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Blocks for Dax
Grandson of a good friend is nearly two years old. He needs a set of blocks.
Honduran Mahogany
Indiana Walnut
Tennessee Hard Maple
Georgia Fir
Carpathian Elm Burl on Baltic Birch
Ultra-High Molecular Weight Polyethylene
- Sort and group
- Stack and knock down
- Clap together, with a beat
- Build a road
- Build a tower, tall
- Build a house
- Build a corral
- Build a castle, strong
- Build a bridge
- Build a cascading knock down series
(dominos style) - Count and compare groups
- Arrange in artistic patterns
- Learn the shape names
- Learn to identify; lookup picture in chart
- Learn their names; big words
- Give them nicknames
Info: Finish is Howard Butcher Block Conditioner
Put them in a burlap bag and they are ready for delivery.
Thanks for any comments
-- MrLaughingbrook
14 comments so far
EarlS
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#1 posted 01-23-2022 10:23 PM
Great gift.
Reminds me of when my daughter was that age. She would sit in the shop and play with the pieces of scrap wood.
-- Earl "I'm a pessamist - generally that increases the chance that things will turn out better than expected"
Eric
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#2 posted 01-23-2022 10:24 PM
Kids always love blocks, and I am sure he will to.
-- Eric, building the dream
pottz
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#3 posted 01-23-2022 10:59 PM
probably the nicest set of building blocks any kid ever had.great gift laughingbrook.
-- working with my hands is a joy,it gives me a sense of fulfillment,somthing so many seek and so few find.-SAM MALOOF.
987Ron
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#4 posted 01-23-2022 11:43 PM
Nice gift.
-- Ron
recycle1943
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#5 posted 01-24-2022 12:10 AM
Great gift – those will surely keep a youngster busy for quite a while
-- Dick, Malvern Ohio - my biggest fear is that when I die, my wife sells my toys for what I told her I paid for them
BB1
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#6 posted 01-24-2022 02:40 AM
Play and learn! Neat to have all the different shapes, sizes, and types of wood.
swirt
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#7 posted 01-24-2022 02:55 AM
That is a great set with awesome variations.
-- Galootish log blog, http://www.timberframe-tools.com
Ivan
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#8 posted 01-24-2022 07:37 AM
Best toys ever!!
-- Ivan, Croatia, Wooddicted
Peteybadboy
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#9 posted 01-24-2022 09:38 AM
That is a great gift.
The kid will be a genius. Great learning toy.
Well done!
-- Petey
LesB
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#10 posted 01-24-2022 05:54 PM
Much better than legos.
My two youngest grandsons only want the $200+ lego sets. But they do reconstruct their own design with them later. So get ready for that….
Many years ago I made two nephews a set of Lincoln log type blocks which they used for a long time. There were enough to fill a 30 gallon can (unstacked).
-- Les B, Oregon
Eric
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#11 posted 01-24-2022 10:00 PM
Les, a 30 gallon can. That is a lot of Lincoln Logs, must have taken awhile to make all of those. I have thought about.
-- Eric, building the dream
LesB
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#12 posted 01-25-2022 01:27 AM
You note I said “unstacked” which meant just thrown in the can the way most kids like to put things away…or shove them under the bed. LOL-- Les B, Oregon
Grizz01
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#13 posted 01-25-2022 02:29 AM
Those are great. make some triangles and bridge spans for him to go along with these.
-- Pain is temporary, quitting is forever.
ronstar
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#14 posted 01-25-2022 07:41 AM
Great idea!
-- Ron, Northern Illinois
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