Learning Resources New Sprouts Fresh Fruit Salad - Realistic Play Food for Toddlers 1-3, Preschool Learning Toys, Toddler Pretend Play Food for Kids Kitchen Sets, Plastic Fruit Toys, Toy Foods

As a retired ECE, Early Child Educator, I am very selective about age appropriate mediums for young children. These are perfect, colors are vibrant, easy for the Littles to hold, along with safe sizes for those moments when a child will “taste” test them.

This is the first set I got from this brand and I was blown away! The quality of the materials, realism, and durability can’t be beat. My son and daughter loved this so much we got nearly every set they made!

***Update: This set still looks nearly brand new nearly 6 years later! Still love this brand and my kids still play with it often. Can't recommend this line enough! I researched a ton of play food brands before I decided on Learning Resources New Sprouts. It seems like wooden play food is en vogue currently, but I was looking for something more like my Fisher Price food sets from the '80s. The New Sprouts line is fantastic. As many other reviewers have noted, the type of plastic they use is wonderful. It's soft and flexible but durable and withstands a lot of overly enthusiastic pretend chewing :). The details on the food are adorable and the scale of the foods and kitchenware are perfect for little ones. I also like that the colors are bright without being too obnoxious and are gender-neutral. I love this set. The fruit is so cute and we use these bowls all the time. We have four of these food sets now and I have no regrets.

Learning Resources toys are so cute and well made!

I bought the veggie and the matching fruit baskets for an 18m and 12m old. They were a hit with each child. It is the perfect size for little hands to hold but not small enough to be a choking hazard. I was concerned about the strawberry being too small, but it's not. The plastic isn't that shiny plastic but has a kind of "grippy" texture. I wish they didn't have little holes (I tried hot glue, but it peeled off easily), but not everything can be perfect.

My daughter and I LOVE this product (and other products from this company). These are quality toys! I wanted to get my daughter some real quality pretend food items because she loves to pretend to cook or have pretend restaurants, but every time I've gone to the store, the toy food stuff looks cheap. I remember having some really nice toy food as a child and I loved it, so I lamented. Until I discovered this brand!! My daughter got this for Christmas, and a package deal of the breakfast, lunch, and dinner sets. She went crazy and immediately decided to open up a restaurant in the living room. My daughter has a hard time with being willing to go to school consistently, day-in and day-out, so her reward for not missing any school days (other than due to illness) is going to be a set of food toys from this company. The price is reasonable and the durability is excellent, so it's win-win. So far, it's been the PERFECT incentive! :D As a minor note - the fruit items AND the bowl retain small amounts of water, so don't put them in the bath. We tried it. Lol. And it wasn't the end of the world, but it took some time getting the water out, and we won't be doing that again.

I did tons'o research here on amazon to buy some starter play food for my 21 mo. old daughter who just got a play kitchen. I know there are die hard wooden food enthusiasts, and I almost went that route except 1) we have hard wood floors and 2) we have a small dog. My daughter likes to throw things and I didn't want to hear wood pieces clanging all over the floor and also didn't want to worry about her throwing hard wood pieces at the dog! So for plastic, I settled on the learning resources brand and started with this bushel of veggies. Kinda wish I would have gone with the bigger veggie sorting kit - these pieces are adorable. While I agree that they are smaller in size than the real deal - I personally am happy with that. The pieces are perfect for her little hands are totally proportionate with her play kitchen. Any bigger wouldn't make sense to me, but that's just my opinion. Quality is high - the basket is really nice hard plastic and the veggies are more rubbery, but you can see very durable, and very nice detail on each veggie. I mean the asparagus - come on - its adorable. My one and ONLY complaint is that yes, when I opened that box - whew! Super strong chemical/plastic/paint smell. I've read that Learning Resources is careful to use safe materials (bpa free etc...) So my hope is that after a little air out the smell will dissipate. Hence the 4 stars. If the smell goes away I will update to 5 stars and will very likely be order more from this company!

This item is perfect for toddlers learning their fruits! I got this for my daughter who is 2 and my son who is 1 and my daughter looooves the apple and nana! LOL the little basket is so cute and is great for playing pretend ! The fruits are sturdy but soft enough in case they are bitten kinda like bath toys :) they are awesome!

Muy lindos. Buen material. Suave y firme al mismo tiempo, ideal para las manos de los niños. La mano mostrada en la imagen es de un adulto. Buen tamaño, me gustarían más verduras per la verdad que todo muy bien.

Súper divertido a mis hijos les encanta y muy buena calidad

Prodotto ben fatto, la plastica è dura e non pericolosa per i bambini, consiglio l'acquisto, consegna nei tempi stabiliti, come sempre Amazon non ha rivali.

Wow I’m really happy I found this, I bought for my 2 year old who needs help naming things and since he likes to eat fruit I thought this toy would help him to recognise and name them. Quality is a lot better than the usual cheap plastic play food items, they don’t squash easily, and the plastic basket is also very detailed and good for tidy up

The quality is definitely worth spending a little more for. Being play food, they naturally go in kids’ mouths and getting chomped. They need to be good quality to withstand this. The kids have so much fun with this play food.