This playhouse is so much fun from beginning to end. The kids and I had a blast coloring it together, it was a perfect rainy day activity. We looked forward to getting out the crayons and coloring for hours. It was very easy to put together, and easy to store. They play with it indoors and outdoors. There are no drawbacks that I can think of, other than I hated when they were done coloring it since it was such a great activity for us to do together. I highly recommend this especially if you have kids who are obsessed with cardboard projects.

It's very cute and my kids love it! Providing lots of entertainment

I bought this as a birthday present for one of my grandkiddos and wouldn't you know it, it showed up early. Although their mom was going to wait until the actual birthday, a major storm rolled through town causing quite a bit of destruction in its wake and leaving a lot of people without power. Having two small children run around outside in the extreme heat isn't a good idea, and being that they were stuck inside they quickly became bored with all of their usual games and toys. In her infinite wisdom, their momma pulled this out and, from what I've been told, it kept them busy and happy for days.

If you have kids who love to use their imagination, I recommend this wonderful little playhouse. Easy to put together, light enough to move around as needed, and allows them to color inside of it as well as the scene on the outside while stretching their creativity.

Super cute and nice size! But... the picture of it is huge right on the front of the box. I was hoping to surprise the kids with it for Christmas but they saw it immediately. So be careful if ordering as a gift.

This was a GREAT BUY. Assembled and had it waiting to be discovered on the first day of vacation, after school. Essentially a giant craft project, it provided hours (weeks) of creative fun, playtime and a wonderful "distraction" while the elves and Santa hustled to pull off the yearly Christmas miracle. My then 9 YO loved having her own "Christmas Hideaway" to decorate both inside and out (complete with mini tree!), to fill with her toys & stuffies, play in, watch movies & play games on her iPad, wrap her own secret "gifts," etc. (The dogs also adopted and escaped into it. Lol.) Santa even hid gifts inside and put tiny presents beneath her tree! A huge hit. She was so attached to it, we had to secretly break it down and recycle it in March (dilapidated at that point, can't be re-used unless your child is a Zen master/saint), much to her dismay. Hack: reinforce seams/edges/connector flaps with clear Gorilla tape, for added durability. Now it's late November and she keeps asking: "When does my Gingerbread house arrive?" This Santa's Helper Hideaway (read = extra time for you, mom) is worth every penny.