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For parents shopping for Christmas

The Christmas gift that keeps them off the tablet on Christmas morning.

A 150-cube Christmas cottage they build with their own hands, with Santa, a snowman and a reindeer ready to move in.

Kid building the Christmas cottage next to the tree

You know how Christmas morning usually goes

The wrapping paper flies, the new toys come out, and about twenty minutes later someone asks, "Can I have the iPad?"

By New Year's, half of those gifts are in the closet. Not because they were bad gifts, but because nothing under the tree could compete with the screen.

Why most gifts lose to the screen

Taking the tablet away usually doesn't fix anything. It leaves a hole in their afternoon, and whatever you offer to fill it has to compete with something built by teams of designers to be hard to put down.

That's why the closet fills up with toys they played with once. It's not that your kid doesn't like toys. It's that most toys feel nothing like the thing they actually love doing.

The gifts that last are the ones that feel like what they already love, not the ones that are "good for them."

A Christmas build, not just a Christmas toy

Look at what your kid is really doing on that screen. Most of the time they're building: placing one cube at a time, planning, starting over, making something that's theirs. That instinct is a good one. It's creativity, patience and problem-solving.

So instead of fighting it, redirect it. Keep the building and the cubes they already love, and take away the screen. Give them real magnetic cubes that snap together with a satisfying click, hold their shape, and pull apart in seconds when it's time to build something new.

Close-up of small hands placing the Santa cube by the cottage door

Meet the Cottage Pack

The Cubora Cottage Pack, Christmas Edition, is 150 magnetic cubes (2 cm each) for building a cozy Christmas cottage, plus Santa, snowman and reindeer cubes to bring it to life.

They build it, display it, and when the holidays are over, the same cubes become a house, a castle or anything else they dream up.

What's in the box

  • 150 magnetic cubes, 2 cm each
  • Christmas cottage cubes for walls, roof and festive details
  • Santa, snowman & reindeer cubes
See the Cottage Pack →

Why it makes a great Christmas gift

  1. Something to do on Christmas DayA real project for the afternoon, and one you can build together.
  2. A decoration they made themselvesThe finished cottage can sit by the tree all season, and they'll tell every visitor who built it.
  3. It keeps going after the holidaysThe cubes rebuild into anything, so the gift doesn't expire with the season.
  4. No screen, no batteries, no appNothing to charge, update or log into. Open the box and build.
  5. Easy for little buildersChunky 2 cm cubes with strong sealed magnets. Recommended for ages 3+.
The Cubora Cottage Pack with the finished Christmas cottage

Good to know before you buy

  • Recommended for ages 3+. Contains small parts, so keep it away from children under 3.
  • The magnets are sealed inside each cube.
  • It won't replace every minute of screen time. The goal is a gift they actually choose to play with.
Love it, or your money back.

Give it 30 days. If it doesn't earn a place in their day, message us and we'll refund you. No hoops.

Give them a Christmas they build

This year, put something under the tree that can actually compete with the tablet. If it doesn't, you get your money back within 30 days.

Get the Cottage Pack

Ships from the USA · No subscription · 30-day money-back

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This page is an advertisement written by Cubora, the company that sells the Cottage Pack. It is not an independent review.

⚠ WARNING: CHOKING HAZARD. Small parts. Not for children under 3 years.