Disclosure: We received this product without cost from Educational Toys Planet for the purpose of this post. All opinions and experiences are my own. Thank you.
When Kay's birthday was approaching, I looked into buying her one of those cardboard playhouses that you can color in. Having seen them at discount stores for $10, I was surprised to find them online for no less than $35. "No way am I paying $35 for a cardboard box!" I muttered.
So imagine my surprise when Educational Toys Planet offered to send me a toy to review, and it turned out to be a Coloring Play Castle! (They also has several other knight toys along the same castle theme.)
Kay was thrilled with it and I started setting it up. I knew immediately that this was no discount store version (which I know from experience to fall apart quickly). This was sturdy cardboard that could actually withstand having children play with it. None of those precariously balanced cardboard houses, this was a *good* one.
Kay was thrilled with it and I started setting it up. I knew immediately that this was no discount store version (which I know from experience to fall apart quickly). This was sturdy cardboard that could actually withstand having children play with it. None of those precariously balanced cardboard houses, this was a *good* one.
I had a hard time putting it together, but I'm ridiculously bad at all things construction-y anyway, so the average person would probably have no problem. Having an impatient preschooler climbing in and out the doors and poking her head out the windows while I tried to match up the flaps did not help either.
There are drawings of knights and dragons and treasure on the outside and crossed swords and even a bookshelf on the inner walls. I thought of those as just extras, but they really sparked her imagination and she took off with her pretend play: princess in a castle..."oh no! There's a dragon!"... you get the idea.
And so, here I am, confessing...I was wrong. This kind of cardboard house (or castle, as the case may be) would definitely be worth the money. You can build it and then fold it up for storage, taking it out again when the kids are ready to play.
And so, here I am, confessing...I was wrong. This kind of cardboard house (or castle, as the case may be) would definitely be worth the money. You can build it and then fold it up for storage, taking it out again when the kids are ready to play.
Kay loves this castle and I love watching her be swept up in her imaginative play, helped along by a cardboard castle, a princess hat, and a stick pony.
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