Toy Test

Has your child ever gotten a toy as a gift that he/she absolutely loves, but you don't know where it came from? What about one that looked awesome in the package, but broke after playing with it for 5 minutes? There are all sorts of toys out there, good and bad, and ebeanstalk likes to make sure they only have the great ones. Head on over to their website and tell them about the best learning toys you've found or the worst baby gifts you've ever received. They need to hear about the best and the worst to provide the best toddler toys around.

I recently got the honor of testing one of their many fantastic products:

It's the Pound A Peg by Melissa & Doug and it is a wonderful toy! The bright colors and durability of it being wood are fantastic. My oldest loves to pound the pegs and turn it over and pound some more! I like that it can help teach him the colors as well as I can ask him to pound the blue pegs for example. And it is a very well made toy as the pegs don't just fall out but my son can still pull them out if he wishes. That's another perk of this toy - it can be so much more than what it's made to be. My 7 month old loved to chew on the pegs and their big enough and safe he can do so. My 2 1/2 year old liked to use his imagination and do more with this toy. He took all the pegs out, put them in a bowl, and used the hammer as a mixing spoon. I love toys that are so versatile! :) As wonderful as this toy is, yes it does have a draw back. But really there's only one draw back that I can find so that's pretty gosh darn good! The draw back is against a perk I already mentioned - that the hammer is wood. It's hard for a 2 1/2 year old to understand he can't hit anything else with the wooden hammer, like he can with his plastic toy hammer. Otherwise, this is a wonderful toy - fun and educational! What every parent wants in the toys they give their children!