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Construct-It {A Guidecraft Mom Review & Giveaway}

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I know it has been awhile since the Guidecraft Moms have reviewed some of the awesome educational products that Guidecraft has to offer. However, we are back and I am super-excited to tell you about one of our favorite new building toys!

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The Construct-It Early Builder Set is a great beginner building with plastic pieces and tools for easy handling. With lots of boys in my home, this was the perfect set for all of them to use! While the building toy is designed for children ages 4 and up, my 3 year olds love joining in on the fun with my 5 year olds. In fact, my 7 year old daughter enjoys building with the Construct-It Set as well!

In case you are wondering what all is included, here is a peek at the 160 pieces included in the set!

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I am a HUGE fan of toys that encourage creativity and this one definitely fits the bill! My kids used the building set to create all kinds of things! Here are just a few of their MANY creations:

A windmill, a digger, a limo for Barbie, a table, and binoculars:

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A ladder for the super horse to climb up:

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An airplane, a tool kit, a crane, and a grazing animal:

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And, our most favorite creation…the “grabber”! The kids LOVED trying to use the grabber to pick up everything!

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Another aspect that I love about the Construct-It set is that it helps develop fine motor skills. My 3 year olds got lots of practice handling the nuts and bolts.

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After trying (unsuccessfully) to hammer the nut onto the bolt, my son soon figured out that he could screw the nut onto the bolt! Now that’s what I call problem solving in action!  🙂

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And then he began to screw multiple nuts on the bolt! So, we added in a little math by counting the nuts as he screwed them onto the bolts! TJ was VERY serious about his “work”!!!

Our Final Thoughts: We absolutely love our Construct-It Early Builders set. It is such a wonderful building toy that spurs on the creative juices! In fact we now have two sets, which surprisingly is enough for all five of my kids to play with at the same time…with minimal arguing! 🙂

Giveaway Info:

~Giveaway is CLOSED~

Now, onto the fun part! Guidecraft has graciously offered to give away a Construct-It Early Builder set to one of my readers! There are several ways to enter to win!

Mandatory first entry: Visit the Guidecraft website and let me know what other product you love! Leave a comment and tell me!

Additional (Optional) Entries: Leave a separate comment for each entry!

~ Follow Guidecraft on Twitter  (Be sure to leave me your Twitter name!)

~ Follow or subscribe to Mama Jenn

~ Follow Mama Jenn on Twitter (Be sure to leave me your Twitter name!)

~ Tweet about this contest. You can copy/paste the tweet below if you’d like!

@mamajennblogs is hosting a giveaway for a Construct-It Builders Set from @Guidecraft. Enter to win here: http://bit.ly/fynhOL. Ends 1/21.

Of course, if you are already followers, subscribers, or “likers” to any of the above, just leave a comment letting me know you are! (One comment for EACH entry.)

The giveaway ends at 9pm on Friday, January 21, 2011 and a winner will be randomly chosen using Random.org. Please be sure to leave a way for me to contact you in case you win! Remember to leave a separate comment for each entry! The giveaway is open to US Residents ONLY!

Want it NOW? If you can’t wait to win, you can head over to purchase the Construct-It Early Builder’s set from the Guidecraft website OR through Amazon!

As a Guidecraft Mom blogger, this product was given to me for review purposes. I do not have to return the product to the vendor and I was not paid for this post. All opinions expressed in this post are my own.

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  10. tracy

    I got lost in the Guidecraft category of “Toys and Manipulatives”. WAAAAYYY too many interesting things to pick just one!

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  12. Logan and Traci Wood

    The things on Guidecrafts website that I would enjoy personally for my kids playroom/classroom would be: Sweetie Pie toy box, table and chairs, the Deluxe Art Center, and the Hideaway 4 section Locker. I would absolutely love any of these to help me spice up my room!!!
    Plus we’d love the Construct-It!!! My son especially loves to build!
    [email protected]

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  29. zekesmom10

    If money and space were of no issue, a play loft would be awesome! Especially in the winter where it isn’t always safe for littles to be outside. I love all of their bookshelves and desks too.

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  37. Often Called Weird

    The table top easel looks really fun and organized and the Market Loft would be so much fun especially for winter months that they can not get outside to play as often. Also, you can never have too many blocks!

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  63. Rusheika

    aww.. too bad I am not a US resident 🙁 Heading over to Amazon to put it on my wish list 🙂 How are you? Love the Education cubes… not sure if I can get the cubes here so I’ll probably have to get those shipped from Amazon too, then I’ll be all set to join in!!

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  66. Logan and Traci Wood

    The things on Guidecrafts website that I would enjoy personally for my kids playroom/classroom would be: Sweetie Pie toy box, table and chairs, the Deluxe Art Center, and the Hideaway 4 section Locker. I would absolutely love any of these to help me spice up my room!!!
    Plus we’d love the Construct-It!!! My son especially loves to build!
    [email protected]

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  70. sueparks2003

    I said the sports for my main entry but I kept flipping back to Thanks, mail man so I’m not sure what is or is not posted i will be sure to comment when i can leave a comment on fb with Guidecraft for this point i followed guidecraft on twitter @sueparks2003
    sueparks2003 at gmail dot com

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  85. Anonymous

    I visited the Guidecraft site and love the fraction action puzzle board!

