Activity Toy Reviews

Ravensburger products are easy to love because of their high quality. These game tiles (like Ravensburger's puzzle pieces) are thick, colorful with great detail, and wipe clean when you spill on them. I enjoy puzzles and so this is a fun game for me, creating a maze of rivers, roads, and railways that begin and end at houses, bridges, towns and dams. The game can last an overly long time, so my kids don't enjoy it as much.

Even the littlest one (3 years old) loves R, R, & R. He doesn't understand the "game" part, but he loves looking at the pieces, and he has figured out how the matching works.
Treating it more like a puzzle than a turn-based game makes it fun for everybody -- you spend as little or as long on it as you want, and then you come back to it later.
Our household challenge is to use all the pieces in as compact a shape as possible. My husband is obsessed with putting together a perfect rectangle. Hasn't happened yet, but he keeps trying!

This game promotes many educational skills, available to use even with very young children,including matching, visual discrimination, vocabulary building, sequencing and in addition it is a fun game to play turning out different picture representation every time!

I built this puzzle a few years ago with my brothers and we had a great time. A lot of 3d puzzles are too easy and don't last long enough, but not this one, we definately got our money's worth.

A very nice 3D puzzle of Mad King Ludwig's real life castle in Bavaria (also seen in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang).

Difficulty: A little above average for skilled users. Spoiler guide follows:

As usual I started out by putting all the bases together. Then the roofs, then the front gate. With all the colorful pieces out of the way I started on the grey pieces in earnest.

The large panels such as the sides of the main building were the easiest. The 1 piece wide towers were the hardest. The thing I liked least were the pieces with the tiny teeth(?), makes them hard to connect to each other.

Took me a while to complete all the panels, but once I did I cracked open the instructions and put them all together by the numbers. The panels were quite easy to put together, and once fully assembled the castle was a joy to look at. The poor king lived in the gate house while it was being built and died before it was finished. That's why one side of the castle looks incomplete.

It's definitely very nice. And this actually the 2nd Neuschwanstein Castle put out by the 3D folks. The first castle, which seems to be simpler was just named Bavarian Castle. It's no longer produced.

The finished castle is about 2 foot long. The only quibble I have is that they could have made this castle 50% or even 100% bigger. It would have been much more imposing. Overall highly recommended. I put a 2 star durability rating for all my Puzz3D puzzles because none of them can stand a lot of abuse. Ciao.

This was my first 3D puzzle and I now realize that I probably should have started with something a bit easier. I also should have read the instructions first. I ended up having to take apart several sections to install the hidden pieces that allow it to stay standing. That said, this was SOOO much fun. My daughter (5yrs old) enjoyed helping with the first part of sorting out the "junk" pieces with the red dots (some people might consider the junk pieces a detriment, but it gave my daughter something that she could help with, so I didn't mind them).

I only ended up w/ 1 missing piece, and considering that my dd was helping, it might have ended up w/ the junk! The finished product definately looks like a puzzle, but it is sturdy enough to move w/out a base board (although I'm planning on putting it on a stiff piece of cardboard or something). The only issue I had was with the non-square towers, I wish there were a few more stabilizer pieces because it was really difficult to get the angle between the sections exactly right.

Anyway, I'm off to get myself a few more Puzz3D items!

I am 200% sure. Amazon told my mom that the picture is a mistake it is of Chelsea, but it is suppose to be of Madison. She ordered Madison for me on the 20th of March. We got her on the 23rd. It Is Madison. She has light brown hair and blue eyes. Shes wearing a cute black jacket, a pair of olive green pants, and a burgundy and olive green tank. Hope this is helpful to you.

Are you completely,100% sure that you will recieve Madison?Because I definatly know that this sure looks like Chelsea and I have two Chelsea dolls.I know what she looks like.She comes with LOTS of stuff for only [...].I like her skirt and her shirt in the second outfit.She has TONS of fabulous accessories.

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Although it is a picture of Chelsea, it is Madison that you will get. She is very pretty. She comes with all the things you see in the picture. Hope this will be helpful.

