A couple of tips: 1) Read the directions through before starting. 2) Don't confuse the white paint with the contact cement. 3) Save a little of the brown and black paint to reapply over the white paint if it gets too light.
A couple of flaws: 1) There aren't enough rocks to make the waterfall look like the pictures on the box. 2) The pump works fine, does not leak or anything, but the sound you hear when it is on is primarily the motor running, not gurgling water. (This is lessened when you take the cover off of the motor, so perhaps playing with the wire positioning, etc., would reduce the motor noise.)
However, I *LOVED* putting this together and am satisfied with the results.
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I bought this for my niece at age 11. She was able to paint and assemble the kit by herself. She needed a tiny bit of help with one of the wires that connects the battery.She enjoyed putting it together, but when we added the rocks, it looked very bare. There definitely were not enough rocks.
Luckily we have a collection of "finds" from the beach including beach class, stones, shells, etc, which we used to decorate it.
Unfortunately my sister, after a few months decided that she didn't want the water sitting in their living room where it was waiting to spill on their new leather furniture.
I'd have to say that if you like the idea, the kit alone isn't enough. I'd recommend a nature walk for pretty stones first.
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We just bought this kit (Jan. '06) and they have made some "cost reductions" to this product. First off, the picture on the front of the box shows more than 60 riverrocks, yet there were only 30 in the box ( You really do need 60)!! Next for the paint, there was only 4 colors red, green, white, and black. There was no brown, blue, or yellow for that matter!! Instead, we found a small yellow note that said " To make brown paint for your landscape, mix small amounts of green and red paint to make various shades of brown." But it didn't work!! Worse then that, there wasn't even enough paint to go around!! I had to add another 5 containers worth just to get a single layer on 1 piece of the set!! For improvements It would have been nice if they had included some seeds and a small amount of dirt. In conclusion, this kit offered a lot of promise, but instead it only confirmed my suspicpicions that toy tcompanies don't even care about customer satisfaction, all they think about is " How can I make this product cheaper so that I can make more money!"Honest reviews on Rock Garden Waterfall
this is to respond to that one review that was all in caps.they must have gotten a dud or something because when i got this for x-mas it was great the paints were usable and i think it came with a sponge because your supposto dab the pain on. and if you do that than there is more than enough paint and it turns out exacltly like the box! but i will have to agree when the person said that there worn't enough rocks in the box but come on it is a picture how many things turn out exactly like the box and besides they are ROCKS just walk out side your door and i'll bet there are a bunch of rocks and those are FREE!! i did that and i also went out to like home depot and got a small plant to put insted of rocks because i just like that better and it turned out looking better than on the box. i thought that this was a great gift and it works for a long time and thats why i gave it 5 stars!
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