Is girl going to be 4 still interested in Duplo for 2+?

[ks6349]

I have a niece that I have never met her before due to relocation. I want to present her a gift for the first time. Is girl going to be 4 years old (Now, still 3) likely to be interested in Duplo for 2+? e.g. 10971? Or will she be more interested in small box sets of Friends or Disney? Any guess based on experience? I personally want to buy her Duplo 10971 because I 'hope' that she will like the animals. However, is it too young for her? She is going to be 4.

Edited August 21, 2023 by ks6349

[Murdoch17]

1 hour ago, ks6349 said:

I have a niece that I have never met her before due to relocation. I want to present her a gift for the first time. Is girl going to be 4 years old (Now, still 3) likely to be interested in Duplo for 2+? e.g. 10971? Or will she be more interested in small box sets of Friends or Disney? Any guess based on experience? I personally want to buy her Duplo 10971 because I 'hope' that she will like the animals. However, is it too young for her? She is going to be 4.

Personally, I would ask the parents opinions. Also, there are 4+ LEGO sets that *should* be more in her age range. But, as I said - ask the parents first as every child develops different.

[Lyichir]

Older kids can still enjoy Duplo—especially if they have younger siblings, since with Duplo they can play together with the same bricks even if the younger sibling isn't quite old enough for the "real deal" yet.

But really whatever you decide will probably be fine, especially since whenever she does "graduate" to regular Lego, the Duplo she has will still be compatible while she's getting started with standard bricks.

[Breakspear]

Older kids definately can enjoy Duplo. My nearly six year old girl has graduated to Lego at home, but loves playing with Duplo when she visits friends who have a large sack of it. 

I think she enjoys the feeling of near total masterty that comes from working with such a simple/familiar/intuative product: the  size of the bricks and limited range of shapes make it super easy for her to construct quite large, stable builds very quicky, in a way which is very satisfying. This compares with the slower, fiddlier experience of building with Lego, where the smaller scale and greater menu of bricks choices require with much greater thought and concentration. I'm not saying one is better then the other, but they offer distinctly different play experiences and sources of satisfaction to kids in the 4-6 year age range.

I know there is a tipping point somewhere when kids suddenly reject toys they consider 'too baby-ish', but she hasn't reached it for Duplo... yet.

[LegendaryArticuno]

Disney Princess, Gabby's Dollhouse, and even City are better suited for 4 year old girls than Duplo.

[Redhead1982]

It also depends if a child has built with lego before. At 4 not everyone is skilled to tackle smaller parts and clutch power. My 6-yr old still sometines need help to clutch parts together.  At the same time she has no problem to follow instructions of larger sets, even aimed at 18+. At the end of the days, ask the parents for advice.