I think I’m starting to get jealous of my
children! We were lucky enough to be sent this gorgeous wigwam from www.playhouses.co.uk and I'm so jealous... we never had anything like this when I was their age! They are too
lucky and don’t appreciate how great this wigwam is. Therefore, I have
concluded that companies should forget the kids and make the wigwams for adults
instead. I could hide for hours... days.... weeks at a time with a bottle of
wine, book and quilt and I would appreciate it every second. In my heart I know
it would end up with the entire family in it, but I can dream.
This wigwam is just too cool (I realise
saying ‘cool’ is very un-cool of me but I just can’t think of a better way to
describe it) for words. If you want to beat all others and be the favourite
auntie/uncle/person then buy this for the kids as a present. You will also be
their parent’s favourite person in the world as their little darlings insist on
staying in it for ages with the door closed. Everyone’s a winner!
Our two kids, Jonny (three) and Sophie
(seventeen months) were so excited when the wigwam arrived. Thank goodness it
is really easy to put together, even with the kids ‘helping’. Within ten
minutes they were both happily shut up in their new home whilst dad and I sat
on the settee with a cup of tea (would have been something stronger but it was
only 7:30am).
It turns out the wigwam is big enough for
said children to lie down in, play around, have lunch etc etc. As the weather
is far too rubbish to be outside it lives behind the settee in the living room
and is brought out every day. We can’t wait until the spring and summer when we
can put it up in the garden and mask the sounds of sibling fighting by a piece
of canvas with a rabbit on it.
It’s so easy to put up with a few clear and
simple instructions and can be easily taken apart for storage. The dowel rods
are a little rough around the edges but they are designed for outdoors and
certainly do the job. They slide easily into elastic loops and fit into the
base of the canvas which makes the whole thing pretty stable. Easily threaded
rope and wooden balls fix everything together at the top.
The canvas is the really quality part of
this product. It is thick, strong and water resistant. The design is beautiful and
very simple with the designs you would expect to find on the real thing
(including the sun, zig-zags and nature stuff).
I would recommend this product completely.
It inspires children’s imaginations and anything that gives the adults a few
minutes peace has to be worth it’s weight in gold. If I had a couple of things
I would like extra it would be an integrated ground sheet and a storage bag.
However, even without these it’s still brilliant!
This great product might just save my sanity this winter and keep the kids entertained. We can't wait for the good weather to return so we can put it up outside. This wigwam should definitely be high on everyone's Christmas shopping list - I for one am going to buy it for nieces and nephews.
The wigwam is suitable for children from 1 years. It retails at £49.99 and can be purchased from www.playhouses.co.uk.
This wigwam was received free of charge. This has not in any way influenced our opinion of the product and, as always, our review is completely honest.
