Little People Animal Sounds Farm

Pros: Cute animals, brief (and quiet) sounds, great play features!
Cons: Too big for little ones to schlep up and down stairs.

I’m a city boy. Always have been. But I grew up with a farm. I’ll bet a lot of you did. It was the Fisher Price Little People Farm, and it was one of the most popular playsets they ever made, with good reason. It came with little farmer ...

Pros: cute, safe, fun, durable, lots to do, child never tires of it
Cons: small parts can end up in the bottom of the toy box

Last Christmas my then almost three year old son, Brandon, received the Fisher Price Little People Animal Sounds Farm from his grandparents. Opening the toy up and starting the play time right away showed that this is one of those toys that adults...

Pros: Engaging sounds and music, interchangeable parts, fun farm theme
Cons: Expensive, bulky

My youngest son was an early talker. However, the subject of his precocious verbalizations was a bit atypical. Instead of the usual "Dada" or "Mama", my son started his vocabulary with animal names. "Gorilla" was his first word (weird, huh?), followed...

Pros: Fun, durable, encourages children to use their imagination
Cons: None

Following our request for more 'imaginative' toys last Christmas, my parents bought my son the Little People Animal Sounds Farm. They had purchased it for my little brothers many years ago and were hoping Jake would enjoy it as much as my...

Pros: Brightly colored and durable. Nice collection of sounds and features.
Cons: Contains some smaller items that might be easily lost.

Pros: Big and sturdy, promotes imaginitive play and is just fun
Cons: More animals and accessories would have been nice

It seems that every Christmas or birthday for my almost 5 year old daughter has a theme. One year we had a Dora the Explorer Christmas, last year was a JoJo's Circus birthday. This was also the case one Christmas when my daughter was a year and a ...

Pros: Very colorful. My daughter likes it. She can use her imagination.
Cons: Get tired of Old McDonald song. Construction is kind of flimsy.

We bought this Little People Farm for our daughter for Christmas. We thought she would like the Little People and the sounds that the toy makes would help her learn about animal sounds. We were right. She is learning about the sounds. They get kind...

Pros: No batteries required, no assembly, cute, durable
Cons: NO DOG, Only one person

Note: I originally wrote this review back in the year 2000 it is now 2004 and I had to just put a little note in here about the durability of this product. My children and I were cleaning out their toy box in the basement and I came across this Fisher ...

Pros: Fun imaginative toy.
Cons: Not very sturdy, those farm sounds.

Of course my children had to have this because they have just about every other Little People toy there is. When I purchased it I knew that it was going to be another one of those toys that made too much noise and generally got on my nerves, but then...

Pros: Lots of pieces to play with, flip-up bed, animal sounds, durable, colorful.
Cons: "Old MacDonald" song that plays is, loud, annoying, and long.

Note: I wrote an earlier review on this product quite awhile ago and wasn't happy with it so I've deleted it. Here's the rewrite.

When I was a little girl, I played with Little People toys all the time. They were quite a bit different...

Pros: Sturdy, nice sounds, variety
Cons: None

When my wife wanted to get my son a noisy farm several months ago, I figured, "Oh great, something else to sing "Old McDonald"" to. But it turned out a lot better than that.

This is a Little People product, so already I knew it must be pretty...

Pros: Another high quality toy by Fisher-Price , colorful and cute, provokes imaginative play.
Cons: Nothing!

Pros: Great for imaginative play, durable, many pieces
Cons: Parts may get lost if they fall out when carrying.

My little 2 year old grandson loves the song "Old McDonald's Farm", so I was delighted to find this great toy at our resale shop! (In fact, he says, "Let's go to Old McDonald's Farm when he means, McDonald's hamburger place.

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Pros: Folds up for easy storage/Great sounds
Cons: Many animals and pieces for play

Fisher Price has been a trusted name in our family for as long as I can remember. The Little People line of toys was always one of my own favorites as a child, and now it is growing quite popular with my two sons ages 2 and 5. It seems with each birthday...

Pros: Able to withstand being sat on by two children at same time
Cons: Where's Butch?

When I was ten, one of my "chores" was to play with my five-year-old sister. She was a "surprise" baby - a gift from God who showed up in favor of the odds wagered on the rhythm method. And in just five years time, the toys got that...