Ever since our little boy was born, hubby and I couldn’t wait for him to reach the age where he was old enough to play with Lego and all those other construction toys that we missed out on when we were children.
I can’t really remember very clearly, but it seemed to me when we were little, Lego was a really expensive toy. Few of my friends had them, or maybe that was because in the 70’s girls really weren’t encouraged to play with boys’ toys?
In any event, Bigboy barely reached the 12-month milestone, when we bought the first Lego set – Quatro, aimed at 1-3 year olds.
So, when it seemed that he had barely mastered the art of tower-building with this set, we were very keen to buy him the regular set of small Lego’s so that we can make up for 30 years of lost time.
I found this fabulous website: Creative Play SA.
Their prices are extremely reasonable, in fact I would go as far as saying that you’d be hard-pressed to find it cheaper in a store, and if you buy a couple of products, the shipping costs would come in very reasonable too.
There are loads of ideas on the web if you want to take it further and if you’re a gadget freak, this is a cheap way to get your kicks:
1. Lego Factory allows you to design your ideas and concepts – free downloadable software.
2. Lego Parents has ideas and suggestions on how to make the most of Lego.
3. If you were one of those anal types who still has a set in it’s original packaging but you’ve lost the instructions, there is a site that has scanned in hundreds if not thousands of instruction sheets: The Brickfactory
4. Online Lego games for pre-schoolers
So, Lego has now become somewhat more affordable it seems and it is growing its market share by providing something for everybody. Now we just have to wait for Bigboy to reach the right age for his first set of Meccano, oh goodness, I hope he wants to become an engineer…
baby food. Originally only available at select outlets, this makes it much more freely available and I find the prices very reasonable too.
