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Family Toys

Fun Summer Boredom Busters For Kids

School is out in many places and Kora & Logan have just a few more days left. Many kids enjoy summer when it first arrives, but eventually those long summer days (especially the rainy ones) has them yelling, “I’m bored!”

Dave and I are making big plans this summer to prevent hearing those dreadful words and we have been looking at a wide variety of ways to keep the kids busy, entertained, and even challenge their brains a bit.

Fun Summer Boredom Busters For Kids

Toys pictured below received.

That’s why I was excited to receive for review brainteasers from Recent Toys. These toys are fantastic and fun summer boredom busters.

Recent Toys was started by Dutch inventor Guido Lap. He first created Brainstring which was an instant hit. After that, he began develop a network of creative inventors from around the world to expand the line and soon Recent Toys was formed. Guido also created a formula for making a great puzzle. According to him a puzzle should be:

  • Unique – the puzzle can’t resemble any other puzzle on the market
  • Simple – the gameplay can be explained in 15 seconds or less
  • Smart – although they look simple, the puzzles must make people’s brains work to solve them
  • Durable – each puzzle must be built to last
  • Challenging – no secret solutions, so people can play them over and over again

We received Brainstring Advanced, Gear Ball, and Great Minds Set Of Five and we feel they go above and beyond meeting all of the ingredients in the formula.

Summer Boredom Busters Great Brainteasers For KidsThough we did notice one element of the formula was left out which stood out with these brainteasers.

Fun!

They are all creative, unique, and challenging which makes them fun to try to solve. Kora & Logan have already spent a little time with them and love them.

Here’s Logan sharing the details and his thoughts about each of these brainteasers. Click play to see which one he’s already solved!

They are great brainteasers and very different than any we have done before. Here’s a closer look at each.

Brainstring Advanced

Summer Boredom Buster Brainstring AdvancedIn this puzzle you will be thinking “inside the box.” Elastic bands connect colored button on the opposite sides and it’s your job to group the buttons by color. The buttons and strings slide along the slots cut in the clear plastic case and it’s challenging to keep them from getting all tangled up.

Summer Boredom Buster Brainstring As you see in the video above, Logan likes to just tangle them all up and then untangle them again. He’s definitely ready for the next level of sorting by color and this should keep him busy till September!

Gear Ball

Summer Boredom Buster GearballGear Ball is a bit bigger than a baseball and it’s full of colorful surfaces. You twist and turn it until all six sides are one solid color. The sides can rotate on all three axis – around the center, from top to bottom holding the left and right sides, and from top to bottom holding the front and back sides. It has a very fun gear rotation to it and it’s a challenging puzzle that will keep us all spinning, twisting, and turning in the coming months.

Great Minds Set Of Five

Summer Boredom Buster Great MindsEach of the puzzles in this set reflects an aspect of the “Great Mind” who inspired it.

Summer Boredom Buster Set Of 5 These puzzles are all small enough and of such intriguing design that you can leave them out all summer to be picked up any time they catch your eye.

All of these brainteaser from Recent Toys are brilliant and will be lots of fun for the kids (ok and for Dave & I too!) over the summer.

Summer Boredom Busters - great ideas to keep kids busy on those long summer days, fun for rainy days too!I’m excited to see how far we get with each of them by the time school starts again! If you are looking for fun summer boredom busters these puzzles were made to challenge your kids all summer long.


About Tesa Nicolanti

I’m Tesa, the mom behind 2 Wired 2 Tired, a blog named after our two kids born a year apart, who my husband and I always said were too wired, leaving us too tired. :) Since 2009, I’ve shared tips on family, travel, and tech, with coffee always in hand. Now, as the kids head to college, 2 Wired 2 Tired continues as a place for family travel ideas, helpful gadgets, and insights on keeping family life fun and easy.

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Comments

  1. DJ says

    June 20, 2015 at 9:37 pm

    Great ideas! I love these puzzles. My niece would never get bored.

  2. Rebecca says

    June 13, 2015 at 11:14 am

    These puzzles look like a lot of fun! My son would really love the gear ball; going to have to look into getting one.

  3. Angelica m says

    June 12, 2015 at 8:52 am

    So many fun ideas! The set if 5 puzzles look challenging – my kids would Love that!

  4. Betty B. says

    June 11, 2015 at 2:32 pm

    These are great! my oldest would love these!

  5. Emily Smith says

    June 11, 2015 at 1:36 pm

    These are great ideas. My three boys always need something to do. Thanks for sharing!

  6. Carmen Van Deursen says

    June 10, 2015 at 10:34 pm

    I like that they are travel friendly due to the size, great for those long car rides.

  7. Sally L. says

    June 10, 2015 at 6:59 pm

    What a great post. Always need to have something for the kids to do, and they don’t realize they are learning at the same time.

  8. Robin W says

    June 10, 2015 at 7:08 am

    I can still hear those words from my son when he was on summer “vacation”. I sure wish I had some of these then. I really love that they not only are fun, but they require the use of a child’s brain. Great choices to beat boredom.

  9. Heather Hayes Panjon says

    June 10, 2015 at 6:57 am

    So Many Fun Ideas… The Kids Get Bored Super Fast On Summer Break, I’m Always Looking For Ways To Bust The Boredom.

  10. Nicole Dziedzic says

    June 10, 2015 at 4:44 am

    These are great idea for the kids anytime, I love brainteasers myself, love that it exercises the brain and gets you thinking. These also make a fun gift too! I wouldn’t mind having a few of these on my desk.

Hey there! I’m Tesa, the mom behind 2 Wired 2 Tired. The blog got its name because we have two kids born a year apart and my husband, Dave, and I always joked that "the kids were too wired and we were too tired!" :)

Fast forward a bit—now the kids are off to college (how did that happened so fast!) and since 2009, I’ve been blogging through the chaos, coffee in hand, finding the best in family, travel, and tech—because honestly, who has time for bad gadgets and boring trips?

So, whether you're searching for family travel inspiration, tech gadgets, or tips to enhance family life, you're in the right place because the fun (and the coffee) is always brewing around here!

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