Wild Planet Crayola Crayon Town Large Mat Zoo Set

by Wild Planet

Product Features

• The only play set that combines the magic of coloring with 3-D play
• Animals, buildings and figures are ever changing as the crayons change - broken or old crayons help build trees, animals and vehicles
• This large set comes with 22" X 17 " playmat, 8 Crayola crayons, pop-up buildings, vehicles, figures and accessories
• Free coloring playmat refills online
• Crayon Town sets let kids create an entire town and inspires imaginative and innovative thinking

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 22 x 17 x 6 inches ; 1.8 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S. and to APO/FPO addresses. For APO/FPO shipments, please check with the manufacturer regarding warranty and support issues.
• ASIN: B001XCXF1U
• Item model number: 67008
• Manufacturer recommended age: 4 - 6 years
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #56,874 in Toys & Games (See Top 100 in Toys & Games)
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)

Product Description

Amazon.com Review

Ideal for rainy days or any indoor playtime, the Wild Planet Crayola Crayon Town Large Mat Zoo Set gives kids plenty of inspiration for creative and imaginary play. Kids can use the crayons not only to color the three-dimensional zoo scenes, but they can also use the crayons to build animals and other zoo components, which they can then play with. Because it has small parts that can pose a choking hazard, this toy is recommended for children ages three and up.

Crayon Town Zoo Ages: 3+

What We Think Fun factor: Durability: Ease of assembly: Educational factor: Novelty factor: The Good: Offers a new, unique way to play with crayons while inspiring creativity and imagination. The Challenging: Coloring mats are not reusable, but additional scenes are available for free download from www.crayon-town.com. In a Nutshell: Crayon play set lets kids build, color, and engage in imaginative play.

This playset offers a new and unique approach to playing with crayons. View larger.

Kids can use their crayons to color three-dimensional zoo scenes or build park animals. View larger.

Three Levels of Creativity
The Crayola Crayon Town Zoo Set puts a new creative spin on crayons, offering several levels of play to inspire your child's imagination.

Build: The Crayon Town Zoo includes several plastic animal figures that can be constructed using crayons. Connect the animals' heads to their bodies using the eight included crayons to make a whimsical, long-bodied lion, alligator, polar bear, and a long-necked giraffe. The monkey's hands are shaped to hold onto the crayon "trunk" of the included toy tree. With the exception of the giraffe, the animal figures can also be used without the crayon extensions.

Color: Crayon Town lets kids create a three-dimensional paper world for the figurines. It includes two oversized coloring mats depicting zoo scenes. Each mat is double-sided for twice the coloring fun. The "Fold & Build" polar bear cave, lion's den, and monkey tree are diorama-style paper cut-outs that can be colored, then folded to stand up on the coloring mats.

Play: Children enjoy playing pretend with dolls and figurines, and this play set offers them another outlet for imaginary play. Children can play "zoo" with the zookeeper figure, his car and attached wagon (the wheels really move), and all of the included animals in the scene that they built and colored themselves.

Easily Renewable for Long-Lasting Fun
Parents will appreciate that the play set engages children in different types of activities to inspire their creativity. Our preschool-age toy tester especially enjoyed figuring out how to use the crayons to "build" the animals and other zoo components, and she was occupied for a long period engaging in imaginary play with the figures.

At first glance, this toy set may seem too temporary; we know how quickly crayons get used up and broken, and we wish that the coloring mats were somehow reusable. That said, this set can be used with any crayons, which are easily replaceable, and Crayola makes additional coloring mats available for free download from www.crayon-town.com, so children can create their zoo scenes over and over again.

What's in the Box
Zookeeper figure; plastic figurines including monkey, giraffe, alligator, lion, polar bear; all-terrain vehicle and wagon; zoo gateway; tree; "Fold & Build" polar bear cave, lion's den, and monkey tree; 2 coloring mats (22 x 17 inches); 8 crayons.

Product Description

Crayon Town is the only play set that blends the magic of coloring with real 3-D play! Children will have hours of fun coloring pop-up structures, building props and characters, and playing in the unique worlds they create. Just color the scene and let the fun begin! The play set includes a 22 x 17 inch playmat, pop-up buildings, vehicles, figures, accessories and 4 Crayola crayons!

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Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Highly creative, great fun, and a great use of crayons and crayon pieces, August 5, 2009

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Wigglesworth (Sunny) - See all my reviews

= Durability:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Wild Planet Crayola Crayon Town Large Mat Zoo Set (Toy)

These are great. My grand-daughters love it. This is all about Crayons - truly the currency of any kid's kingdom. The toy includes Crayola (the best) crayons for coloring, as cargo for trucks and planes, and as simple building units for animal bodies, street signs, trees, etc. The set comes with lots of pre-cut artwork panels that can be colored and then easily folded into buildings, archways, etc. Very cool. Later the kids (or mom) can download additional colorable artwork from the Wild Planet website - for free. Airplanes store crayons in their fuselage, trucks carry crayons in their cargo areas. Crayons and those pesky little pieces of crayons (all 2 million of them ,per kid) finally have their day in the sun. Now they have a place to live, work, color, build, be transported. These are very well made. All the provided plastic parts are durable. Even the friction fit of the crayons into plastic parts has a perfect feel for a young kid. The people and the animals are darling. Apparently some awards have already been won by this system. Figures.

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Not Loads of Fun, December 1, 2009

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Nina "nal001" (Colorado) - See all my reviews

= Durability:4.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:3.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:3.0 out of 5 stars 

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This review is from: Wild Planet Crayola Crayon Town Large Mat Zoo Set (Toy)

I bought this set for my 5 year old niece who loves to color. I spent some time using this set with her. And, I think it's cute! But, my niece didn't find the little plastic accessories that come with it at all exciting. We did enjoy coloring the zoo for a while, but she got bored with it. I'll be surprised if she pulls the set out and plays with it again.

As noted on the package, the set comes with a limited number of crayons. That wasn't an issue - we have lots & lots of crayons!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful toy for the creative type!, December 30, 2009

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Lisa Beal (connellsville,pa) - See all my reviews
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= Durability:3.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:5.0 out of 5 stars 

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This review is from: Wild Planet Crayola Crayon Town Large Mat Zoo Set (Toy)

I bought this as a Christmas gift for my 6 year old daughter.I have to say,for being so simple,it really is a lot of fun! I would suggest it for any child that is interested in coloring/drawing,arts and crafts,etc.My daughter is very into those types of things,and she was delighted to find that she could color her very own zoo.The play pieces that come with it are also a nice touch,because then your child can also play in the zoo that they created.The little animals connect in the middle with crayons,which I thought was just adorable.The one and only thing that would make this toy better,is if the coloring area were made of something sturdier.It is pretty much just a giant piece of paper.Overall,a great toy!