Children are interested in assembling structures and playing with ready-made crafts. To make the game contribute to your baby’s development, buy a wooden labyrinth construction set. The sets are equipped with parts of different shapes and sizes, as well as glass balls that are set off along laid out routes.
We have made a selection of the highest quality and most interesting wooden construction sets from the Labyrinth category. It includes sets from well-known domestic and foreign companies - “REDI” (the legendary series “Cubic Balls”), QUADRILLA.
The assortment includes sets at excellent prices for both 3-year-old children and older children - 7-10 years old.
Types of maze constructors
- Constructors with parts equipped with grooves and holes. They are used to lay out routes of different lengths, with tunnels, slides and descents.
- Sets with wooden elements of various geometric shapes - cones, cylinders, cubes. Suitable for creating labyrinths and for building houses and castles.
- Musical toys. Complete with parts with special plates. When a ball hits them, the records emit sounds of a certain key, creating a melody.
Please note: sets from the same series complement each other. The more sets are used, the longer and more intricate the maze becomes.
Let's have fun racing on steep turns? Why not! Only instead of racing cars we will have running balls. They are fast and completely unpredictable, which makes the spectacle even more exciting. Intrigued? Let me introduce you, bright and dynamic Maze Constructors!
The simplest slides from the designer for beginners
In order to understand the principle of constructing a track for balls, you need to start with simple sets with a small number of parts. Like, for example, the Primo series designers. These sets contain large colorful parts that need to be connected into a single labyrinth. These are all kinds of adapter ladders, turning paths, carousels, hollow tubes, gutters, mills and other elements. All of them are connected into a multi-colored track with obstacles for balls.
Complex multi-level maze construction sets with balls
Children's maze construction sets for gourmets
In conclusion, I would like to tell you a little about unusual labyrinth construction kits for children that captivated us with their originality and difference from others. This is, for example, a wooden labyrinth from. It consists of parts of the correct geometric shape that must be connected so that the balls reach the finish line without hindrance. And the company offers to use its construction set not only to build a racing track for balls, but also to play golf or field hockey with sticks.
And of course, non-standard “Magnetic rails” from . Have you ever assembled a construction set on..... a refrigerator? :) This is real vertical racing! You need to assemble a track for the balls from rails and magnets, but so that they don’t fly out on the way to the finish line. It is so interesting and unusual that it captivates not only children, but also their parents.
The first stage of the task is traditional - you need to build a spatial object from parts. Everything further looks more like magic. The child creates something fantastic from metal or plastic supports, slats, road surfaces and intricacies of connecting structures. But this is not all the wonders that make the dynamic designer interesting.
The highlight of the composition is balls, cars or other moving figures winding along a track with gutters, slides, and springboards. Due to the unusual trajectory, they do not stop; an unknown force forces them to overcome obstacles again and again. The way an assembled construction set with balls and slides looks often depends only on the wild imagination of the builder.
Construction sets with balls
The assembly process and enjoying the result is a fascinating leisure activity for children under 6 years old, schoolchildren and, of course, their parents.
Each age category of children is assigned a certain version of the popular toy. The little ones are offered a multi-colored and cheerful three-dimensional children's construction set with balls (difficulty level 1-3, from 10 elements). Older boys create almost alien structures in the hi-tech style from hundreds of small parts. The height of the intricate bends of the path can reach 1 m, the length of the structure often exceeds 7 meters.
It is not surprising that dynamic construction toys for children captivate children of any age and temperament. Sometimes they are the only way to distract a student from computer games. The pleasure that such entertainment gives is combined with a solid list of developmental functions:
- The child learns about the world around him in its dynamic manifestation.
- It’s worth buying a labyrinth with balls to make sure that every child is an unusually creative person.
- Tactile sensations, dexterity, sensitive finger mobility, and coordination are improved.
- This is a powerful incentive for the development of imagination, logical and imaginative thinking, speed of reaction, and self-confidence.
A wonderful designer labyrinth with balls and fun slides that will quickly teach a child who constantly requires attention to play independently for hours. Adult help may be needed only in the initial stages, until the child learns to navigate according to the proposed scheme.
Types of constructors
Choosing which dynamic designer to buy in an online store is quite simple. You can focus on the most popular options:
- The slides are simple and multi-level. The complexity of the design depends on the age for which the set is intended.
