Activity Toy Reviews

Got this toy for my daughter for Christmas. Both she and my son loved it, but it only comes with 8 or so pieces of cardboard and you go through them quickly. I bought refills, which were hard to find locally and they also last about 5 minutes. As other reviewers have said, get your own cardboard, any neon color works well, and use one of the original pieces as a stencil to cut them out. It's much cheaper than buying the refills if you don't mind a little bit of extra work. I bought regular cardboard which curled up after they came off the toy, but we can put a book on them when they are dry to flatten them out. Cleaning isn't too bad either. Just a couple of papertowels and voila! It's clean and ready to be used again.

My duaghter who is 3 1/2 years old got this toy from her grandmother. I was a little hesitant at first. I remember something similar when I was child and it made for massive clean up when done.
So I have been putting it off getting out for my daughter. Who has asked me non stop for the last two months. I kept saying it was special toy for a special day. Her not knowing I just didn't want to deal with the hassel of the whole thing.

Well I got it out today. It's humid and raining and I thought I can't put it off forever. THis toy is great. It was so much fun and really there was hardly any mess. I instructed her less is more on a project like this but I don't think it made a difference. With each paper change I did wipe it down with a wet paper towel and that was it. They think it's super cool because you use it with all the lights off. It's also nice because it comes with the batteries.

This is a real winner. I highly recommend this toy and don't put off playing with it either like I did.

I bought this toy for my daughters birthday (3) and everyone in the family loves it, her father had to make a picture of his own while the both of them argued over whose turn it was!

I bought this for my niece for her birthday. I was disappointed to find out when the package was delivered that they don't send the ladybug larva to Oregon. There wasn't anything indicating that the ladybug larva couldn't be sent to certain states.

I bought this for my niece, Alex, in 2004 when she was three. She had just dressed up as a ladybug for Halloween and I thought it would make a fun project to work on in the afternoons with her grandparents.

The day the toy arrived, Alex was ecstatic, however, first the larvae would have to be ordered. Her ecstasy subsided over the period of SIX WEEKS that it took for the larvae to arrive.

Once the larvae arrived, Alex's grandparents followed the directions perfectly. No matter. The larvae sprouted, stumbled around Ladybug Land for a couple of days, then died.

The habitat was adorable. The bugs just didn't want to live there.

It was a disappointment for everyone, though, at times like this, we should look to the wisdom of children.

Alex: "All of them died but at least we still have their house."

We received 16 larva eaxcatly when we requested them and all have survived as far as we can tell. My 6 year old and my 3 year old loved watching the larva walk around and now love the pink ladybugs. It was particularly interesting for them because we had a few larva, a few pupa and a few adult ladybugs all at the same time. I even brought this in to my daughter's 1st grade class and had a mini-lesson with the kids. The teacher says they're still talking about it. This is well worth the money.

My two-month-old daughter loved this from the moment we put it together and put her under it. She will play by batting at the toys and loves to watch the lights dance. The toy will amuse her for at least 20 minutes. I'm not sure how she'll enjoy it as it converts to the other uses, but it was well worth the money for the use we're getting out of it now.

Also easy to assemble!

Fisher Price does it again. A wonderful toy that transitions from infancy to toddlerhood. I purchased this for my [...] infant. She loves to lay under it and look at the lights. At 3 months she kicked at the toys with her feet and enjoyed the show!!! Now at 4 months she can bat at the toys with her hands to activate the music. She also loves to pull the toys off and use as teething rings. My other [...] daughter loves to use this when converted to the rocking horse. The piano is also removeable to take anywhere. It is durable and entertaining. It is also very easy to assemble. A great toy for any child from birth to age [...] Well worth it!!!!!!!!!!

I bought this toy after considering the 5 in 1 by Little Tikes. I had read a lot of negative reviews about babies kicking the 5 in 1 gym away from them while using the kick bar. My 10 week old LOVES to kick, so I kept searching. This toy is perfect for him! Although the picture shows the baby under the gym playing with the toys with his hands, I positioned my son so that he could kick it instead and he was in heaven. He loved to see the piano light up and play music when he kicked the toys. Plus it has a volume control with a soft mode (something the 5 in 1 lacked). I have no idea if he will like the other 2 modes as he grows older, but regardless, it is worth the $45. He stayed under it for 45 minutes last night, had a ball and the toy never moved! If your child loves to kick, look no further.

This is a fun toy for our 6 month old son. There are lots of activities to entertain little ones, such as the sunshine wtih the spinning rays, the bluebird that can be spun up and down the pole, the hopping bunny that makes silly noises, the bumble bee that can spin around, the flower in the middle that lights up and of course, the winding bar and the little friends (catepillar, butterfly and ladybug)that can be moved along the bars. The bar's twists and turns can be moved to form different silly shapes and each time it's moved, a song (one of three) is played and the flower in the middle lights up. The catepillar, butterfly and ladybug also have different textures with lots of bumps and ridges that are sure to delight babies. Our little guy enoys moving the bar and bopping the bunny to make a 'boing' sound, but he doesn't quite get the concept that he can wind the insects around that bar. Maybe that will come in time. Overall, this is a fun, attractive toy that presents many different play and learning opportunities for babies. Hopefully, our son will continue to like this in the months to come.