I bought Cadoo one Christmas for my nephew because he thought it would be fun. He was wrong. I played it one time with him and while we were playing he got bored. There is no real point to this game.

This is a great game. My 2 1/2 and 6 both play it together. It helps the little one to learn colors and shapes and identifying pictures and most importantly to listen to instructions. Its a fun action game because the speaker calls out the new location to find and tells the players how to get there -- spin to a red, crawl to a square. It is even fun to play alone. I definitely recommend this.

I had this game on my Amazon wish list, and a good friend purchased it as a "big brother" gift for my two eldest when their baby brother was born. Since they had lots of toys already, I kept it hidden in my closet for the right day... when the baby would be awake, the downstairs neighbors would be gone, etc.

Well, I pulled it out today, popped the batteries in, and voila! Like magic, my normally squabbling 3 1/2 and 6 1/2 year olds were giggling, bouncing, and leaping all over the place. The great thing is that it's an active game, but they have to listen to the game's instructions, so they don't get overly wild. This is a terrific game for a small birthday party (though you can order spare game pads from Cranium and use it for bigger groups or classes), or just to bring out when the kids are bored and can't go burn off energy outside.

The game is really simple; it comes with the battery-operated pod and 16 pads that you scatter on the floor. They vary in shapes, colors, and emblems (things like animals, instruments, and food). The players have to listen to the pod's instructions (ie "spin over to a circle! Touch your nose to an animal!"), and after a certain number of instructions, the game will tell the players to freeze, and announce that if anyone is standing on a certain pad, they're the winner, and should take a bow or do a funky dance.

I was thrilled to have a game that's active and something that both my kids could play together -- since it's essentially a listening-to-instructions game of luck, one wouldn't necessarily beat the other.

This is a terrific example of how well-thought-out the Cranium games are. I'm sure we'll get lots of use out of this!

Despite what the tag says, it holds up great in the washer (inside of a laundry bag). We've had ours 1 year and our son loves his giraffe. Worth the money. Clips easily to stroller, carseat straps, shopping cart, diaper bag. Great toy to entertain and keep baby occupied while on the go!

We received this last December for baby's first Christmas as a gift from his uncle. He was about two months old then. To this day, baby still loves this toy! The colors and textures stimulate him, along with the different noises it makes, such as the crinkley noise in one feet, the rattling in the other two, and the squeak in the other feet and on the head. He loves to finger the fringes on the edges and the knot on the tail. Along with that, he loves to chew on the crinkley ears! This toy keeps baby occupied. If he wakes from his nap, he usually cries, but if this toy is available to him, he would immediately start playing with it and forget all about being cranky. It says surface wash only, but I've put it in a pillowcase and was able to put in in the washer and dryer. We don't ever leave home without this giraffe!!!! Highly recommended for all babies!!!

I bought this toy thinking it would be one for my 3 month old to grow into (as far as being really interested) but she has already fallen in love with "Jolly" as we call him! Each of his feet make a different sound effect--a jingle, a squeak, a rattle and a crackling sound---SO GREAT! She loves to chew and suck on his feet--and the size of his neck and legs are perfect for tiny hands to grap ahold of! GREAT TOY with bring, fun colors!

I ordered this at the last minute and it came in time for my 2 year old's birthday yay! It was a hit with both he and my 5 year old son. It is actually the coolest ride on toy like this that I have seen. Only one complaint the batteries died already, which is worse for the kids than me as it is a bit annoying after an 8 hour day of it ;)
Awesome Toy!
~Amanda in Oregon

Although this toy is still a favorite for my 16month old son, I had to remove the magnets from his reach. I found him with the circle magnet stuck in his mouth. I scared me to death, but I quickly removed it. If you buy this, please remove the magenets before you let your child play with it!!

I purchased this item for my 1yr old triplets and they are truely inlove with it.They enjoy playing with the maze. It's a great toy for toddlers.

I purchased the Giant Bead Maze for my grandson's 1st birthday, and his plays with it every day. He loves it!