4 Wooden Classic Rainbow Learning Toys

I absolutely love and recommend the Melissa and Doug line! All the products are constructed really well, make wonderful gender neutral gifts and the bright colors really encourage tactile learning. My son loved playing with all of the toys and sorting them by size and color. These wooden Learning toys are constructed so nicely and I can see them lasting a long time!

First, I'd recommend that you buy these in store rather than having them shipped because the box was crushed upon arrival. It was only shipped in a bag surrounding the box, so that's not terribly surprising, but it's disappointing if you were planning on giving these as a gift, which is usually the case with kids' toys. Each wooden toy comes shrink wrapped to keep all the pieces together and displayed well. The colors are bright and fun. Some of the wood is polished and treated while some feels more rough like raw wood. The shape sorting cube comes with 12 shapes, with matching holes covering 4 sides. One side slides in and out to remove the blocks and store them when not in use. The gear toy promotes skills including matching colors, matching design (the waves of one gear and the next need to match up), and fine motor skills to remove and replace the gear and twist them. The gears are made of plastic, not wood, though the base is made of wood. The ball on the top of the stacking tower is easily removable and isn't meant to secure the rings in place. The rings are symmetrical and can be placed on either direction for the same cascading effect. The wooden pegs are secured in their holes using clear bumpers, most likely to keep the paint from scratching off. It can be flipped over to hit them in again. I prefer open ended toys for my kids to encourage engagement and creativity so the toy can grow with them, and for the most part these toys fit that criteria. You can roll the rings or pegs down a ramp, or line them up and name them, or stack the blocks in a tower. I think this toy set is a great learning option for kids!

This set by Melissa & Doug includes 4 wooden learning toys: rainbow stacker, rainbow caterpillar gear toy, pound-a-peg, shape sorting cube. They came individually wrapped. The toys are made of wood, they are colorful and well-made. I love the way my kid can learn colors, sorting, shapes, and problem-solving. These toys are great for developing fine motor skills. I would definitely recommend this product for others.

I am a big fan of Melissa & Doug toys. Most of the pieces in their toy sets are wood, making them more durable. So, of course, I had to get these for my soon to be here son. I love the bright colors and the simple interactions he can have with the toys. My five and 3-year-olds had to test them out for their baby brother, and they gave all three toys A+. All the toys are designed for the baby to develop those essential motor skills. I can not wait until he can play with these.

I cannot get over this toy set! There's so much included! The quality is made of great material, wood! You don't have to worry about the pieces getting ruined. The colors are nice and bright and fun! There's so much to learn from this set-problem solving, fine motor skills/development, shapes, colors, how to put pieces together, and so much more! This would be a perfect gift or you set for any toddler. I definitely recommend this set!

What can I say? These toys are amazing for the kids. They just love playing with them, fitting the pieces together to the applause of their parents, aunts, and grandparents. These are toys that the kids want to continually use and I highly recommend them.

These are just the best set of toys that I have seen put together. All the classic favorites all in one, it will make a great gift for not only my kids but it would great to gift to others. You get the shape sorter so they can work on matching shapes; the fun one that you pound the blocks in the stand with a cute little hammer; the stacking toy and the cute matching toy where they pieces look like little dudes.

The lid just sits on top of the tub with no way of snapping it on; I would hate to have it fall off a shelf or table top Also there are no photos or designs of suggested things to construct, something I remembered liking about a pressed-pulp set of bricks when I was a kid in the fifties. Finally I would have appreciated an actual size photo of the bottom of a brick in the Walcmart.com blowup of the product. I bought the tub thinking it would work on a little Mega Blocks table, but that calls for a set of bigger MegaBlocks. Otherwise the brick and accessorites are sturdy and reliable.

Out of 4 toys only one is used. The pegs and hammer. The stacking toy is dangerous. Pieces would hurt if tossed and top red ball is choking hazard. Caterpillar is pointless and pieces fall off VERY easy making it difficult to even play with. Shape sorter is not tactilely pleasant and while it didn't give splinters it felt like it could.

Be aware - this might be fake product. I was suspicious when I noticed the wood is uneven on the toys. Not what I would expect from Melissa and Doug. Then my suspicions were confirmed, when some of the shapes don't fit in the shape sorter! Ridiculous - Walmart should pull this immediately.