Step2 Sand and Water Fun Farm

Comments about Step2 Sand and Water Fun Farm:

A toy that is attractive to the Grandchild and provides lots of enjoyable entertainment.

Comments about Step2 Sand and Water Fun Farm:

Easy assembly, tricky sticker placement. My 1.5 yo loves it though. Barn, tracks and windmill fall off so I might Gorilla glue them on. Won't use for water AND sand, just one or the other. Kiddo is happy, momma is content. She has just as much fun with it dry, it just came today and have not yet filled it. Tracks are narrow, developmentally it is hard fine motor compared to everything else geared towards small hands. Bummed there is no drain. Overall it will provide many hours of indoor or outdoor fun. Versatility great for Pacific NW weather!

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We bought this table and were very excited about it. When putting it together, I quickly realized that all the parts came off very easily. The "farm" wouldn't even stay attached to the table. The kids had fun with it last summer, but when we moved we decided to throw it out and are planning to buy a better table that isn't so cheaply made for this summer.

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I bought this as a gift for my 18 month old for Easter and he really seems to love it, but I don't. The assembly of it was simple, no problems. It has been pretty rainy here so at first my son only could play with it indoors with no sand or water and at first I thought it was a good toy. I did like all that it came with so many toys. He LOVES the windmill, however he is able to yank it off fairly easily, as well as the gate and the sign...which he does OFTEN. The barn also never stays there because it's not attatched...it just rests on the side. The water/sand wheel that is supposed to spin doesn't really spin either. And as for the tractor and wagons it pulls they come apart so easily that as soon as my son starts to push them around they come apart and he is CONSTANTLY bringing them to me to put together again. But all of those things I can live with, what REALLY annoys me is that there are NO DRAIN HOLES and NO COVER! Therefore if you put sand in one side and water in the other you would have to maually scoop out the sand before you have to tip the table over to dump out the water to clean it. And without a cover you HAVE to clean it out because if you leave it outside, and it's windy it will get leaves in it and make the water gross, or if it rains it fills up both sides with water and then all you have is gross mud, not to mention all the lovely bugs that seem to flock to it each night. And on top of that if you have dogs, since it has no cover it leaves all the toys out in the open for their chewing pleasure as well...now we have no tractor. My vision of having this outside so my son could play on the deck while I drank my morning coffee and he was kept happy and occupied was just a fantasy. Now I find myself cleaning it out each night after bedtime and each morning before I have my coffee. My son loves it, and I hate it. I refuse to put sand in it again for the simple fact that makes it too hard to clean out. I've had to get a mesh bag to put all the toys in after he's done playing with them to allow them to dry and to keep them out of the dogs reach. I'm going to look for some kind of grill cover that I can use as a cover for this in hopes of keeping it safe from the dogs, bugs, wind, and rain and just hope it works. I would get rid of it, but I just bought it and want it to last thru the summer at least...then it may be resold to some other poor unfortunate soul so I can find one next year that has drain holes and a cover.

Comments about Step2 Sand and Water Fun Farm:

I bought this as a gift for my 18 month old for Easter and he really seems to love it, but I don't. The assembly of it was simple, no problems. It has been pretty rainy here so at first my son only could play with it indoors with no sand or water and at first I thought it was a good toy. I did like all that it came with so many toys. He LOVES the windmill, however he is able to yank it off fairly easily, as well as the gate and the sign...which he does OFTEN. The barn also never stays there because it's not attatched...it just rests on the side. The water/sand wheel that is supposed to spin doesn't really spin either. And as for the tractor and wagons it pulls they come apart so easily that as soon as my son starts to push them around they come apart and he is CONSTANTLY bringing them to me to put together again. But all of those things I can live with, what REALLY annoys me is that there are NO DRAIN HOLES and NO COVER! Therefore if you put sand in one side and water in the other you would have to maually scoop out the sand before you have to tip the table over to dump out the water to clean it. And without a cover you HAVE to clean it out because if you leave it outside, and it's windy it will get leaves in it and make the water gross, or if it rains it fills up both sides with water and then all you have is gross mud, not to mention all the lovely bugs that seem to flock to it each night. And on top of that if you have dogs, since it has no cover it leaves all the toys out in the open for their chewing pleasure as well...now we have no tractor. My vision of having this outside so my son could play on the deck while I drank my morning coffee and he was kept happy and occupied was just a fantasy. Now I find myself cleaning it out each night after bedtime and each morning before I have my coffee. My son loves it, and I hate it. I refuse to put sand in it again for the simple fact that makes it too hard to clean out. I've had to get a mesh bag to put all the toys in after he's done playing with them to allow them to dry and to keep them out of the dogs reach. I'm going to look for some kind of grill cover that I can use as a cover for this in hopes of keeping it safe from the dogs, bugs, wind, and rain and just hope it works. I would get rid of it, but I just bought it and want it to last thru the summer at least...then it may be resold to some other poor unfortunate soul so I can find one next year that has drain holes and a cover.

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BUYERS BEWARE! I ORDERED THIS FOR MY 1 YEAR OLD BECAUSE OF THE RECOMENDED AGE RANGE THAT IS GIVEN ON THE WEBSITE...WHEN THE BOX ARRIVED IT SAYS AGES 2 PLUS ON IT!! I CALLED STEP 2 AND THEY ADVISED ME THAT THIS INDEED IS RECOMENDED FOR AGES 2 AND UP!

Comments about Step2 Sand and Water Fun Farm:

the wheel that the water and sand goes through is not that good....it does not move to easy, the water or and sand falls trough the sides becasuse it does not turn like it shows.so she does not like it for sand.dissapointed with that...

Comments about Step2 Sand and Water Fun Farm:

The parts come off too easily. I am sure this will not last long because even the tracks come off. As soon as you loose one of the tracks, the train will no longer be able to circle around the play area.

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Please see suggestions-I wrote in wrong box:)

Comments about Step2 Sand and Water Fun Farm:

Hi, I have two kids, 1yr and 4yrs, thye both love this toy. We haven't used it with sand yet, but the water works great for the whole thing! :-) I slao agree it needs plugs for sand and water sides.. but works great the way it is. It could also use a top, you know to cover the sand and water while your not playing with it. we have a sheet over our to keep cats out. Overall its worth buying.. the KIDS don't know the difference of these few thigs so they LOVE IT!