They are wonderful toys that can be described as 90% child and 10% toy as they leave plenty of room for a child’s input. Magnetic tiles are incredibly open-ended and can be played with in multiple and varied ways. Since both brands were compatible for use together, I decided that Playmags would be an amazing addition/ complement to what we had and would bring forth new ways of imaginative and construction play for both my 1yo and 2yo. We really love our Magna-Tiles but I’ve heard and read so many positive reviews about Playmags that I was simply tempted to say the least, especially when the 150-piece Playmags set I had my eye on had a variety of pieces that the Magna-Tiles didn’t have – the cars, the windows, the gates, the 4-part windows, the rectangles and the really cool Clickins features.

Why the switch to Playmags for a second set? Seeing how much use my kids were getting out of them, I knew it wouldn’t take us long to outgrow the 100 pieces so for a birthday this year, we added the 150-piece Playmags to our collection of magnetic tiles and we haven’t looked back. My 15mo on the other hand started playing with them since about 8mo. We’ve had the 100-piece Magna-Tiles for about one and a half years now and with the exception of about a month somewhere in the middle where my 2.5yo gravitated towards wooden blocks and duplo, she has honestly played with them nearly every single day from the time she was about 1.5yo. One of the most common messages I get on my Instagram account is “What are the favourites/most-played with/must-have toys in your house?” Well today I’m casting the spotlight on our ‘Most Played With Toy’ and sitting WAY at the top of this leader-board are our Magnetic Tiles.

Triangle magnetic building blocks