is this suitable for a 12 yer old, or too simple?
1436762
My 11 year old got it for Christmas and still enjoys it. The book covers simple to complex projects and they can certainly create their own designs. We are very happy with all of our Thames and Kosmos kits!
1436763
I'm happy to sell it to you cheap. My daughter never opened it, so I cannot comment. I thought she might be interested, and wasn't. frazierm311@yahoo.com
1436764
My 11 year old really enjoyed the electronics and was challenged by it. We followed the experiments in the book and then he did stuff on his own.
1436765
It honestly depends on the 12 year old. I bet some adults could learn a lot from this kit!
1436766
I'm happy to sell it to you cheap. My daughter never opened it, so I cannot comment. I thought she might be interested, and wasn't.frazierm311@yahoo.com
1436767
To the person whose daughter wasn't interested: The field of electronics (hardware and software) provides an interesting, challenging and lucrative career. You get to work with intelligent people, you probably won't be bored. And you'll make a lot more money than that bank teller job my parents wanted me to take! ... retired engineer ...
1436768
If this is the child's first experience with electronics it will be OK. If you have done electronic experiments before then choose something else.
1756007
I think its more for ages 12 and up because of its advanced features. What I mean is that you could make serious music tracks with this keyboard. If this was a monophonic keyboard than yes it would be for a 4 year old. The keyboard is polyphonic and has many of the same features as a keyboard played by professionals or even church keyboard players. Then again, like someone else answered... it depends on how serious the child might be about music. Overall, this keyboard doesn't have to be a toy unless you want it to be!
678227
Any age u feel comfortable. There are intricate pieces, like assembling the camshaft lobes that can be challenging. I wouldnt try this with any child younger than 8. My son is 12 he was comfortable assembling the bigger pieces.What makes it difficult is the identifying the firing order and cylinder number identification. Pay extreme clost attention to that. Also dont race through it.
1319871
Yes. It definitely is designed for around 2 years old. For a 1 year old it's too big and a little bit complicated for them to understand in my opinion.
212425
Yes it's suitable for twelve year olds and lots of fun to play with 12 year olds and adults together. Definitely family fun.
1345967
For a 12 year old, it's too much of a phone. It's like giving a 3 year old a laptop. Great phone, though.
1411625
In my opinion a child under 12 probably would not appreciate this or any tablet other then much simpler devices designed for their age range with educational applications.
1811198
I bought it for my 11 year old. But, if you can follow simple directions, it can be used by 8 year olds to learn the basics and for fun. For more in depth knowledge of the principles and the electronics, it can be useful for teenagers.
829833
Yes but it the skill level is low. I would say it would be good for a kid 11 or older.
1598841
I did it last year and I was thirteen. I think I did well with it, and did not think it was too hard. It helped to have built a few models before, so if your twelve year old has built a few models he should do fine. I would not recommend it if this is his first model.
709564
I agree with M.Bate. To simple for a "precocious" 5 yr old but it might be good for a very young 5.
231545
It's a pretty simple game at the low level, but there's a lot of depth to it as well. Should be fine for a 10 year old, but they aren't guaranteed to enjoy it.
1555190
It is remote control and would be fine for a 12 year old but there is a learning curve if they have never flown one before. If they are patient it's a great gift. Otherwise try an indoor only starter one (which is also loads of fun).
182628
I think it would be fine for kids. It's about the same quality as the ones sold for kids.
2218184
It depends. If the 12 year old has some experience painting, I do not think it would be too difficult. I have worked on many paint-by-number kits, and this one was not one of the most difficult to paint.
1853873
I bought it for a 6 year old. Her mom had just started University courses and was on the computer a lot, so I thought this might be fun for her "to work" with mommy. Since real computers have now entered many classrooms, I'd say for kids no older than 7 or 8 years old.
379895
They are simple projects. I got this for my 2-3 yr old son and nieces. But if you want quick and simple projects to keep a child occupied it could work. They make other ones though for older kids