Do you have Magna-Tiles or some other magnetic blocks at home? They are such amazing toys that can be used in really unique ways! We’ve recently been discovering some fun ways to play with them, so today I’m excited to share with you some fun ideas using Magna-Tiles.
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Before I share ideas, let me tell you what they are. They are plastic shape tiles that are magnetic on the edges. These make it super fun to build with! You can find them on Amazon here. They are definitely not cheap, but they are made to last and they are very durable. There are other brands and other variations. We also love the See Inside Magnetic Blocks from Lakeshore Learning.
Fun Ideas for Magna-Tiles:
Our favorite way to use Magna-Tiles is on our garage! It is magnetic, so it’s the perfect canvas for my kids to create and make designs on. If you have a magnetic door in your house, you could use that, too! (We don’t have one, but I’ve noticed some doors that connect to the garage are also magnetic.)
You can make puzzles for your kids. Simply make some designs, outline them on paper, and then have your kids find the correct shapes to make the designs.
I love this idea from Happy Toddler Playtime to create dinosaurs with the tiles! So fun and creative!
If you find a sunny spot, you can build there and see the color shadows. It’s so pretty! You can experiment where a good spot in the house or outside is. Check out this awesome way of using Magna-tiles in the window. It’s so pretty!
You can write on them using a dry erase marker. (They wipe off easily!) We’ve practiced spelling our names and even practicing sight words.
You could make some mix-and-match creatures! Just draw on the tiles and make some fun looking creatures!
You can use Magna-Tiles in the snow! This is a cool idea from Munchkins and Moms.
Or you could build with faux snow underneath.
This idea to use the tiles on a Magna-doodle board is genius! It makes marks where the magnets are. What a great way to work on math skills or just create designs!
We’ve also used them on a big sheet pan and designing a maze for a ball to go through.
Love this idea for making shape puzzles on a light table. So awesome!
Adventure in a Box has free alphabet cards, which are great for forming them into letters!
You can even use the magnetic tiles in the sand or water…they won’t get ruined! They are such good quality that sand or water won’t seep into the tiles.
As you can see, there are plenty of ways to use magnetic blocks! We just love them and I feel they are worth the price.
Magnetic Block Products:
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- Arx 2.0 (the curved shaped blocks)
- See Inside Magnetic Blocks
- Magna-Tiles
- Magformers
I hope these ideas sparked inspired you to try something new! What other ideas do you have for playing with magnetic blocks
For two days only, you can enter to win a set of Magna-Tiles! These would make a wonderful gift or a great addition to a classroom!
Where did the moon-shaped magnets come from?
They are called Arx 2.0. My mom bought them for us! You can find them here: (affiliate link) https://amzn.to/2Gtn3wx
I can think of so many ways to use the manga-tiles with my Special Ed class!
The magna tiles would be wonderful for a variety of age groups to play and learn together! It’s my favorite thing to watch the older kids play/teach the younger ones…it warms my heart!!
great for my Sunday school
Love the idea of using light behind them!
I really think these would be good utilizing them in a special needs classroom so the students could see concrete objects when teaching them about shapes, building, making sentence and words as well as adding or subtracting.
My daycare preschool class loves magntiles! But we never seem to have enough of them. They would love to have another set.
Love your ideas to use the mega blocks! Would love to use them with the children I work with. Please enter me in the Day#2 give away to use these mega block ideas.
We use the magnatiles to do various things in the classroom. The children love to make different designs and follow simple patterns with them. We also sort and categorize by size and shape.
I love the idea of using them on the garage door! What a wonderful way to use a vertical surface for learning!
I only have a few but kids fight over them everyday! I love learning new ways to use them!
Love the magna tiles, would be great to have a set.
Our son loves these and keeps asking for more!
This would be a great resource in my Kindergarten class.
The kids love using the magna tiles.
As a new preschool teacher there are so many things to do with magnatiles
Would love to win a set of these
We have never bought them but it looks like my kids would enjoy this 😊😊
we have these at school, the kids love them. We never have enough so more would be awesome. All our ideas for using them are great! I love the idea of tracing a pattern or design for them to make.
I love magnatiles! You’re right, there are a ton of great ideas for these, plus the preschoolers LOVE them! I just wish they weren’t so expensive. A free set would be wonderful 🙂
I have never thought of so many great ways to use Magna tiles! My boys are obsessed with building with them, but I love the ideas of making the dinosaurs, using them to make color shadows, and the etch a sketch tracing! These are one of my favorite toys for my boys!
My 3yr old loves to build. His cousin has these but we do not and it’s the first thing he always wants to play with.
What a great idea to use the manga-tiles on a light table
So many different ways to use them! Never would have considered some of these ideas. Thanks for sharing
You’ve opened my eyes to see how many ways we can use these in home learning to make it more fun! Especially writing on them with dry erase… for phonics/spelling or for math!
I watch my Grandson weekdays and he loves to create and build things. These would be perfect for him.
Love that they’re magnetic. Our preschool kids love using blocks to build things. A great manipulative to use for so many different things!
I would love to have the magnetic tiles.
I can see millions of possibilities using these tiles-from patterns and shapes to STEM activities! I work with a student with complex needs who loves hands on activities and winning these will mean a lot.
This is an amazing giveaway! I’ve wanted magnatiles forever for my two kids! (They’re 3 and 2)
These look like so much fun! We have some in our classroom but not the large ones!
These are so cool!!!! What a neat invention.
My preschoolers would love this!
I love the many ideas to use magna tiles as a learning tool. Thanks a lot!
