Melissa & Doug 31701 Mine to Love Baby Care Activity Center, Role Play, Dolls & Stuffed Animals Storage, 32.75" H X 23.25" W X 32.125" L, MulticolorMy daughter has played with this play center all day long. Her Baby Born doll fits perfectly! She LOVES this thing and just like all the other M&D toys, the quality is great!! I'm certain she will get a lot of use out of this! She is 5 1/2 years old and 42" tall and the size is still perfect. Directions were easy to follow, parts were correctly labeled and screws lined up perfectly. Took about an hour for two people to assemble. I can easily see us building a base for this later as she gets taller. Love Melissa and Doug toys! You won't be disappointed!
This was given as a gift for my two year old. It’s a perfect height for her. My five year old and six year old love it too even though they are a little too tall for it. The cons about the product is that tray for the high chair is not attached and she can’t put it back on and needs constant help with it. The clothes rod is kind of pointless. It’s hard to find small enough hangers to fit it and it’s always falling off. They could have designed the product better. The silver screws are visible all over the white surface. And wish there was a magnet to keep the doors closed. Overall, my kids like it. Not sure it’s worth the money.
This nursery center is really nice and well made. It took forever to put together and the directions weren’t super clear. I also hate that so many pieces are so easily removed (the window picture, the high chair, the bed, the bath.) because my kids takes those apart every day. However they do love this center and it was worth the money!
This is adorable! Pretty easy to put together. I mean, it still comes in lots of pieces. But it’s not too bad. It has been working great for my girls for a few months now.
My son wrote this for us:
This baby station is cute and versatile. My 2-year old especially likes the crib. This morning she put her doll in there and told us that her baby doll was sleeping.
Assembly took about 2 hours. If you let your toddler "help," it will be 2:45. But my daughter loved using a screwdriver, etc. So actually assembly can be a good bonding/play experience for you and your toddler. Again: this may vary by age and personality, but my 2 year old was able to participate in simple ways.
Pros: Very versatile, with three different sides for play. Baby changing station, crib, washing machine, baby bathtub, even a high chair for a feeding station. It's amazing that they packed all that into one playset. It's the right size for your average medium-to-large baby doll. Our daughter has a "Bitty Baby," by the American girl company, and it fits just fine.
Cons: There are a few parts that are a little flimsy, particularly the plastic piece that holds the laundry machine dial in place. That thing broke and I had to superglue it. Also, there's an assembly stage where you're sliding thin particle board panels into very shallow grooves, and that is incredibly frustrating, because you can't tighten all the screws down until the end, so the thing wobbles and derails the panels. I spent a lot of time fiddling with that.
Experienced advice: the instructions say not to tighten down all the screws until the whole thing is assembled. But use your best judgment, because there are some that you actually MUST tighten down all the way in order to install the next piece.
Feature Product
- MULTI-FUNCTIONAL DOLL CARE CENTER: The Melissa & Doug Mine to Love Baby Care Activity Center is a wooden multi-functional doll and stuffed animal baby care center with kitchen, bathing and changing area, and nursery.
- REALISTIC BATHING AREA: Our baby doll nursery care activity area includes a bathtub with spray nozzle, flip-down changing mat, mirror, wipes dispenser, diaper disposal chute, and washing machine with clicking dial.
- INTEGRATED KITCHEN AND NURSERY AREA: The kitchen side of this baby care station includes refrigerator, sink, and high chair. Nursery area includes rocking cradle, clothing storage, and shuttered window with reversible day/night scene card.
- GREAT GIFT FOR AGES 3 AND UP: The Mine to Love Baby Care Activity Center makes an ideal gift for children ages 3 and up. Adding the Melissa & Doug Mine to Love Twins Luke & Lucy Dolls will provide your kids with hours of screen-free play and learning.
- "THE GOLD STANDARD IN CHILDHOOD PLAY": For more than 30 years, Melissa & Doug has created beautifully designed imagination- and creativity-sparking products that NBC News calls "the gold standard in early childhood play."
- 100% HAPPINESS GUARANTEE: We design every toy to the highest-quality standards, and to nurture minds and hearts. If your child is not inspired, give us a call and we'll make it right. Our phone number is on every product!
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This multi-functional doll and stuffed animal baby care activity center has everything kids need to nurture and play with their special babies! The sturdy wooden center includes a kitchen with refrigerator, sink, and high chair. A changing and bathing area features a bathtub with spray nozzle, flip-down changing mat, mirror, wipes dispenser, diaper disposal, and washing machine with clicking dial. The nursery area has a rocking cradle, clothing storage, and shuttered window with a card that can be flipped to a daytime or nighttime scene. Detailed assembly instructions are included. Kids 3 and up will love having their very own space to nurture and care for their babies!
The Mine to Love Baby Care Activity Center makes a great gift for children ages 3 and up. It’s a fully-equipped and multi-functional care center that includes plenty of storage space for your child’s dolls and stuffed animals. This baby care center play set requires adult assembly and includes easy-to-follow instructions. Once it’s built, the Baby Care Activity Center measures 32.75"" H x 23.25"" W x 32.125"" L and weighs 41 pounds. Adding the Melissa & Doug Mine to Love Twins Luke & Lucy Dolls will provide your kids with hours of screen-free play and entertainment.
