We bought this gift for our 3 year old for Christmas -- he'd been asking for it for months. The first time making the slushees was fun and they tasted good, but then things went downhill fast. It was too hard for him to turn by himself, which meant that we got stuck making slushees while he did other things. And after the 6th time making slushees, it broke and couldn't turn out slushees any longer. Also, the higher the sugar content of the drink, the better they turn out, so if you don't want your kids sugared up, this is not a good choice.