1. 5 Ideas for the Best Indoor Playdates

    Are you getting ready for winter’s long haul, trying to come up with creative ways to keep your kids entertained while they’re indoors? Hosting playdates can be a great solution. Playdates for toddlers and kids provide opportunities for little ones...

  2. Best Holiday Toys & Gifts for 2-Year-Olds

    If you’re looking for a few ways to inspire creativity and excitement with colorful, hands-on, and age-appropriate toys for the 2023 holiday season, we hope you’ll find this list of gift ideas for 2-year-olds helpful! We’ve chosen 10 of our...

  3. Plan a First Day Hike with National Park Foundation Toys!

    This coming New Year, make a family resolution to partake in a celebratory First Day Hike to start 2024 off right! The National Park Service is promoting First Day Hikes as a way to get people active and enjoy the...

  4. Fun and Educational Card Games for Kids

    Engage Kids with Fun and Educational Card Games They’ll Love Limiting kids’ screen time is becoming increasingly more difficult as more and more of our world has become digital. If you’ve been struggling to come up with screen-free ideas to...

  5. 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...

  6. Play That Helps Give ALL Kids the Confidence to Be Themselves

    One of the most rewarding aspects of our work at Melissa & Doug is hearing from parents, teachers, and therapists about how their children play with our inclusive toys – sometimes in ways we never imagined! Especially heartwarming are the...

  7. How to Create an All-Around-the-Town Adventure at Home!

    Starting at an early age, children begin to discover a sense of self. Their experiences within their immediate surroundings play an important role in their development.  When kids explore how they fit in with their own community and neighborhood, it...

  8. How Play Can Build Skills: An Age-By-Age Guide

    In my practice as a developmental behavioral pediatrician, I’ve seen again and again how our day-to-day interactions with our kids — what we say, how much we try to control versus let go, how distracted we are — really shape...

  9. 5 Reasons to Love Our Wooden Toys

    For over 30 years, wood has been at the heart of Melissa & Doug’s toy collection. We built our brand on the popularity of our timeless, wooden puzzles. Recognized as the #1 preschool brand for wooden and sustainable toys,* Melissa...

  10. Celebrate National Dentist Day with FREE Printable Activity for Kids & More

    According to a recent study on dental anxiety, 80 percent of adults report feeling discomfort over getting dental treatments, with 20 percent saying they were “scared” and 5 percent avoiding dental care entirely. If those results are accurate, then we...

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