Thursday, 23 November 2017

3rd birthday Gift Guide and Giveaway - Design and Drill Robot

Its day 4 of Lily's gift Guide and giveaway and today we have a toy which is from Learning Resources. 

Lily and I really enjoy toys that are very hands on and this toy is exactly that. 

Its the Design and Drill Robot and we were sent one to try out. 



As soon as Lily saw it in the box she got excited straight away and shouted "ROBOT!". Lily is a really big fan of robots and loves anything to do with them. She is also a big fan of fixing things lately and so this is a really good toy for her. The robot is displayed in the box so you can touch and see the robot straight away and so she could not wait for me to get it out for her. 


The robot is really colourful with its blue and green body and also has a friendly smile on its face. It is recommended for children aged 3 plus and makes the perfect birthday gift. Especially if your looking for a toy that provides hands on education as well as fun. 

The idea behind the toy is that you take the different coloured screws and use the screw driver to screw them into the robot. You use the different colours to make different designs. 

The robot comes with 15 plastic bolts in a variety of colours and the screwdriver which is in 2 parts and you have to put together. It also comes with stickers so them you can customise your robot and make it look even more colourful.


As I mentioned above, this toy is full of educational opportunities. Using the screw driver means that you are using fine motor skills and also placing the screws in the robot works on your child's hand and eye co-ordination. There is also the fact that its great for your child's imagination. The robots head, arms and body swivels making a chance for imaginative play when making your robot move around. This toy is also great for developing matching skills and making patterns.

Lily loved this toy and she did really well with the screw driver. At first she asked for my help but as soon as I showed her that she could do it by holding her hand too, she sat and did it all by herself. She has really got a good grasp on how to hold the screwdriver now to be able to turn it. But she did also love using her hands to put in the screws, which is also really good for her motor skills.

You can also remove the arms of the robot by taking out the 2 screws and then placing the screws back in to fix them back on. Which is great for problem solving skills.




She loved that she got to choose where each colour of screw went and thought it was great that you gave the robot eyes. Later in the day she took this toy to her daddy to play with as she knows he loves fixing things too. In fact I think that is where she has got her fascination for it from. We also loved placing the stickers on and he looked great when finished. Although I must warm you the stickers are tricky to get off when on and so they need to be placed on carefully.

Over all this is a really good toy and the quality of the plastic is brilliant. Very durable and you can tell it wont break easily.


You can buy this toy for a very reasonable price of £12.95 which I think is a bargain for the fun and education you get from it. It also makes the perfect price for a gift.

You can buy your very own design and drill robot here from the Learning Resource Website. 

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91 comments:

  1. Robbie the Robot - (just to be original LOL)

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  2. Rolo , after my best friend 's hamster 😀

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  3. I don't have any children but would love to win this prize for charity, to go to Romania.

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  4. my son would love to play , especially with his cousins.

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  5. My daughter said Timmy is a good name

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  6. I am reliably informed that he would be named Rudolf! Sure sign Christmas is about!

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  7. Rupert the Robot - a lovely prize, guaranteed to be lots of fun

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  8. Robbie the Robot.

    Rachel Craig

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  9. Knowing my granchildren it would just be robot

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  10. He would name it Billy for some reason that is the name he gives to everything

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  11. I think he would call it Bug because it has bug eyes.

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  12. My daughter would probably call this her brother, which is what she does with most of her toys, she has at least 11 siblings now!

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  13. What would you child name this robot? . . . .. DooIt DooIt DooIt abbreviated to DI DI DI

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  14. My little boy says:"Michael" :).

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  15. I asked my little one and he said "Robot" - nothing strange there - it goes with all his other toys who he named after what they are like Blue Teddy and Bumblebee!

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  16. i asked my nephew he said bob?!?!

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  17. My little girl Poppy has speech problems, so it would have to be an easy name. But we would have fun learning the Makaton sign for Robot xx

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  18. My little would love this as he keeps asking for a robot for xmas and would call it robo

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  19. This would be for my nephew and if it was up to me he'd be called Robbie x

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  20. Gigantor after the American cartoon robot that I discovered some years ago.

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  21. My daughter loves Peppa Pig so we'd call this Peppa!

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  22. Albert the robot. @bexallum on twitter

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  23. Claire Elizabeth Noke26 November 2017 at 22:54

    Buttons :)

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  24. Knowing my son he would be called "My Robot, not yours". He's not big on choosing names!

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  25. Rusty the Robot

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  26. Robot probably or he might name it Libby, after the dog! It is brilliant though and the perfect toy for him.

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  27. my grandson would probably just call it 'ROBOT'

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  28. My grandson loves the look of this toy and says he'd call the Robot Tommie Too (his name)

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  29. Dean T (@ribbons1978)28 November 2017 at 23:03

    Poppet

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  30. Barney, everything gets called Barney in our house

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  31. I'm not sure. Every time we ask her to name something, it's going to be a random person she knows, or simply 'mummy'.

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  32. He said Dexter the robot!
    Kelly L

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  33. My daughter will call her robot Oscar

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  34. To be honest my son would just call it Robot. like he has 'monkey, teddy, rabbit' hes not so inventive with names!

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  35. I think my little boy would just call it Robot to be honest lol

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  36. Knowing my son it would probably be either Robot or something completely off the wall - our cat is called Monopoly because we let Sam name him :-)

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  37. I think they would name the Robot Patrick or Buddy

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  38. My daughter says BFR big friendly robot, she loves the BFG so I know why she picked this name!

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  39. my son says he looks like a bob :)

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  40. My son would call it Lorenzo after his best friend

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  41. probably Robert or Robin as they like names that rhyme

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  42. I don't know but I am guessing Mr Magic!

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  43. My son says chester

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  44. Probably Rosie - everything is called that at the moment

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  45. Ricky the robot . Fab giveaway would love to be your lucky winner. #win yes please count me in

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  46. Optimus Prime

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  47. My grandson would probably call him King

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  48. My granddaughter would probably give it the name of one of her friends from nursery

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  49. Maxx, my great-nephew, would like to call him NUMBER ONE lol - he's never had a robot before so is going for originality.

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  50. Robert the robot (I just asked her). Lol

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  51. Duh-Duh, because her vocabulary is still a little limited.

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  52. Jake doesn't really give things names so it would probably just get called Robot but I would suggest Rusty as a name

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