Melissa & Doug Bake & Decorate Wooden Cupcake Kit, with Play Food, Toppings & Play Kitchen Accessories, Preschool Learning Toys for Girls & Boys 3+

My daughter has been obsessed with cupcakes, so we got her these for Christmas and they’ve been an absolute hit! She plays with them almost daily. She loves deconstructing them and reconstructing them, as well as, coloring on them. The quality is superior and what you would expect of a Melissa & Doug toy. They are well worth the money and a toy that will hold up for years to come. The only “cheap” part of the toy would be the cupcake liners since they’re real paper ones, but liners are cheap and can be easily replaced.

Grand kid approved, fast shipping and as always, a quality brand! The type of toy that gets used over and over again!

These are really cute. Like most M&D products, these are on the larger size compared to most other brands.. A great addition to the play bakery.

My daughter got this toy b/c she has been pretending a lot of with cupcakes lately. She LOVES it! So, I am giving this toy a 5 star review b/c my daughter is just in love with this toy - she plays with her cupcakes every day since she received this toy a few weeks ago! Pros: - You get 4 cupcakes! 2 vanilla and 2 chocolate. Also included is 4 different frostings, 3 icing markers to decorate the frosting with, 4 candles, 8 cupcake liners, pan and oven mit. Its a lot! - The icing markers! By far one of my daughter's favorite thing to do is decorate the cupcakes. The frosting can easily be cleaned with a baby wipe or damp cloth (NOTE: highly recommended to clean immediately after playing.. if you let the "icing" sit overnight it makes it more difficult to clean the frosting). - Very durable. As with all Melissa & Doug Toys, the cupcakes are just fabulous - they are wood, and incredibly durable.. gotta love M&D! Cons: - The cupcake liners will not hold up that long.. they have done good thus far, but I only allow my daughter to play with the toy (I regularly host playdates at my house and would not trust that these cupcake liners would hold up to several kiddos!) - They could have done better on them.. they are just a little heavier than regular cupcake liners you would buy at the store. - The icing markers.. note that is a pro - well, its also a con for the simple reason that they are permanent! They are only erasable on the frosting part of the cupcake - when she accidentally drew on the actual cupcake, well, the mark is still there.. cant get it off. Overall, I highly recommend this toy - my daughter loves her cupcakes!

We have a lot of Melissa and Doug items and we're always generally very impressed with them. The cupcake set is great fun and our six year old wanted it so much that she bought it with her own money. To start off with, it's a high quality toy. They're basically wooden cupcakes with candles that velcro on top. The whole concept of the icing markers is fun and all the kids (friends included) enjoy "decorating" the cupcakes. The part you draw on is a sort of plastic lid that fits over the wooden cupcake and is supposed to look like icing. It even comes with a little baking tin (wooden) and an oven mitt. There are paper cupcake liners in fun patterns included that aren't going to last forever, but hey...they are paper. We've generally got liners in the pantry so that's not a huge deal. The big flaw in this toy is that the wooden cupcakes are not finished in a type of paint that will allow you to wipe the dry erase marker off of them. Only the plastic "icing" can be erased. Admittedly if you look at the very fine print on the back of the box it reads "Markers are intended for wipe-off icing surfaces only. Do not use markers on other components." Realistically however, giving kids some dry erase markers and letting them go to town on pretend cupcakes, is going to result in the entire cupcake getting "decorated." In the scheme of things it doesn't really matter because my daughter loves them anyway, but it does keep me from giving this toy Melissa and Doug's usual high approval rating. If this is something that is going to upset you or your child, you'd be better off buying another of their products.

My grandson loves to "cook" and this set has been one of his favorite toys. The velcro candles are a cute addition to the cupcakes and "icing" pieces. This set has provided a lot of fun for him.

I didn’t receive these. I was sent the ice cream set When I purchased it was a great deal. If I sent this back i wouldn’t hv gotten the cupcake set for the price because it was on sale. I kept the ice cream set and that was good quality and my granddaughter loved it as well. Melissa and Doug has quality items kids love. Adults love it too.

We bought this when my son was about 2.5 years old and, one year later, he still loves baking cupcakes in his kitchen. That's a great endorsement when you consider how fickle toddlers can be. He has many other toys that he lost interest in despite the fact that they're pretty new. CONS: MARKER ICING I read the reviews about the markers so I never let my son touch the icing. This caused a mini tantrum, but I knew he would have been even more upset to realize he couldn't clean his cupcakes. He also really hates getting marker on his fingers and hands, so the markers would have been confiscated eventually. I thought about gluing the caps on and letting him use them for pretend play, but he and I both completely forgot about the markers after the first week. He still thoroughly enjoys playing with the set even without the icing markers. PAPER LINERS The paper liners were crushed and crumbled right away. We still have some, but paper seems like a pretty odd choice when the rest of the set is so well made. The cupcakes, the candles, the icing markers, and the cupcake tin are all wood. The icing (cupcake cover) is a sturdy rubber/plastic and the mitt is fabric. I love keeping his toys complete but every time I see those paper liners, I just get the urge to dump them in the trash. PROS: My son is turning 4 soon and he still loves this. He makes us cupcakes every week. He made us all birthday cupcakes yesterday with the same amount of glee and fascination as he did when we first opened the box. Despite the toy's CONS, it has staying power and we definitely got (and continue to get) our money's worth out of these.

Every kid I gift this to loves it. I buy it for all toddler birthday gifts.

My daughter received this gift and I have further gifted it to others... This is a wonderful gift for 4yo kids who enjoy cooking and are generally interested in role play

So many variations and ways to play with the set. The markers are easy to use and wipe away easily. The candles stay on. Lots of great play. Would recommend

grandchildren are having fun with the set

love melissa and doug anything. these toys are very well thought out and durable. great gift, arrived perfect condition.