My four-year-old son wanted a drum (and a violin) for his birthday. We settled on this one, and he loves it. It is well made, and is not flimsy. The mallets are easy to hold and are sizeable. This is definitely a good purchase. As an aside, my 9-month-old daughter also loves this drum too, and instinctively knew how to use both mallets to drum on the drum already. Very impressed with Remo, and will look at other products offered by them.