Educational Insights Design & Drill Helicopter with Electric Drill, Preschool STEM Toy Gift & Take Apart Toys for Boys & Girls Ages 3, 4, 5+ Year Old

This helicopter promotes problem solving, showing their artistic flair (kids can decorate with stickers) and imagination. It is so much fun to see the excitement in your kid eyes when they build something by themselves! It includes everything you need to build your own helicopter! Build your own helicopter with 4 snap-on parts, 15 Clear bolts clear bolts, motorized mini-drill, and stickers. The drill does not come with batteries, so make sure you have them on hand when your little one starts to build! This one is very similar to the other set we own, but my son still loved building it. His imagination ran wild and soon he was zooming it thru the air! It is a great way to teach kids how to build and encourage learning! I received this item for free or at a reduced price in exchange for my honest, unbiased review. All opinions are my own

I received this toy in exchange for an honest review. All opinions are my own, and based on usage in my pre-k classroom. We already have the Educational Insights Design & Drill Brightworks toy and my students love it, so I was pretty sure the Design & Drill Helicopter would be popular as well, but I didn't expect HOW popular it would be! Once my kiddos figured out how to use the screws to secure the snap on parts, they went to town - in a typical play session the helicopter is dismantled and rebuilt several times! Although my boys are the most frequent visitors to that center, many of the girls also love to go and play with it. The girls' focus is more on building the helicopter and then using it in pretend play while the boys tend to focus more on the mechanics of it. All of my kiddos have figured out exactly what they need to do to use the drill with little instruction from me, so I am not having to constantly put the helicopter together for them. I love that they can play with it independently!

I have a 2 year & 9 month old boy who ADORES this Design & Drill Helicopter. We have the D&D board at home, but he's not really super interested in making pictures or just putting screws in a board. With the helicopter, however, he can use a drill to build something, play with it, take it apart and then do it all over again. This is the greatest toy ever! I may have to get him one or two more like this for his birthday. He loves vehicles, he loves putting things together and taking them apart, and he loves power tools and this toy has all three in one. This is one of the toys that he regularly gravitates to on a daily basis. The pieces are good quality and don't seem to be the cheap plastic that would easily break. He's not the most gentle little boy that ever existed and while keeping it from his sisters, it hasn't broken :). I'd call that pretty sturdy. I highly recommend this for any 3 or 4 year old boys who like vehicles/planes and/or tools! Disclaimer: I received this item from EI in exchange for an honest review.

Teaching my kids about power tools and safety is important, and I love that this toy can get them started in understanding how to use a drill and build something. It takes patience and concentration which I think are good lessons, especially for my son. We love how the helicopter is so sturdy and that it can be played with before it's time to take apart and put back together again. We also have the race car. A great toy for gross and fine-motor skills! I received this item in exchange for an honest review all thoughts are my own.

My son always wants me to get him those little block sets, but he's just too young for a million pieces. He gets frustrated, the pieces get lost, and we never get to see the finished product. The Design and Drill sets are just as much fun, but so much easier to assemble. Plus, kids get the added advantage of getting to use a toy screwdriver to assemble their masterpieces. After it's all assembled, there are some cute stickers you can add to make it look even more authentic. Putting the helicopter together only took my four-year-old son about half and hour, and he was able to do it mostly on his own. Once it was completed, he had a great time pretending to fly it around. He can easily take it apart and put it back together again as many times as he likes. Since the pieces are big, they are harder to lose.

Our 4 year old son is having a blast with this toy. He loves helicopters, he loves building things, and with daddy being a mechanic this means he can "work" on the helicopter. In fact he and his dad have a little thing going where daddy takes it apart after he goes to bed and then our little guy sits down first thing in the morning and puts it back together. We love the fact that the bolts interchange with his Design and Drill Brightworks set. This gives him an unlimited number of color combinations for the bolts. We have the Monster Truck version of this toy on his birthday list! Great toy for working on coordination and learning building skills. He also "flies" the helicopter around rescuing his cars and trains making it a great toy for using his imagination and creating stories.

My son always prefers boats and flying vehicles to cars. I'm not sure why but that's just his thing. As soon as he saw this set he brightened up in a big way. He enjoyed putting together this Helicopter! He found the drill to put the bolts in place easy to hold and liked that with a push of a button it worked just like his Daddy's electric one at home. Like the others in this line, there are stickers to adhere to the surface, bolts to be screwed in place, and other parts to snap on. My son really liked that the blades on this copter really spun while he made it fly around the house. Kid-power for the win! This set requires triple A batteries for the drill to work electrically. However, if you so chose, you can even let the drill be kid-powered. This set was frustration free and more fun than anything else. My son proudly out this set together on his own! I love he's having fun and learning to use tools at such an early age. * I have received this product for free or at a discounted rate in exchange for my honest and unbiased product review; all opinions are my own.*

This toy provides incredible hands-on kinesthetic play opportunities!! From figuring out the toy vehicles design, to manipulating the battery operated drill, kids will have plenty of fine and gross motor skill building experiences! Then, once the toys is built, they can use it for pretend play activities. I love that this could be used as a single or group activity. The pieces are large enough for smaller preschoolers to handle AND I love that they are large enough that they don't get lost underfoot. A little bit I wish the clear screws were not clear those as sometimes if they roll away they can be hard to spot! :) But not a huge deal. Sturdy enough for the rigor of toddler and preschool play, this toy generates a lot of excitement and I love the "build" aspect of it that is so different from other building toys! My kids love their design and build toys! I received this product free in exchange for my honest review. All opinions are my own.

In full disclosure, I was provided this toy as an EI Insider but all opinions are honest and my own. My son absolutely loves this toy! He had so much fun putting it together including adding all the stickers to the helicopter. The pieces are strong and durable making it perfect for my 5-year-old. The drill is a good size too making it easy to control and use. The bolts are not too tiny so kids can manipulate them independently, and they are less likely to drop them or lose them. The design and drill is a building toy that also sparks the imagination and encourages pretend play. My son loved engaging in imaginary and pretend play as he flew his helicopter around the room. I loved that he was building fine motor, visual and problem solving skills while playing. The helicopter is sturdy allowing for hours of play. It's perfect for kids that can be a little rough with their toys at times. I cannot wait to get my son the design and drill truck and car too. I definitely recommend this toy for preschoolers!

I have two sons (newly turned 4 and 2.5). Both were very excited to build this and play with it. My youngest was too young to help, but he enjoys carrying it around. My oldest helped a bit and then turned it over to dad to finish. It's a cute idea. They have another toy with a drill and they adore the concept.