Bricks. They were Legos before Legos were Legos. And they’ve been around since before Moses. The world is built on bricks. So why not play with them? That’s the concept behind Junior Tradesman who helps kids get in touch with their inner mason.
Junior Tradesman toys were created by Bradley Orkin, a plumber who used to bring his son with him on the job. He noticed that his son simply loved playing plumber and Orkin realized that while playing, his son was also learning a valuable trade. Standing in a hardware store, he started thinking about trade toys designed for kids – since play for kids is actually work. And Junior Tradesman was born.
It’s amazingly simple. A bucked of Lego sized clay bricks and some mortar mix. Add water to the mix and use the included trowel to start laying brick. There’s alsos several plastic door and window frames build around and a roof top to finish the house. Other products include First House, Free Play, and Garage. There’s also additional brick mix for sale.
All Junior Tradesman projects can be broken down and rebuilt in a wide variety of designs and the mix is non-toxic.
What. A. Fantastic. Idea!
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hi, I purchased “First House garage” junior tradesman bucket for my 5 year old son to a great disappointment that not all the goodies required to build the house and garage was in the bucket in total I was short of 11pieces. The shop i purchased it from is not in the town that I reside in so I have not been able to return it to them. The bar code on the bucket was as follows; 89609 7002054. I am highly disgusted and don’t think I will ever purchase any of your supposed to be educational toys.
Sorry to hear that, Belinda. But we suggest you direct your ire to the toy maker, or toy store. We just report on cool toys that we find. But we certainly appreciate your testimony. It’s just proves that just because something looks cool, doesn’t mean it always is. – CT
My son is using the Junior Tradesman set to build a house for a school project. The extra brick mix that we purchased (blue tubs) is a misleading item…. it’s really the cement element…. or are we missing something here?
How do we make more bricks?
Regards
Lindy