Little Tikes Activity Garden Playhouse for Babies, Infants and Toddlers - Easy Set Up Indoor Toys with Playtime Activities, Sounds, Games for Boys Girls Ages 6 Months to 3 Years

This is probably one of the best things I have bought for my babies. I bought this originally 4 years ago when my first baby turned 1 year old. He LOVED it and played with it every day for at least 2 years. We played countless games of peakaboo through the telescope and the window. He loves that he could close the door and have his own little space. He actually seemed to really enjoy that this little house was more his size and did not feel cramped at all. (As a parent, I am happy it's not too much bigger because it can easily fit in any room in the house and can be moved around as wanted.) When people came over, we reconfigured the pieces so that it was open in a zig-zag style that way multiple kids could play at one time. The little bird button is adorable and does not get annoying. The colors are pastel and not overly abrasive as other baby toys can be.Fast forward 4 years and baby number 2 is now using it. I was happy to have it at age 8 months so we could get maximum fun out of it. He was a bit afraid of it in the house formation at first because he felt trapped, but was completely happy to explore it when it was reconfigured in the open way. Now, at 10 months he is starting to crawl through the crawl space and play with all the cool pieces of it more independently.I would 100% recommend this to any parent. There is no down side. This house has withstood the test of two children and a two year garage storage beautifully. Thank you, Little Tikes, for this amazing toy!

My 9 month old loves his little house. He is able to mostly walk on his own and he climbs all over this thing. He walks up and down the slide using the little arches as rails. His favorite feature is the mailbox but I am sad to report that he had his mailbox door privileges revoked because he tries to give it all of his weight and busts his face on it when the door falls off. I just left it off for now. There is a little activity tray that makes up a "wall". The bird button on it needs batteries, AAA I believe, but it's really not worth the batteries because it just makes some low quality and loud tweeting noises IMO. He doesn't seem to like using the doorway, but I don't blame him because he is too tall for it so the activity tray is removed to let him through that side. Anyway, all kids are different. All ages have different interests. My baby does not care about the ball feature or telescope, musical door, or activity tray. He does, however, love to climb and play in this little house and I feel as he gets older, he will come to appreciate and understand the other features. I got this on sale. I would buy it again and it is definitely a 5 star product for our family. It is small though. Right now, my 9 month old is the perfect size for it but I probably wouldn't buy this for a 3+ year old.

I got this for my daughter who was 11 months at the time, at first she wasn't super interested but once we set it up in her room without other toys around to distract, it got her attention. Now when we realize she's quite and think she's gotten into something she's not supposed, we're always pleasantly surprised that find her happy as a clam playing in, on and thru it. We keep it in the square shape bc of her small room but she seems to prefer it that way. She loves bringing books into the center, putting anything and everything in the mailbox, opening and closing the door and often attempting to climb thru the window. I would make sure your l.o. either has no socks on or ones with grippy bottoms if they're anything like mine they'll eventually want to stand on the flat-ish spot on the 'slide' and she's taken an innocent tumble or two from slipping. She still hasn't figured out or just isn't interested in the telescope but she's happy with everything else. The little ball drop is nice, it's also helpful to get them interested in it; you can sit on the opposite side of them and drop balls in and have fun when it pops out on either side. The only reason it doesn't have 5 stars on everything is because over the span of the three months we've had it, she's weakened the door arch either standing or using as support to pull herself up and has made everything a little lose and you can't really readjust or tighten it. But otherwise it's a lovely toy/playset and refreshing to have them doing imaginative play without all the tacky electronics! I'm sure it'd also be great in a playroom with multiple kids. Give it a shot!

I bought this toy last year for my daughter for Christmas. She was 1 month old. Yeah, everyone looked at me like I was crazy. Right around 6 months is when she started using it everyday. I put a Boppy pillow in the middle so that she could sit and play with all the toys. She LOVED it. As she got older she was able to pull herself up and stand using it. Now she crawls through the window, the slide and the door, she also uses it as a walker. It's pretty funny, she stands inside it and pushes on the top bar. Then she walks behind it. She still uses this toy everyday. We did not put on the stickers or put in any batteries, and we've never had it out of the square configuration. My niece likes it too. She's about 2 years older and likes to play in "the castle too". It's held up really well, even when being used as a walker. It might be a little small for the higher range kids (2.5 years) but my niece is big for her age and she did just fine. What I do like about this toy is that it has something to offer for different developmental age levels. I also like the fort like quality of the toy. It's my daughter's space. She crawls in there with her other toys and will just hangs out. It is a little large, it sits in the middle of the living room for a lot of the day since she plays with it so often, but as long as you have a space to stash it is no big deal. It will break down into panels, but you wouldn't want to do that all of the time. I highly recommend this toy, but I also know that not every child will use it the same and it is a lot of money to spend. We have definitely gotten our money out of it!