My kid was so excited about this fort but unfortunately it was a big disappointment. The straws didn't go into the connector balls very well and easily. I had to help out for the most part, and even I had trouble putting it together. We read and followed the instructions but it didn't matter as the items were poorly made and the quality was terrible. We tried to build a few designs but again the holes in the spheres weren't drilled properly making most designs impossible to build. The structures that we were able to build up with a lot of effort didn't hold together. They crumbled and fell apart on their own. Overall poor quality product.