SpaceChips Review & Giveaway

Monkey Business Sports has come up with another fun toy for children.  This time it’s not all about sports, but building and construction.  Dick Esterle wanted to create a building toy that was simple and didn’t involve a bunch of parts and connectors.  He wanted each piece to be able to connect to another.  He also wanted to make them thin and light like potato chips — and so Space Chips was born.

There’s a lot of math and Greek words that can be used to describe and explain Space Chips but what it boils down to that Space Chips are a simple toy that can be used to create three dimensional shapes by snapping together interlocking “chips”.  As you can see from the pictures, these brightly colored chips can form a variety of balls but the 50 piece  Space Chips set can also be used to build more complex structures like “Waddles the Penguin”.  The set retails for $15 and is recommended for ages 6 and up.

I love building sets like these because the spark children’s creativity and imagination.  Space Chips will also help develop fine-motor skills.  My son and I tried Space Chips but since Jackson is only 3, his motor skills aren’t quite developed enough to connect the pieces together on his own.  Still, he thought they were pretty cool and I had fun fiddling around with them and making colorful little balls.  I’ll be tucking these away to use once he’s a bit older.

The company’s website, www.MonkeyBusinessSports.com, has a section where Space Chippers can upload photos of their creations as well as check out others for new ideas and inspiration.

Available now:

Space Chips- The First 5 Drons- comes with 50 Space Chips and simple instructions show how to build “The First Five Drons”: A Tetrahedron (4-sides), a Hexahedron (6-sides), an Octahedron (8-sides), a Dodecahedron (12-sides) and an Icosahedron (20-sides). After that kids can learn to build Combo-Drons like The Squircle, The Hoagie, The World Cup Ball, Waddles the Penguin and more. The instruction sheet can also be used as a fun coloring book!

Coming soon:

Space Chips – Space Ship

Each set comes with 22 Space Chips. In addition to letting kids build three awesome Drons, this set comes with instructions on how to build an amazing, glow-in-the-dark Space Ship which can be thrown back and forth.  After that, kids can morph the Flying Saucer into Squats the Alien. Space Chips Space Ship set is recommended for children ages 4 & up and will be available in early 2011.

For more information visit www.monkeybusinesssports.com.

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