Product Description
Ages 2 & up. This classic, wooden sorting cube is sure to delight any toddler. Features 16 large, colored shapes for little hands and a removable lid. Measures approximately 5 ½ square.
This is a great toy! It's well made and colorful. My son loves it, he likes to use as a shape sorter and he likes to use the shapes as blocks.
I usually like Melissa and Doug, but this is a very poorly designed product. The box is made with shapes on five sides, obviously to play you should be able to turn the box at different angles. But the lid just sits on top, so it falls off if you turn it. It's a useless box with shapes cut in it, waste of money.
The lid comes off immediately. We thought it was defective so we brought it back to Toys R Us and got a new one but that is the way it is designed. What kid could or would want to hold the lid the entire time they are playing with the toy to make sure it doesn't come off. Also, our son would just put the shapes in the open side once the lid fell off or he'd get upset that everything he put into the shape sorter fell out.
I cannot imagine anyone tested this product. Toys R Us makes a wooden shape sorter that is much more environmentally friendly and no danger of lead. That one has a side that slides off and it's easy enough for a 2 year old to figure out but not so easy that it falls off. That one was a much better idea. What were Melissa and Doug thinking here.
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I was expecting a solid, good quality wooden toy. The cube itself is just that. Beautiful, solid wood, well put together. The rest of the toy disappoints, though. The paint on the blocks started chipping the first time we played with them. The lid is made not from the same wood as the rest of the cube but thinner cheaper laminated wood. Where the cut-out holes are, the first laminated layer has chipped away in places. This doesn't prevent the toy from being played with, however, I am much more wary of my daughter trying to put the blocks in her mouth because of the chipped paint, and it's just not going to be as durable as I expected.
This was a great educational gift for my young neice. She will be able to use this for quite some time, and since it's such a durable toy, it wil lbe very nice to pass along to other family members to come!
We were given this as a baby shower gift and I gave it to my daughter once she was able to sit upright on her own. She has been playing with it for several months. She is not yet at the stage where she is interested in sorting the shapes. She is a big fan of chewing on them and I've noticed the paint has come off on some of the edges. She also likes to put one into a plastic cup (from an Ikea staking cup toy) and shake it around, making noise. Once she started crawling, our little one discovered they quickly slide across the wood floor when she tosses them, and then she loves to retrieve them. I think she likes that the lid comes off easily, because that's the first thing she removes and chews on. Then she drops it on the floor, dumps all the blocks out, and chews on them. Not necessarily its intended purpose! Some of the blocks are smaller than I'd like and I sometimes fear she may choke on them, but I really don't think that is likely.
I suppose that if/when she starts to use it as a shape sorter, she will have to learn to put the shapes that fit into the bottom holes in there first; otherwise, if the bottom of the cube is lined with blocks, you cannot push the star, pentagon, and diamond in (well, maybe a very determined kid could forcefully shove them in and make it work!). I found that to be potentially frustrating myself because it somewhat takes away the fun of randomness out of inserting the blocks.
She (and I) have played with the Fisher Price shape sorter, the plastic one with 4 different shapes (3 pieces of each shape). That one allowed for less creativity because having only four shapes to sort instead of twelve different ones forces the child to learn that one shape fits one hole. If that's what you want, then the Melissa and Doug toy may not be for you, since more than one shape can fit through some of the holes.
I bought this for my daughter and she loved it at the first time she saw. The colors are bright and attractive. The shapes are just right for them to hold on their hands. This is more educative than other small toys such as cars or dolls.
This is a good educational toy; however it is quite challenging for a 2year old to get the shape into the correct slot. Some of shapes are too similar for example the square and the rectangle. The diamond shape when turned is very similar to the rectangle also. It is somewhat frustrating for a young child. I am sure in another 6 months it may not be. I would purchase this shape sorting cube for an older child.
I have a 13 month old who currently uses this as a Put and Take Toy - take shapes out and put them in - with the lid off. She is already trying to put a few of the shapes in the proper holes. It is a great toy for stacking a bit, learning colors, shapes, and placement. Lid comes off very easy, which makes it perfect for my baby's age. When she is older I may put velcro on the lid to keep it shut more, so it is easy to flip as she put the shapes in. Great product. Small and better for environmental than plastic. Very pleased with this toy. This is exactly what I was looking for.
I gave this toy to my daughter when she was 16 months old (knowing full-well that the recommended age was 2 years). She took to it immediately, and with a little help was soon putting all the shapes in the correct holes. I did have to hold the lid down for her and turn the cube so that the proper hole was on top. This is the one annoying feature about the toy design - because the lid won't stay on if the cube is turned, an adult has to assist. But it has become one of our favorite activities to do together, and now at 22 months, she loves it as much as she did when she first got it. And she has learned the names of many obscure shapes: octagon, pentegon, etc. She actually calls the toy "oc-tees" because the octagon is her favorite! In spite of the one design flaw, I love this toy and would recommend it to others. But not all kids may have the patience for the challenge of this type of toy, and certainly perhaps not before the recommended age. Based on reading other customer reviews, I would judge our experience to be unusual.
About Melissa & Doug Shape Sorting Cube detail
- Amazon Sales Rank: #431 in Toys & Games
- Brand: Melissa & Doug
- Model: 575
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 6.80" h x 6.80" w x 6.00" l, 1.76 pounds
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