SHOP FEATURE 5

(For the week of February 16, 2021)

Check out this week’s Feature 5 – a list of top-selling products from Shop, the Children’s Museum’s gift store, now with FREE shipping in Winnipeg on orders over $25!

From February 1-28, 2021, save 50% off select Melissa & Doug merchandise, or while supplies last.

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Melissa & Doug Pink Palace 3D Puzzle & Play Set
Regular Price: $15.99
Sale Price: $7.99

Take puzzle building to enchanting new heights with this dollhouse and puzzle in one! Detailed section-by-section instructions help kids fit together the more than 100 cardboard pieces-with no glue or scissors required-into a multi-level princess palace, complete with spires, garden areas, and even a grand piano! The set includes furniture, a horse-drawn carriage, and play figures to use with the sturdy 14.5″ high dollhouse for endless hours of play. Pieces and sections are colour-, shape-, and number-coded for easy but entertaining assembly. The 3D puzzle helps children develop hand-eye coordination, concentration, attention span, and an understanding of spatial relationships.

Suitable for ages 6+

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Melissa & Doug First Play Giraffe Grasping Toy
Regular Price: $15.99
Sale Price: $7.99

Twist, swivel, and rotate for lots of fine motor skills fun! Made of high quality hardwood and durable bungee, this giraffe grasping toy is perfect for little hands and imaginations.

Suitable for ages 1+ 

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Melissa & Doug Construction Large Peg Puzzle
Regular Price: $17.99
Sale Price: $8.99

This extra-thick wooden puzzle includes favourite machines from the construction site: a bulldozer, dump truck, and cement mixer. Each piece has a jumbo wooden knob that is easy for toddlers to grasp. Full-colour, matching pictures appear underneath each piece. A perfect puzzle for one-year-olds as they develop hand-eye coordination, fine motor skills, visual perception skills, and beginning vocabulary!

Suitable for ages 1+

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Melissa & Doug Train Sound Puzzle
Regular Price: $19.99
Sale Price: $9.99

“Wooo, wooo” says the old-fashioned steam engine when all nine puzzle pieces are placed in the board. Your child will “get on board” with matching and listening skills while doing this wooden puzzle with its matching picture under the pieces. (TIP: Puzzle has light-activated sensors; for best results, expose the sensors by removing a piece in a brightly lit room, then make the sound play by replacing the pieces in the board.)

Note: Requires 2 x AAA batteries (not included)

Suitable for ages 3+

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Melissa & Doug Stained Glass Made Easy Unicorn
Regular Price: $15.99
Sale Price: $7.99

This guided arts-and-crafts activity gives young artists everything they need to create a shimmering “stained glass” work of art. It’s easy to create: Just hold up the sheet of coloured stickers to the clear frame, peel them off one at a time, and stick them on. Grooves and outlines on the frame make it easy to fit each sticker–featuring realistic textures like bubbles or swirls–into just the right spot. Use the included cord and suction cup to hang the finished artwork in a sunny window to see this pretty scene shimmer to life. Your final result will be gorgeous!

Suitable for ages 4+

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