My son has wanted to be a movie director for many years now. He will be 11 in April. He loves this! I thought he would just like it. But, that is an understatement. The clapboard is the box that holds everything but it is really sturdy. It has tabbed folders to keep things organized. The handbook is very informative. This is not just a little play toy for a child. It is a great tool for the upper elementary age child who seriously wants to make movies. We also bought him a very inexpensive digital video camcorder for Christmas and an SD card. He already knows how to edit movies on the computer because we let him use our video camcorder on our camera before getting him his own. Make sure that if you buy this for your child that he or she has access to a computer to edit his movies and a digital video camcorder because this is not for the child who just wants to pretend. But, since it is for a child and not more professional equipment, the props are a bit cheesy.