Melissa & Doug Tabletop Puppet Theater – Sturdy Wooden
Melissa & Doug Tabletop Puppet Theater – Sturdy Wooden Constructio
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| Dimensions: | 7.1 x 39.9 x 64 cm; 2.46 Kilograms |
| Model: | 12536 |
| Material: | Wood |
| Colour: | Multi Coloured |
| Pack Quantity: | 1 |
| Batteries Required: | No |
| Batteries Included: | No |
| Age: | 36 months – 8 years |
| Assembly: | No |
| Dimensions: | 7.1 x 39.9 x 64 cm; 2.46 Kilograms |
| Material: | Wood |
| Quantity: | 1 |
I bought this as a gift for my grandson!! He absolutely loves it!! Every time we visyhim he gets it out and we have hours of fun and laughter at his imagination!! Really great gift for childre
I love how big it is. It’s not too big or too small for a table top. Super easy to assemble. Love the pictures on the backdrop. Only problem my child has with it is using her and puppets with the backdrop. Cause you either need to go under it or through the side of it. Love the red curtain, my child pulls it down when her show is finished. Great buy!
My kids love playing with this. It is currently behind the toy box but we will get it out again and it provides a laugh for their comical plays they put on sometimes short sometimes scripted involving arguments. Good for kids development of memory, telling stories and creativeness 🙂
Lo vi en la foto y sent que era caro para lo que se vea, pero es bastante prctico, de buen material y tiene su teln con mecanismo para subir y bajar, su escenario de dos vistas y de un material resistente. Lo complementamos con las marionetas porque sin ellas el teatro no tendra sentido. Y da pie a su imaginaci
Me gust mucho, lo ped para mi consultorio de psicologa infantil, a los nios les encanta, es frgil pero tratndolo con cuidado se resuelve, lleg antes de lo esperado, el material es muy bueno.
El teatrito est muy sencillo pero funciona muy bien. Se arma y desarma muy fcilmente. A mis nietas les encant. Las piezas son de buena calidad. Es un muy buen regalo. Est a buen precio.
Es muy bonito y prctico si no tienes mucho espacio en la habitacin de los nios ya que se puede montar y desmontar en un momento. Podra ser un poco ms estable una vez montado si lo quieres mover de sitio, pero por lo dems muy chulo. A mis pekes les ha encantado.
A beautiful looking colourful theatre which seems very sturdy too. Only 4 stars because I agree with other buyers that the design could have incorporated a better way to get the puppets on the stage. As it is I think the back drop will be compromised. I love the curtain winding feature although it is a bit too stiff for children to turn themselves. Very happy overall!
Well made, but the back drop does not quite appear like in the picture….it hangs a little above the bottom bar. Trickery of a photographer! Overall, good fun and solid!
I really like this – easy to assemble, but packs down to a nice flat box. Easy to use with imaginative children – I admit, I need to get some puppets and stupidly I thought this might come with some (my error). I think this is a good sturdy product that will provide entertainment for kids.
Nice strong wooden frame and reversible “curtains” so you can change your backdrop. Brightly painted and curtain is easy to draw up and down. Typical quality product from Melissa and Doug.
The puppet theatre fits together easily, is beautifully made and colourful . There are two backdrops for scenery and they are both beautifully done and a red curtain to roll down which makes all the difference to the whole experience . It does seem very expensive considering it does not include any puppets. But I guess the world we live in is one we where we are used to everything being made cheaply by robots in the Far East and this is what everything would cost if it was still being handmade by craftsmen in Europe .
This puppet theatre looks great. There’s a beautiful backdrop of a castle overlooking fields and trees and birds; and a well built frame of blue with yellow stars. It has a curtain, too, which can be rolled up and down to add extra drama. The whole thing is easy to put together. It’s made up of 6 pieces that slot together easily and the instruction booklet is almost redundant. But, and I cannot stress enough how upsetting this is, there are no puppets.
This is a really high quality puppet theatre. Probably the most important thing to point out before reviewing it is that the puppets shown on the front are not included! This is clear on the box (it says ‘puppets sold separately’), but is not part of the product description on Amazon, so it’s worth pointing out.
As for the theatre itself, however, it’s hard to find fault with the workmanship for 35! The structure itself is solidly built, slots together quickly and has bright colours.
A particular highlight is the curtain at the front of the theatre – it’s operated by turning a crank, which is a really nice touch. I also like that the background which comes with the theatre is reversible, and can represent either the castle shown in the product description, or another scene with a large sun.
Overall, there’s very little to complain about here. However, whilst the theatre itself is well built, I think this is suitable for use by observed children only. The curtain and background are made of a thin material and attached to slender ‘beams’ for hooking on to the theatre itself – I think it’s likely that they’d get broken if the theatre was used unattended.
The theatre is solid and stable when placed on a table. The feet have little rubbery non slip strips which are a great addition as I have used similar products which just slide around. It is very easy to assemble – a bit fiddly for my 3 year old but I would say a slightly older child would have no problems. I LOVE the roll up red velvet curtain – how cute!! It has a little handle on the side which can be rotated to make the curtain lift which is just so much more dramatic than opening the curtains to the sides. The curtain also has a rod in the bottom giving it a weight and keeping its shape. There is also a double sided backdrop with a lovely bright outdoor castle on one side and a sunshine and grass on the other. This slots in and is easy to switch over. This would have benefitted from a rod at the bottom like the curtain has, to help it keep its shape but apart from that it is lovely. Perhaps a greater difference in the two sides would have been even better (e.g. Indoors/ outdoors or day/night) but I’m not complaining. I wonder if Melissa and Doug will sell alternative backdrops for stories set in space or the jungle etc.
A lovely toy which really enhances puppet play and is excellent for developing story telling – I reckon this is sturdy enough to withstand classroom use and will certainly last really well cared for at home.
This is a lovely well made puppet theatre. All the wood is shaped and smoothed out really well, The painting is colourful , precise and well thought out. It has a roll down curtain and rubber feet to stop it slipping on the table. It really is a lovely piece, sturdy and stable and will give hours of fun. I have it set up ready for the grandchildren at the weekend.The only disappointment as other reviewers have said is that there are no puppets, fortunately we do have a couple but it would be nice if a some were included.
It is hard to know what a child is going to like when they are young. Do you buy that expensive gift, only to find they playing with the box it came in? I know now that my child loves a hand puppet and I do mean love. If you bring a puppet out for her to see, she will break out in a grin and start waving her arms in the air as if England had just scored a winning goal. With this in mind something like the ‘Melissa & Doug Tabletop Puppet Theatre’ went down a storm in my house as it adds more depth to the game – invent your own plays whilst not being able to see who is controlling the puppet.
Like with all M&D products the theatre is made out of quality wood that has a great finish. The kit does require a little IKEA like building, but it is extremely simple as the all the parts fit together. You get the stage itself, a couple of backgrounds and a red curtain that you can raise. The facade is a lovely bright set of colours that does evoke a puppet theatre. If you hide behind a table you can easily image it as a Punch and Judy experience.
It has to be noted that this is a puppet theatre that comes with no puppets. The brand does specialise in wood, but it would have been nice to have a puppet or two included in the pack. Therefore, this is a gift for a little child that already has a st of puppets that they love to play with. For the likes of my household it is perfect, but you don’t want to buy a gift for a birthday or Christmas and find that it is a stage without any players. The set is sold as a puppet theatre only and does not claim anything else, to unduly punish a decent piece of kit for this is a little harsh, although I can understand why a box that has puppets on it could confuse people.