My 6 year old loves to build castles out of pillows. I thought this set would allow him to get creative with his designs. He lived a few days in his first creation (success!). But there was a lot of frustration in assembling - many connectors broke in half (we have >6 broken ones and we only assembled twice with this set). doesn't seem to be enough space in the connectors. To keep the sticks in place, there are no instructions on how to align the connectors to best build certain shapes. With the loss of so many connections, it is difficult to build large enough forts. I was planning to buy another set but based on our experience I would happily spend the money on a different gift.