We’ve reached that point of the summer when it’s hot, steamy, and kids seem to be running out of creative ways to play that don’t involve a screen. Unplugged summer fun is great but there are days when it’s ok to give in to the screens. Sometimes everyone needs to rest in a cool house and rehydrate to keep crankiness to a minimum especially if your kids are using screens actively, instead of passively.
Active screen time involves watching, playing, or engaging content that enhances learning, sparks new ideas, and teaches new skills. Screens can be used to create content to learn new skills during summer screen time or can also inspire a new way to play.
LEGO, Nitro Circus, and Ravensburger, makers of GraviTrax make great products that will inspire kids to step away from the screens and you’ll want to enter to win one of these three prizes below. Good luck and stay cool out there!
Unplugged Summer Fun Giveaway!
If you saw Incredibles 2…
Chances are your younger kids are acting out scenes from the movie so give them the tools to make play even more fun with recently released LEGO Incredibles 2 sets! Kids can defend Metroville’s bank vault from the Underminer using Underminer Bank Heist kit ($19.99) that comes with a bank vault with breakaway door, Incredible vehicle with Starter Brick chassis, Tunneler machine with Starter Brick chassis and spinning drill bits, a street build with brick wall, wanted poster, and a buildable streetlamp.
Underminer Bank Heist set
More of an Elastigirl fan? Elastigirl’s Rooftop Pursuit ($19.99) also promotes play thanks to a helicopter with Starter Brick chassis, spinning hypno-propeller and opening cockpit, a rooftop section with Starter Brick baseplate, billboard, helipad and satellite dish, turbine obstacle with spinning propeller, plus Elastigirl’s Elasticycle!
Elastigirl’s Rooftop Pursuit set
Giveaway: LEGO is providing Elastigirl’s Rooftop Pursuit and Underminer Bank Heist so your kids can act out scenes from Incredibles 2 through the giveaway below!
If you have a kid who wants to learn to skateboard…
Chances are they’ve been watching a lot of skateboard videos on YouTube and they’ve probably already found Nitro Circus’ YouTube channel. Kids can cool off during the day and watch the best skate tricks or learn important skills like how to build ramps with Nitro Circus mechanic, Hubert Rowland. Of course you’ll want to screen these videos first to make sure they’re age appropriate and when they do get their first board, remind them that it takes years to master the stunts that they’ve seen on YouTube! Encourage them to leave them to the professionals and to always be safe!
Giveaway: Nitro Circus wants to inspire kids to get outside and moving thanks to their new Nitro Circus skateboard line developed with HyperToys! These cool boards come in black & red or yellow & blue and help kids gain self-confidence as they learn to ride and land new tricks plus they’re using countless muscles to make the board move or flip. ($24.97 at ) encourage kids to pursue their dreams safely. Enter to win a Nitro Circus skateboard and a youth helmet below!
If you have a tween or teen that loves to build but is constantly on their phone…
Have them use their phone as a building tool! GraviTrax ($59.95) is an interactive system where tweens and teens can build their own marble runs on their own or with the help of the free GraviTrax app for iOS and Android devices. While kids can certainly build through unplugged and experimental play using the starter set, the app allows them to test their run, use blueprints to build the actual system, and experience the race with different balls, various camera perspectives, including the marble’s point of vice using the Virtual Reality feature (VR headset not included). Builders can also add expansion packs (starting at $9.99) on to their set to create more epic tracks!
Giveaway: Win a GraviTrax set from Ravensburger to inspire STEM learning in your home this summer by entering the giveaway below.
Enter to win- 3 winners!
LEGO, Nitro Circus, and Ravensburger, makers of GraviTrax have generously provided prizes and you can enter to win the Incredibles 2 sets, Nitro Circus skateboard and helmet, OR GraviTrax by using the Rafflecopter form below. 3 winners will be drawn- one for each prize. Good luck and thanks for entering!
Product samples were received to facilitate this post and affiliate links are included in this post.
I would most like the nitro circus skateboard. My son has been begging for one, and he would love that.
love the gravitrax set. my nephew is in science camp now and I know he’d love this.
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My son is little yet but we would all love putting the GraviTrax together and making different creations!
My two kids are ready to start boarding. That and the new skate park opened by or neighborhood park.
The Gravitrax set because I think my family would enjoy it.
Lego!!!
I think the GraviTrax would be nice!
I would be grateful for any of them but the Incredibles 2 lego is my favorite because they are awesome!!
I would love to win GraviTrax because my son would love it
I think the GraviTrax looks like fun that kids can enjoy together, even with a parent.
I would love the GraviTrax because my little one loves to build and these look so interesting!
I really love the gravitrax set. My grand children would love playing with this, me too!
I would love to win the Incredibles 2 legos because I think my family would enjoy them.
My grandson loves the Incredibles so he would love the legos Im sure
The Lego Incredibles 2!!! My kids are OBSESSED
GraviTrax looks fun for kids
I’d like to win the Legos Incredibles for my grandson. I think he would love it!!
I think we would probably choose the skateboard because it’s something my oldest son could use and have a ton of fun with!
My grandson would love the Lego set.
Legos! We are a huge lego family and we also love the Incredibles
The gravitrax set is cool and I would gift it to one of the kids in my extended family or let them share it at my house. Thanks so much. @areck0001
I think I’d go with the Gravitrax because my daughter loves being creative and I think she’d really enjoy that! Thanks so much for the chance!
my son would love the skatebord 🙂 hes 5 and really wants one!
thanks! xoxo
The Nitro Circus because son has been wanting one since he was 3 years.
I’m excited about the skateboard and helmet set. My grandson would be thrilled with it.
Would love the lego set, my kids and I love legos and loved the new movie Incredibles 2.
All of the prizes are cool though.
Would love the legos!
I’m excited about the skateboard and helmet
I am most excited for the skateboard.
My son would like the Lego set because he likes to build things.
I’d like the GraviTrax for my son, he’s older and it’s something he’d be more into.
The skateboard and helmet for my grandson because his daddy is the skateboarder and his daddy was too…I think it would be cute to keep the cycle going.
I’m super excited for the legos!
I’m super excited about the Legos my son would absolutely love it
The Gravitrax look awesome!
I like the Underminer Bank Heist kit. My nephews love Legos so this would be my best pick.
Gravitrax seem really cool I think all my kids would enjoy them.
I really liked the nitro circus skateboard
My daughter would love the skateboard set, it would keep her from borrowing her dads…
I would love to win the incredible Lego kit for my husband. Because both Incredibles and legos.
the gravitrax sounds super fun. I want to play too
I would most like to win elastigirl because I believe that’s the one my grandson would like the most. He loves Lego anything! I would love to be able to give him that one, or any of them! Thank you 🙂
WE would love the lego set the most
The Lego Incredibles 2 set for my cousin.
My boys love playing with legos and building block toys. They would have fun adding the Incredibles set to their collection.
We would love the legos! Thanks
I would love the LEGO Incredibles 2 most of all because my nephews love to build and we love Incredibles 2!