Customer Reviews

Scribbler Baby Boy

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I chose this product because my daughter was 19 months old, and it was marketed as age-appropriate. Comparable products were labeled for ages 3 and over due to the choking hazard of small parts.

The doodle board works fine, although that piece itself is probably the flimsiest-feeling part of the product. The 3 magnets provided to draw with are made large enough to be grabbed by toddlers who haven't mastered fine motor skills yet. That part of the design seems reasonable.

Where I was disappointed was that the 3 wells which seat the drawing implements require significant pushing or pulling force in order to securely put them in or remove them for drawing. The difficulty of this is a deterrent for my daughter in interacting with the toy, unless I am pulling or pushing them for her. Even if she had more strength, the tightness with which the drawing implements fit means that you must have the judgment and motor skills to firmly grasp the frame of the drawing pad in an optimal position to apply enough counter-force to pry them out of their seated positions. She's not there and I'm not sure how soon she would be.

I can see where this might be considered an advantage in that once the drawing implements are snapped in, they're not coming out easily and so are less likely to be lost. But it makes it hard for the child to just pick up the toy and successfully play with it, so I think it's more of a design flaw than a feature.

I got this for my 1 year old to help his dexterity and he loves scribbling on it. And when we have older kids over they like it to. Obviously a 1 year is rough on stuff and this thing can take it.

My granddaughter 18 months loves to play with the stamps that make pictures. Her little hands and mind plays with this toy for 1/2 hour to one hour at a time.

As a caveat, I will first say we've only had this toy for an hour. But in the last hour, my (3 yr old) daughter's been more captivated with this toy than she was with any of her other Christmas gifts.

It's a higher-grade than the typical write-n-wipe boards. There's an automated component to the the wipe-off part. And the different writing utensils (one being a dinosaur footprint) really caters to the imagination. I'm even enticed to play with my daughter!

I'll come back and edit this once we get some hours in it to comment on wear/tear, but as a creative toy that captures the imagination and holds it for a nice long play time - I'm really loving this so far.