A product's "Manufacturer's Age" range on Toysrus.ca & Babiesrus.ca is provided by the product's manufacturer. This suggested age range may be based on what age range the manufacturer recommends will like the product best, or what age range is appropriate based on safety information and restrictions.

Isle of Man, Isle of Wight, Northern Ireland and the Scottish Highlands) may take longer to reach you. Our activity game for families is easy to set up and play. This hand-eye coordination game includes 24 game rods, a wooden base, 4 frame rods, a color die, and a wooden connector. Whilst we will do everything we can to meet the delivery times above, there may be factors outside of our control and we cannot guarantee delivery within this time frame. The Suspend Family Game makes a great gift for kids ages 8 and up. There’s also Melissa & Doug Suspend Junior which is a version of the game suitable for 4 years plus. Your immediate thought about the Melissa and Doug Suspend Game may be that it is not a STEM game. And, perhaps you are right.Like many games before it, Melissa and Doug Suspend presents an easy to learn concept that can be difficult to master. The hanging balance game asks players to hang rubber-tipped wire pieces from a stand. And continue that process until someone inevitably causes the midair sculpture to tumble. For more than 30 years, Melissa & Doug has created beautifully designed imagination- and creativity-sparking products that NBC News in the US calls “the gold standard in early childhood play.”

Toysrus.ca & Babiesrus.ca base "Our Suggested Age" ranges on these manufacturer recommendations, as well as considering which ages will enjoy the product. Such factors as a child's developmental skill set and toy popularity help determine the enjoyment levels of a product. Our Suspend Family Game helps children develop hand-eye coordination, cognitive skills, and interpersonal skills. It’s an exceptional screen-free play option. Brian is an engineer, librarian, and general STEM enthusiast who hopes his daughter one day conquers the world. Even if it is just one of her own creation. We (i.e., the 3-year old and myself) have had the opportunity to play Suspend a couple times. It went about how you might expect with a kid that young. Not so well from a game-playing, turn-taking perspective.So, it’s not meant to be played, in the traditional sense, by a 3-year old. I have confirmed that! I could see patient children under 8 years old enjoying the game, so don’t necessarily consider the recommended 8 years a firm age cutoff. The most common complaints are variations of my concern above: the eventual repetitiveness. There are a limited number of unique pieces which will lead to similar connections and development of particular strategies. The only other common concern is that a small percentage of people just don’t like the concept and were easily bored or frustrated by it. As for the game and how it is intended to be played, I played a few solo games and found it entertaining and could only imagine that kids and adults alike would have fun.