Crayola Air Dry Clay 2.5 Lb Bucket, White

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Little Kids No Spill Big Bubble Bucket, Colors May Vary

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This does a great job of allowing young kids to blow bubbles without so much worry about spills etc. When used as intended... it's pretty good. However...

Since you can't spill it, my son decided to see what he could put in it... other determined kids might also feel the need to foil the bubble bucket by shoving dirt down inside the holes. I don't know why kids do what they do...

The wands are not great. They're thick and seem hit or miss but if you have a premium thicker bubble solution (can't remember this brand we are using now, maybe Amazing Bubbles?) they work decently. They are nice and chunky for little ones to grab.

There's no cover... so you can't keep things out. Like bees. I guess you could just keep it in the house to help with this, though.

It's REALLY hard to get the top off to clean it out. My husband can get it, as his hands are a bit bigger than mine, but I can't, and I don't have tiny hands by any means. It's really hard to get a good grip on it - so to clean it out I attempted to just sit it in the sink and let water pour into it... I counted 30 bees float out and countless portions of bees. Pretty gross. It had been outside all winter so I was giving it a spring cleaning. How hard it is to get the lid off is my number one complaint about this.

So it's good... could be better... but we like it. :-)

Toy Story Bucket of Soldiers

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I have to say that overall my kids and I liked the soldiers, as others have noted it is made of a softer plastic that seems more durable and cleaner. Far better than any of the cheap bagged sets you often find in the toy or grocery store. The highlight of the collection by far are the parachuters and while they do get tangled up they have held up well. So why the four star versus a five? The fact that there are ten of each figure, yes ten mine sweepers, ten bazooka, ten mortar, ten rifle men and so on, but you also get ten commanding officers in each of the two stances. In other words you get twenty sergeants. Something not apparent in the pictures or on the container. I would have liked two or three extra of each of the other five figures and less sergeants.