Imagination Playground

Build Anything You Can Imagine!

Imagination Playground features oversized, lightweight foam building blocks that children can use to create anything they dream up.

This open-ended play space encourages creativity, collaboration, and problem-solving as children design and build structures, vehicles, sculptures, and more with no instructions or limits.

Best For: Ages 5-11 | Duration: 30-45 minutes

What Children Learn

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Creative Thinking

Unlimited possibilities for imaginative play and creation

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Problem-Solving

Figuring out how pieces fit together to achieve goals

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Collaboration

Working together to build larger, more complex creations

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Spatial Reasoning

Understanding dimensions, balance, and structural design

The Magic of Big Blue Blocks

Our Imagination Playground features the award-winning Imagination Playground™ system of large-scale foam building blocks.

These innovative blocks come in various shapes and sizes, all designed to be lightweight, safe, and endlessly versatile. Children can move, stack, connect, and arrange them in countless ways.

Why Open-Ended Play Matters

Unlike toys with a single purpose, open-ended play materials like our foam blocks encourage children to think creatively, make decisions, and learn through experimentation. There's no "right" way to play - just endless possibilities!

Block Shapes & Pieces

  • Cubes
  • Cylinders
  • Planks
  • Curves
  • Arches
  • Channels
  • Connectors
  • Wheels
  • Couplers
  • More!

What Can You Build?

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Structures

Castles, houses, towers, bridges, and buildings

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Vehicles

Cars, trucks, boats, airplanes, and spaceships

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Play Spaces

Forts, stages, obstacle courses, and hideouts

Anything!

The only limit is imagination

Benefits of Play

Cognitive Development

  • Critical thinking and planning
  • Mathematical concepts (size, shape, symmetry)
  • Engineering principles
  • Cause and effect understanding
  • Abstract thinking

Social & Emotional Growth

  • Communication and negotiation
  • Sharing and taking turns
  • Confidence through creation
  • Resilience when designs don't work
  • Pride in accomplishments

Tips for Parents

Enhance the Experience

  • Let your child lead - resist the urge to direct their play
  • Join in the building if invited, but follow their vision
  • Ask open-ended questions about their creations
  • Encourage them to try new designs and take risks
  • Take photos to document their amazing creations

Questions to Ask

  • "What are you building?"
  • "How did you figure that out?"
  • "What would make it stronger?"
  • "Can you build something even bigger?"
  • "What other shapes could you add?"
Extend Learning at Home
  • Provide open-ended building materials (blocks, cardboard, etc.)
  • Challenge your child to build specific things
  • Visit architecture exhibits or look at buildings together
  • Read books about construction and engineering
  • Encourage free play without screens

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