Melissa and Doug Pasture Pals - 12 Horses

Melissa and Doug Pasture Pals - 12 Horses
From Melissa and Doug

Customer Reviews

Great for the horse lover!
My daughter knows more about horses than I do and this toy was great. She had one of every breed and loved that they have their own little spot to go in. I just wish there where little hooks on the back so I could hang it on the wall.

great for little girls who love horses!
My 7 year old is crazy about horses, and this product is a great value because you get 12 little horses for the price you might usually pay for 2 or 3 horses. All you moms out there who have literally a hundred little "horseys" laying around the house will appreciate this! My daughter plays with them for hours. The back of the box also identifies each of the 12 horse breeds, and gives a little story about the horse, so the product is somewhat educational. I gave this product a less than perfect score on the measure of "durability" because the horses are small and the legs could break off if stepped on or thrown in the bottom of a toy box.

Horse play
My daughter 6 enjoys houses. These horses are sturdy when standing. She enjoys playing with them but as a parent I would not have purchased this product had I seen it in a store due to size and case.

Product Description

The Pasture Pals feature 12 differently-textured horses and comes with an identification key. They store neatly in a wooden stable storage box.

Includes one each of Standardbred, Hackney Horse, Lusitano, Appaloosa, Quarter Horse, Arabian, Clydesdale, Mustang, Thoroughbred, Saddlebred, Pinto and Shire. Horses measure in range from 3" x 3.5".

Melissa & Doug Birthday Party Birthday Cake

Melissa & Doug Birthday Party Birthday Cake
From Melissa and Doug

Customer Reviews

My daughter LOVES, LOVES, LOVES this toy!!!!
Super cute, super durable and super fun for playing 'birthday party.' The perfect birthday gift for any young child. (age 2-6 or so I would say, although it does have some smallish round pieces which are about the size of a quarter)

Birthday cake without the sugar!
All our family birthdays fall in September, and birthday cake takes on a life of its own. So, this toy was a nice way for our 2-year-old granddaughter to re-enact all the excitement. She's had lots of fun with it.

What's in the Box
Includes 6-slice cake, serving plate, 19 toppings, 7 candles, wooden spatula and storage box.

Three delectable toppings can be added, and the cake comes in a decorative box

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Melissa & Doug Wooden Sandwich-Making Set

Melissa & Doug Wooden Sandwich-Making Set
From Melissa and Doug

Customer Reviews

making sandwiches
My 3 grandchildren, ages 2 1/2 to 3 1/2, love this! They take orders for sandwiches, then have a great time making them! The pieces are made from wood, so there is nothing to break.

Fun for 3 year old
I gave this to my niece for her 3rd birthday. She loved it and immediately began making "food deliveries" to her party guests.

Fun Activity for Kids
Kids really enjoy playing with this and it helps to teach them how food is prepared. They really like putting together different combinations of the inside ingredients. I like the wood better than plastic. I babysit my grandchildren and they like to "make meals" for me.

Product Description

This Sandwich-Making Wooden Play Set includes colorful likenesses of meaty cold cuts, garden vegetables and fresh bread. The entire pieces feature Velcro inserts, so keeping sandwich creations together is no problem. A play wooden knife rounds out the collection. The kit comes packaged in a 12" X 10" wooden crate. Also, it includes 18 mix-and-match pieces total.

Features

• Kids love hearing the realistic "crunch" as they slice their way through these brightly-colored, solid-wood food sets
• Smooth-sanded pieces and superior craftsmanship make these value-packed sets ones kids will enjoy again and again!
• Includes 16 colorful, wooden pieces

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Melissa and Doug Food Groups - Kids Christmas Toys

Melissa and Doug Food Groups
From Melissa and Doug

Customer Reviews

Adorable, fun, durable and did I mention aoorable? :-)
I ordered this from Amazon a year ago for a great price with the FREE super saver shipping, and it has gotten a lot of play. My now 2 1/2 year old daughter and her little friends all love to play kitchen and whip up some fun with this food. (I know the recommended age is 3 and up but in my opinion this is really fine for a 2 year old, maybe just watch the egg if they put things in their mouth still) I would definitely buy this again. Another great Melissa and Doug product!

