This playhouse is perfect for children to play and learn together, as they invent new role play adventures. My daughters also enjoy this at 5y and I know it will be a great versatile toy for lots of small world set ups for a few years. We looked at plastic sets and wooden sets, and assessed everything from all-singing sound-and-lights farms to farms with clever, detailed accessories to simple farms that offer great play value for money. Why we love it: The wooden blocks are cheerfully painted and grabbily chunky and, as well as the animals to identify and move around, there's lots of scope here to build and balance, colour-match, sort – and knock down.

Setting up wasn't as hard a I had imagined, once Daddy got in to it he was a whizz and from start to finish it took 46 minutes. Inside the roof, the loft is also a shape sorter for the animals' food, as well as a storage area for all the other pieces.From chickens to pigs, goats to sheep, there are so many realistic figures to add to your collection. He has created scenarios and introduced other figures and animals from various other play sets he owns and he is having a great time playing.

You can turn the handle to make it move across the top and it goes right outside the farm building too.The quality isn’t the best, you can see the place where two pieces are glued together on the animals, some are more messy than others. Anna Marikar, mum of four and seasoned blogger, has spent over a decade sharing her parenting journey and passion for kid-friendly crafts and free printables. The four on the top are farm animals – pig, horse, cow and sheep – with the animals inside being more exotic jungle or zoo animals – giraffe, tiger, lion, monkey and elephant. INNOCHEER Safari Animals Figures Toys, Realistic Wild Zoo Animals Figurines with Play Mat, Large Jungle Animals Playset with Elephant, Giraffe, Lion, Tiger, Gorilla Panda.

Rebecca_Mc 'I bought this for my daughters first birthday, great value for money, fab realistic animals and brilliant quality! Comes with 2 farmers, a cow, calf, donkey foal, dog, cat, pig and mouse, as well as multiple accessories and a sticker sheet. She’s already learned to say a few animal names and sounds, and knows most of the animals if I ask her to show me. The animals sing when you place them in the right place, the chicken jumps when the mouse slides by, there's a friendly bunny lurking behind a door – and there's loads of flashing lights and music fun.Use the weather to your advantage to speed up your crops growth, or plan for your next fishing trip. Choose animal tubs full of plastic animal toys and think up exciting adventures as you learn how to run your own farm.