Big Blue Blocks
Imagination Playground is a breakthrough play space concept designed to encourage child-directed free play.
Big Blue Blocks Benefits Include:
- Problem Solving
- Release, Relaxation
- Fine & Gross Motor Skills
- Accomplishment
- Focus, Determination
- Creativity
- Communication
- Collaboration
- Self Expression
- Social Skills
The Ultimate Play Equipment for Collaborative and Inclusive Play
Imagination Playground’s Big Blue Blocks are a favorite large foam building block system for transforming kids’ playgrounds and expansive indoor and outdoor play environments in schools, community centers, parks, museums, and child care facilities. Made from durable soft foam building blocks, this open-ended play set sparks creativity and encourages collaborative, hands-on learning as children work together to build, design, and invent through imaginative play.
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The set includes foam blocks, cylinders, chutes, channels, and connectors designed to encourage movement, creativity, and hands-on learning. These large foam building blocks support inclusive play by offering endless open-ended play opportunities for children of all abilities to participate in role-playing, construction, and imaginative adventures.
Durable yet lightweight, the Big Blue Blocks soft foam building blocks are easy to stack, lift, and rearrange, making them ideal for collaborative play in indoor and outdoor play environments. This foam block play system promotes teamwork, physical activity, and social interaction as children build structures, invent games, and stay actively engaged for hours.
Proudly made in the USA, these giant foam building blocks are crafted from waterproof, non-porous foam that resists mold, mildew, and corrosion, ensuring long-lasting performance in high-traffic play spaces.
Bring the magic of Imagination Playground’s large foam building block systems to your space and create unforgettable, creativity-driven play experiences for every child.
Big Blue Block Shapes
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Big Blue Block Add-Ons
Discover versatile add-on sets for Big Blue Blocks, designed to expand and enhance large foam building block play systems for creative, open-ended children’s play. These innovative foam block accessories unlock endless opportunities for imagination, hands-on learning, and problem-solving, while fostering creativity, collaboration, and active play for kids of all ages in indoor and outdoor play environments.
Add-On Angles & Curves Foam Block Sets
The Angles Set introduces children to more advanced geometric concepts using large foam building blocks shaped as polygons and concave forms. With a wider range of scales and angular foam pieces, this foam block add-on set gives children greater design flexibility and the ability to create stronger, more mechanical-style connections within their Big Blue Block play system.
The Curves Set features smooth, curvilinear soft foam building blocks that add movement, whimsy, and expanded opportunities for creative self-expression. These biomorphic foam shapes allow for greater figuration, finer design details, and more advanced structures—enhancing imaginative play in both indoor and outdoor play environments.
Together, the Angles and Curves add-on sets elevate the complexity of foam building block play by encouraging children to explore balance, asymmetry, and positive and negative space. As kids plan ahead and experiment through trial and error, they develop critical thinking, spatial reasoning, and problem-solving skills. The smaller-scale foam components also support the creation of props, furniture, accents, and object-scale inventions—making these large foam building block accessories ideal for deeper learning, collaborative play, and advanced construction experiences.
Add-On Angles Blocks
Add-On Curves Blocks
Transportation Set
This brand-new Big Blue Blocks Transportation Set features all-new shapes—including Main Frame pieces, wings, and wheels—designed to inspire vehicle-themed builds while staying true to Imagination Playground’s loose-parts play philosophy. Made from durable large foam building blocks, these innovative shapes put imagination in motion and encourage creative construction.
Build a submarine for an underwater mission, design an airplane to explore the clouds, or invent entirely new modes of transportation. This foam building block set for kids sparks imaginative play and hands-on learning in both indoor and outdoor play environments.
The Transportation Set includes 102 foam block pieces, allowing children to build three or more unique vehicles at the same time. Designed to seamlessly integrate with the original Big Blue Blocks foam play system, this large foam block set can also be used as a standalone loose-parts play solution.
Kick creativity into high gear with this vehicle-building foam block set, perfect for constructing bikes, boats, planes, rockets, and more. Click below to connect with a Play Professional and learn how you can be among the first to own this Big Blue Blocks Transportation Set, engineered to transport your play space to a whole new level of imagination and fun.
Transportation Sets
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Connector Sets
The Big Blue Blocks Connectors Set introduces advanced construction play to the Imagination Playground foam building block system, empowering children to build machines, characters, vehicles, wearables, and endless creative inventions. Designed as large foam building block connectors, this set expands open-ended, loose-parts play with more complex building possibilities.
A powerful tool for sparking ingenuity, the foam block Connectors Set allows children to explore mechanical connections, simple machines, and structural design through hands-on STEM learning. Kids experiment, problem-solve, and innovate as they connect and construct with these versatile soft foam building blocks.
This foam construction block set includes 16 different connector shapes and is ideal for classrooms, makerspaces, and indoor recreational play environments. While it works as a standalone Big Blue Blocks play set, it also seamlessly integrates with Medium and Large Big Blue Blocks, creating a flexible and scalable foam block play system.
Proudly made from waterproof, non-porous foam, Imagination Playground’s large foam building blocks are resistant to mold, mildew, corrosion, and microorganisms, ensuring long-lasting durability in high-use settings. Manufactured using breakthrough technologies, these recyclable foam play blocks support sustainable play—please contact Imagination Playground for recycling details.
Connector Sets
Mixed Blue Blocks Sets
Combining Medium Blue Blocks—perfectly sized foam building blocks for smaller indoor and outdoor play spaces—with the ever-popular Big Blue Blocks, this versatile large foam building block system allows children to stack, channel, and build like never before.
Each set is thoughtfully assembled to deliver the full range of child development benefits and play value that define Imagination Playground foam block play systems. Designed for open-ended, loose-parts play, these soft foam building blocks encourage creativity, collaboration, and hands-on learning.
Available in the Mix Set (75 pieces) and Mix Set Plus (100 pieces), these modular foam construction blocks feature rectilinear shapes that are easy to stack, align, lift, and rearrange. Children explore endless play patterns—including construction play, pretend play, role-playing, and inventing original games—while staying deeply engaged, physically active, and immersed in hours of imaginative fun in both indoor and outdoor play environments.
