Everyone can agree: Moms are the best, and they get one day  - Mother’s Day - to really celebrate and enjoy that precious role in life. So kids (and Dads) of all ages are scrambling to find the perfect gift. And while handmade cards with “Thank you! You’re the Best!” are a great start, there’s plenty of last-minute personalized gifts that will warm her heart. We’ve rounded up some thoughtful DIY crafts and showstopping gift ideas that will make her the happiest Mom around. 1. Paper Mache Bowls Crafting with...

One of the best holidays of the year is coming up next week! Do you know what it is? It’s Amazon Prime Day, of course! Wait, you didn’t know that Prime Day is a holiday? Well, that’s because it (technically) isn’t, but around here at Click-A-Brick, it sure feels like a holiday. It’s like Christmas in July. (July 16th, to be exact.) With deals that range from 15% to 50% off select Click-A-Brick sets, you might just think Santa is gonna pop through your air conditioner at any moment. But,...

You know what the greatest thing in the world is? The world! The very planet under your feet right now is the greatest thing ever. We have to love it, protect it and make sure it’s healthy and happy, just like you. One of the ways we can do that is by recycling. Do you ever wonder what happens to those bottles that you toss into the recycling bin? It’s a great question and to see the answer, just look below! Remember to reduce, reuse and recycle as much as...

It’s May and that means Mother’s Day! Your mom is like a ray of sunshine in your life. She’s always there lighting the way and warming your heart. So, what better way to celebrate Mother’s Day than by giving your mom a suncatcher? What exactly is a suncatcher and how does it even catch the sun? That sounds like some wild science going on there! A suncatcher is anything that changes the way light looks when light passes through it. They’re often made of glass and hung in windows so...

You know we love us some dinosaurs here at Click-A-Brick. They were such amazing creatures and they were so big! We wish there were still dinosaurs roaming around on Earth today … well, maybe not. Can you even imagine if dinosaurs were still around? The good news is: you don’t have to imagine because dinosaurs are totally still around! Introducing Click-A-Brick Carnivores and Click-A-Brick Herbivores. Two brand new dinosaur sets. And here’s a monster of a deal to go with these sets: For a limited time, when you buy a...

It’s winter and that means finding fun things to do in the snow (if you live in a place with snow). This winter has seen snow show up in some truly unusual places where it normally wouldn’t. Hopefully the worst of the weather is behind us and the rest of winter is more gentle than it has been this year. Try these five winter activities to spend the rest of the frigid season. Build some Swedish Snow Lanterns From Gina Lide at the Artful Parent, these snow lanterns are so...

Hello and welcome to 2018! It's a whole new year and that means more exciting stuff to learn. Everybody is done with the holidays and now it’s time to warm up those brains and get learning again because learning is the most fun thing you can do. This week, we’re looking at a majestic winter bird. It’s so wonderfully wintery, it even has “snowy” in its name. We’re talking about the snowy owl. Thank you to PBS for this incredible infographic about the snowy owl. It was designed by Karen...

Christmas is coming! It’s almost here! Pretty soon the reindeer will be zooming across the sky pulling the sleigh with the jolly guy and the sack full of toys. As much as we love Christmas, we have to acknowledge something: It creates a lot of waste. The wrapping paper alone is quite wasteful and then there are all those Christmas flyers and catalogs. What if we told you that you could recycle all those glossy toy catalogs and make amazing Christmas decorations with them? Isn’t that great? You don’t just need...

KaBOOM! is a national non-profit that is committed to increasing the quantity and quality of play available to children. Darrell Hammond, the CEO and Founder of KaBOOM!, aims to raise awareness of the importance of play in the fostering of healthy lives and communities. Since 1996, KaBOOM! has collaborated with a series of partners to build, open or improve nearly 16,000 playgrounds, engage more than one million volunteers and serve over 7.4 million children. Jason Smith, Co-Founder of Click-A-Brick, supports the initiative and philosophy of KaBOOM! “The fact is that...

Kids have always had in common a shared joy when playing with toys. The type of toys that they have enjoyed has changed over time, but aside from cultural and generational trends some toys have been around for many lifetimes, and seem to be here to stay, though they tend to evolve and adapt with the changing times. Building toys are one such timeless treasures. Building blocks have been around as toys since around the 1700s, though we are pretty sure that people have been stacking objects on top of...