With the holiday season upon us, we wanted to take a moment to highlight all of Melissa & Doug's top new releases from 2024 that should on be your holiday shopping list this season.
In case you missed them during the year, we present Melissa & Doug's top new toys from 2024 that should be considered for your holiday shopping this season. Scroll on for a look at the new releases that will make for great gifts! If you need additional help holiday shopping, visit our Holiday Gift Guide and let it do all the work for you.
Melissa & Doug's top new 2024 toys, perfect for the holidays!
Sticker WOW! Collection
Why kids will want it: Sticker WOW! is a fun-filled activity that lets kids stamp out stickers as they play, create, and learn. It’s a whole new way to play with stickers, featuring an innovative, one-of-a-kind design that features character-themed sticker stampers with 300 stickers and activity pads for mess-free fun anywhere. Kids can engage in creative, skill-building play, using the sticker stampers to engage with the included activity book or creative art projects. Sticker WOW! also features separate Refill Packs that are compatible with any Sticker WOW! sticker stamper.
Fun feature: No matter what your child’s interest, there’s a variety of sticker stamper characters to choose from…collect them all!
Melissa & Doug Sticker WOW! Collection
Skills at Play: Fine motor skills, creative expression, number & letter recognition.
Ages: 3+
Wooden Chocolate Factory Play Set
Why kids will want it: Sweeten up playtime by ordering, assembling, displaying, and gifting deliciously fun pretend play candy treats! The Melissa & Doug Wooden Chocolate Factory Play Set lets kids create imaginative pretend play chocolate candies with durable plastic tops and bottoms and colorful wooden fillings that can be decorated with stickers. Flip switches to indicate flavors, move the slider across a conveyor area, press a lever to drop fillings into bases, and turn the dial to drop on the tops!
Fun feature: Completed play candies slide down a chute, where kids 3+ can decorate with a pretend icing squeeze tube. Display in a fancy gift box, and pay for purchases with play money!
Skills at Play: Encourages fine motor, number, and matching skills, as well as color recognition, communication, cooperative play, and narrative thinking.
Ages: 3+
Sort Stock Select Vending Machine Play Set
Why kids will want it: Satisfy hungry imaginations with the push of a button! Open up the back of the unique wooden vending machine and stock it with nine double-sided play food packages, including snack bars, drinks, and pouches. On the front, select an item, insert a color-matching play coin or bank card, press the corresponding letter and number button, and the snack drops into the collection drawer! There’s a sign that can be personalized and a reusable activity card for keeping track of what to stock and what to display. Requires no assembly. All the pieces are stored in the vending machine for easy cleanup.
Fun feature: No batteries required!
Skills at Play: Fun way to teach cause-and-effect and encourage imaginative play, sorting, counting, letter recognition, and other developmental skills.
Ages: 3+
Disney Snacks & Popcorn Wooden Food Counter
Why kids will want it: Get playtime popping with pretend play popcorn and treats inspired by Disney’s Mickey Mouse and friends! There’s a Mickey-shaped wooden pretzel that hangs on a display hook, Mickey and Minnie Mouse-shaped wooden ice cream treats and cupcake, a cookie, a pineapple ice pop, popcorn, and drinks. There’s a magnetic menu board for matching activities, an ID badge to personalize for role playing, and play money to pay. All the pieces in the 33-piece play set store in the counter for easy cleanup.
Fun feature: Put four durable jumbo popcorn pieces into the compartment and turn the knob back and forth for real popping action—a see-through window lets the customer see the popcorn jiggle and jump while the vendor pops!
Skills at Play: Counter is a fun way to encourage imaginative role playing, sorting, counting, and other developmental skills.
Ages: 3+
Ms. Rachel Wooden Learning Blocks
Why kids will want it: Inspired by Ms. Rachel’s popular baby and toddler videos, the blocks and activity cards set is made with love to support learning for littles. Help stimulate cognitive development with 30 wooden letter, number, picture, and activity learning blocks. Encourage language skills, turn-taking, and social skills with included game blocks featuring animals, body parts, emotions, and movements. A sturdy box offers easy cleanup and convenient storage.
Fun feature: The set includes 14 double-sided activity cards for matching, counting, play ideas, and developmental skill information and tips.
Skills at Play: Created by Ms. Rachel and developmental experts to help children reach important milestones in the crucial early years of learning, these learning blocks and activities are great for helping kids build communication, cognitive, and motor skills. Block play is great for boosting fine motor skills and self-esteem, as little hands grasp, build, and play.
Ages: 18 months+
Ms. Rachel Wooden Song Puzzle
Why kids will want it: Sing along with kids’ favorite educator, Ms. Rachel! The six-piece Melissa & Doug® Ms. Rachel™ Wooden Song Puzzle includes favorites from Ms. Rachel’s popular baby and toddler videos: Lift to hear "The Wheels on the Bus," "I Love a Rainbow," "Can You Say Mama," "Hop Little Bunnies," "I’m So Happy," and "Come Play Out In the Sun." Please note that 2 AAA batteries are required, not included. Sounds are light-activated so for best results, use puzzle in bright, direct light. Durable pegs help kids 2+ easily grasp and manipulate the six adorably illustrated pictures and pictures under pieces help with matching and boost self-esteem.
Fun feature: An on/off switch allows for quiet play
Skills at Play: Created by Ms. Rachel and developmental experts to help children reach important milestones in the crucial early years of learning, this wooden song puzzle is great for boosting problem-solving skills, memory, and spatial awareness.
Ages: 2+
Ocean Easy-Fold Play Gym
Why kids will want it: The Melissa & Doug Ocean Easy-Fold Play Gym with Quick-Close™ storage is thoughtfully designed to encourage babies to play and learn through multiple stages and ages! Sturdy, wide wooden arches are pre-assembled for easy set-up, and offer caregivers easy access to the baby. The arches stay secure on the comfy, reversible play mat with sensory ribbons and a crinkling peek-a-boo clam shell. One side of the mat features high-contrast black-and-white graphics for early visual stimulation, and the other includes a full-color ocean scene to keep older babies engaged as vision develops. Attach the included soft, skill-supporting toys to the gym or play with them independently! Mat and toys are machine washable. The included Play Guide illustrates the many ways the play gym supports the powerful role play has in brain development, physical well-being, and creating connections.
Fun feature: Press the innovative Quick-Close™ button to unlock the frame and easily fold for storage or to take the play gym on the go!
Skills at Play: Encourages sensory stimulation, hand-eye coordination, gross and fine motor skills, and cognitive development.
Ages: 1+ month and up
Ocean Tummy Time Triangle
Why kids will want it: Make baby’s tummy time extra special with this engaging, double-sided folding cloth triangle toy! Three fold-out panels with adorable ocean-themed graphics and friendly characters lie flat or fold and connect into an upright pyramid. The Tummy Time Triangle helps babies stay engaged and strengthen muscles during tummy play.
Fun feature: One side features high-contrast black and white graphics, great for important visual stimulation during baby’s first months. The other side includes colorful sea creatures with developmentally appropriate features.
Skills at Play: Encourages gross motor development, visual and tactile stimulation, and interaction with caregivers.
Ages: 1 month+ and up
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