Build-A-Bot Robot Puzzle Kids Game {and giveaway!}

We’ve got something of a couch potato on our hands. Forrest loves TV, and to be honest, I don’t completely hate his little addiction—it was actually incredibly helpful immediately after Darcy was born, when I really did not have the time or energy to entertain him. He’d sit on the couch enjoying a movie while I took a nap with the baby or nursed her (endlessly . . . doesn’t it seem like newborns never stop eating? I know I’m not supposed to admit it, but the newborn stage is nooooot my favorite. I’m so glad we’re past it now.).

Anyway, now that things are normalizing a bit, I’m trying to cut back a tad on his TV time. He is not terribly happy about it. But for pete’s sake, the kid has so many awesome toys, we have a nice backyard for him to play in, and it seems a little silly for him to think he needs to spend hours with Curious George every day.

This little game was a fun way to distract him from the TV and get him doing something creative and imaginative instead. Dora from Paul Street Shop shared her Build-A-Bot puzzle sets with us, and we had such a fun time playing with them.

Dora designs adorable robot printable PDF playsets (including seasonal bots for St. Patricks Day, Valentine’s, and Halloween)—the robots are each separated into 3 parts, and kids can match them up, rearrange them, and design their own robots by mixing and matching the pieces. I love the creative potential here . . . they were a fun way to talk about colors with Forrest, work on matching, and let that imagination run wild.

We glued our puzzle pieces to wooden craft tiles for a sturdy puzzle game, but you can do whatever you’d like with them . . . laminate and add magnets to stick them to the fridge, print them on cardstock and play a matching memory game, put velcro on each one for a travel game or to keep kids busy (and quiet) at church.

Dora is giving away 3 full sets (that includes ALL of her build-a-bot packages) today! Enter using the Rafflecopter widget below, and in the meantime, you can use coupon code MATILDA15 to get 15% off any purchase from her shop through the end of the month. Swing by and say hi on Dora’s blog, check out her etsy shop, and like her shop page on Facebook to stay in the loop.

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