If you’ve got a boy in your house, whether he’s two or twenty- he’s likely got that strong male instinct to want to shoot something. My oldest child is a girl, who I don’t ever recall had even the slightest urge to pretend any of her play things were shot guns, revolvers or army rifles. Then I had a son, who is now three and a half and he’s 25 pounds of pure male testosterone- and at any given moment he’s got his superhero figures poised to take each other down, in his version of the infamous gunfight at the O. K. Corral- where any object can be substituted for a gun- and his figures go on a crime fighting shooting spree.
Suffice it to say- I am not a member of The NRA and therefore would prefer that my son gravitate towards less violent imaginative play scenarios. Unfortunately, he’s in that shoot-em up phase- at least for the time being. So it was with great relief that I got my hands on this Airzooka product which doesn’t resemble anything even remotely close to a gun. Although it’s got a nifty handle, so that if your child prefers (which mine does) he can hold it like a gun and pretend that it is indeed one!
Here’s the breakdown: This gun shoots safely, can be used indoors or out, is spotless, dry, doesn’t knock over furniture, and nobody gets hurt because it shoots air! A parent’s dream come true! It is a wide tube you put together and sends out powerful yet harmless blasts of air. Pull back on the elastic air launcher and poof. Good, clean (literally) fun.
Age: Six years and older.
Time required to assemble: Easily assembled in 30 minutes or less by arranging the interlocking tubes and attaching the handle.
Cost: $14.95.
Best Features: This easy to put together air blaster shoots a safe puff of air strong enough to mess your hair or wake you up. But nothing to clean or sop up.
Difficult Features: Finding something wrong with this toy, it’s all good and easy to put together.
You can get it here.
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