Educational Insights Design and Drill Activity Center, STEM Construction Toy, Ages 3+

My 3 year old grandson loves it! Once we got the batteries in the drill he went straight to work. He played with it nonstop for over an hour. There are many holes to put the screws in and so therefore the project can tie them up for quite awhile. Then they get to unscrew and take them out! Plus there are around 20 pattern cards so they can create different designs on the card. My grandson is rarely held captive by a toy for more than 10 minutes at a time and I was so pleasantly surprised to see how much he likes it. His little two year old sister would love to get her hands on it, but he doesn’t want anything to do with sharing this toy yet. He started playing with it right away and really focused on the patterns and how to copy them. It is a time consuming activity. After The Design & Drill was opened, and since then, he carries it around and loves that he can complete different designs and uses the screw driver on his own just like daddy. After I gave my 3 year old Grandson this Drill, he sat and played with it even though he had other presents. He was even reluctant to go open other presents because he wanted to play with this. The pattern cards that are included are an excellent learning tool in my opinion. It is good for hand/eye coordination and following directions.

I'm doing a review on the Design and Drill Activity Center. Lets get the facts first. This toy is for children three years and up. It has 120 colorful Bolts and New Fun Bolts. It has over 125 pieces. It comes with an electronic power drill and a jumbo power electronic screwdriver. These two come in reversible too. You can also put the bolts in and take them out with both drills. There are 100 bolts in red, green, orange, blue and baby blue. There are also 20 fun and zany bolts. You can also manually use the wrench to get the bolts in and out. It comes with a manually screwdriver that you can take the bolts in and out. This is good so if you run out of batteries your child can still play with it. It comes with a case that holds everything. Under the pegboard is where you keep all of your bolts. This is a compartment that holds all of your zany fun bolts. The lids will stay close. The case can also be locked so everything will not be lost. Now for playing. It comes with a manual that shows patterns that you can make on the pegboard. Some are designs and some are a truck, sailboat, dog, apple, hammer, butterfly, flowers, a smiley face and a sad face, a rainbow, pear and a plus sign or cross. It is real easy to use the drills. Yes, three years old can do this but I also see older kids wanting to play with it too. If you look at the photos that I uploaded I show where I made the dog pattern. The other picture shows you all of the storage options that come with it. I had fun playing with it. My grandkids will love it. I highly recommend buying this toy. It teaches you how to count. How to make patterns. It also teaches you your colors. It is good for using the motor skills of hands and fingers. To me maybe not you it will help you learn math skills later in life by following the patterns. It makes you think and organize things in your brain. I highly recommend this toy.

My 2yr old son loves this toy. It appears to be his favorite Christmas present. If the drill holds up to being used constantly then I can see him still playing with this for a long time.

My Grandson really enjoys playing with this set. I’m thrilled he likes it. It’s great that his playtime can also help develop his fine motor skills! Also, his dad is always building something in the garage and my grandson loves to be with him and use his own “tools.” I would highly recommend this toy for kids ages 2-9.

This is an excellent toy for budding engineer. I was a little skeptical of getting this drill kit for my daughter. But now I can't pry her away from this toy! She is learning her colors and counting with the colored screws. I have not shown her the electric drill, because I wanted her to work with her hands instead. So she has been manually screwing each bolt onto the board. This way, she is practicing her hand-eye coordination too. The screws and screwdriver are big enough in size that she can work with them easily, and not causing her any frustration. Each time she plays with this toy, it occupies her a good hour or so. Her normal attention span with toys is, on average, 5 minutes. So I am very pleased with this product. We have not moved onto copying the pattern from the activity cards yet. I tried to get her to do it, but she is more interested in filling up the board with her choice of screws at this point. The inability to work with the activity cards is due to her impatience, not the card designs. Because the first few cards/designs are quite simple - one row of blue, one blank row, then one row of red, one row of blank, etc. They should be very simple to follow. I can see my daughter learning pattern with this product as well. This is a great product!

I like the outward appearance of the Educational Insights Design and Drill Activity Center. The box that held the pieces seems durable enough to hold the pieces within it. The weight of the box was a little heavier than I anticipated but not bad. I would not feel comfortable letting my child carry the box at this time. My child likes the colors of the bolts and the fact that there were so many to play with. I would have liked for the power drill to be a little bit larger bot my child did not have any trouble handling the drill. I also like the fact that the center came with additional tools. It would have been nice if there were a couple more tools in the box like a hammer and a saw to complete the set. This would have been nice but it was not necessary as the center itself was sufficient. I like the fact that an activity board was included but I believe it would have been a good idea to have multiple boards within the box. Overall my child is enjoying the center and it is currently keeping their attention for a couple of hours thus far.

This one is very interesting. When I showed my son he was so excited and looking forward to playing this with his son who is now 4. He loved how the bolts come in different colors that match the patterns on the boards. The board that they use to screw them in in great and the size of the cards is the same as the board so it is easier for my little one go match them. They both like the cards that show the different designs that they can make. My son just loves teaching him how to use all the tools but when he first saw the drill he was amazed to find that the drill had three settings. Just like a real one. My grandson is learning to use tools and my son gets to teach him while he is little in a way that does not get either of them dirty! Pro: Colorful Cards with different designs Colored bolts are big enough for him to do by hand if he want. He can play with his dad. Con: I think it needs a case to go with it to keep everything together. Drill is a bit noisy.

The Educational Insights Design and Drill Activity Center is great!! There are so many reasons why I love this learning toy for our almost three year old DAUGHTER. Yes, that's right!! Tools are for boys and girls. Our daughter loves this just as much as we hoped she would. Everyday she sits and plays with this toy and hasn't gotten bored with it. It seems to be well made and will hold up well in our household/toyroom. There are so many features that help with teaching and learning. The colors of the pieces are all the primary colors and the drill accessory teaches motor-skills as well. Kids get to take advantage of using eye-to-hand coordination and learning while they just feel like they are playing and having fun. What makes this great is it will grow with our little one. For now, she uses it without the color cards and just practices drilling the colored pieces. But later as she gets better with it, we will introduce the color cards to give her a bit of a challenge. Learning colors, hand-eye coordination, learning how to count pieces, and learning patterns are just some of the features this toy can be used for. I would say this would be great not only for at home but could also be used in preschool, daycare, homeschool, or other learning settings as well. We love it and would definitely recommend it to our family and friends.

I tried this toy out on 4,6 and 11 year olds. All seemed to like it. The younger ones were kept more occupied by it. The older ones liked drilling the bits in and making a pattern. Once they were done making their pattern, they left to play other games. The younger ones liked to take out the bits, and make new patterns over and over again. I wish it came with two drills, because all the kids wanted to play with it. But then again, it taught them to take turns. The drill and the nuts and bolts were all very good quality, and this toy is unlikely to break anytime soon. The younger ones will learn colors, hand eye coordination, and fine motor skills from this. Older ones will just have fun! One small design flaw in the drill is that when you put it in reverse, it doesn't always manage to get the screw out. The fix is simple, just use the screw driver to give each bit a twist, and then the drill works fine in reverse mode, to pull the screw out. Not a big deal. Good toy, recommend!

very upset the item was delivered in a smashed up box and the box was ripped, if ypu notice in the delivery picture i tried calling to get a refund and no luck