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Worlds Apart In The Night Garden - Ninky Nonk Train Pop Up Tent

Member Name: taramorg23
Product:
Worlds Apart In The Night Garden - Ninky Nonk Train Pop Up Tent
Date: 11/05/12
Rating:
Advantages: Fun for children and a bit different to a traditional tent!
Disadvantages: Takes up a lot of space!
My mum bought this for my daughter and my nephew as a joint Christmas present as they both like In the Night Garden. This cost £30 from Amazon but I have also seen it in Toys R Us.
It took about 15 minutes to put together and basically consists of some fabric pieces held together by plastic rods. The sections can then be joined together by velcro.
The tent consists of 4 sections the first of which is the largest and in the shape of a triangle, the second section is a semi circular shape, the third is a tall rectangular shape and the fourth and final section is sort of a semi circle and smaller than the other pieces.
Each section of the tent is brightly coloured and features little windows which your child can look out of. The tent also has various Night Garden characters. Each section of tent also has wheels printed on.
The tent is not as sturdy as I expected it to be and the canvas is rather thin. It is also a lot larger than we expected and even though my mum has a large living room the tent when it was all placed together dominated the living room. The sections are only held together by velcro so they can easily be taken apart, my mum has now placed half of the tent upstairs and the other half in the conservatory which is where all the kids toys are stored.
When my daughter saw this on Christmas day she was very excited, she had just started to crawl too and in no time was crawling through the sections and waving to us through the windows. My nephew who is a year older was a little bit cautious at first but once he was in he started to really enjoy crawling through the sections. One thing we did notice was that at times when the kids were going through it the sections can become detached but they can easily be placed back together.
My daughter goes to my mums every weekend while I work and since Christmas this tent has been regularly played with. She likes to hide her toys in there and also to play 'Peepo' with us through the windows.
When we have had some nice weather we have taken the tent out in the garden, it is very light however and will blow over unless something is placed inside a few toys normally does the trick.
We haven't put this tent down since Christmas so I can't comment on how well it folds up. However for the money it has been well played with and my daughter seems to enjoy it as does her cousin who now treats it as a house and eats his lunch in there.
I would give this 4 out of 5 stars, I think the velcro to hold the sections together should be a little stronger but all in all this was a worthwhile buy and a toy that will last a few years yet.
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