Giftable for all. Moms, graduates, teachers. The Tegu Pocket Pouch Prism.

These magnetic wooden blocks are not just for kids! Great gifts for all.

School’s (almost) out! Celebrate with Tegu. The Pocket Pouches from Tegu are great gifts for all ages!

Celebrate Teacher Appreciation Week, May 6-10, and tell the teacher in your child’s life how much you appreciate his or her hard work in the classroom this year. Do you remember the teacher who made math ‘click’ for you? Or physics? Or spelling? Teachers provide an amazing foundation and the building blocks for kids to grow.

Celebrate Mother’s Day, May 12, and tell your mom how much you love her. She holds your family together with that magnetic force called love.

Celebrate the graduate. From preschool to grad-school, graduation is more a beginning than an end. We want to say, keep learning, dreaming, creating and growing. We hope no matter how old you get, that you will always stay a kid at heart.

So give Tegu to celebrate and say thank you. Get a free Pocket Pouch Prism Nelson when you spend $30 on Tegu.com through May 6, 2013. Buy one for your mom and get one for your teacher. Or buy one for your favorite graduate and keep one for yourself!

Did you know Tegu Blocks make really fun desk toys? It’s true! The most beautifully designed paperweight in the office will attract more than just paperclips. These magnetic wooden toys will get creativity flowing and help you avoid any mental-blocks!

Your beautiful wooden Tegu Blocks will also look right at home on a coffee table, functioning as a conversation piece or fun game. In recent New York Times article “Building Blocks,” architect Michael Arad mentioned Tegu Blocks as blocks that “tend to be more aesthetically appealing, so the adults at home don’t mind if the blocks are left out for days on end.”

We're TOTES excited that the Travel Tote is back!

When kids want to bring their favorite blocks along…

We are TOTE-ally excited to announce that the Travel Tote is back! Our Tote was an immediate favorite when we first introduced it in 2010. But as our magnetic building block system grew, the Travel Tote needed to as well.

So we redesigned our Tote. Of course it is still beautifully made with industrial strength felt to protect your premium wooden blocks wherever they go, but now it’s large enough to fit even our Explorer Set inside!

With the weather is getting warmer, we are thinking of weekend getaways and summer vacations ahead. And what makes a fun trip even more fun? Bringing your favorite wooden blocks along of course! Just as the building options with Tegu Blocks are endless, now the places to bring them are as well. Trips can be as short as the playroom shelf to the kitchen table, or as long as flights to grandma’s house. We want to see the places you bring your Tegu Blocks!

Buy your Travel Tote now and get 20% off your whole order! Offer valid through April 15, 2013.

Behind the scenes: How your favorite wooden blocks are made

Today’s Annual Report promo: Get a free Hatch when you spend $70 or more!

Use code: FREECAR Valid March 19, 2013 on http://www.tegu.com

You are about to find out (most of) the secret recipe to our one-of-a-kind magnetic wooden blocks! The cycle goes all the way from one tree to another, creating a beautiful building system of Tegu Blocks in the process!

You have probably heard about our mission in Honduras. But maybe you wondered where you are calling when you have a customer service question? Or where our designer sits when he comes up with the newest Tegu product? We included this map so you can get to know us a bit more!

View our 2012 Annual Report here: http://www.tegu.com/annual-report-2012/

From Our Original Wooden Block Set to Many

Did you know Tegu started with just one set, the ORIGINAL SET? Look how much we’ve grown! We’ve expanded our color selections, block shapes, and product lines. And we are going to keep expanding! Tegu is a system to keep building on to.

Today only, to celebrate how much our product portfolio has grown, get a FREE Pocket Pouch Prism Jungle when you buy any ORIGINAL SET!

Use code: THEORIGINALONE

Valid March 15, 2013 on http://www.tegu.com/blocks

View our 2012 Annual Report here: http://www.tegu.com/annual-report-2012/

Best toy company of the year?! :) See our 2012 Annual Report

Maybe you have been with us since our very first magnetic wooden block set launched in 2009, or maybe you had never heard of Tegu before receiving a set for Christmas last year. However long it has been, we want to take a moment to say thank you! 2012 was a big year at Tegu, and we couldn’t have done it without you.

People are first drawn to Tegu for many different reasons. Our social mission in Honduras. Our desire to foster creativity and help equip your children through open-ended play. Our eco-friendly and sustainable practices. Our simply beautiful design. We are taking these things seriously, and having fun doing it!

Thank you for caring about these things too. Thank you for introducing Tegu Blocks into the lives of your family and friends. We look forward to many years together ahead! We love being a toy that children return to year after year and we love seeing the way our building system grows with a child as their imagination grows. We look forward to seeing their children play with Tegu. Yes, that’s right! We are confident in the heirloom quality of our product and we are creating a toy company designed to be around 100+ years from now!

