I’ve been sent some beautiful Melissa and Doug wooden toys to review by Wooden Toyshop. When they chose me to review some of their products and asked me to choose what I wanted up to a value of £40, I was amazed at just how much I could get for that amount :) Though with my love of wooden toys I could happily have had one of everything from their website ;)

The first item I chose to receive was this fabulous Melissa and Doug Shape Sorting Clock.

I know Zara is a little young for learning to tell the time yet, but she loves puzzles and shapes and has already grasped the concept of fitting each shape into the right hole. It’s a toy that will last her ages as we will then move onto numbers, colours and time telling. The clock is beautiful quality and with the moving hands and the “half past, quarter past” markings on the dial it should make teaching the time great fun over the next few years. The added bonus with beautiful wooden toys is that once Zara has outgrown it, Oscar will be able to inherit it too :) I couldn’t believe it was only £9.95!

I also chose this lovely Melissa and Doug Jumbo ABC

This puzzle is fantastic, it is about A3 sized and is lovely and bright coloured. It’s great how when you take the letters out of the puzzle, underneath is the letter so it helps Zara to identify where each letter goes. There are also illustrations for each letter such as Alligator, Bear, Cow etc. Zara loves finding all the illustrations. This toy will make learning the alphabet loads of fun and is a big favourite of Zara’s already :) I thought it was great value at £13.49!

My favourite item that we were sent was this Melissa and Doug Farm Cube Puzzle.

Now I admit, it will be a while before Zara is able to complete this puzzle by herself as it is quite tricky even for grown ups :) The puzzle is 16 blocks, each with part of a different picture on each side. The puzzle can make 6 beautiful farm animal pictures and is proving hours of entertainment. At the moment our favourite game with Zara is seeing how quickly she can guess which animal we are building. Handy hint, the coloured borders make it slightly easier to put the pictures together!

I absolutely love this puzzle and think it is an absolute bargain at £9.95. You can buy simpler puzzles for younger children but we like a challenge in this household :)

After choosing all of those beautiful toys I still had a little money left over from my £40 budget and so I chose this lovely Pull Along Duck and Duckling for a bargain price of £5.95! Super cute isn’t it!

I’m absolutely amazed at just how many beautiful wooden toys I could get for £40 and could easily spend all day on their website. My husband is obsessed and is already eyeing up their marble runs for when Zara is a little older ;)