We received this product very quickly and my son was super excited! I bought this to go with his halloween costume, but figured that he could play with it, too. it is one sided and very thin. I was dissapointed about that. I didn't know that it was one sided. It broke within 2 days of receiving it and he barely tossed it. It is made to hold and look cute, nothing else. I would go ahead and spend the extra money and buy the 20 or 30 dollar one so that you have something that does look good with the costume, but they can play with too.