What type of present do you buy for kids at Xmas time? Do you go for the whirring, spinning and flashing toys that chomp through batteries but excite kids no end. Or do you focus on toys that inspire imaginative play and get little brains thinking and analyzing. Planks falls into the latter category, and the kind creators from Green Hat Workshop are offering up a Box of 100 – perfect timing for Xmas!
Box of 100, 200 and 500 Planks!
No shaky hand placement there!
What may look like a simple concept, is in fact pure genius. Long slender pieces of plain timber are used as building blocks to construct anything you like. And it WILL appeal to all ages. The planks are perfect for little fingers learning to stack and knock down. A few years down the track, the same fingers will be constructing forts, trains, fairy houses and more. As teens and adults join the throng, wondrous architectural and sophisticated forms will take shape.
Defying the laws of physics - now that's just showing off!
To see the Planks in person, you can visit the Magnolia Square Market at St Kilda Town Hall in Melbourne THIS weekend (Fri evening – Sunday) where they will be exhibiting…..OR…..you can enter the giveaway below!
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To be in the running to win a box of 100 Planks, just show Green Hat Workshop a little love by liking their Facebook page AND leave a comment below. The winner will be drawn at random on Wednesday 16 November 2011 after 7pm. (Australian entrants only).
These look identical to the French product ‘Kapla’. Very difficult to source in Australia. My kids spend hours building creations, making domino ‘fall-downs & roof high towers. We’d love to add to our collection!
These look awesome !! I’m sure I might just have more fun with them than the kids !! love the natural-ness and open-ended-ness of the planks – building ideas galore ! cheers for sharing !
Wow, they look amazing. Lauren, i’d definately have more fun then the kids. they can have their lego, this would be for mummy
SOOO COOL!!! we are avid builders….lego, lincoln logs…my BOYS WOULD LOVE THESE!!!
Not for the kids but the amazing architect student in my life
I would love these for our playgroup, I’m sure these would keep them entertained for hours (if not the parents will be stoked with some new toys to play with)
Wow I would have so much fun, building with my 5 grandkids. We love making cities and making up stories about who and what we are. Sometimes it spreads over weeks
These look amazing, what a great way to foster your child problem solving abilities.
Great idea, I love that they are not painted (much safer when the younger ones decide to use as a rusk) and have no batteries/lights/buttons/apps/breakable parts/annoying sounds etc..
These are great – I’m sure our daughter will love them almost as much as her parents!
Now, these are the sort of toys we should be buying for our children. Green, and most importantly, they allow children to create something unique!
Wow!!These look awesome I could see many hours of fun for the young and old with these
these look great, thanks for the giveaway!
I’d love to win these for my little one! I love simple toys that encourage imaginative play and these planks look like they’d be so much fun. I agree with Mel though.. my brother, the architecture student, will be wanting to run off with them I think!
I think my brother’s kids would go nuts creating with Green Hat planks. What a great idea. They’re on a farm so plenty of inspiration for building
This is really awesome, so many fun stuff that you can create, my kids will definitely love it! It’s very educational too.