Activity Gym & Mats > Fisher Price Activity Gym & Mats

Advantages: Encourages child to reach out for thing - improves hand eye co-ordination.
Disadvantages: Clips could be more user friendly

My mother bought this baby gym for our son (under strict instruction from me!) as a birth present. I liked the idea that it was multi-functional and would adapt easily with your growing child and therefore be excellent value for money. We started off with the top section the baby gym fixed to the side of our sons cot, but found that he wasn't really interested in it as it was too high for him to focus on properly, as it only attached to the top ...
...it to the legs and have our son laying under the hanging play items. He wasn't really surewhat to do at first, but was definately encouraged by the fact that if he hit or kicked the toys hanging down the music started to play and the lights started to flash. He soon realised that it was his actions of hitting the toys that made the lights and music work and then deliberately started to aim his hands and feet towards the toys. It is recomended that ... Read review

Advantages: Entertaining & Fun (for all kids), Encourages Crawling & Cruising, Colourful, Versatile, 2 music modes, teaches dexterity, grows with child, multiple activities, ball holder
Disadvantages: Space requirements, volume, music is on the annoying side - only three songs, doesn't fold, potential safety hazard, heavy, batteries run out quickly

...Christopher’s Granny saw the Fisher Price Crawl 'n Cruise Playground in Toys r Us and after seeing Christopher pull himself up on her sofa and bop around to some music whilst holding their remote control and changing channels, she thought it would make a good gift for him. ** ASSEMBLY ** This gym comes in no fewer than 16 parts, which must be connected, mostly with screws. My husband put it together in no time at all. No sighing, frustrated sounds ...
...music effects. Unlike other musical Fisher Price toys, we have a jazzed up version of Pop goes the weasel and If you're happy and you know it. They play over and over, triggered by any simple movement of the sensor. The sensor is also light sensitive and if your child's clothing is similar to your carpeting it may "confuse" the sensor. I have also found that the sensor does not work as well in lower lighting situations and in the evening where there ... Read review

Advantages: Brightly colored with lots of activities, holds babies attention, Reasonably priced, high quality
Disadvantages: needs to be more stationary, sometimes it slides, requires adult supervision if you have a climber

...the Internet and discovered the Fisher Price Spinning Tunes Activity Table. It looked like it had lots of fun activities to keep him busy: bright colours, loud squeaks, moving parts! What baby could resist? I have been impressed with our other Fisher Price toys, so at the reasonable price of £29.74 I decided to buy it. I brought it home and Christopher absolutely loved it. As soon as I set it up, he started pushing buttons and stacking the blocks! ...
...~ Table: The Fisher Price Activity Table is filled with Activities to keep all little ones busy for a long time. This is perfect for an early walker because of it's appeal, colours, and height. The table itself is bright yellow, with green, blue, red & orange legs, it stands about 16 inches tall. The legs are wide and curved slightly to the outside; making it very steady, but adds little weight to the table. Parents please note: the bottom of the ... Read review

Advantages: You will not need to replace the batteries
Disadvantages: 1 annoying tune, not very interesting.

The Fisher Price Twirlin Whirlin Garden is suitable from age 6 months. It is basically a circular play mat that is attached to a plastic “garden”. It has four sections upon which you stack 12 blocks. There is also a see saw and two flowers for stacking and four different coloured lights. Press a button in the middle and the lights flash and the stacking areas spin (apart from the see saw and flowers which do nothing) while music plays. When I saw ...
...annoying as we do. It takes 3 C batteries and I have never had to replace them (surprisingly enough). All in all I think this was a real waste of money. I’m sorry Fisher Price, I love your toys normally but this one is just not up to scratch. ... Read review

Advantages: Keeps baby entertained
Disadvantages: The tunes start to drive you mad!

The Fisherprice Musical Lights and Sounds Gym was given to my son Alex when he was about a week old. It is suitable from birth onwards, and will keep newborns through to sitting babies amused. The gym features dangling toys, flashing lights and music (as suggested by the name!): Dangling toys: Three different brightly coloured shapes - a moon, a star and a 'sun', each with little dangly flaps for baby to each up and grab. Flashing Lights: Four ...
...flash rhythmically to the music Music: The gym plays 8 different tunes including twinkle twinkle little star, in the merry month of may, the farmer's in the dell, and other well know tunes. These are activated by the movement of the dangly toys. This encourages hand eye coordination by rewarding the child with a tune when they have played with a toy. There are two settings to the play gym - one for younger babies and one for older babies. The younger ... Read review