I'm the mother of a 12 yr old daughter who loves hatchimals and actually has a couple of the original hatchimals, I have a 6 yr old son who is fascinated with animals in general, I have a 3 yr old daughter who has been begging for a hatchimals, and I have a 2 year old son as well who is amazed with anything that lights up, makes noise, or can be bounced around.