1. Activity Book Bundle - Scissor Skills & Tape Activity Book

    Two of kids' favorite creative skills are brought together in this collection of two activity books: cutting with scissors and taping. In the scissor-skills pad, kids can use the included safety scissors to practice different techniques on unique paper-cutting projects,...
  2. How Creative Play and Arts & Crafts Help Kids Develop Key Skills

    Our friend and blog contributor Kristi Nguyen, OTR/L, a licensed occupational therapist who’s the owner/executive director of Connecticut-based OT-Kids, LLC, shares her insights on how creative arts & crafts play can positively impact your child’s overall development. In a world that seems...
  3. Celebrate Mother’s Day with Favorite Play Tips from Melissa & Doug Moms

    In honor of Mother's Day, we’re asking some of the moms at Melissa & Doug to share their favorite play and toy tips with you.  If there’s one thing all the moms we surveyed agreed upon, it was their favorite travel toys: Water...
  4. Toys that Grow with Your Child

    Everything seems to happen so fast these days, so it’s not unusual for kids to outgrow their toys in just a few months or perhaps even a few weeks. As a result, many parents find themselves collecting and storing toys...
  5. The Power of Developmental Play

    This is the second in a series of blog posts on the skill-building power of different types of play. Shape sorters and stackers….Activity centers that have kids pushing, pulling, pounding, flipping, and turning…“Manipulatives” that can be moved around to explore cause-and-effect. These...
  6. Lacing Beads in a Box

    You can count on the Melissa & Doug Lacing Beads set to make a bold statement! The dramatic beads feature a variety of shapes, bold colors, and two extra-long laces, making stringing beads extra special. The shapes are designed for...
  7. Lace & Trace Farm

    With charming farm-animal art on both sides, it's fun to practice lacing and tracing skills with this wooden set. Contains five sturdy, double-sided lacing panels, plus five color-coordinated laces! Develop hand-eye coordination and attention skills with this great activity.
  8. Created by Me! Sparkle & Shimmer Beads Wooden Bead Kit

    Butterflies, flowers, hearts, fish, stars, teddy bears, and dozens of alphabet beads - this colossal wooden bead set has so much to choose from! With 340 beads, 12 laces with clasps, and a pretty array of coordinating colors, it's a...
  9. Tape Activity Book

    This spiral-bound activity book contains 20 reusable picture pages filled with color, packed with cheery details, and ALMOST complete: All that's missing are colorful tape strips to fill the empty white stripes, dashes, spokes, and more! Kids can pull, press,...

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