- Fun labyrinth constructor with balls. The trajectory of movement can repeat the most incredible figures.
- Elevators are a feature of sets of an increased level of complexity for children of the older age group.
Various additional functions are possible: signal lights, moving elements of the main structure and many others.
We call a group of construction sets, the essence of which is to create a labyrinth along which a glass or metal ball rolls, ballon construction sets. Balloons come in a wide variety, and below we will introduce you to several striking varieties.
Marbutopia
Marbutopia Marbutopia 
Marbutopia
A three-dimensional labyrinth consisting of plastic support tubes and track tracks. For the construction of multi-level labyrinths with many paths and tracks, different sets of construction sets can be easily combined with each other. Among the details there are tracks on which the ball changes direction, a “dead loop”, a funnel (on which the ball spins for a long time and you can observe this spiral rotation),
“snakes”, springboards - all these details make the movement of the ball more complex and entertaining to watch.
Track mazes can be rebuilt many times, and in general, the game with such a construction set consists of two parts: building a stable structure with an interesting track and launching and watching the balls roll down. Typically, such construction sets use glass balls with a diameter of 12-14 mm, which can be purchased separately in hardware stores and “holiday supply” stores. An exception is Marbutopia sets with a mechanical ball lifter. This set does not use glass, but lighter plastic balls of the same diameter.
Marbulous Quercetti 
Quercetti
Similar: Marbulous (TOTOTOYS), which is very similar in composition of parts, is compatible with Marbutopia.
The Russian construction set “Fun Hills” (Krokha) is also similar. There are also construction sets in which the ball diameter is smaller, 10 mm. They are more compact, but do not have a wide variety of tracks.
Another world-famous manufacturer of ball labyrinths is the Italian company Quercetti. However, this manufacturer has several options for spherical balls.
Executivity (“perpetual motion machine”)
Executivity Executivity Quercetti Quercetti
A complicated version of the ball-gun, with mechanical supply of balls, chain and belt drives, springs, gears and other mechanical parts of the labyrinth. The parts of the designer are smaller and more difficult to assemble: it is assumed that the assembled model after launch is used permanently, and not rebuilt many times. It takes a long time to assemble the structure, but it’s also more convenient to admire the movement of the balls along it. Executivity tracks are made in the form of parallel metal or plastic cables, so the ball is visible in the palm of your hand.
Similar: Quercetti also produces more sophisticated construction sets - they are brighter than Executivity, which is characterized by muted colors and laconic design.
Q-BA-MAZE
Q-Ba-Maze Q-Ba-Maze – interesting additions Q-Ba-Maze – new colors 
Quick Ball
In the Q-BA-MAZE construction kit, the labyrinth parts are transparent hollow plastic cubes, inside which metal balls (5-6 mm in diameter) roll. The cubes can be stacked on top of each other, or one cube can be attached to the side wall of another with a shift. The path inside the cube can be with a side exit, or with two exits, or with an exit at the bottom. In addition to cubes, manufacturers have added flexible hoses, funnels, gears, containers for collecting balls and other interesting additions to the mazes.
Assembling a labyrinth from such cubes is not an easy task, but the manufacturers have prepared detailed instructions on how to make a beautiful translucent figure with an interesting track inside.
Similar: In Russia it is easier to find an analogue of Q-BA-MAZE – Quick ball, including in the City of Designers toy library.
Quadrilla
Quadrilla 
Quadrilla 
PlanToys
The designer of the German company Hape called Quadrilla follows the eco-trend. The meaning is very similar to Marbutopia, but made of wood. Instead of tubes there are cubes with through holes. There are fewer cleverly completed tracks in a wooden construction set, but the wood is more pleasant to the touch.
Quadrilla glass balls, 12-14 mm. There are interesting additions: stickers on cubes and tracks that glow in the dark, sets with musical plates that make different sounds when the balls move.
Similar: Wooden grooves for glass balls are produced by well-known manufacturers of wooden toys for children - PlanToys, Haba.
Haba
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However, Haba has not only simple ball tracks, but also more complex designs. Plastic tubes connected by accordion turn signals are attached to wooden support bars. This labyrinth is a little more angular than Quadrilla, but it has many more design options.
There are also musical versions: with a drum membrane at the end of the track or a translucent xylophone showcase.
Quboro
Quboro Quboro 
Qubidoo 
Balls-Kubariki (REDI)
