try out their KNex toys and see if this is something she would enjoy. And I like that its a toy that she can build with her imagination and master her motor skills.
I would love to win as this would be great for my five year old and 2 year old to be creative!
I’d love to add more interesting pieces to my kid’s collection of K’nex.
I would like to win because this building set gives chance to use their imaginations and motor skills to make great creations , its a great fun learning toy !
Lots of pieces to be creative and be unique. I think my godson is at the perfect age to enjoy and he likes building things.
I would like this for my daughter. She loves to build, be creative and use her imagination.
The kids can be so creative , use their imagination and have fun! Lots of different sets to add .Can build a great collection!
My kids don’t have any Tinker Toys, but I can imagine hours spent playing with them! Thank you for the chance to win! 🙂
My kids absolutely love building things! This would be the perfect gift for them!
My niece loves building things – this would be great & I would be the coolest Aunt going 🙂
I would like to win because I think these would inspire creativity in my kids
kids would love these
there is a million things you could build, my grandson would be very busy
I would like to win because this would make a great gift for a friend
I would love to win this for my two nephews who love building things! Thank you!
These look like so much fun! My 4 year old loves building and creating things, she would love this!
I would love to win this because I fee like it’s a fun activity both my 8 year old and 2.5 year old would love to do together.. Without fighting over! Haha and it’s great for my youngest daughter’s fine motor skills!
I would love to win this as it encourages children to use their imaginations to build things.
The Lincoln Logs would be neat to play with.
My nephew would love this…he loves building things.I would love to win this for him.
I would love to win this for my little cousin who is 7
because my son is tired of Legos! ha
I would like to win for my grandson as this inspires their imagination to build different things.
I’d like to win it for my daughter as it’s such a creative play toy with so many ways to use it.
I would love to win because this would facilitate my daughters active imagination!
I would love to win because it is a toy that encourages them to be creative and use their imagination. Would be perfect for my nephew who loves to build.
I like that the toys are made in america.
I would love to win because I remember playing with tinkertoys as a child and i really enjoyed it…I would like to see my granddaughter be as creative as i know she can be and see how much fun it is.
We have a small set of tinker toys and my girls love playing with them but we definitely need to get some more so they can expand their creativity.
I’d like to win because I like to give educational and creative toys as gifts.
Love the Toy Roller Coasters
I’d like to win because my girls have never tried these and they enjoy building.
I would love to win this for my daughter as it is very creative.
My son would love these! He loves to build.
My son loves his K’nex and these would be perfect for my daughter!
I would to win this as it helps with a child motor skills
i would like to win as i have 3 kids who love to build
I would love to win because my 2 nephews would really like it.
Like that different ages can use it together
Tinkertoys are the ultimate in creativity!
I would like to win to improve my childs fine motor skills.
I would love these for my daughter because she loves knex!!
I’d love this for my grandson he loves to build and create
I would like to win because my niece loves K’nex.
I would like to win this because I think it would be great for our kids to use not only their minds but their hand to create things 🙂
I would love to win for my children, they would have so much fun with these.
I would love to win because K’nex provides pieces that let your imagination go crazy. You can build bridges and see how strong it measures up. (engineering skills at a young age)
I would love to win for my kids. They love building things and I love that you can be very creative with them
I love how their toys promote creativity!
I would love to win because there’s so many things my kids could build while using their imagination!
I would love to win because the sets look so good for fostering imagination, building skills, problem solving and creativity. I know my oldest daughter would get a lot of benefits from this product!
I like that it is a toy that promotes creativity.
I would give this to my son so he can exercise his creativity.
I also really like they’re roller coaster sets. Thanks!
my little niece loves to build would love to win for her
I would love to win because i read K’NEX Education sets are effective learning tools that help you teach basic and complex science, technology, engineering and math concepts.
I would love to win because knex leads to such creative play and i think my son would love and benefit from it!
My grandson was always a lego nut but when we got him som K’nex he absolutely loved them. So many things to make and he can use his imagination.
I’d love to win this for my daughter, these would be great for her.
Good morning,i made an error with my video entry for today it the entry box…here is the correct link
kathy downey
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9LWD8mYBpWU&lc=z12zj3aapleadxcci23ejtliqtiyuvrxh04
With Knex the possibilities are endless…..we’d love to have another set!
I’d love to win because my son would thoroughly enjoy this toy set!!
I would love to win because my son LOVES to build 🙂
I would love to win because I grew up playing with Knex and Tinker Toys and would love to share the joy with my girls. Toys such as this promote engineering skills. 😊