Initially, I would have rated this item with 5 stars. My daughter (17 months) loves her Learn-Around Playground. My concern is that she has gotten her arm stuck in the ball tube three times. One of the times it left a large blue mark on her arm. As she gets older, I'm afraid that one of these times we won't be able to get her arm out or a more sever injury will occur.

So my son was a early stander! He would try to stand up and I would hold him! Then he would try to walk so my mom bought him this and he loved the fact that he was able to stand up and play with something that made all the noise and he loved playing with the colorful balls and pushing the letters! I recommend this to any parent to teach your child that they can stand up by themselves without us always holding them! They will love the fact that they push on buttons and it makes noise and everything!!

My son loves this playground. It is helping his legs become stronger thru standing, and he's only 5 months old!!!

the 3 dimensional horses were freezes (i.e., only 1 side of the animal was there) rather than full 3 dimensional items, but otherwise it was quite nice. They were easy to paint and everything came with the item.

I actually purchased this because it was on a huge sale, not expecting much, but boy was I surprised. My 2 year old saw it with other toys in the amazon box, and immediately asked that I open this one. I agreed, and we opened it up. There are a surprising amount of pieces. The two of us played with it for close to an hour without getting bored. Then when my 8 year old got home from school the 2 of them spent another 1/2 hour building with it. The biggest surprise, this weekend my husband got down on the floor and spent close to an hour building robots and creatures and towers with my 2 year old with just this set (I can't remember the last time he's done something like that). Needless to say, it's a hit with the whole family, and has been played with every day since. A great buy!

My 22month old daughter received the Build n'Go Village from Santa, and what a wonderful toy it is. She was never very interested in Mega blocks, but loves the pop-onz. They are easy to handle, colorful and come in a case that turns into a play table. She can take them anywhere with her. There's no little pieces to lose, or that will become vaccum cleaner food!! My husband is planning on purchasing the castle blocks for her birthday. I strongly recommend this toy.

This is a great addition to the pop onz table. My son loves to build different things out of the blocks. And they are not very pricey.

I was so excited to buy this, but my two year old son has not taken to it. I also bought the Little Touch animals book at the same time, and he has enjoyed that one immensely. But for some reason he ignores the Mr. Brown book.
He likes funny noises, and Mr. Brown's noises are not that funny. Most of them seem to be spoken by a person, rather than silly sounds. There are not a lot of pictures to push on each page, so my son gets bored quickly.
The story is good, so I think he may enjoy it when he gets older but right now it is a dud.

Picked this up for my one-year-old daughter for Christmas. She enjoyed it insofar as her attention span would allow, which is about ten minutes a pop, but it wasn't her favorite LeapPad Little Touch. She also didn't have as much fun using it alone, so really it is something that she does with my wife or I.

It is pretty faithful to Dr. Seuss, but as the other commentator notes, it doesn't go that extra mile. What's included is fun and entertaining, but there could have been a little more content given the money you're shelling out.

As the Little Touch books go, this is one of the best. The sounds effects and cadence of the story make this book serious entertainment for my 18 month old. She can play with this for a half hour straight without any attention from mommy.

My 2 year old loves all of the Aquadoodle toys but she likes this one the most. She doesn't go anywhere without it. And it's very durable. I can't tell you how many times she's dropped it down the back steps. The flip screen has popped out and the little booklet, but they both pop right back into place. And unlike the travel version this one is small enough to throw right in your purse or a diaper bag. I highly recommend it.

I purchased two of these for holiday gifts for a three year old girl and a seven year old boy. Both children continue to thoroughly enjoy the gift and I see smiles and cooperative, creative play whenever the big re-closeable boxes of delights are pulled out.

This is a wonderful kid friendly way for kids to be able to unleash their creativity. The box contains a good variety of great products... more than enough to satisfy most kids on most days. It is also a great chance to sample lots of cool crayola offerings without having to commit hefty sums of money to buy each one separately.

Excellent for independent clean-up because everything fits easily right back into the big see-through box. All that, plus you get the fun of seeing all the beautiful ideas the kids will come up with.

I will be buying many of these for birthday gifts in the future.

I got this toy for christmas and the moment i got it i loved it,i think every kid should get one

I got this set (along with the Super Art Craft Chest) for my daughter for Christmas. This set had more than was shown/expected and far exceeded my expectations. While my set DID NOT have the modeling clay as shown, it did have 3 different boxes of crayons including classic, neon or flourescent, and construction paper crayons, at least 2 sets of markers, colored pencils, sidewalk chalk, a coloring book, paint, and the plastic crayon/marker holder (which as a different color than shown). The only weak part of the set is the coloring book, but the supplies inside the tub are outstanding and inspiring for young artists. By all means, if your child likes to draw, paint, and color, then your child will LOVE this kit and get plenty of use out of it! By the way, I prefer this set to the Craft set, but both are wonderful! The tote itself will be bigger than you are expecting and you can add any existing supplies you have to it!