Customer Reviews

Melissa & Doug Deluxe Fuzzy Make - Your - Own Monster Puppet

5 star:		(25)
4 star:		(10)
3 star:		(1)
2 star:		(1)
1 star:		(0)

 

 

Well, my kids love to make their own monsters, and I love playing with them, too. The only problem that I have is that the velcro used to attach all the parts is not a strong hold, especially for the arms. They are usually half falling off, and non of the parts are very secure. But, that aside, it is hours of imaginative play for me and my kids, and that's more important!!

My 4 year old daughter loves this puppet. We can play with it for hours finding creative ways of making new horrible faces and then attacking each other with them or having Jim Henson' style puppet shows with her 'Melissa and Doug' puppets. Great stuff.

I first saw this toy at a friend's; her 3-year old son had been given the toy for his birthday. The giver told her that it provided hours of fun for kids and was especially good for rainy days. Well, my son-in-law, who is working on his PhD, sat down to play with the kids and I think he had more fun with it than they did. So, I bought one for his niece's birthday and she loved it! Active and sedentary kids both love this toy and you will too!

First the only "con"; sometimes the "fur" gets stuck in the velcro...but that seems to be the only issue.

Accessories/parts appear to stick securely. Both Daddy and the 4yr old girl have been enjoying it (Christmas gift).

Decent quality for price.

Hope they come out with more like this; good fun and nice to be able to change it. Good for the imagination and reduces getting bored with the same old puppet!

Just a fantastic product! So much fun and what quality!! These have to be the best constructed and detailed puppets around. Hours of fun for the kids. Absolutely adorable. You can create so many different faces. Well worth the purchase.

This is the closest the average person will get to entering a Jim Henson Muppet workshop. A really fun, well designed toy that allows for all kinds of creativity and entertainment. Another reviewer commented on weak velcro - we have not had this issue at all. The velcro on our puppet seems quite strong, although we haven't had it that long so I can't say how it will hold up over time. My 3 year old daughter was engaged with the puppet right away, and enjoys making various characters, switching their parts around, inventing new uses (a nose becomes a belly button, etc). It's unlike anything else that we own - a great addition to the toy box.

we got these puppets for my 7 y/o son and my 4 y/o daughter from santa. they both loved these. it is really cool that they can create different monsters. the parts stay on very well. they have alot of fun with them.

This would have been a great toy if the pieces that are attached by Velcro wouldn't fall down ALL THE TIME.
Any attempt to make this puppet move would result in it losing an arm, or an eye, or the nose........you get the idea.
I thought the point of a puppet is to make it move to interact with the child but there's no way of doing that with this toy without getting extremely frustrated.

My 5yo son got two -yes, two- of these puppets from his smart grandparents who figured a monster would need someone to play with (another monster!). He is absolutely loving them. I love imaginative, open-ended play toys like this! I especially like that the parts are not categorized. Is that teeth? Or a rooster comb? Or a dinosaur spine? You decide! But I don't like that this toy is made of that same darn pet-hair-grabbing fabric as so many kids' toys are. I'd recommend vacumming the play area one extra time before you open it. It stores away nicely in the bag it comes in, which is good - because the cat keeps stealing the small fuzzy noses and ears to play with.

This endearing puppet allows children to engage in imaginative play in more ways than one. We like it so much that we do wish there were other varieties of this kit.

What we like:
1) Velcro holds the pieces on nicely
2) Pieces are brightly colored and imaginative
3) The bag is durable and very handy
4) Lots of different pieces

What we didn't like:
1) Mouth is a tad shallow
2) Only 1 puppet body comes in the pack - from the picture it seems like there might be two... there certainly would have been enough pieces to be two

Bottom line: Highly recommended! But, get two. Who wants to play alone?