DD, who is 5 in a couple of weeks, built her first Lego set today by herself (with a little bit of guidance from me) it was a Lego friends set that said age 4+ on the box. She’s never been that into building/duplo, preferring role/small world play, so I’m really pleased she built it and enjoyed it so much.
I want to get her a couple more Lego sets for her 5th birthday in a couple of weeks, but I’m wondering what age sets to get. The ones I know she’d love (Cinderella carriage and rapunzel tower) say age 6+ on the box. Is the age recommendation determined by the complexity of the build, size/number of the pieces, or difficulty of instructions? I don’t want to get her anything too tricky and put her off (her dexterity is good but the little pieces are so fiddly!)
We’ve inherited all my old Lego from my parents, which will be great for free building, but I’d like to get her interested by doing the sets first before bringing that out. She’s never wanted to free build with duplo before and I’m worried she’d ignore the huge mountain of Lego too, which would be awful as it’s an amazing collection!
Thank you
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Question about Lego recommended ages
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nomorespaghetti · 16/01/2021 17:46
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