Mark your calendars and alert your supervisor and co-workers—Thursday, April 23 is Bring Your Child to Work Day!
Bring Your Child to Work Day represents a great opportunity to bond with your child, give them experience with the working world, and provides a unique learning opportunity that can’t be replicated.
If you’re planning on bringing your child to work that day, it’s important to have some engaging toys on hand—especially if you have little ones—to keep them occupied when they’re not attending meetings or working on projects with you.
Melissa & Doug curated this purposeful play list of toys for your consideration on Bring Your Child to Work Day. Scroll on to get our recommendations for encouraging developmental skills through play.
Favorite Toys for Bring Your Child to Work Toy
Wooden Work & Play Desktop Activity Board
It’s never been so much fun for little ones to “get to work” on developmental skills! Infants and toddlers will love playing with this wooden version of a laptop and desk just like grown-ups do. With a built-in carrying handle and no loose pieces, the sturdy wooden activity board is great for travel and families on the go. An engaging way to encourage face-relevant stimuli and to help infants develop important sensory and fine motor skills. | Ages: 1+
Water WOW! Take-Along Multi-Activity Drawing Set
The Water WOW!™ Multi‑Activity Drawing Set is a reusable, mess‑free creativity kit kids can take anywhere. With a built‑in rainbow drawing board, four double‑sided water‑reveal activity cards, stencils, stamps, and a large refillable water pen, kids can color again and again—just add water to watch vibrant details magically appear. Everything stores neatly inside the zip‑up travel case, making this the perfect on‑the‑go creative set. | Ages: 3+
Water Wow! Occupations - Water Reveal Pad On the Go Travel Activity
No-mess painting for kids! Simply use the pen to color in each scene—details and vibrant color appear with every stroke! Then let the page dry to erase the pictures and color it in again and again. This occupations-themed book includes four scenes to color (doctor, firefighter, construction, police), and a search-and-find activity for each scene. The chunky-sized water pen is easy to hold and stores neatly right in the front cover, making this Water Wow! an ideal travel activity book and travel toy for kids! | Ages: 3+
Also available: Check out our full collection of Water WOW! toys!
Take creative play on the go anytime with the Melissa & Doug Take-Along Activity Easel! This sturdy wooden tabletop easel is double-sided, with a chalkboard on one side and a dry-erase board on the other. Use the six included liquid chalk markers in a rainbow of colors on both surfaces, and the felt eraser so kids can draw again and again! The activity arts and crafts easel is a great way for kids to tap into their creativity, develop fine motor skills, and boost cognitive skills like numbers, letters, matching, and sorting. The double-sided easel encourages co-play and cooperation, and helps creativity and imagination flourish! | Ages: 3+
A fun-filled activity that lets kids stamp out stickers as they play, create, and learn. It’s a revolution in sticker play as kids stamp, stamp, stamp their way through all kinds of adventures.
Collect them all…including these work-themed Sticker WOW! sets!
Sticker WOW!™ Bulldozer Bundle: Activity Pad & Sticker Stamper + Mini Activity Pad and 200 Refill Stickers
Sticker WOW!™ PAW Patrol Marshall Bundle: Activity Pad & Sticker Stamper + Mini Activity Pad and 200 Refill Stickers
Sticker WOW!™ PAW Patrol Chase Bundle: Activity Pad & Sticker Stamper + Mini Activity Pad and 200 Refill Stickers
More toys available for Bring Your Child to Work Day
Melissa & Doug offers a host of branded “Take Along” toys that can go anywhere, making them convenient options for Bring Your Child to Work Day.
We offer a whole collection of sticker-themed fun, no matter what your little one loves most: animals, vehicles, princesses, outer space, undersea, and more.
Melissa & Doug inspires creativity with engaging activity books that encourage imagination.
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