Customer Reviews

Vtech - Paint and Learn Art Easel

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My son received this toy for his first birthday. We set it up and were shocked at the poor quality. The easel is very, very short (even though it has two height adjustments). It also tips over fairly easily. It wouldn't tip over so easily if the string that attaches the "paint brush" to the easel was a little longer. The string is so short that it's nearly impossible to maneuver the paintbrush and touch the colors and shapes. Once we were finally able to do so, we were very disappointed when we discovered that something else was wrong. When we touched the paintbrush to the number 2 it would say 3, and when we touched it to the green it would say yellow. It's a major problem when an educational toy is teaching your child the wrong thing, so we returned it. I recommend you spend your money on something else.

The picture given is the amazon page is slightly different from how it looks actually. I think this is due to Vtech constantly improving their toys. My one year old got this as a gift. She loves it. she keeps spinning the spinner and plays with the pen a lot.

Also this toy has a lot of potential to carry the interest up to 3 or 4 years. It has music and lights, piano, 1 learning card. One side teaches numbers, the other side teaches letters. When you do not use the card, it has shapes by default. My daughter has not explored even 50% of this toy. So she is going to have even more fun playing and learning with it in the coming months..

Last thing to add, it works perfectly (unlike what other reviewer said). It does not tip over easily unless you push it down.

My then 9 month old got this toy for Christmas. I had to have this for her because it looked like so much fun. I admit that I expected a little more from this toy, but I still really like it. It is set up like an easel, and has an interactive page that "clips" onto the easel. It teaches letters A-E, colors, etc.
There is a "paintbrush" that is used for touching the different colors, etc. to hear the talking and singing based on that particular item. It is a cute toy. I wish my baby liked it a little more, though. It does seem to be a durable toy, as she likes to bang the paintbrush against the easel repeatedly, especially when mad. I do like this toy, the only thing I wish it had is more letters and numbers to learn. I also bought this for a cousin, and plan to buy one for my nephew, so I do recommend it!

I have not had the same issues as the other reviewer of this product. My son is 17 months and seems to like this toy quite a bit. He is not able to interchange the easle pages on his own yet though. He also quickly learned that you don't need to use the wand to make the toy work.

The animals used to represent the ABC's are strange in my opinion. For "A" they use Ant, "C"- caterpillar, "D" dragonfly. The only animal my son recognizes is the "B"- Bee. I think Cat and Dog would be more appropriate for this age group. Nonetheless, this toy been a source of entertainment for my son. If you can find it on sale, I would recommend this toy.

Got this for my niece who is only 14 months old. SHE LOVES IT!! Plays with it all the time. Keys are big for her, lights up, makes noises, she dances to the music. Overall a great buy! Highly recommend.

My daughter is 21 months and really enjoys this product! It has a great variety of learning tools which makes it interesting each time she hits down to play. She still getting the hang of using the pointer to touch the pages but hey that's part of learning- right? She also loves to dance to the music! Overall, I'm very statisfied with this product!

Due to the size of the item, you would expect it to be good for infants and toddlers. It's even shorter than it appears in the picture. It's very lightweight, and my almost one-year-old pulled it down onto himself when he tried to use it as support when he was standing up. So, it is not safe in that regard. On top of that, the fine motor skills necessary for the paint brush are just not there with a young toddler or an infant. He will chew on the paint brush, but he does not have any concept of how to use it as a learning tool with the electronic portion of the toy. This would be better for a child who is maybe 18 months-2 years... but then by that point, they'd rather just use real paint on an actual easel... not this play toy. It's just not well-designed for the intended age group. I'd choose a different toy.

My daughter loved this! She enjoyed how interactive it was and of course all the music and animal sounds.

We got this as a gift. It seems to be a bit cheaply built because the voices are pretty unclear. Obviously not in the same class as the "Fisher-Price Laugh and Learn My Busy Day Table" in terms of quality, but of course thats a whole lot more costly. But I have to say that my daughter cannot get enough of the turning the dial, and she still loves pressing the "paint brush" against her teething gums. She also keeps pushing it over all the time. So, maybe this is one of those toys that appeal to children more than they appeal to parents.

We got the first VTech paint and learn easel as a gift and 10 minutes into our daughter playing with it, it would only produce a clicking sound from the speakers. We returned it to the store and picked up another one. The second one worked for 10 minutes also before it started to produce only the clicking sound and would otherwise not operate.

At the same time we received another VTech electronic toy as a gift and it also had an issue with one of the buttons on the toy not working. After we returned the paint and learn easel, we decided not to purchase another VTech toy to replace it. When 3 out of 3 toys by VTech do not work correctly, it points to quality issues that I don't care to deal with.