Build Beyond the Bricks: 25 Cool Lego Alternatives

EMIDO Building Blocks are a fun set of Lego alternatives that will get fine motor skills and imaginations going. These tiny, brightly colored discs are sure to inspire creativity and keep the kids busy for hours.

Light up that creativity with the Creatto Moonlight Elephant Safari Light-Up Craft Puzzle. Just lock these plastic tiles together to build an elephant, fox, safari lantern and more! Then add the included string of lights to illuminate your creation.

Love Minecraft? Lego alternatives like the Ravensburger Minecraft: Builders & Biomes Strategy Board Game will bring the adventure. Mine resources and build fantastic structures in this multi-player live version of their favorite digital world.

If they think building is fun, wait until they get to knock things down! With the ThinkFun Domino Maze, the kids will need to strategically create a domino path that navigates around pivots, blockers and up and down stairs. Hit the target shown on the challenge card when the dominoes take a tumble to win.

For more unstructured Lego alternatives that block builders are sure to love, check out the Dominolocity Wooden Dominoes Set. With 1,100 pieces in a variety of great colors, they’ll set off amazing chain reactions that topple all across the house. (Don’t worry, parents. A convenient carry bag is included for easy clean up and storage.)

With the Jenga Classic Game, create a tall tower, pull a wooden block out piece by piece, and place it at the top of the tower. But watch out, because if you’re not careful, the slightest unsteady hand may create a little wobble that sends the entire thing tumbling down!

Take your Jenga adventures to the next level, with the Jenga Giant edition. This premium wood block game stacks to more than five feet tall! (You definitely don’t want to be in its path when it finally falls!) Pack it away in the included heavy-duty carry bag, and it’s ready for your next tailgate, picnic or beach outing.

Gen X, it’s time to get nostalgic. Pick up a TinkerToy Super Building Set for the kiddos and join them in tinkering around with this fun building toy loved by all. With 200 pieces to snap together, you’ll all be entertained for hours. What will you create?

Just one simple shape creates endless possibilities. All you need is a little imagination. With the PLUS PLUS BIG 100-Piece Play Set, you can work in a flat mosaic style or build three-dimensional creations. These Lego alternatives boost fine motor skills, too. That’s a plus!

Another toy that may bring back memories for parents are Bristle Blocks. (Who didn’t have these as a kid?) The Official Bristle Blocks 112-Piece Basic Builders are perfect Lego alternatives for littles who may not be quite ready for small Legos yet. They’re soft and squish together easily, which is great for future Lego lovers in training.

Trying to dig up Lego alternatives for the little gardener in your life? We think he or she will grow pretty fond of this colorful and beautiful BEMITON Flower Building Toy Set. The stems in this STEM set will help teach them about the parts of a flower, too!

The Ravensburger GraviTrax XXL Starter Set is an open-concept toy where the sky’s the limit. Play around with gravity, experiment with magnets and learn about kinetic energy with this 200-piece marble run building set. Construct an ideal race track and watch as the marble races along curves, straightaways and free falls!

Here’s another marble run option, only this one goes vertical! With the ThinkFun Gravity Maze Marble Run Logic Game, use the plastic cubes to build upwards. Make sure they’re lined up the way you want them though, or the marble may get trapped!

Give the kids the tools (and the power!) to create their own electronics projects with the Elenco Snap Circuits Jr. SC-100 set. Easily snap together components to create completed circuits that activate an alarm, doorbell, light and more. Even better, they’ll learn all about electricity with these educational Lego alternatives.

Get charged up with Lego alternatives like the hand2mind Power Snap Circuits Electricity Science Kit for Kids. Not only will they get to tinker with actual working circuits, but they’ll get to bring an adorable robot to life, too!

Looking for Lego alternatives that are more fast-paced? Well, get ready for some fun, with the Talent Star STEM Toys Solar Car. After you’ve built your car using the step-by-step instructions, take it for a test drive around and over obstacles in its path, 4×4 style!

History buffs will love the National Geographic Construction Model Kit. Channel your inner DaVinci and recreate wooden replicas of some of his most well-known fighting machines.

Can the kids ever really get enough of robots? We’re thinking not. In that case, grab a set of these Circuit Cubes Robots ROLL! With Bluetooth battery power, motors and light, they’ll have lots of fun, especially once these robots are on the move.

If the bright neon colors and cheery blue eyes aren’t enough to make you want to buy this adorable robot, the 12-in-1 design options will! The Kidpal Solar Powered Kit Robotics Science Kit can turn into 12 different styles of robot, all powered by the sun.

If you’re a parent, you’ve likely stepped on a Lego in the middle of the night. (Ouch!) Not to worry! With the smooth, thin Brain Flakes 500-piece Interlocking Plastic Disc Set, the kids will be entertained and your feet will stay safe!

Start their architecture careers off on the right foot with the Lincoln Logs –100th Anniversary Tin. Build a cabin or a city, then let their imaginations take over from there. These toys are made in the U.S.A., too!

For those junior builders who may not yet be ready for a complicated marble run strategy game, check out the Dplight Marble Run Building Blocks Set. Build this mega-ramp from the ground up, and then watch gravity do its thing as the cars race down!

Have you ever wanted to step inside the creation that you build? Good news, with the ZoZoplay Straw Constructor set, now you can. Connect straw after straw to create your ideal house, fortress or tower with these unique Lego alternatives. Then jump right in and enjoy!

There’s something extra fun and satisfying about magnet toys, isn’t there? They just click, flip and snap into place, almost with a mind of their own. Maybe that’s why this Magna-Tiles 32-Piece Clear Colors Set is one of the most popular Lego alternatives out there today!

While these WikkiStix 101 for Doodlers won’t click or snap into place, they’ll still provide hours of creative play. Bend, shape and layer these waxy strips together to create a world of new toys that’s limited only by your imagination.