Melissa & Doug Decorate-Your-Own Train
by Melissa and Doug
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Product Summary
Manufacturer: Melissa and DougBrand: Melissa & Doug
Model: 2381
Color: N/A
Product features:
- Decorate and personalize your own special wooden keepsake
- Kits contain all the colorful, sparkling decorations children need to complete a creative project that they can proudly call their own
- Includes glue, paint, stickers and brush
- Enrich a child's imagination
- Exceptional Quality and Value
Toys and Games Reviews of Melissa & Doug Decorate-Your-Own Train
Customer Review: Remember, it's how much the kid enjoys it that really counts.
Summary: 4 Stars
My 3 year old boy is totally train-obsessed. He also loves to do art projects of just about any variety--painting, play-doh, coloring, cutting, gluing, drawing, assembling--you name it. My wife and I are also big fans of Melissa and Doug products. There was no question that this was a must-buy. Overall, this was a good buy for the money.
Like most M&D products, the quality of the wood is excellent. Everything was solid and cut, fitted and sanded properly. When I opened the paint (which was actually quite difficult to do), I found it to be mostly dried out. Maybe that's why it was hard to open. No worries, I just added a few drops of water and mixed well (but it did take some extra unanticipated time). There weren't really any step-by-step instructions, but they're really not necessary. The kids just want to paint, put the stickers on, glue, assemble, and play (he couldn't wait to assemble the wheels). We painted the train in sections by color, letting each color dry before starting the next. After we painted, we applied the stickers. The stickers seemed to be just a hair to big for the surfaces, as the edges of the stickers would stick over the edges of the wood. I would recommend having a grown-up trim the stickers with a fine blade after application. Otherwise, the stickers may come loose around the edges.
Another recommendation: cut the train tracks off of the sides of the box, and tape them together end-to-end with clear packing tape. It's not a very long track, but my son doesn't care. He loves the movie, "The Polar Express," especially the part where the train goes over the frozen lake. So I also took the extra piece of blue cardboard from the inside of the packaging, and taped it to the end of the track so his train can go from the tracks to the "ice."
In the end, this was a good buy, so don't hesitate. The bottom line is, my kid loves it, and if yours is as train-obsessed, he/she will, too. It was fun to do the project (for both of us), and he loves to play with the train, which (aside from the stickers) is pretty durable.
Description of Melissa & Doug Decorate-Your-Own Train
This wooden train model includes four colors of paint: red, yellow, blue and green. This wooden box set also comes with a kid's paint brush, a bottle of glue and stickers for the details.Wood Toys
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