So many things you can do with them!
My mind is blown! I thought these were just to make little buildings. These are such innovative ideas.
Never thought you could use those in so many different ways!
I think my two and three year old would really enjoy these! Great toy for them to learn to be creative with!
Would love to win a set for my little ones! They have had fun playing with some at a friend’s house, and I’ve been wanting to get some for our home. I love all the creative ways you can utilize them for play and learning!
Such a great tool for building and exploring light! Would love these to use with my GrandDarlings!
I love the idea for the magna tiles alphabet! The dinosaur shapes are very cute too! Our preschool pod would love them.
These would be so fun for my nieces and nephews!
Magnatiles are great for social skills
Totally screenshot some of these ideas to use! They’re brilliants new uses I never even considered
I’ve always been fascinated by what you can make with these tiles!
These are awesome in my SPED classroom. Never have enough!
We use these at the library. Would be great to have more to go around.
What great ideas!
I especially like the light table idea.
I love the versatility of these!
Wow! So many ways to play with them. They look like a must have in my grandma toys.
My granddaughters and I would love playing with these
So many great learning activities with these, would love a set for my boys!
would love a set.
never would have thought to use on the garage door. great idea
These are a great way to work on coordination, motor skills and visual discrimination. I would love to have more of them for my pre- k class.
I would love to use these with my first graders!
These are such great ideas! Thank you for sharing! Would love to do this with my 4 year old and watch him grow in the way he plays with them as he gets older.
Love the great ideas that you shared. AND who couldn’t use more Magna-Tiles, they are so versatile as you have shown. Would love to add these to my Kindergarten classroom.
So many options to support learning
My grandkids LOVE Magna-Tiles. Having another set would mean they could build even biger, more magestic structures!!
My grandson AND I would love to have these tiles.. They provide so many ways to stimulate learning while having fun.
Magna Tiles are a favorite of teachers and kids alike in my classroom. I just ordered some Eric Carle inspired Magna Tiles and can’t wait to introduce them to my kiddos. What a wonderful prize this is…thank you.
We love Magnatiles. What a fun way to use them on the garage door! We may have to try that! My kids are getting magnetic people to add to their collection of magnetic toys!
Love the idea about writing letters or drawing pictures on the tiles.
I love magna tiles. Thanks for all the ideas.
You are so clever! I have a hard time thinking out of the box sometimes. Those are cool ideas!!
My daycare children would absolutely LOVE these, not to mention my grandchildren!
money has been tight and it would brighten my son’s day. Thank you
These would be a great resource for my Preschool class.
The preschool and kindergarten students love these
Neato. My 2 granddaughters marvel at the versatility of magnatiles.
Great gift!
These are the most diverse things ever. I love how they allow kids to really use their imagination. Thanks for offering these.
Love how they have so many uses. Thankyou for showing them to us. I work with preschoolers and all these ideas have got my mind racing.
Great ideas for using the Magna Tiles! We need to get some more.
We love Magnatiles in our classroom…..and now with your ideas on how to use them in more creative ways, they will certainly be part of our daily activities. Thank you so much!
My kindergarten students would LOVE these to add to their imaginative play.
These look like so much fun! I would love to get some for my two kids. Thanks for the ideas!
My kiddos would love these!
These would be perfect for my language delayed kiddos—shapes, colors, following directions, etc.
Love the idea of using them to teach alphabet!
My granddaughters have a few of these, but they are lost in their house somewhere. I would love to have a set for my house.
Love the dinosaurs idea, and the garage door!
I’ve never used these, but they seem like a really fun option for a small break corner for my class!
We have just one set to share among 60 kids. Your ideas for using them has just broadened my horizons and creativity. It would be simply awesome to win anothe set for our mission school.
Blessings
Bernadette
My class would enjoy these so much. We are limited to what we can have out due to Covid but these would be east to keep sanitized.
Love these
I am excited to see my kindergarten students being creative and being problem solvers when they use the Magna Tiles.
I’d love to win because I feel like my 2 and 5 year old would spend so much time getting creative with these!
These are so great to encourage creativity and mind challenges. They also make my granddaughter tell made up stories about her creations. I love them.
Thanks for showing all the different ways to use Magna Tiles! Would love to have it in my library.
Would be a wonderful addition to my preschool class. My kids would love it.
Would love to have a set. Students would love them!
These are so awesome!!! I know lots of children and teachers who play and build for hours…. such a versatile toy !!!!
I’ve always wanted a set of these.
Wow! What a hreat giveaway! Would love to explore these with my kiddos!
My kids LOVED these when they were younger!!! And now my students absolutely LOVE playing w/ them!!! This set would be a GREAT addition to my classroom!!!!
The kiddos in my self contained classes would love these, especially making the dinosaurs!!
I would love another set of Magnatiles, but Bernadette Mackay needs them more than I do. God Bless her mission school!
I love all of the ideas of different ways to use the magna tiles!
These are all fantastic ideas!
Great Ideas
So fun! Wish we had these in our classroom.
I love these! They would be great to use with my special needs preschoolers!
I love these for working on bilateral skills for my students!!
These are amazing! I would love to own a set for my students!
My special ed students would love these
The magna blocks are so cool and my special needs preschoolers would love them
My 2 and 5 year old LOVE the few that we have! I love how open-ended they are!
These are some great ideas! Love the garage door idea!
Love these, would help my Kindergartner with sight words.
Melissa Peloso! I would love to have these magnetic blocks to use with my class!
Great activities for kids to work on a vertical surface! Always need more to add to the toolkit.