Customer Reviews

Creepy Crawlers Workshop

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this toy was a huge hit at christmas. It was all my 4yo could talk about. The oven works just like the easy bake oven that I remember as a child.... except the creations in this oven are icky, rubbery bugs. What's not to love?

The oven requires a 60 watt candelabra bulb (not included). Once the bulb is installed, you just plug it in and go. The kit came with 3 color bug solutions (orange, black and green) and a special FX tube that I'm not sure actually does anything "special". There are 2 metal plate molds and a spatula for smoothing the goop into all the mold crevices. You fill the molds with your "goop" and get a grown up to help put the mold into the oven, then wait for 7-9 minutes, remove the mold into a "cooling tray" filled with water. The instructions tell you to let cool for 8 - 25 minutes, but honestly, the tray cools down in just a few minutes. Then scoop out the bugs and you're ready to make more.

The bugs are NOT edible....just rubbery creepy fun.

As far as safety goes, the oven seems to be built well. The oven can not be turned on while the door is open, and then once the door is closed and the the light is on, the door will not reopen until it's not only turned off, but also cooled down. There is a rudimentary heat gage on the front of the machine - when the arrow is at the bottom of the window, oven is hot, door is locked. When the arrow is at the top of the window, oven is cool, door can open. While none of this takes the place of parental supervision, I found these to be nice safety features.

The cooking bugs do emit a plasticy odor that was mildly unpleasant, but not unbearable. the smell dissipates quickly. Also, we did spill some of the liquid goop on a shirt and it washed out with no stains or visible mess.

While this toy is not really my cup of tea, I can not stress enough how much my son LOVES this toy. He will literally spend hours creating new bugs, and carries them around in a zip lock baggy to show anyone who will listen. This was a great gift, a big hit, and I would definitely recommend. Amazon also sells refill packs for the goop in different sizes and colors. You should be able to find refills for under $10.

This toy really brings back memories. GREAT fun and now I use it for my middle school science classes to teach about fossils. I'm glad they still make it.

Bought this for our 3 boys for Christmas because I used to have one like this when I was young. It's still great and they love making creepy things. It's easy to use,some adult supervision needed due to the heat, but my 7 yr old twins have the hang of it now and can do it by themselves. Lots of good fun, more molds would be a nice addition.

we have had alot of fun with this toy!!! boys age 9 and 4 both were able to make the fun bugs!!!

My nephew seemed to like it really well. He is into bugs and creepy crawly things so this seemed to be right up his alley.

My 10 year old daughter wanted this toy more than anything else for Christmas. After reading the reviews for the newer version of it (not good) I decided to purchase this older version. It works beautifully and my daughter loves it! I was surprised at how easy and fun this is!

My son got this when he was six and it still gets pulled out from time to time. All the kids love to play with it, and as long as kids are supervised, it is fairly safe.

We got this for my 5 year old last year. He loves it! His siblings (9&12) did too.

They will all sit down and play with it for hours. It came with a good amount of goo, so they were able to play with it a few times before we had to run out and get more goo. I don't remember how many bugs were made before we ran out, but there were a lot all over the house (as the kids tried to scare us with weird bugs... :-)

I am happy we bought this product for Christmas for my son. While many other toys purchased for Christmas sit on the shelf, he requests this one a few times a week so he can add to his "bug collection". The glues that come with it are bright and vibrant, but don't glow in the dark. We were randomly in Big Lots the other day and found extra glues that DO glow (for cheaper than the refill prices online), so now we have some of each. The oven itself has a built in mechanism that it cannot be opened if it is too hot. It also has a shut-off mechanism if you forget, although if it's still set to "on", it will turn back on after cooling down. Somehow we still managed to burn one batch, but that's out of about 10 batches, so not bad. You do need to have a bulb on hand for it right away though. Overall, very fun and interesting for my 5 yr old.

this was the worst toy ever. My six year old son couldn't do any of it himself and even with adult help the bugs all fell apart. It was frustrating and no fun for anyone