Great Set!
My son loves this set. The only downfall is that the orange is just a painted ball and has been permanently taken away due to throwing. The same is about to happen with the lemon, egg and tomato. So, if you have a thrower in your house, beware! They are solid pieces and hurt! Other than that, love it! My son loves to make burgers and hot dogs (no bun with the hot dog though). He also loves to go to the "store" and "buy" milk and bananas. Love the set, and the crates the food comes in!

not as much fun as other Melissa & Doug products
This doesn't compare to the birthday cake or pizza for fun. For fruit & vegs play food I would suggest the velcro cutting food instead. Way more interesting.

Product Description

Who's hungry? Mix and match to make a yummy meal. This 21-piece set is full of well-balanced, nutritious pretend food. All four food groups are individually boxed in sturdy wooden crates for storage, sorting, and stacking.

Features

• 21-piece food set
• Includes all 4 food groups
• Each group stored separately
• Recommended Age Range 3 Years and up

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Deluxe Wooden 48-Piece Town Blocks Set - Best Christmas Toys

Deluxe Wooden 48-Piece Town Blocks Set
From Melissa & Doug

Customer Reviews

Restored faith
This company really surprised me: When, at first, I had a complaint about my order, they immediately responded and sent a replacement order without a return request for my previous order. Instead they asked that I donate the previous order to charity. I was pleased with the promptness of their response to my complaint, their immediate action to rectify the situation and their social responsibility in their request to donate the unwanted item to charity. They are an exemplary company in my book.

We use these as train table accessories...
...and they are working out great with our Thomas Layouts. Melissa & Doug products continue to impress me with their high quality and typically provide great educational value. These are educational and your children will learn things like Police Station, Fire Station, Hospital, School, Town Hall, Grocery Store, and Post Office. There are several different shapes too, including squares, rectangles, triangle, and the various signs. The buildings and most of the roof pieces only have the building design on one side. The trees, ambulance, fire truck, and mail truck are large and double sided. The various street signs, and passenger cars are a little small, and as the box states ages 3+ and up, I would consider these smaller pieces a choking hazard. The larger pieces are enjoyed by both my 1 yr old and my 3 yr old. The rectangles are the largest piece in the set and measure 4 3/4 by 2 1/4" approx. Squares are roughly 2 1/4 x 2 1/4". These blocks are not as heavy as I expected, but still nicely made, and bright colorful additions to playsets like Thomas/Brio train sets. If your children don't insist on the real thing, this is a great way to save some money and still buy a quality product.
The only drawback is the wooden storage box doesn't come with a sliding plexi cover like the Melissa & Doug pizza set or beading set does. That would be really nice for storage and secure those little pieces that we don't use.

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100 Unit Painted Blocks in Wood Crate

100 Unit Painted Blocks in Wood Crate
From Melissa & Doug

Customer Reviews

Great purchase
We purchsed these blocks a year ago for our oldest son upon the recommendation of his early intervention specialist. They have been great and we all enjoy building with them. You can use them for so many skills other than just building. We started by separating just the one-inch blocks and having him practice stacking them. You may know that the number of one-inch blocks a child can stack is a judge of developmental milestones. Because they are brightly colored we also used them for color sorting and eventually patterning (we build a tower in a pattern and he copies it.). Now he is using them to build three-dimensional pieces. However, we have been adding back pieces so that he is not overwhelmed by the sheer number of pieces.

It is true that you need a flat surface to build with them, but you do for all blocks! We have been able to get decent height on our berber carpets but we saved the crate and often build in or on it. Now our younger song is using them and I think they are holding up very well. All in all, an excellent purchase, especially for the money!

Economical Set of Wood Blocks
These all-wood blocks are colorful, which I think is both a pro, and a con of the set. The vivid colors attract young peoples attention, which is a pro, yet as the blocks are played with they develop bumps and bruises along the way that chip the paint, and detract from their appearance. The manufacturer sells a multitude of real-wood sets, both in natural, and painted finishes. In retrospection, I should have considered one of their expensive hardwood sets as they're made of kiln-dried wood, which helps to resist dents and dings; in addition, they carry a lifetime guarantee. This set is most likely made of a soft wood like pine, so they are lightweight, and dent easily. The kiln-dried sets cost considerably more than the painted sets, although I think, they're worth the extra money.

These blocks don't play well on carpet. Unless you have a low-pile commercial carpet in your home, these blocks really need a hard surface to support the endless combinations of stacking fun. If you're considering a set of real wooden blocks, this is certainly an economical choice. My son is kind of a block junkie. He has an assortment of blocks, and for some reason these painted blocks didn't do it for him. He's warmed up to them with time, but Mommy's perspective is that they are pretty darn cool. I enjoy pulling these blocks out and working the creative side of my brain, and once I initiate play my son stacks right along side of me. Just be prepared this set may not be an independent plaything until the age of 5.

