{"product_id":"magnetic-building-cubes-christmas-cottage","title":"Christmas Cottage Magnetic Building Cubes Set","description":"\u003cp\u003eA snowy Christmas cottage your child builds cube by cube. Each 2 cm cube carries a printed holiday texture (snow-capped roof, log walls, a red door with its wreath, glowing windows, garlands and gifts) and snaps to the next one on any of its six faces, so the scene stays standing while little hands keep adding to it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLooking for a Christmas gift that will still be played with in January? This set gives your child a holiday project of their own. First they build the cottage from the picture, with its tree, street lantern, snowman, reindeer and a Santa two cubes tall. Then they take it apart and invent the rest: a village, a post office for letters to the North Pole, a snowy forest.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eA Holiday STEM Toy That Builds Real Skills\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eReproducing the cottage from the picture is a real planning exercise: count the cubes, find the right texture, work out which row goes first. Your child practices spatial reasoning and sequencing without noticing, because the goal is simply to get Santa's house finished.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe magnets make the process forgiving. Cubes that line up click together, a cube placed the wrong way is turned around in a second, and nothing collapses when a wall is rebuilt. That self-correcting play is exactly what \u003cstrong\u003eMontessori toys\u003c\/strong\u003e are about: the child works independently, checks their own result and tries again.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eChoose Your Set Size\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e150 cubes\u003c\/strong\u003e: the Christmas cottage with its tree, lantern, gifts, snowman, reindeer and Santa. One builder, one cozy afternoon.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e300 cubes\u003c\/strong\u003e: the complete holiday scene, with a bigger cottage, a brick chimney house, a tall garland tree and more characters. Perfect for siblings or for building together as a family.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat Your Child Gains\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSpatial reasoning and planning while following the model or inventing new builds\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFine motor control from placing and turning small cubes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eStorytelling and pretend play with Santa, the snowman and the reindeer\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA screen-free holiday activity that holds attention through the winter break\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePride in a finished build that can decorate the room until Christmas\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEvery cube is the same 2 cm size as our \u003ca href=\"\/products\/montessori-magnetic-building-blocks-minecraft\"\u003eMagnetic Building Cubes\u003c\/a\u003e, so this set adds to any collection your child already has. Explore our full range of \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/montessori-toys\"\u003eMontessori Toys\u003c\/a\u003e, or pair it with the \u003ca href=\"\/products\/christmas-magnetic-maze-wooden-learning-game\"\u003eChristmas Magnetic Maze\u003c\/a\u003e for a second holiday gift.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MontiPals","offers":[{"title":"150 cubes","offer_id":58878074454351,"sku":"MPX-XMC-150","price":59.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"300 cubes","offer_id":58878074487119,"sku":"MPX-XMC-300","price":99.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1029\/8802\/2095\/files\/montipals-christmas-cottage-magnetic-cubes-main.jpg?v=1790349516","url":"https:\/\/montipals.com\/products\/magnetic-building-cubes-christmas-cottage","provider":"MontiPals","version":"1.0","type":"link"}