My daughter loves this toy. We can put the adorable blocks into the giraffe and watch them tumble down over and over and over again! She loves it! When she tires of that I build a block tower and she crashes them down...very fun BUT...our giraffe makes no more sweet music when the blocks tumble because when the batteries that came with the toy ran out, I learned it would cost over nearly half the cost of the toy to replace the batteries!!! Some the "cause and effect" educational value of the toy is gone without the sound....why did Fisher-Price put these expensive batteries in this toy? Certainly they could have used standard AA or AAA batteries....good toy...but VERY EXPENSIVE BATTERIES!!!!!
It's amazingly simple. Put the cubes in at the top of the giraffe, watch them fall out the bottom as one of several VERY short little tunes play. My one-year old cracked up with laughter when he opened this present, and was a huge hit!
This toy holds his attention for quite awhile, and he'll seek it out. The cubes themselves are great fun for stacking like blocks. They also stack along the back side of the neck of the giraffe on a little holder at the base.
Put a cube in, watch it fall. Put a cube in, watch it fall. He LOVES it. There is also a door at the bottom that needs a good push to click shut to prevent the cubes from exiting great for storage of the 5 blocks.
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We have several sets of peek-a-blocks and my daughter, husband, and I love to play with then all! The Giraffe was a great addition to the set. In the beginning my 6 month old daughter couldn't drop them in herselt but loved to pick them up after her we did. At 7 months now she will occasionally drop a block in herself. This is yet another fabulous product by Fisher-Price!
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My son received this toy for Christmas when he was about 8.5 months old. He really enjoys it, even now at 10 months old, and loves dropping the blocks (and anything else that will fit!) into the giraffe to watch them come tumbling out. The blocks themselves are miniature works of art (as are the other Peek-a-Blocks) and my son often plays with them and forgets about the giraffe.
At first, however, he was very frustrated when putting the blocks in the giraffe because it would fall over at his slightest touch. By now he's figured out that he has to be more gentle with it so it stays upright, but I wonder if Fisher-Price could have made the giraffe a little wider and stouter so that it wouldn't topple so easily.
As to the blocks themselves, some of them do indeed have components that a small baby could never use. One block features a cute zebra, and on the bottom there is a dial that you can turn to make the zebra spin around inside the block. This dial, however, is very difficult to turn, and was impossible even for my 2.5 year old nephew to operate. In the main, however, the blocks are very cute and entertaining for babies, especially the ones that make noise when you shake them.
Overall, my baby has fun with this toy, but to be honest he has just as much fun with his regular Peek-a-Blocks, which cost about half the price of this Blocks + Giraffe bundle.
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I bought this toy, along with a bunch of the blocks, for my daughter's 1st birthday. She's 19 months old now and still plays with it every day. As a matter of fact, our 2.5 year old loves to play with it as well. The only reason I didn't give it 5 stars all the way across is because it tips over pretty easily, which frustrates younger kiddos.
This toy was purchased as a birthday gift. In the year it's been owned, it's been inadventantly cuddled with probably every single night, yet shows no sign of wear and tear. It's pretty durable, to say the least. As for fun, it is a stuffed animal, so I'm sure it is as fun as the next. The fur is very soft and it looks very "friendly", so it would probably work well for a small child. Overall, this was a good gift.
