1. Best Kitchen Play Sets for Toddlers

   When it comes to pretend play, kids and toddlers love to mimic the adults in their life—especially when it comes to household activities like cooking up a meal in the kitchen or grocery shopping and bagging up their items. If...

2. Free November Printables & Activities for Kids

   There's double the creative food fun with Melissa & Doug's FREE November printables and activities for kids! With Thanksgiving arriving November 23, it's important for families to focus on gratitude and gratefulness all month long. When it's time for some...

3. Best Holiday Toys & Gifts for 3-Year-Olds

   Preschoolers love pretend play and we are here for it! There’s nothing better than watching kids get engaged and immersed in playing with our favorite top toys for 3-year-olds. These holiday gifts are ones kids will love, and you’ll feel...

4. The Power of Pretend Play

   Open-ended play is essential for children’s healthy growth and development. It’s so important, pediatricians are even writing prescriptions for it! That’s why at Melissa & Doug we are so excited to be partnering with the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), an...

5. Meet the Sticker WOW! Characters + FREE Printables

   Have you heard about our latest innovative new product? Sticker WOW™ not only is a whole new way to play with stickers, it also features a fabulous foursome of fun character sticker stampers kids can use to stamp, stamp, stamp...

6. Toy Spotlight: Barber Shop Play Set

   Come on down to the barber shop! Kids discover their passions and joys through pretend play, whether they imagine running to the rescue, serving up cool treats, or grocery shopping.  For generations, kids have enjoyed beauty salon play sets, and...

7. Our Favorite Play Food Toys for Kids

   Playing with food is practically baked into every child’s DNA—as soon as babies can sit up in a high chair and throw cereal, kids realize food can become play!  That’s why many kids gravitate towards pretend kitchens and play food:...

8. How Play Can Help Your Child Get Ready for School: Problem Solving

   “What does my child need to know to be ready for kindergarten?” As a kindergarten teacher, this is one of the most popular questions parents ask me — and my answer might surprise you. Most parents expect me to say,...

9. Enjoy Free Sticker WOW! Easter Printable Activities for Kids

   Sticker WOW! from Melissa & Doug is a whole new way to play with stickers—and one of our hottest toys of the year. With Easter fast approaching on Sunday, March 31, we wanted to share with you some FREE Easter-themed...

10. Toy Spotlight: Cool Scoops Ice Creamery

    There’s something about enjoying ice cream that just makes people really happy! That’s why we created this brand new Melissa & Doug Cool Scoops Ice Creamery wooden ice cream play set for kids—it taps into that universal joy, while fostering...

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