Customer Reviews

Melissa & Doug Deluxe Puppet Theater

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My 4 year old daughter and her friends have been delighted by this colorful and sturdy puppet theater. It has ample space to hide a couple of puppeteers and a lush curtain to add to the drama. My only complaint relates to its size(just what mt daughter loves!,it is sooo big. Unlike other similar puppet theaters, this does not fold up, and must remain assembled. If only the creative melissa and doug team had added hinges to the side walls so I could fold it up to lean against the wall, or slide it into a closet!

This is a great choice for a puppet theater. It seems to be quite durable thus far, and our daughter like putting the time of the next show as well as the name of it on her blackboard. It has a nice appearance as well. It's a good size for a child to sit behind and do a show.

We gave the puppet theatre to our granddaughter for her 4th birthday and she was thrilled with it and started playing with it right away. We also got her 2 puppets to go with it. It is very well built and not that hard to put together. It's very colorful. She was always having her little plush toys "talk" to each other so we feel this will be a very creative toy for her and with the play clock on it, should help her to learn time. She likes "writing" on the chalkboard below too. I would recommend this item.

I bought this product about a year ago for my children (now 3 & 2 years old). They got very little use out of it at first, other than tipping it over on one another. The "chalk board" part is difficult to write on. It is too slick or something for the chalk, even after I primed it. They really haven't noticed that part, though. It went together fairly easy, though you have to follow the instructions precisely! (And go in the exact order they have it in.) They like putting on silly shows now and like it when I put on shows for them. I wish it didn't tip, but at least it isn't heavy and doesn't hurt anyone when it falls. It is also rather large, so you probably want to think about where it will go, since once it is together, its together! (Doesn't fold or slightly come apart for storage.) The sides are cloth panels. I wasn't exactly expecting that, but it isn't a bad thing- I just didn't realize it until I took it out of the box! I also like that it has a clock on it, because the kids were suddenly interested in clocks and time! It has taken numerous tumbles and withstood the beatings that two toddlers can dish up. A year later and it still looks like new.

Easy to put together and very well made. My son was very happy that Santa left this on Christmas Eve!
But we wouldnt expect anything less from Melissa & Doug! I also purchased the puppets by M & D and they are awesome as well : )

Agh! I feel cheated LOL. I bought this used from Craigslist back when Amazon had it for WELL over 100 bucks and I'm seeing today it's way less than that plus free shipping!

Seriously, you can't beat that, you could't even make it for close to that.

It's the perfect height for a 2 year old though we bought it prematurely for our DD when she was just over 1 because it was just so cute, nice vivid colors.

Only issue is the side curtain walls (not the red curtains on front) are secured with dowels on the base of the unit and if you bump the curtain the dowels are always popping out so we will need to glue them in.

We are extremely pleased with this puppet theater. Our children ages 2.5 and 5 are enjoying using their vivid imaginations, as they create delightful puppets shows with Melissa and Doug's Deluxe Puppet Theater! The quality of the product is like that of all other Melissa and Doug purchases we have made, exceptional! It is vibrant, sturdy, has abundant space for two puppeteers to hide, as well as a wonderful chalkboard to announce the next show time! What a magnificent way to allow children to be creative, enjoy hands-on play and interact with one another and their "audiences"! This is well worth the price!

Could not assemble this product--once all pieces were together the screws and holes were significantly out of alignment....we were just about to drag out our drill when we discovered that even the curtain dowel holes were not sized properly. So we will be returning the product...unfortunate since this is a birthday present for my son and because it's a large toy we waited to assemble until night before. I usually love Melissa and Doug but this was a very disappointing and frustrating experience.

I built this so it was ready to use for my granddaughter's birthday. She loves it so much, she carries all over the house giving shows for whoever will listen. It was easy to put together, is well made and very attractive. Good buy! It also arrived in less time than was promissed.

This puppet show theatre is much sturdier than the others I've seen, probably because it doesn't fold down. My 3 year old daughter loves it and I love that it allows her to be creative and make up her own stories. My 5 1/2 year old son wasn't really interested in it so it's probably more for ages 3-5.