Customer Reviews

Melissa & Doug Deluxe Stamp Set

5 star:		(15)
4 star:		(4)
3 star:		(5)
2 star:		(2)
1 star:		(0)

 

 

This stamp set is the toy in CONSTANT use by my two daughters, ages 2 and 4. Each stamp is either an animal, plant, sun, barn or something like that, so the stamps can be combined to make little stories. The girls like to stamp and then color each one on their paper. The set comes with two pads, one red, one blue. That's plenty it seems. They have used the pads over and over and both are still perfectly wet. The stamps are high quality rubber mounted on wood, so they are very durable and make a nice clear impression. They are easy for little ones to hold, and yet older children love them too because they allow for lots of imaginative play.

I highly recommend this item, as well as most of the other Melissa and Doug toys.

I ordered the Deluxe Stamp Set as a stocking gift for Christmas and did not have high expectations, since it was relatively inexpensive. I was pleasantly surprised. The whole set is packaged in a sturdy, reusable, wooden crate. The stamps are very high quality, rendering clean, detailed pictures. The ink was also of good quality, and it was completely washable. The stamps were easy to clean after use. My only criticism is of the colored pencils. There weren't enough colors, they did not work well with the stamps, and they were hard to sharpen. We ended up coloring our pictures with magic markers instead. Overall, though, a great product!

A few pieces of paper and this kit can entertain my 4-yr-old daughter for at least 30 minutes at a time. I was impressed by how much you get for your money with this kit - 16 stamps, two ink pads and eight colored pencils. She loves to make pictures and cards for friends and family. It's a good way to nurture creativity.

I purchased these stamps for my art project loving 2 1/2 year old even though the package says 4 years +. She doesn't use them to make pastoral scenes as shown on the package, but loves the stamp graphics. Much cleaner than other projects we do and the stamps are very good quality with two stamp pads (so no fighting with her cousin over them). It's nice to know she will enjoy these for a long time and they seem durable enough to last as her artistic ability grows!

We've had this stamp set for a year now, and it is still being used constantly by my son and daughter, age 5 now, and my other son, 4 now. They do not get tired of this toy! When I try to de-clutter and rotate the toys, they always notice if it's missing. (Which is more that can be said for most of their other toys). Super price for this set, considering how much it's loved!

My four year old loves drawing and coloring. I bought this stamp set for her on a whim and she loves it, as I expected. She likes to stamp and then she colors the images with coloring pencils. This kit is not perfect though. It has only two colors of stamp ink, but she doesn't mind that at all.

First, the kit has no cover. Melissa and Doug used to include plastic covers with their wooden sets and they stopped. I really don't like this change. It affects all sorts of toys, not just this one, but without covers, we deal with more lost pieces.

Second, the stampers themselves are nice and solid but the pictures on the stampers are stickers and those stickers are starting to come off after only two weeks. The stampers are still usable but I am disappointed in the durability.

This is a 3.5 star item. The price is good. But I have a feeling that there are better quality stamp sets out there.

This is a fun stamp set and has entertained my daughters on several occasions. However, the ink is not entirely washable. I have at least 2 shirts with stains from these stamps. My expectation was that it would be washable in the same way that washable markers are. No such luck.

My two older kids, ages 4 and 5, really enjoy playing with the two melissa and doug stamp sets we bought. The stamps are good quality, there are lots of them for the price, and there is a nice assortment of designs. More than two stamp pad colors would be nice but for this price I'm ok with it. The stamps are pretty gender neutral but the ink colors are not so maybe a green or brown would be better choices. I know girls usually are the ones to use stamps but boys like craft projects too. The colored pencils are not so great and I'm not sure why they are even included. The kids use their own colored pencils when they feel like coloring the stamps. The stamps come in a nice wooden box but there is no cover on the box which is a shame since it would be nice to be able to use the box and keep them organized rather than have put them in a shoe box.

The kids would be playing with this set several times a week if the ink was washable but it's not. It's not at all. It's as difficult to get out of clothing and hands as pen ink and requires scrubbing with a magic eraser to get it off the table. Washable markers wipe right off the same table with a damp rag. The kids don't care for coloring the stamp with a marker and like the stamp pads but they seldom get to use them because there is no time to cover the table with grocery bags or spend 20 minutes scrubbing ink off. I'm also very concerned they will drop a stamp on the carpet (all our tables have carpet under them) and I won't be able to get it out. It says something that the cleanup involved with school glue and markers is preferable to these. I had always thought of stamps as a 'clean' art project.

This quality and sturdy stamp set is perfect all the way around. My daughter can sit and play with this for atleast 2 hours and it's so much fun for parents too. After dinner we get out the stamp set and play until it's nearly bedtime...it's wonderful for creating. Cleanup is a breeze and it's virtually a mess-free cleanup, nothing a wet papertowel can't handle!

My kids love this set, especially my daughter with special needs who absolutely loves animals! It is very sturdy, easy to use, and brings out a lot of creativity in the kids. They enjoy making their own stories and pictures with all the different stamps. They even use them to make "Thank you" notes for all the gifts they receive from other people. I highly recommend this toy. The ONLY thing I think could improve it is if they included a lid on the box to hold all the stamps inside.