We got this toy as a gift for my 3 1/2 year old and 21 month old. They loved playing with the tools and stamping shapes in the play dough. I read a review on this before we got it and it said that the play dough was not the greatest so I was proactive and bought a box of playdough from fisher price. I am so glad I did, because the play dough that comes with this toy is terrible. I actually threw it all away so that it would not get accidentally used. Outside of the bad play dough, this toy is fantastic.