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May 26th, 2010 by Stinkhead

My son is about two and three quarters (ah those were the days) and he just got into Play-Doh. He set his eye on the Coco-Nutty Monkey one visit to Toys R Us. We were having serious discussions about potty training so we picked up the mnkey, and told him he could play with it as soon as he gave up diapers. Three weeks later, we haven’t had an “accident” in days and someone is looooving their Coco-nutty monkey. Check out my pics and review below.

The Coco-nutty monkey is full of stuff to do with Play-Doh, and like most of their playsets, it doesn’t require batteries. The first you can do is pull off the monkey’s head and stuff it with Play-Doh. Ram the head back onto the neck post (this usually requires Daddy’s help) all of a sudden “hair” sprouts from the top of the monkey’s head, and a tongue comes out as the head reaches its original position. I have to give kudos to Hasbro for the upgrade in “hair” since the Pumper Barber shop we had as a kid. The slats are thicker, so it still comes out long and stringy like hair (closer to dreadlocks) but is much easier to clean up. Back in the day we needed to use a toothpick to poke out Play-Doh from each and every hole between hair-growth sessions. I prefer this a lot more.
You can also do this with the tiki statue that is in front of the monkey.
The next play action is to close together the monkey’s coconuts to press out fun shapes. There’s 3 sets of coconuts (and they fit into the monkey’s palms in only one way so your sculpture comes out looking great. One coconut makes bananas, one makes a pine apple, the last one makes a miniature monkey. We had a lot of fun cranking out monkeys and counting them as they piled up. You smoosh some Play-doh into one half of the coconut, then pull down on the monkey’s tail. That brings his hands together, pressing the play-doh into the double sided mold. Repeat as needed.
All over the base are simple reliefs that you can press play-doh into for more fun shapes. I also like how you get five colors (including a pailish yellow, banana color) They’re smaller than the full sized tubs, but bigger than the “fun sized” tubs for Halloween. You can of course buy single color tubs at Wal*Mart.
We’ve seen these everywhere for about $12, and to a two year old, they’re a blast. Some of the actions require a parent’s help, but older kids should be able to do these things. Perfect for ages 2 and up, and it doesn’t promote war or violence. Just fruit and counting.

We’ve reviewed other Play-Doh sets in the past. Check em out. Here is the official Coconutty web site from Hasbro.
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