Product Description

This is a set of 100 wooden colored blocks. There is a convenience wooden tray included for convenient storage after play! Many different and unique shapes. The blocks are very colorful and are non-toxic. Blocks are made from high quality hardwood. The building blocks range in size from 1" to 3.5". Very easy stacking blocks for young toddlers.

Melissa & Doug Castle Blocks - Best Christmas Toys

Melissa&Doug Castle Blocks - Best Christmas Toys
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Customer Reviews

Great creative toy!
I bought this set for my 5 year-old grandson and his 3 year-old sister. They were excited when they opened it and have been playing with it frequently since Christmas. They have great imaginations and Spiderman and Dora have been scaling the castle walls! The set is sturdy and well-made, and I think they'll enjoy it for years to come.

A great toy
Sturdy, fun and imaginative. For those who still love blocks but who have that great creative imagination that loves a story to go along with every game.

Great themed block building toy.
My four year old daughter is very impressed with this toy. She likes the fact that the makers of this set gave her two small wooden knights in armor and two small horses to help her imagine that they are gaurding Rapunzel as she sits waiting for her prince in one of the taller towers. There are enough pieces and accessories to build a nice sized castle. A picture on the box it comes in gives a few ideas on building but really, any child would have no need for encouragement to play this toy. There is no need. *I* even wanted to play with it!

The educational value is priceless. My daughter has told stories based on what she built, uses science and math concepts to build, and there are no limits on her imagination. Socially, it is great when more kids join in. I might get another set just to build bigger castles and towers for Rapunzel and her dragon friends.:)

I like the fact that it is very sturdy, very nice to look at (It looks beter than the picture - if that is possible), and introduces so many ways to play. Also, it comes in its own wooden storage box- something I was not expecting. The wood is very solid feeling and it looks great. I am very impressed with these blocks.

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Melissa and Doug Architectural Unit Block Set

Melissa and Doug Architectural Unit Block Set
From Melissa and Doug

Customer Reviews

Excellent Addition
This is an excellent addition to a basic wooden block set. Our daughter has loved playing with wooden blocks since she was 3 years old (she is now 4 1/2). We added these architectural blocks to her basic set and they have allowed her creativity to expand. The blocks are smooth, sturdy and durable. They have done a great job in holding up to the demands of a preschooler and we would definitely recommend them.

Blocks: Architectural and unit block sets
These blocks and the unit blocks are an excellent product, well made. They were a present, but similar ones that our children had were loved and cherished. Buy both sets.

Great toy-Poor shipping!
The toy is great, my 5 year old grandson who loves construction, building things and all types of construction vehicles loves the blocks, but he didn't get them until 2 weeks after we needed them! Please think twice before using DHL shipping.

Product Description

Design an architectural masterpiece with this set of?44?hand-scrolled and turned wooden blocks in?11?different shapes. This natural finish, smooth-sanded hardwood block set is packaged in a handsome, wooden?crate for easy storage.

Features

• Great Value
• Solid wood blocks
• All stackable
• Recommended Age Range 3 Years and up

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Melissa and Doug 60-Piece Standard Unit Blocks - Best Christmas Toys

Melissa and Doug 60-Piece Standard Unit Blocks
From Melissa and Doug

Customer Reviews

Excellent quality
Wow, these are really nice blocks. Especially compared to other sets that are out there: these give some really toys for the price. They're quite large too, we can't easily put them all out together on our kids play-table.

Very fun blocks - my son loves them!!
My son has been asking for these blocks for a long time. He finally got them, and hasn't stopped playing with them. They're great by themselves or to mix and match with other blocks.

expensive, but worth it
I bought these at full price fearing they might sell out. I wish I had waited, I would have gotten two sets, the price keeps dropping as Christmas approaches. They are Great blocks, the size is wonderful, most blocks are so small I have to worry about the baby getting them and they are much more frustrating to build with for a younger child. These are big and heavy and stack very well. I'm hoping to find cheaper shipping then I'll be purchasing a second set.

What's in the Box
60 solid wood pieces and wooden storage box.

The open-ended play set stimulates creativity and hones basic motor skills.

The 60 large, classroom-sized blocks come contains gothic circles, half-circles, buttresses, and pillars.

From the Manufacturer
This smooth-sanded hardwood block set is naturally finished with a classic look for hours of fun. Set comes in handsome wooden storage boxes that makes clean up and storage easy!

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