My 8 year old son loves his new pottery! It's perfect for a first time, just learning wheel. It is fairly noisy but what childs toys aren't? I'm used to noise in my house. It does require parent or adult supervision and help, so if messy isn't your thing as an adult, don't buy it. We set it up on a small folding table in our kitchen, I do NOT recommend using this on carpet! You will have clay pieces fall on your floor. I made "aprons" out of old big shirts, the plastic one it comes with is about as sturdy as 1 ply toilet paper. Overall, I'm very happy with wheel, we plan to purchase firing clay and take our creations to our local craft so to have then fired. It's my understanding that that type of clay is easier to work with. You will find that the one it comes with is very sticky and after the pieces dry they do flake apart fairly easily too. Like I said though, as a beginning wheel for a small child, it's perfect and we're very happy with it!

I Have had a lot of pottery wheels growing up, and this kit by far was the best I have ever seen. My daughter kept asking for a pottery wheel for her 4th birthday so I started reading reviews and found this to have the best rating. I am pleased I read through because this is great. We had so much fun molding clay and using the wheel to make little vases and pots! It has two different types of paints so they can choose which style they want it to be. More pottery looking or a higher gloss. It came with lots of tools that my daughter live experimenting with. The wheel is sturdy and not cheap and flimsy like ones I had as a kid. It worked well and actually it took some
Getting use too because it wasn't intermittent like cheap ones I have had before. It moved at a steady fast pace. It almost felt like a miniature version of a real wheel!! I think the price is very fair for the quality. We will enjoy doing this together for years to come!! My daughter absolutely loved doing it and it was a great activity for us to do together!!

Santa brought this to my daughter for Christmas and she loves it! It has made all of her pottery dreams come true. She is 10 years old and was able to figure out how to set it up and use it without any assistance.

We made a pot two weeks ago and the clay is not drying. Why? It is disappointing to the children. They cannot make anything else because the clay is wet and breaking.

This was a Christmas gift for my 9 year old and she loves it!! She was able to get it up and running practically on her own. It took just a couple tries to get the clay to stick to the wheel base (it'll slip off if there's too much water to start) and then with the right amount of water, she was forming a little pot in a matter of minutes. The tools are fun and everything you need to get started right away is in the box. It didn't take her long at all to get the hang of it. As others have said, it is a bit loud (we don't really care about that) and it doesn't spin very fast but I felt that it was just fast enough to form the pot while not being too intimidating and it allowed for a lot of independence on her part. I'm very happy with the purchase and she loves creating things with it!