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Review on Gift Toy For Baby Boys Girls 1-3 Years Old: SKYFIELD Montessori Wooden Garden Color Shape Fruit Sorting Orchard Cart Farm Game - Develop Fine Motor Skills! by Justin Ellingson

Revainrating 5 out of 5

Nicely Made Shape Matching Toy

Got this for our son as he moves into sitting up more and playing with toys. I'm always a fan of wood over plastic just because I know we'll end up with tons of plastic toys down the line, but wood is less common.This is a nice, compact little set of wooden fruits and carrots/beets, all kept in a little rolling box. The box has cutouts all around the outside, so your kid can find the right hole and shove the fruit through. The top has holes and two rectangle cutouts, the holes are two different sizes for the carrots/beets (they're red and white, maybe they aren't carrots). I didn't realize there were two sizes at first, the smaller ones dropped right through the large holes. The rectangle cutouts are for the chicken and bunny.Based on the pictures I actually thought that the wood pieces fit into the cutouts and stayed there, maybe using magnets or something, but they're actually just holes to push them through. I'm not sure if that's a plus or minus, I almost ranked it down until I realized it was entirely my mistake, though the pictures do lead you that way a bit.The colors and painting of the fruits and other pieces are actually really nice, no chipping, vibrant colors, just like it is in the pictures. The pieces feel solid as well, not like they're made out of balsa wood but a heavier wood, so they've got nice weight to them (maybe it's just me, but that's appealing). Time will tell if the paint chips easily when chewed on, hopefully not (I didn't find any mention of the type of paint used, unless I missed it).Overall it's a very nice little toy set, and it should do well as a shape matching toy (I may have to wait a bit longer for my son, he's only 6 months, he'll probably just try putting everything in his mouth). I have seen some other versions of this toy where the little worm dudes have magnets and are actually like full size pieces that can be removed. Bit bummed these aren't, but again, that was not advertised, I just want to fish for little wormies. =D

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Pros
  • Kid approved! Five stars!!
Cons
  • Potentially hazardous if left out in a room with very young siblings or pets