Before we get ahead of ourselves, we want to celebrate 2012. Starting tomorrow we will be sharing fun facts from our 2012 annual report and hosting 24 hour promotions to let you know how much we appreciate you!

View annual report here!

A Bold Block

From aspiring architects to budding builders, the new Nelson blocks will kindle your children’s creativity and build a new generation of designers, inventors, and artists. Named in honor of famous designer George Nelson, these multi-colored blocks will help transform their visions into realities–and even unleash your inner child in the process!

Like the designer himself, these simple (yet inspired) blocks will allow your children “to do much more with much less.” While you can’t have an unlimited number of blocks, the creative possibilities with Tegu Blocks are endless. With shades of orange, blue, gray, and green, the Nelson scheme adds a modern twist to a classic toy and helps kids everywhere visualize their designs in a new light (and color). In fact, between now and Friday, you could win the Nelson set of your choice by telling the Tegu Team about what inspires you!

Enter on Facebook

Like Tegu on Facebook
Publicly share any Nelson post (and your inspiration) with your friends

Enter on Twitter

Follow @Tegu
Tweet: “Hey @Tegu! I’m inspired by [...]?” and, of course, include your inspiration

You only need to share or tweet once to participate. The contest launches today and ends Friday, October 5th. The winner will be chosen at random and announced on Tuesday, October 9th. Even better? You can start building with these multi-colored blocks right now by using the discount code TEGUNELSON to receive 20% off any Nelson block set through Wednesday, October 10th. Available in the Pocket Pouch, Pocket Pouch Prism, Endeavor Set, or Explorer Set.

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Reach New Heights With Wooden Toys

From castles to cathedrals, the latest Tegu Block sets allow your aspiring architect to defy gravity and reach new heights. With the new 22-piece Endeavor and 40-piece Explorer Sets, we’ve transformed the Tegu experience and added a whole new dimension to open-ended play by introducing columns, mega-planks, and trapezoids into the mix. These new shapes and sizes seamlessly integrate with any existing Tegu Block set—an excellent case study in modular design. Combined with cubes and planks, they enhance the capabilities for building bigger, taller, and more angular creations. And, of course, the embedded magnets prevent your ships, towers, and skyscrapers from crashing to the ground.

With no instruction manual, children will only be limited by their imaginations. With the new Endeavor and Explorer, they will not only build architectural masterpieces, but also their creativity, motor skills, and spatial reasoning. In just a few snaps, children can unleash their curiosity and broaden their architectural horizons!

To help channel your inner Frank Lloyd Wright, we’ll be giving one lucky winner either the Endeavor or Explorer Set (individual will select which set/color). Between now and Wednesday, tell your friends and family why they should explore the world of Tegu Blocks and you could win!

Enter on Facebook:

Like Tegu on Facebook
Publicly share any Explorer/Endeavor post with your friends and tell them why they should explore the world of Tegu

Enter on Twitter:

Follow @Tegu
Tweet: “Explore the world of @Tegu #Blocks w/ me http://bit.ly/ExploreTegu”

You only need to share or tweet once to participate. The contest launches today and ends Wednesday night. The winner will be chosen at random and announced Thursday morning on Facebook and Twitter.

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A Curiously Attractive Footnote For Your Desk

A Grown-Up Twist on Wooden Toys

Make a note: we’re adding a grown-up twist to the classic wooden block with Asterisk—the world’s most attractive desk toy. Consisting of a magnetic base and seven magnetic wooden sculpture pieces, this curiously attractive executive toy will help satisfy your creativity with its sleek appearance and addictive magnets. From the office to the classroom, these wooden blocks can be combined in endless ways to create elegant and inspiring designs.

With just a few weeks until Father’s Day, it’s time to put down the tie and think outside the box. Between now and Friday, tell us why your dad is the coolest on the block and you could win an Asterisk for him this year.

Enter on Facebook

Like Tegu on Facebook
Publicly share any Asterisk post by Tegu with your friends and tell them why your dad’s the coolest on the block

Enter on Twitter

Follow @Tegu
Tweet: Hey @Tegu! Help my dad be the coolest one on the #block http://bit.ly/KJU1c8 #asterisk

You only need to share or tweet once to participate. However, there are two ways to earn an additional entry: getting five friends to “like” your post on Facebook OR receiving three retweets by three different users on Twitter. The contest launches today and ends Friday, June 8th. The winner will be chosen at random and announced on Monday, June 11th. Ready to purchase an Asterisk right now? Use the code TEGUASTERISK to receive 20% off through Friday, June 8th.

This summer, help your dad recharge at the office—no batteries required.

A Curiously Attractive Footnote For Your Desk

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