    Colleen

    homeschoolingmygirl (at) yahoo (dot) com.

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  86. tracy

    I got lost in the Guidecraft category of “Toys and Manipulatives”. WAAAAYYY too many interesting things to pick just one!

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  110. Anonymous

    I like the Magneatos – esp. the curved ones! And with 4 boys, of course the Construct-It set! 🙂

    Jen
    {j c brunsvold @ msn (dot) com} no spaces 🙂

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  142. Cheryl

    finally, I’m to the bottom! Lol! Anyway, here we go, I love the entire GC website. They have some awesome furniture that I would love, love, love to do my school room. The Storage Units in red would look totally awesome. That would have to be my favorite thing!

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  167. Anonymous

    i did this out of order, but I would love to have the magnetos by guidecraft! they are amazing and perfect for little builders who havent mastered the legos yet! 🙂

    tiffani (dot) crews (at) yahoo (dot) com

    Tiffani

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  168. Anonymous

    I couldn’t leave a comment on guidepost bc i haven’t been accepted as a friend yet, but i did copy and paste the comment into a nice message for them! 🙂

    tiffani (dot) crews (at) yahoo (dot) com

    Tiffani

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  187. Angie Foltz

    I love the Expresso Storage Bench with bins. If I had room for it I’d love a deluxe art unit. Thanks for sharing!

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  199. Johnson Tribe

    I have done everything but I have lost track of what I posted on here to let you know do to I can not see them.. But I do hope you pick us what a wonderful way of using hands! Thank you!!

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  216. Johnson Tribe

    I absolutely love the Art Equipment
    Favorites:

    * Deluxe Art Center
    * Universal Storage Center
    * Art Activity Cart
    * Multi-Use Plywood Planks – Set of 50
    * 4-1 FLIPPING FLOOR EASEL
    My kids would love it as well…

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  256. Kathleen T

    Hello! Thank you for the giveaway opportunity. The Guidecraft product that looks extra fun to us is the new magnetic construction vehicles patterning sets, like the train and flower ones. We love construction here!

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  279. Jenn

    Hi Jenn!!!

    Just tripped acrossed your website…LOVE IT!
    I also went to guidecrafts and JUST LOVE the magneato kit! There is a few of my kids that LOVE playing with magnets! Thanks for all you do!
    From another Jenn 🙂

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  294. Anonymous

    JC – I am a subscriber…

    Wonderful review and it is something I think the girls and our son due in May will enjoy very much.

    I have alot of favorites on the guidecraft site! But I would have go with the Table Top Blocks – I can see their little creative minds creating so many things.

    [email protected]

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  325. Genevieve V.

    I look forward to the Guidecraft Mom Reviews. This looks like an interesting new learning toy. I’m still wanting to purchase the Train Sorter and the Rainbow Blocks. Hope we get picked for this one.:) Thanks so much for a great and informative site.

    [email protected]

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  328. Diane

    I am trying (and succeeding) at getting my daughter to want to build things! Started with Lincoln Logs and are working our way up. This set would be a wonderful edition to our homeschool.

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  329. Brandy

    I love the sit and store reading center and the playhouse hideaway bookshelves (which is 3 compound words, by the way). When I taught in the public schools, I’d get these catalogs and drool over all the things I wished I could afford to buy that I just knew would revolutionize my classroom organizational skills.

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  344. Angie

    Not sure if my first one went through – my pc froze up & I had to restart. But …

    After visiting the site I would like to get CONSTRUCT-IT 321 PCS SET because it is for older kids. I would have to have one for my older boy if the younger brother got this one! 🙂 You know boys 🙂

    Thanks so much for the giveaway!!!

    Angie

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  355. Michele

    I like the 321 piece Construct-It set. That would be a great update to the MightyMind set we currently use!

    You blog is great. I will definitely come back to check “in” on you.

    take care and thanks for hosting this giveaway
    arizonadials at msn dot com

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  375. Melanie

    I like the sensory stepping stones from the guide craft website. I have three kids ages 4, 2 and nine months. The stepping stones would be suitable for them all.

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  384. The King Zoo

    Well, clearly I have expensive taste. I loved the Deluxe Art Desk! I also fell in love with the All in One Modern Kitchen. A little more in my price range, the Food Tray Sorter Puzzles looked fun.

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  386. Katreena

    My Guidecraft favorite is the Doll Natural Bunk Bed. Some of our friends have doll bunk beds, but we don’t happen to have a carpenter Granddad in our family! LOL!

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  402. Lindsay

    I love the fraction cups and puzzle. However, my son (age 3) is very far from needing that I just think they look like fun. The Locking ladders looks need. I didn’t realize that Guidecraft had so many building sets!

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  487. HillaryM

    I made the mistake of looking at Guidecraft’s site with my 5 yo son. He wants one of everything :D. I think the tabletop block sets were a top pick with him (and his architecture loving mama).

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  490. Heather

    I’m a follower of your blog…I love your blog! Recently, I purchased a set of photo blocks and bought a membership to Education Cubes. I CANNOT wait to start using them with my kiddos. Thanks!

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  501. Leisure Treasure

    Thank you, Jenn for sharing Guidecraft with us! There are so many things I like 🙂 Art equipment, the eco friendly manipulatives and the natural wood tables are probably my favorites.

    leisuretreasure(at)yahoo(dot)com

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