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WARNING:CHOKING HAZARD! Small parts. Not for children under 3 yrs.Clothespin Cars comes with three brightly colored, old-fashioned clothespins along with specially designed rolling axles and wheels. They fit together without glue so assembly is a snap. Junior automotive designers can add their choice of cardboard punch-outs and decals to make a racecar, a fire truck, a hot rod, a bus, a police car, whatever they feel like driving today. The book itself has clear instructions, along with ideas for play. There are even props to cut out and tape together, like city buildings, a gas station, and traffic signs.Comes With: 3 painted wodden clothespins, 14 wheels and 6 axels, cardboard punch-out card bodies• Create wonderful things • Be good • Have fun
Series: Chicken Socks
Spiral-bound: 14 pages
Publisher: Chicken Socks; Spi edition (April 1, 2009)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1591746647
ISBN-13: 978-1591746645
Product Dimensions: 8 x 7.5 x 0.8 inches
Shipping Weight: 1.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
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Age Range: 4 and up
Grade Level: Preschool and up
I made these with my 2.5yo son, and it was a really fun, sweet little project for a rainy afternoon. He needed a good amount of help, but was able to do enough on his own that he felt like he did it himself. The top part is interchangeable so three wheel bases can become several different vehicles. Very cute artwork, and a little cut-out paper city to assemble too. The finished cars are super cute and go really fast, and he really enjoyed them...until his older brothers got home, the cars disappeared into the boy-cave, and promptly got stepped on. The hubcaps that attach the wheels have very thin little plastic pegs to hold them on, so they really can't tolerate any rough handling. Extra parts can be ordered, but I'm annoyed at having to spend more money to repair a toy that only lasted 6 hours, so I may not. I still think this is a very cute kit, for an older preschooler up to maybe first grade, or younger kids if you make sure the cars stay in adult view.
The idea is great, but the quality of the products is not always there (some pieces come defective) and then there are no extra parts so if there is a defect, you just can't make all three cars. I've bought four of these and had three defective parts. As a travel book, for which we purchased them, they are very effective time consumers and entertaining for a long time. The small parts, and no extras, make it a little hard for use in an airplane (as we did) but if you are careful and conscientious it is fine. My boys have used these since age 2.5 and at 3 and love them and use them over and over.
Highly recommend this for parents looking for a good way to occupy traveling tots and young kids. My very active son is 2.5. On a recent overseas trip, we found these in an airport. What a great, small, lightway toy for hours of entertainment during flights/layovers. He needed to be supervised and helped while putting these together, but after that, he played on his own with them for quite a while. Great! Would recommend to buy ahead of the trip, so you can take only the pieces that are needed for the cars. Also, the cardboard buildings require sissors - would be better if they punched out as well. We gave another set to my 6 year old nephew and he had a blast with them too.
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