Product Description

Dora the Explorer Sno-Cone Maker turns ordinary ice cubes into a refreshing frozen treat. Kids drop ice into the Dora the Explorer Sno-Cone Maker. Simply turn the easy to use handle and watch as shaved ice fills the cup! The toy comes complete with a Wylers sugar free tropical punch flavor packet that is mixed with water to create a delicious fruity taste or use fruit juice flavored ice cubes!

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #12096 in Toys & Games
• Brand: Little Kids
• Model: 388
• Released on: 2009-02-01
• Dimensions: 12.00" h x 3.50" w x 10.00" l, 1.62 pounds

Features

• Turn ordinary ice into a tasty tropical treat
• Creates health treats with fruit juice that is sold separately
• No batteries required
• Easy to do

From the Manufacturer
Now kids can make their own healthy freeze pops with their own favorite juice in the Freeze Pop Factory from Little Kids. 100% Kid Powered, no batteries are required, they just fill it up with their juice of choice, attach the magic sealing freeze pop bag to the nouncezle, push down on the top to fill, then freeze and enjoy. The Freeze Pop factory comes complete with 4 character pop sticks, 4 pop stick holders, 1 character measuring cup, 36 magic-sealing freeze pop bags, a recipe booklet, dip tray and pop stick holder tray.

Customer Reviews

Very dissapointing!
My daughter loves Dora and I love snow cones...I couldn't wait to give it to her. It's made very poorly and doesn't work. It never produced shaved ice and the crank fell off. It's such a shame..please don't waste your money. I just wish they could have made a quality product. I would pay more money for a toy that actually worked.

requires patience
This seems like a cute idea but it takes a really long time to produce a very small amount of shaved ice. I didn't use the syrup mix because it seemed like it might be just like Kool-aid. I'm not sure we'll be bringing this out again anytime soon.

Piece of Junk!
My daughter (who is 5) got this as a gift from my sister, she was immediately thrilled... but not for long. There is NO way a kid can make a cone --it's gonna take an adult with the stamina of a marathon runner.

I let her crank it for a while, nothing came out. NOTHING. So I cranked, and cranked and cranked... (Keep in mind I'm treating this thing kinda' gingerly because it is a bit rickety -and yes I was pressing down on the ice thing. Not a lot though `cus again I'm afraid I might break the whole da-gone thing.) 10 minutes later a bit of fuzz starts to come out, but it melts before a little bit more fuzz comes out. Meanwhile my kid is complaining and I'm banging my knuckles. By now I have a good bit of time and effort into this so I'm determined to get a cone for her. I put it into high gear even if I break it she's getting a cone! We finally did get enough for her to have a snow cone, it did not break the toy. But if your kid is like mine and wants to invite friends over for her to make cones for... FORGET IT! You will be doing the cranking and it takes an incredible amount of effort for just one cone. Not worth it!

And don't think you can cheat by using crushed ice, you can't :-)

Another complaint is they give you an envelope of Wyler's drink mix in place of the syrup and instruct you to mix it with a half cup of water, that's it, no sugar, YUCK. Well, I mixed it with some sugar, (because they don't tell you how much) I just kept adding until it tasted good... but they don't even tell you if you have to refrigerate the unused portion or anything.

Just terrible, my daughter was very disappointed and I very tired :-)