Toysmith Crystal Mining
by Toysmith
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Product Summary
Manufacturer: ToysmithBrand: Toysmith
Release Date: 2006-06-12
Model: 3564
Product features:
- Recommended Age Rage Five & Up
Toys and Games Reviews of Toysmith Crystal Mining
Customer Review: Good for 6+ yrs old w/ adult, or ~8+ w/o adult supervison
Summary: 4 Stars
This is a fun toy to spend with you child with a few considerations:
1. The manufacturer recommends 5+ years for the toy. There's no way 5 year old to probably at least 7 years can handle and should handle it by itself. The plaster is hard which is impossible for an approximately 5-7 year old to dig apart by themselves plus you may have flying plaster pieces. Maybe ok for an 8+ year old w/o an adult.
2. The plaster is hard. The tool given to cut it is a joke unless you want to dig for hours where your young daughter/son will likely never have patience for. I had to get out a chisel and hammer to break apart the plaster in a reasonable time to keep my 6 yr old interested.
3. The block of plaster is smaller than you will expect given the size of the box; the box has a lot of empty space. The plaster block was about 4x3x2 inches. Probably too small for an older kid (will break it apart too fast), but just fine for a younger one where the adult works with them and the crystals can be found in a time span that keeps them excited.
4. Having said all the above, my 6 yr old loved it and price on Amazon is very appropriate for what you are buying. But again, I had to work considerably with her and make certain that pieces of plaster did not fly into her face. This was actually a good thing because we HAD to do it together, and thus we spent very valuable time together.
5. The kit contained 9 crystals total, five different types. So you a get a couple of crystals of the same type (like basic quartz). However, a six year old doesn't seem to care as much; the quantity and finding the crystals was a bit more interesting that the type. The kit also comes with a nice pouch to place the crystals in and a cardboard board with plastic holding caps to display the crystals. My daughter thought the display board was very nice.
6. In summary, knowing what you are buying and approaching it correctly, you can have plenty fun in one afternoon or whenever with your child. My child and I did and it was the first birthday toy she wanted to play with.
Description of Toysmith Crystal Mining
Mine, Mine From Kidzlabs® comes the Crystal Mining kit with (8) genuine little crystals (clear quartz, agate, dolomite, amethyst or rose quartz) embedded in a big hunk of plaster, a digging tool, brush, magnifier, storage pouch and instructions on excavating your treasures. Careful parents might want to have the kiddles wear safety glasses (not included) when working in the mine. For ages 8 and up.Geology & Earth Sciences Toys
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