Customer Reviews

Pretty Pretty Princess Cinderella Edition

5 star:		(8)
4 star:		(8)
3 star:		(3)
2 star:		(2)
1 star:		(0)

 

 

Okay, I know the box says "ages 5 and up," but I think this must mostly be for the choking hazards. My daughters are ages 3.5 and 2, and we play this game a couple of times a week.

The entire premise of the game is to move your colored slipper around the board where you land on pictures of various pieces of jewelry. If you aren't already wearing what you land on, you take the piece out of the jewelry box and put it on. To win, be the first person to get your necklace, bracelet, both earrings, ring, and crown.

Pros:
* Easy to play. Very simple rules.
* Easy and fast to put away. All pieces have a definite place inside the box.
* Entertaining for my preschool daughters who pretend princess 24/7.
* Teaches basics of playing board games such as taking turns, moving the number of spaces on the spinner, congratulating the winner (we princesses curtsy to the winner), putting away the pieces when finished, etc.

Cons:
* The target ages. I would not leave my preschoolers to play with this game alone due to choking hazards and flimsy jewelry that I'm sure they would break in no time. But I doubt that an older kid would find the game fun because there's really no challenge: you just win by luck of the spin.
* Cheap, cheap jewelry. Much less durable than regular Disney princess play jewelry. After game play, you'll want to put these pieces right back in the box to keep them whole.
* Some assembly required. When you first open the box, you decorate the crown and jewelry box with tiny, plastic, sticky-backed "jewels." These are so little that even I had trouble handling them and getting them where I wanted. The idea is that the child can decorate the crown the way she wants, but I really think most small children would find the small pieces frustrating.

Bottom line: Good for teaching game play to your youngest princesses-in-training if you're willing to play along or at least supervise. Likely boring for the listed 5-and-up crew.

This game isn't bad, but if you're looking for a Pretyy Pretty Princess stick to the orignial version, unless your daughter is a hardcore Disney fan. The original has a better crown (and it matters to some girls) and a mirror on the box for them to admire themselves (where a cinderella decal appears on this jewlery box.) But I think the most glaring differences are that instead of the black ring being what makes you not win, this includes a cardboard clock set at midnight, which just doesn't match the fun of the "Black Ring of Doom" and that they switched out the Green Jewlery for the Yellow Jewlery. (The Green is much prettier, and it's in the original).

Again, if you just want to play Pretty Pretty Princess, go for the original. If your daughter needs a Disney fix try to talk her in to the original, it really is a much better game.

The Pretty Pretty Princess Cinderella Edition game is one of our five year old daughter's favorite games.
We had fun gluing on the stickers and trying to match our jewelry set. Having to wear the jewelry adds to the fun.
It's an easy game to learn and play. Her grandmother enjoyed playing this game and even glued sparkling craft pieces on the bottom of the jewelry box, much to the delight of our little Princess.

As previous reviewer mentioned the game is not 'educational'. While I, too, like educational games,
I don't think that every game has to be educational. Sharing time to play together is rewarding in itself.
The Pretty Pretty Princess Game is simply a sweet little girl's game, one all three generations had fun playing.

This game is a favorite of my four year old! I don't mind playing it myself. Sure, the pieces of jewelry are plastic and could possibly break if pulled on too hard but for game time, they will work just perfectly. The colors are very pretty and vibrant. If you do lose pieces, I don't think it would be too hard to find a substitute at the dollar store.

An average game takes about 20 minutes. With an adult, I bet you could pull your 3 year old in to play this game as well. My age range guess would be about ages 3-7.

A fun addition to your game collection! It's a nice break from candyland and chutes and ladders!

A gift for my sister's 6th birthday. I was over-joyed because I had one when I was her age. I ended up decorating the crown, although I'm sure she could have handled it, I just think she wouldn't have thought to make a pattern to make it look nice.

Setting the game board up is a little hard. You have to remember how the colors go otherwise it won't fit just right. It's like a puzzle almost.

The jewlery is just like the classic game, simple and easy to take on and off. Yes it's cheap and that's a good thing seeing as how both my sister and I have forgotten to take off one piece well after we played the game. The jewlery even fit me at 22 so even us big kids can play!

There isn't much difference with this one and the original except you have a Cinderella themed board edges and clock tower. If the original is cheaper then get that one. It won't make a difference to the girl because the game is still the same.

The only downside was when we played with just two players it was hard to get rid of the clock tower (which you need to, to win). We would just end up going around and around the board either trying to get rid of the tower or trying to get the "take any piece" circle to get the crown. We ended up making it so that if you landed on the clocktower after you already have it you can put it back on the game board. I think with three or more players we could just keep circling but with just us we use that cheat.
Another thing for us was when I tried to open one of the earrings it fell apart and this was the first time we played it. It didn't break, I just had to pop it back into it's tiny holes but it still sucked since it was a new game.

My daughters love this game! It's fun and they pretend with it, so there are extra laughs! It's too easy for kids over the age of 6 or 7, and I would say that it's a great beginner's game for ages 3. My 4 year old decorated her crown and has a BLAST playing this game! The play jewelry is easy to put on, and fun! A+

We just bought this for our 3 year old.
I do not at all understand why it is labled for 5 and over!!
Cute game idea-
But this was not well put together.
First I about died when I saw the super cheap, barely cardboard gameboard!!!!!!! It is a VERY small board, set up like a 4 piece puzzle, that I predict will barely stay together after a few plays.
the jewelery, subpar. the crown and rings are OK, the rest very cheap and plain. But is serves it purpose just fine :).
I give this low marks for educational and durablity.
BUT the jewlery box and spinner are a nice & durable!! If they put the same effort into the WHOLE game it may be worth buying.
My daughter DID enjoy dressing up and playing a game together so that salvaged a star for the game.

My 5 year old got this as a present and liked it. However, her 3 year old little sister plays it and enjoys it more. It does seem a little too simple for older ones but it is entertaining. Also, it can tend to get a little boring as you continue to play since it seems to take some time to finally win. Actually we have never played it till someone wins because they seem to grow tired of it before that happens. All in all, this is a good board game and it is fun to play...just maybe not till the end!

My 5 year old daughter LOVES this game. She also has the Pretty Pretty Princess Aurora version. Lots of fun and great to see her daddy dressing up in jewels! LOL :)

This is a really fun game. I had the original version when I was a kid. I use it to teach color matching. I would definitely recommend either this or the original.