Magnetic tiles are a go-to toy for us so we were excited to experiment with this new gear spinning add-on set from Picasso Tiles.
We were kindly gifted the Picasso Tiles 2-in-1 Magnetic Tile and Gear Spinning Set used in this post. All images and opinions used in this post are our own. This post contains affiliate links.
How it works:
We play with our Picasso Tiles on a regular basis, usually just in a open-ended way building creations together. I was intrigued to see how my kids would get on with this more specific add-on set which focuses on spinning gears. The set includes 55 pieces in total, a mixture of gears and magnetic tile bases. My kids were hands on straight away, exploring how the pieces slotted together.
Big bro, who is five, knew straight away that he needed to get the gears lined up to cause movement so he set to work doing that. In the meantime, 2 year old baby sis was just happy testing out the various pieces and how they could fit together.
There are plastic gear bases which easily slot inside the magnetic tile frames. It's then a case of arranging the gears in the correct slots.
My kids were excited to then attach the handle and turn the gears. They discussed whether their layout was correct and made any necessary adjustments.
Now it was time to add a structure to their build. To make a tall structure it started to get a little fiddly. I had to step in to attach the tower piece so that it was stable enough. Big bro then made a a cool spinning castle on top.
Unfortunately the weight of the structure meant that the gears got much tougher to turn and they often didn't hold together so well. My son recognized this and decided to re-design his structure so that it was smaller.
This definitely helped but I would say that using just the gears was a better option for my kids. Perhaps older kids would be more able to make the adjustments and not get frustrated, but it did get a little too fiddly for my young kids. As soon as they took the structure off, they were completely happy just re-arranging the gears into different formations.
Big bro, who is five, knew straight away that he needed to get the gears lined up to cause movement so he set to work doing that. In the meantime, 2 year old baby sis was just happy testing out the various pieces and how they could fit together.
There are plastic gear bases which easily slot inside the magnetic tile frames. It's then a case of arranging the gears in the correct slots.
My kids were excited to then attach the handle and turn the gears. They discussed whether their layout was correct and made any necessary adjustments.
Now it was time to add a structure to their build. To make a tall structure it started to get a little fiddly. I had to step in to attach the tower piece so that it was stable enough. Big bro then made a a cool spinning castle on top.
Unfortunately the weight of the structure meant that the gears got much tougher to turn and they often didn't hold together so well. My son recognized this and decided to re-design his structure so that it was smaller.
This definitely helped but I would say that using just the gears was a better option for my kids. Perhaps older kids would be more able to make the adjustments and not get frustrated, but it did get a little too fiddly for my young kids. As soon as they took the structure off, they were completely happy just re-arranging the gears into different formations.
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