Crazy Forts - Camo Color - Building Kit for Kids 6+ - Indoor Creative Fort Building STEM Toys - Durable and Portable Kit - 69 Pcs

My Grandchildren played with this for hours at a time constructing different forts. I wanted to purchase another one so they could make bigger, more elaborate forts. The glow in the dark balls made their creations stand out and more fun.

Son loves it and it’s durable, you can lay blankets or sheets over it to make a fort and it won’t fall apart

Our original set which we got more than a year and a half ago (Christmas 2018) was fine. All individual pieces were fairly sturdy and durable, and fit together well. But after getting a puppy many of the pieces ended up chewed up. Anyhow, once the quarantine started in March 2020 we thought the kids would like to build forts and an extra set would help them make a larger one. It's generally sturdy enough to support a bed sheet thrown over the top. In our second set, however, several of the purple balls weren't formed properly and the green poles wouldn't fit into all of the holes. It's not a cheap set, and considering that we had no issues with the first set this was disappointing. We still feel the toy is great and with two partial sets there are plenty of pieces, but not sure if the production quality may have changed.

I bought two sets, one because I was buying this set for a 10 year old so I wanted the structure to be able to be big enough.tonfit a big kid in, but also because I had read so many reviews stating that you can do so much more with two sets. The poles DO bend, but especially when you're not a pro at building with these that's a good thing. If they were so rigid that they didn't bend, my first time building with them by myself, six sticks would have snapped. They are plastic, and not tough like hard PVC pipe plastic, but definitely not as weak as say a laundry basket. It's a good in between... If that makes sense. If you're wanting to build squares of varying sizes, by all means, take the $40 down to a hardware store and buy PVC pipes and joints. You'll have yourself a pretty decent fort frame. However, if you're wanting to upmyour fort building game having fun WITH your child, and spark the imagination better than ever before, then buy this kit because the majority of the worth in this kit is not the poles, but the endless possibilities you have with the joints. Yes, if your kid is under the age of 4ish they will need help building the forts, but it's never a bad thing to have to spend time with your children. We built a very basic square with as many pieces as possible (the wobbliest of structures since everyone knows triangles are the strongest) and covered it with whatever we had. The WEAKEST structure you can build with two full kits, with no support beam in the middle to keep the middle of the too sloping inward held two queen sheets, four blankets, and a winter quilt over night just fine. Though because of the thickness of the blankets the inside of the fort was a lot warmer than outside. As stated before in other reviews, forts are intended to be sat IN, not sat ON, but nobody told my 23lb dog the rules of forts and he plopped himself on one of the walls of the fort.... It remained standing.

I've spent the last few days building, tearing down, and then rebuilding forts in various parts of my house with one very happy little boy. So to put it succinctly Crazy Forts has been a huge success in my household! I'm not sure what's going on with the many negative reviews. Those reviews caused me some hesitation before placing my order but I'm glad that I pulled the trigger and bought two sets. ►In The Box: » 44 bright green plastic sticks » 25 purple balls » Two page instruction manual for various fort designs Each stick is 16-inches long and the balls are roughly the size of a baseball. ►Assembly: One of the complaints I saw repeatedly in the negative reviews is that the forts are hard to assemble. This is not true at all! Each purple ball has four arrows that point to the top hole. As long as you align the balls in the proper orientation (using the arrows as a guide) you'll be building intricate and neat looking forts in no time. The entire concept of the "geometrically precise" purple balls is to ensure that the entire fort aligns for quick and easy construction. So if you can align 90° and 45° angles you'll be fine. The other trick to constructing a durable fort with this kit is to use a twisting motion when inserting the sticks into the ball-holes. This ensures the sticks are pushed all the way into the ball and a better overall construction. The various complaints that these forts fall apart is just not the case. I've got my son's fort draped with blankets and with a busy 2.5 year old constantly coming in an out of the fort along with two dogs. The forts we've build have not fallen apart. ►Recommendations: If you're considering buying this kit I really do recommend buying at least two sets. One set is enough to build some of the plans including the pictured igloo design. But if your intending on playing in the fort with your child you'll likely want something a little more spacious. Two sets seems to have enough pieces to build a nice big fort that can comfortably fit two children, two adults and two dogs. ►Closing: This has been by far my son's favorite Christmas gift this year and I'm sure we'll get plenty more use out of this set. Recommended!

The concept for this set is amazing. However, the construction is poor. My toddlers are constantly crawling in and out and the structures pop apart at the slightest jiggle, no matter how much we twist and tighten the pieces. We are only using sheets on top.

kids love it as christmas gift

Very fun activity for a small group of five year olds. One understood it right away, two of them understand it but need more processing time, and couple of them don’t get it but enjoy it all the same. Wonderful opportunity for the children to figure out how to work together playing on each person’s strengths. This is followed by great creativity of dramatic play typically involving wolf cubs and bald eagles. UPDATE: I caved in and bought another set. Now that it was their third time working with these, a couple more children have figured it out. So four kindergarteners understand it and are clearly very intellectually satisfied while constructing with it. One is still determined to force it to work with brute strength and trying to bend the sticks to fit ( doesn’t work, but wow, they’re durable) and the remaining child has discovered the satisfaction of holding the sheet of instructions and dictating how the playing will ensue ( today it involved a den of wolf cubs and some humans with a vegetable garden).