Baby Girl got some really cool birthday presents this year. Her daddy got her a real stethoscope. I bought her a piece of "real" jewelry. She got the Insect Lore Butterfly Garden (stay tuned for that review!). She also got several other cool things. One of my favorites was the 4M Doodling Robot.
I love putting things together. This kit was fun and easy. The product is recommended for 8 and up, but my new 7 year old was able to do most of the assembly without help. There were a few tricky screws that she needed help with, but for the most part she just needed someone to hold the pieces in place while she screwed them together.
The instructions weren't the clearest, so even a 8-10 year old might need an adult's help to clarify what the instructions are telling them to do. Even with needing to study the instructions and taking pictures, I want to say the total time from opening the box to a working robot was less than 45 minutes. Not a super long time commitment, but a fun project to do in an afternoon.
It does work very well. It made lots of fun different patterns when we played around with it. The legs move in all directions so there are a bunch of configurations to make it do different things. It does not stay on a single sheet of 8.5"x11" paper. My suggestion would be to use a roll of butcher paper on the floor to let it really go wild. We used it on smaller pieces of paper on our table top and it just kinda went all over the place. They do provide some ticky tack so you can create a border, but the kids weren't patient enough for me to set it up.
Here is what came in the box:
And here are the pieces all laid out:
Putting it all together.
All finished.
It works!
What it made:
A fun quote from the box:
Pros:
Quick to put together
Parts fit snugly and easily together
Works as advertised
Exciting to watch
Cons:
Instructions weren't as clear as I might like
It doodles everywhere - it is not a respecter of paper
I hope you all liked this review! If you get a chance to play with the 4M Doodling Robot I would recommend it. Stay Messy Friends!
4M Doodling Robot
- Fun to put together
- Fun to play with
- Fun to watch
- Small Parts - Potential to get lost
- Leaves the paper easily
- Once put together is very solid
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