A company that has won the Parents Choice Award and the Children's Choice Award has obviously built up a good reputation. The Melissa and Doug range of toys and games are made from quality materials and designed to stimulate and brings lots of enjoyment to children. The company also supplies schools with supplies in the form of puzzles and toys.
One of the most popular lines is Arts and Crafts with items for painting, drawing and making things. Products include a wooden floor-standing easel, painting sets, crayon sets, clay play, and chalk sticks. Parents also welcome the child safe scissor set and the spill proof paint cups. Melissa and Doug also produce, what they refer to as Classic Toys. These choices will never go out of fashion, such as the wooden stacking train, pattern blocks with ten geometric shapes, and wooden shape sorting clock. Stuffed animals never go out of fashion either and the animals include dogs, tigers, giraffes, penguins, dragons and a T-rex.
Every parent knows that traveling for long distances with a small child is not always plain sailing. Distractions are welcome and Melissa and Doug Travel Games work wonders in passing the time. Games include bingo, hangman, and Flip to win Four - In - a Row. It's well known that musical instruments are good for a child's general development. The music range includes toy and junior versions of a recorder, harmonica, kazoo and even a grand piano. The Band - in - a - Box contains a tambourine, cymbals, maracas, clacker, tone blocks and triangle.
Both boys and girls like to immerse themselves in a fantasy world. Melissa and Doug dolls houses and castles are designed with great attention to detail. The Victorian dolls house comes with a family and furniture and accessories for each room. The Folding Princess Castle has turrets, a flying buttress and a working drawbridge. All the castles have figures and furniture, including the Medieval Castle.
The product range also includes Baby and Toddler toys including First Play Soft Toys for age 6 - 18 months. There are hand embroidered plush ABC blocks with a carrying case, a Bird House Shape Sorter with birds that can make a noise, and a plush Toolbox Fill and Spill with a 9-piece set of tools, including a hammer, screwdriver, saw, screws, and drill. First Play Wooden Toys are for the same age group and are hand made from hardwood. Various animals are employed for Melissa and Doug push and pull toys with an alligator, duck, frog, puppy, and hippo.
There are some imaginative ideas for decorating the nursery and children's bedrooms and playrooms. Melissa and Doug produce colorful and cheerful items of furniture and accessories for small people to enjoy. Small scale table and chair sets are attractive and practical. Corkboards are useful for pinning drawings and paintings or photographs. Memory Frames also help to personalize the room. There is also a range of door plaques.