Got this for our 5 yr old who was begging for a purple desk, I thought it was pink and purple, but to my surprise it is mostly just all a pretty lavendar color purple! She will love it.I started to put it together, but changed my mind since Christmas is a few weeks away, I had no where to hide it.Seems sturdy, made from what appears to be MDF, 4 storage bins are a nice size, 2 small ones for pencils are tiny and will most likely get lost over time.I would advise buying extra rolls of paper before giving this gift, the roll that comes with is tiny/thin!
Looks to be of good quality, all pieces were neatly packed in a thin box; instructions are really easy, all you need is a screwdriver to assemble. All parts were there, nothing missing or damaged.Very happy with it and anxious to give it to our daughter this Christmas. She will prob outgrow it in a year or so, but we have another little girl who will be excited to take it over as her own one day when big sis is done.
**UPDATE**Just gave this as an early christmas gift this afternoon, as I suspected, daughter loved it!She was so excited to have the wipe board, I bought brand new washable Expo dry erase markers, and she drew all over the top...when she went to wipe it off, the blue marker will not come off all the way, only fade, I tried everything and it wouldn't come off and finally this morning, I found some alcohol and a cotton ball, scrubbed really hard and it finally came off.So I guess before you let your child use this w/dry erase markers, test an area first or only use light colors.
It took me about an hour to put together (but mostly it took that long b/c I forgot to add a piece in the first step and when finished, I had to go back and unscrew everything to add part Q in the directions); very attractive and perfect size for our little girl.She loves the paper roll; its a great touch for a little artist; and the 2 small baskets at the top of the desk do attach to the paper roll so they won't get lost.
We got this for my 3-year old's birthday and she absolutely loves it. The pieces are all very thick and printed with beautiful, vibrantly colored and shiny pictures. After putting it together it feels super sturdy. I was having a hard time getting her to go to bed that night so she sat down with me and I took out all the parts and she got really excited to get it all put together. But I told her I couldn't do it myself and that if she was a really good girl and went to bed, Tinkerbell would come and put it together for her. After that she ran to her bed and I didn't hear from her again until the next day. I, of course, got up a little before her and put it together and it made her birthday a little more magical in her eyes.
When it comes to putting the desk together, here's my notes. First off, if you are like me and miss putting the little wooden pieces in before attaching a side to the back, don't fret over going back and putting them in. I put them on for the second side and realized they're mostly there to help you with alignment and holding the slanted desk in place while you put in the screws. If you did it without them, you just did it the hard way. Also, I was doing this solo so the wooden dowels were a bit of a challenge to hold in place, while exerting the necessary force to get the screws in while also not letting the whole thing get pushed away from me. I gave up and put it on its side and loosely attached the other side to the top. After that I got all the dowels in place and tightened the top (start with the ones near the top of the desk and work down). then it was a relatively simple matter of screwing the dowels in place. SO much easier when I could push against the floor and just had to worry about keeping it from twisting.
My only normal complaint is the paper. There's not a lot and was is there is super low quality. We ended up getting an extra roll of Melissa and Doug easel paper and it's great. This roll is wider than the last but not too wide. We reattached the little crayon baskets to the sides with stick on velcro and it works really well.
Our only other issue isn't a normal one. The holes in the sides where the rod that holds the roll of paper goes through weren't both drilled properly. When you look through one of them you can easily see where the drill went off course and they never caught it. As a result the hole was too small. We fixed this with a drill bit, but if you don't have that you may have to send it back. All I can say is check this first before you put it together just in case you do need to exchange it.
All in all, I highly recommend this desk. The price is better than most other art desks like it, great themes, and the storage is really nice.
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Bought the Cars Art Table for my Grandson (Age 3) and the Princess (Fairies) Art Table for my GrandDaughter (Age 5). Had it delivered directly to them. Delivery was awesome.. Set Up was easy.. Perfect size for the little ones... Kids love it.. Daughter said they are very cute and good quality. Kids Love 'em! Said "Mommy, Make me some homework!"
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This desk is great for my 2 1/2 year old girl. She loves Tinkerbell, so this desk is perfect. Its pretty easy to put together, and it seems pretty sturdy for its purposes.
My only comment would be you need to understand that this is not a full sized desk. Its a small desk, about 2-3 feet high, intended for a small child.
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The table is pretty neat. My girls both absolutely loved it when they saw it in their room. Highly recommend if you have kids that are into drawing! It was very simple to put together as well!!
I read a really helpful review by JudiAU and just wanted to add something that I couldn't tell from that review. It works (just barely) to run a track underneath the large arch. Thomas the train pieces will just barely fit. If the track moves off-center a little bit, the trains will hit it.
