25 Open-Ended Toys that Encourage Creativity

Bright colors and a variety of shapes and textures make these rainbow pebbles fascinating for kids. Watch as they create creatures, stack, sort and design with these versatile stones.

A delightful stacking toy that is perfect to play with on their own or to add to a traditional wooden block set. Children will use these for hours of pretend play as they use them as rocks, gems, people and more!

The set is made of 60 smooth finished, solid-wood. The shapes are specifically designed to encourage imaginative play and to develop skills like shape identification, fractions and sorting.

Kids will love making patterns, shapes and images with this wooden geoboard. The creative possibilities are endless as children learn how to use their imaginations to create their own images.

Can be used by children of all ages ( and even adults) The Wooden Balance Board is whatever you imagine it to be - a swing, a bridge, a shop, a cabin, a stepping stone, a racetrack, a lounge chair, fitness equipment, a puppet, a small football goal, a teeter popper or a tunnel.

Tegu wooden blocks are an heirloom-quality toy that will be adored for ages. Perfectly designed for open-ended and unscripted play. This set includes shapes that will develop skills like balance, scale, problem solving and story telling all with a natural and non-toxic finish.

• With over 480 pieces, kids will spend hours engaged in pretend play with this building kit. This open-ended toy allows kids to create anything they can imagine.

• The container can be used as toy storage too!

This box is full of endless creativity and possibilities....and modeling clay! Non-toxic and eco-friendly this air-drying modeling clay will allow your child to unleash their ideas and artistic side for hours.

Made from 100% silk, these are a great sensory-friendly toy that can be used for dance, dress up, and more.

Kids will be amazed by the rock shaped crayons. Perfect ergonomic design recommended by occupational therapists along with a fun design that allows them to be so much more than just your regular ol' crayon.

Watch as your kids use this play kitchen in a variety of ways. From cooking breakfast to running a restaurant, the possibilities are endless.

Over 70 pieces and a sturdy storage case makes this a popular choice among kids and adults. Consisting of oversized magnetic rods and spheres, kids will love the tactile process of building extraordinary structures.

High quality and non-toxic, these peg dolls allow a child to create a number of imaginary play scenarios. Leave them unfinished or paint them for a fun craft.

A wonderful toy for sensory development! Kinectic sand is squeezable and moldable and feels just like real wet sand! Store in the case to ensure that it lasts for years!

This awesome open-ended STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts & math) toys will tap into your child's imagination, curiosity and creativity. This building set comes in a plastic tub for convenient storage of built models and loose parts. Responsibly made in America at a landfill-free, zero-waste green manufacturing facility. 

This classic creative construction toy has been a hit with kids for over 100 years. Made of real, high-quality maple kids will enjoy using their imaginations to create cabins, barns and towns with these easy to use wooden logs.

Magformers are the original magnetic building tiles for kids. Created with the idea that open-ended creative play is essential for a child's development these blocks are well made and perfectly designed for endless imaginative play.

These nature-themed, Montessori inspired stacking and building blocks have a uniquely modern design that your kids will love. Every build is full of discovery and experimentation as kids put these non-traditional shapes together in new and creative ways.

A toy that truly has a million uses! From running their own bakery to selling toys, children will love this toy cash register. A great tool for developing social skills and promoting language.

• These colorful, triangular building blocks offer different possibilities than conventional building blocks or planks. They inspire creativity: triangular building blocks can be used as tunnels, little houses, hills, rocking chairs or beds for little dolls... let your imagination lead!

• Children (of all ages!) love to nest or stack the colorful, unique blocks, or use them as an open-ended toy in pretend play.

Over 100 moving, open-ended pieces for kids to enjoy as they construct, engineer, explorer and experiment.

This educational toy stimulates creativity and imagination through open ended play: includes FREE downloadable activity sheet to challenge your kids to recreate different stacking formations. Crafted from natural, high-quality wood and toxic-free paint that will NOT chip or flake.

Full of open-end possibilities to facilitate and cultivate children's creative and powerful mind. Children can acquire strong sense of geometrical shape, architectural design, structural engineering.. STEM Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math, all-in-one enabling the kids to learn by intuitive playing and bring out the best of all to be artistically creative while technically, architecturally, and intelligently advanced at the same time. MADE OF CHILD SAFE, NON-TOXIC, BPA-FREE and lead-free, tested in CPC accredited lab.

Big blocks for big ideas! Little architects will love building ramps and cities with these oversized building blocks for toddlers. Children can construct buildings, roadways, multi-level homes, and more

Perfect for sensory play, this set will help to strengthen fine and gross motor skills that nurture child brain development. Spark creativity, imagination and language development through pretend play. From being a superhero to mixing it in a pot, this is a fun way to introduce creative play.