PlanToys Activity Blocks

by Plan Toys

Product Features

• Plan toys is the first company to manufacture toys using wood from rubber trees that no longer provide latex
• Our manufacturing processes are designed to reduce waste and save energy
• Creates innovative educational toys for every developmental stage of childhood
• Encourages healthy social interaction, promotes natural learning and instills a sense of wonder
• Sets have real world functionality which encourages creative play in a positive learning environment

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 3 x 3.7 x 7.4 inches ; 9.6 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 12 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B001D1FP3W
• Item model number: 0553100
• Manufacturer recommended age: 1 - 2 years
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #68,015 in Toys & Games (See Top 100 in Toys & Games)
  • #54 in Toys & Games > Preschool > Toddler Toys > Blocks
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

Plan Preschool toys combine learning with fun. Our carefully crafted push-pull toys, manipulative toys, musical instruments, games, puzzles, and blocks are all specially designed to enrich every aspect of your child's early development. Set of 9 blocks that are stackable by different textures, sound and color to stimulate touch, feel and various sounds. The set consist of 3 visual block, 3 auditory blocks and 3 blocks for kinesthetic. This set comes with a cotton bag.

Product Description

12 months & up. Discover the different textures, sound and color to stimulate touch, feel and various sounds. The set consists of 3 visual blocks, 3 auditory blocks and 3 texture blocks. Includes storage bag.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars a great variety of blocks, March 21, 2010

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Silea (Portland, OR) - See all my reviews
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= Durability:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:4.0 out of 5 stars 

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First off, ignore the 'choking hazard' banner that Amazon has up there. These blocks are not small enough to be a choking hazard.

Anyway, on to the review: these blocks are great. Here's what you get:
3 sound blocks: one rattles, one jingles, and one thunks
3 visual blocks: one has a mirror, one a magnifying lens, and one a prism
3 texture blocks: each has a small cloth inset with different textures

The sound blocks are red, yellow, and blue, the texture blocks are orange, green, and purple, and the visual blocks are not dyed.

In addition to the sound/texture/visual, these blocks can be used as normal stacking blocks. They're also the same size as the cubes in the Plan Toys Shape & Sort It Out, so they fit through the square hole but not the triangle or circle holes.

And of course, all the good stuff about Plan Toys: the dyes are food-grade and totally non-toxic, the wood is from rubber trees that are no longer giving rubber, and so on.

Great toys, great company, great fun for your kids.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great first block set, September 27, 2009

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L. Lane "lisamla" (somewhere over the rainbow) - See all my reviews
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= Durability:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:4.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: PlanToys Activity Blocks (Toy)

My daughter has been chewing on this block set since she was about 5 months old. I'm not worried about them going in her mouth because Plan Toys uses non toxic dyes. The primary colors have something in them to make a noise when shaken, the secondary colors have a piece of fabric on the outside for texture and the whitish blocks have a magnifying glass, kaleidescope or mirror. My daughter has noticed the noise and shakes them near her head. She hasn't done much with the textured blocks (besides chew). She loves when I stack them tall so she can knock them down. She bangs them off one another to make a knocking noise or throws them on the floor. She has learned she can crawl around with one in her hand for a mobile toy. It's great because I can always hear her and know when she is on the move. Just a warning, some of the colors rub off on light color walls. They are about 1 1/4 inches square. By far, green is my daughter's favorite!

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars my child loves blocks...but...., January 7, 2011

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mary ellen pleasant - See all my reviews

= Durability:4.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:3.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:3.0 out of 5 stars 

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This review is from: PlanToys Activity Blocks (Toy)

I bought these for my baby when he was 10 months old....... younger than the age recommended.....so maybe thats a problem...i dont know......but my baby loves blocks so i thought he would absolutely love these.........he plays with them...but doesnt absolutely love them yet.........maybe as he gets older and really explores the difference between the blocks he will come to really love it.....

he is now a year old....and is slowly starting to finger the different textures and such.....but i wish i had of bought the HABA discovery blocks instead......the problem with these PLAN toy blocks is that the mechanisms of the blocks are not exposed........meaning....the sound blocks make noise....but baby has no way of telling how and why it makes sound.......with the HABA blocks...the mechanism is exposed......so for instance the PLAN toy sound block with the bell is completely covered and there is a tiny hole that allows the sound to escape........whereas the HABA block with the bell.....the bell is exposed......so baby can finger the bell...shake it....and then pick up the sound block with the wooden bead....finger it...shake it...and begin to understand the difference between the two.......the texture and vision blocks in the PLAN toy set are not as interesting as the ones in the HABA set as well.....

so my rec....buy the HABA blocks........and maybe these ones for a much older child.....

another thing to note....the the texture and vision blocks that come in the set are not like the ones pictured here....the textures: velvet, felt, corduroy ...are actually inset into the blocks.....so it is actually difficult for little fingers to to explore...