cranium fort demolition derby

Feb 27

Posted by: Rachel in: blog, caleb isaiah, clever toys, just another day in paradise, memories, parenting, product reviews

Yesterday we spent an hour building this monstrosity of a fort in Caleb’s room and read a bunch of books in it. When bedtime came, the dresser and bed were completely unaccessible. So I tried to drag the fort into a different room. Yeah right. Then I tried to dismantle it into sections to move it. Yeah right. Finally I erupted in laughter and the rest of the family came to find out what was going on. The results were…carnage.

The kitchen section:

The bedroom section:

So today we rebuilt. I know I’ve posted about this several times, but I love this product. It gets mixed reviews online, some people love it, some people dog it. I’m one of the people who loves it. The recommended age is four years. I’m sure it is some sort of safety reason, but Caleb can easily build with this toy. He loves to help make a fort. It isn’t something he could do alone just yet, but it goes together with plenty of ease so that a 2.5-3 year old can easily join in the fun. He isn’t able to clip on the fabric panels though. Caleb got this for Christmas, and we had so much fun that we went and bought another set so we could build bigger and better! Each set comes with a storage bag to hold everything.

200 points!!

See the thing he’s stepping on? You put the purple (or green, it came with two) ball on there and then stomp the air pump. It shoots the ball and the ball sticks to the red panel. 300 points!