For more than 30 years, Melissa & Doug has created beautifully designed imagination- and creativity-sparking products that NBC News called “the gold standard in early childhood play.” We design every toy to the highest-quality standards, and to nurture minds and hearts. If your child is not inspired, give us a call and we'll make it right. Our phone number is on every product!
I ordered this Melissa and Doug Mine to Love Baby Care unit primarily for my 2 year old grandson. He is in the stage where he just loves to take care of his "babies." But, his 5 year old sister (who seemed to be out of that stage) loves it almost as much.
Since it is from Melissa and Doug, it is a high quality, heavy, sturdy structure. It took my daughter a little over an hour to put together because she had "helpers." But that's part of the fun! The unit takes up a lot of room, but M and D cram a lot of fun stuff into this space. I like that both kids can play at the same time without "bothering" each other. One side of the unit is for bathing the "baby" and the other side is for feeding. There is a crib area on the "third side."
This is very realistic and the kids will play for a long time, using their imaginations! We've seen a "pet washing station" using stuffed animals, as well as a "baby cafe" using the kitchen! Realms of possibilities!
Many different sized dolls will fit this Activity Center, and also small to medium stuffed animals. Because this is a Melissa and Doug product, I expect it to last a long time. There are a few plastic pieces that may not survive rough play, but all in all, this is a great product!!!
This is pretty great, we all love it. They've designed it so it has a different related activity on 3 sides. Together with good sturdy wood, that makes for a really stable unit. Quite impressed with that aspect.
Assembly was fairly involved, but not hard, really. I did it alone just fine.
The feeding side has a sink, fridge, and baby seat. A shallow shelf on top that works really well for their (sold separately) Mine to Love food set.
The "care" side has a washer on the bottom, shelves, and acts as a changing table. Lift the pad and it's a bath tub complete with shower nozzle.
The 3rd side is sleepy time crib, windows with shutters, and hanging clothes rack beneath.
The whole thing is just really cute, very well thought out, and well designed.
My only slight issue is the colors/decor. The very light pastels and "wallpaper" are just really out of the 50s to me. Just not stimulating to me at all.
I might take a star off for that, but as it turns out, we decided to "remodel". We're picking colors now for paint, and I'm looking for a border and/or stencils that are kid-friendly, so it's really another level of play and learn, made possible by this really fun toy. I think that's worth giving that start back.
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My daughters LOVED this Melissa and Doug baby care center! I love Melissa and Doug products. They’re always great quality, durable, and have some sort of learning aspect.
This baby care center was relatively easy to put together. At first I was worried about the durability of it. My girls are somewhat rough because of their ages, 1 and 3. This is very durable though! They love that they can hang up baby’s clothes, change baby, put baby in the seat to feed her. This is such a great price for all the fun that it has!
It is easy to store also. It’s not too big so we just push it to the corner of my oldest’s room when we’re not playing with it. It is surprisingly lightweight too so she can even do it herself.
Overall, I would soooo recommend this. My daughters loved it so much. There are tons of things to do with baby. It’s kind of an all in one, space saver since most of the time you buy all this stuff separately anyways. It is durable just as any Melissa and Doug thing I’ve had. You won’t be disappointed!!!
These sets are wonderful for the classroom, daycare or anywhere else where you might have a couple little ones who want to play together. Not that one child wouldn't have fun with it too, but it's such a great size for a couple toddlers/pre-schoolers to play with together.
I've put together a couple of these sets and I'm so impressed with the quality of the materials. Around 15 years ago I was introduced to Melissa and Doug when most of their products were much smaller sets. I purchased a wooden bead necklace set and it was a bit hit, and nothing like the cheap necklace sets you find in the toy section of most stores. Over the years I've picked up other Melissa and Doug products and every time I've been pleased with the quality. The name seems to be synonymous with quality children's toys.
This set does take a little time to assemble. So give yourself an hour or two to get it accomplished. But the finished piece is sturdy and so cute! I've had it put together for a few weeks now and it sees use every day, and it's holding up very well.
This is a large play center for toddlers. I have 3 kids ranging from 17 months to 5 years old and all 3 of them can play with this at the same time. The older one, the boy likes to pretend to give babies baths while the middle child likes feeding them. The baby just rocks the crib.
The center is made of wood, and is quite heavy. It is well made, and high quality. It came well packaged, and none of my pieces were dented or damaged. The set is simple to build, and instructions were easy to follow. You will need help moving this box inside the house because it comes in a big box and bulky.
The only tool you need to speed this up is a power drill. The company doesn't recommend it, but if you are careful on the low setting you should have no problems. All the pieces fit perfectly and it did not need any "persuasion" to get in. It took about a little over an hour to build simply because you need space while assembling it. Once you build this, it is basically going to stay put. This is a large center so make sure you have room for it.