Tom And Jerry Tunnel Tent House

This is a tent which can be folded for storage. It is open from top. Has two holes on opposite sides. The tunnel can be connected to these holes. It comes with 50 colored soft plastic balls. 

It has one basketball basket inside. I got it when A turned one. This was one of her birthday gift. For dimensions etc you can check the link given here

Tom And Jerry Tunnel Tent House on snapdeal

When we got it, A was scared to enter inside. So i made her sit in the middle of the tunnel. And she hurriedly crawled outside. Since then there is nothing which will stop her :) She keeps entering the tunnel, plays for sometime with balls and then comes outside. And the loop goes on and on. Great for encouraging physical activity. She has still not got the hang of putting the balls in the basket ball. As of now she just enters, picks some ball, come outside, plays with it till the time it reaches a place she can't enter. And then enters the tent again to pick another ball. Her dad keeps moving the tunnel over the futon and A actually learned climbing the futon just to pass through this tunnel. It looks like she has lot of fun playing with it. I think as A grows i will use it for her to practice aiming the balls at the basket and it may act as a nice 4 sided covered area for all kind of pretend plays (may be i will setup my ice-cream parlor inside it with A ;)

It is a good to have toy. Definitely not a must have. More useful for a kid who han't yet started walking. Once they start walking, instead of entering the tent from tunnel, they can actually drop it/fold it to enter from the top. So, if your kid is walking etc, you might want to consider a separate tunnel toy or a fully covered tent. For A, this wasn't an issue as she was still in her crawling phase. Though the basket ball feature and ball pool is usually not available with other tunnels

Also, there are alternatives available which you might want to consider. For example:

Cross tunnel
Tent to Funny - Play Tube Tunnel Tent for Kids Educational & Fun Toys - Crawl Tent
Intex Baby Tent House 

Search for "tent"on amazon.in. I have added a search bar for amazon.in on the right hand side for your convenience. When we bought this tent, these options weren't available.

 
Verdict: Good to have, not a must buy