Toy review: Minecraft Paper Craft Shelter

There can't be many parents of school aged children who haven't heard of the computer phenomenon that is Minecraft. This addictive yet educational game has children all over the world well and truly hooked (I am still resisting installing it..). A new line of Minecraft Paper Craft sets have beeb brought which will lure your child away from the computer screen:

My daughter was keen to try them out:

The pack was filled with lots of labelled sheets:

You simply press out the pieces (not too forcefully):

Then fold along the lines, form into shape and insert the tabs into the pre-cut slots:

It took a lot of concentration and there were a few cries of this is impossible:

We found that our crafting sticks were very useful for helping the slots open safely (the instructions suggest a pencil):

It was satisfying to complete Steve:

Then another fiddly bit to build his tame wolf:

Then we moved on to constructing the main cubes:

This got quite competitive between us to build all the varying cubes as fast as possible:

It took nearly 45 minutes to make everything but it was worth the effort once we started putting them together. There is mortar tape supplied to ensure that your construction doesn't collapse:

My daughter carefully put the blocks how she wanted them to go:

It looked very like the computer game when it was all together:

I do hope that Steve and the wolf enjoy their new home:

We had so much fun working together that I am tempted for a future birthday or Easter to buy more from the range! This set has a retail price of £12.99. There are also smaller sets for around £9.99 and a bigger one for £19.99. A great way to get your Minecraft addict off their device...