Playmobil Native American Superset Review

Oh my goodness, this is awesome! 

I was able to get some really deals during the Black Friday sale. One of which is the Playmobil Native American Superset.  As I mentioned earlier this month that Playmobil is one of the open-ended toys that we consider “educational” due to its historical figures and environment.  This Playmobil set will be perfect for our American history study next year

These are the contents upon opening. As you can see, the packaging and organization of the items is very much similar to LEGOs.  The Playmobil boxes are resusable as well. It is sturdy, perfect for storing your sets when not in use! 

Though it comes with an instruction pamphlet, Mavi still needs assistance setting up the environment.  I love the Playmobil sets! Most of it comes with a base which gives the child a real feel of the environment. Perfect for habitat bins (with extra materials of course!).

And once done, here’s the actual setup. I AM SO HEAD OVER HEELS INLOVE WITH THIS!! How beautiful! You can’t have a toy that’s as detailed as this these days and that depicts the life of Native Americans!  The attention to details of Playmobil is totally impressive! 

Mavi decided to paint a backdrop and this is how it looks like.  The playset comes with a totem pole, a beautiful teepee, plants, tree, a horse and a beautiful canoe.

It has 3 native american figures: a tribe chief, and two tribe members.  Look at those bodypaints and the details of the costumes.  They come with accessories too!

I love that they have a tribe chief, and the his headdress is super cool!  Mavi was like “so they made that with feathers? I’d like to have one!”  He has a staff with feathers as well, and figure sits well on his horse.

Vito’s favourite is the canoe and he loves playing with it while singing the “Row row row your boat” song.  My husband thinks that the best in this set is the canoe, the shape and the design is totally awesome!

The figures snap on the canoe so you need not to worry if they’ll fall out.

I love the art details in the teepee cover.  The teepee is made up of a cloth-like material, which I can guarantee you that it won’t get ripped easily. It is securely fastened in the bars, thought it was a bear to assemble it.

Here’s Vito playing, as I took this picture with Mavi in school. 

I’m naming ALL  the objects in this set for his vocabulary and here he is enjoying the word “skull”.

He calls this figure “Daddy”.

The Verdict

SO WORTHIT!!  I highly recommend this set! It also comes with a lot of accessories like pipe, bow and arrow, oars, head dresses, bonfire, shield and a lot more!  The material is just exceptional!

How I Organize and Store Materials

I’ve been receiving requests from readers asking me to share some tips or at least share how I organize our materials at home.  To be honest, I haven’t found the perfect formula for organizing materials.  I find myself experimenting on what works for me and for the kids.  So instead of giving advice on what to do, allow me to share with you how I organize our things at home. 

We live in a small apartment… as most European homes are!  So our sitting room is our playroom which is also our “home” school room. Except for painting and messy play, this is where all the actions are taking place.  So to make it “conducive” for the boys, husband and I purchased Ikea shelves and inserts so I can organize learning materials, mostly of Vito.  Mavi’s stuff are in his room including the Montessori materials that we own.

This is the  main shelf, the upper layer is for the working trays and the bottom layer contains the inserts.  We bought a sturdy insert from Ikea as well, they are really really good, quite heavy so Vito can’t just push and pull them.

Daily Activity Shelf

The inserts contain all the learning materials (non Montessori) of Vito, including the puzzle boards. Surprisingly, they fit!  So convenient because whenever I needed to change my materials, I just remove them from the insert and place them on the tray. Same thing when Vito is done working with them, I just put them back on the insert.