Manhattan Toy Tree Top Adventure Activity Center 22.50 x 18.00 x 18.00 Inches

This is a great toy! When I got the pieces out of the box, my 8 month old immediately tried to grab them all and play! This toy has a lot of great aspects. It has four bead mazes, two spinning gears, a set of two abacus counters, one bendy flower, two critters that crawl beneath the tree, a tree house with two doors, and eight double sided critters who crawl along the treetop. Whew! It's a lot of activities. However, I'd say it's the perfect amount. My baby can play happily with this toy for 20 minutes or more. He doesn't seem overwhelmed with the options. This toy promotes logical thinking and demonstrates object permanence. It's great to see him make these discoveries. One thing I observed was that since this toy has double sided critters, my baby moves the critters and peeks around the walls to see it moving on the other side. That's a great lesson for babies! And as for object permanence, one of the bead mazes, and the two critters beneath the tree, can be pushed through the openings in the walls. When you move the them, they can seem to disappear to the other side of the tree. When baby peeks around the wall he can find them again. Those are the main developmental benefits I observed with this toy. Other notable details: it's a good height for a sitting baby between the ages of 6-18 months. I has lots of cute movable animals, including a bee, a bird, a ladybug, a butterfly, a monkey, a bear, a dog, a frog, a snail, and an ant. The printed design on the walls include a side with apples and worms with a treehouse, a side with birds and their nests, a side with yellow blossoms, and a side with plums and the other side of the treehouse. Okay, lastly, this toy was relatively easy to assemble. It literally has five parts and some screws. Just line them up, and screw it together! My only complaint is that the screws were stubborn to tighten, but it was doable. The toy is very sturdy, however, baby cannot safely use it to sit to stand. The toy is simply to light for that. So watch your baby if they are going to attempt to use it for that purpose.

Very well made, super easy to assemble . Grand daughter loves it.

Easy to put together. The kids had one at the babysitter and would always play with it so we got one for home. Our son plays with it all the time. Built really well and will hold up against multiple kids playing with it.

My son loved this for his birthday gift! It has so many different things on it to help with educational development as well! Lots of colors on it to keep him engaged, and many different ways for him to play! Keeps him entertained for a good 30-45 minutes! And it was so easy for me to put together as well!

Let me start by saying that this is a wonderful toy with a nice heavy wood feel. Our 15 month old absolutely loves it. The colors and design are fun and it has a great flow to it that makes it fun for us to even play with. As far as cons go, it is way smaller than we thought. I should have looked closer at the dimensions on line. Secondly this thing for being 5 pieces with 8 screws is one of the worst things I have put together. It is simple, but if you don't have a shorter philips head screw driver you will have to screw it together from an angle. I eventually used a pocket knife to put it together. Over all a great toy for development.

I am so pleasantly surprised by this activity center. My daughter is 6 months old and has just learned to sit up on her own. I wanted to get her something that held her attention, kept her occupied with more complex tasks for her hands, and something that she could play with while practicing this skill. The Manhattan Toy Tree Top Adventure Activity Center is so perfect for us. At first I thought it might be too tall but seated she can easily reach everything on the green and most of the center. I love this because as she grows and stands she will have more to reach and discover. When I compared this Tree Top Center to other basic cubes in the same price range, I preferred this one for several reasons. I love that the activities are not sectioned off (i.e. one side of sliders, one side of doors, one side of activity paths, etc) this has everything mixed up so exploration is more stimulating. I love that the four sections of the tree intertwine with each other. The colors and activities are bright and stimulating to look at and play with, without being a light up electronic toy. Plus the tree design is just so stinking cute! My daughter loves to play with this and it keeps her entertained, its adorable, the perfect size, great construction, and looks great in the playroom. One happy momma here!

My 10 months old baby absolutely loves this activity center. We already have one of those traditional 4 sided activity cubes from another company and we were looking for a similar product to place in our parents house for when we visit during weekends. The Manhattan Toy Tree Top Adventure Activity Center turned out to be a great addition. The product is very nicely made. Unlike traditional activity cubes, it is in the shape of a tree/table. The "legs" of the table act as a trunk with the top part being the leaf/activity section. The table is divided into 4 sections, with each section its own theme and color. There are lots of wire and beads that run from one section to the other. The wire is a bit thinner than wires from other brand's activity cubes but still sturdy enough. I tend to agree with some review say that the table can easily tilt over if a baby puts his/her full weight on it but since it's an activity center and not a baby walker, I do not think that it should affect its rating. The table is quite sturdy if placed on a flat surface. My baby is 20 pound and she sometimes uses the table to pull herself up. When she does that the table doesn't tilt over unless she pulls it down by grabbing the wires (from a sitting position) with all her body weight. The only downside of this toy, I would say, is that the actions are located all on top and nothing on the side. Maybe they can also incorporate from cute drawing on the side to make it appealing to kids.

I have this in my "quiet corner" in the classroom. The kids play quietly with it while being able to use their hands. It seems well built, no issues yet.