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Melissa & Doug Jumbo Extra-Thick Cardboard Building Blocks - 40 Blocks in 3 Sizes
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- DURABLE JUMBO CARDBOARD BLOCKS: The Melissa & Doug Deluxe Jumbo Cardboard Blocks includes 40 blocks in three sizes. The blocks are made of premium, extra-thick red cardboard blocks that hold up to 150 pounds.
- BRIGHT AND COLORFUL GRAPHICS: Our jumbo blocks for kids are lightweight and easy for children to stack. They’re designed with bright and colorful graphics that spark creativity.
- EASY TO ASSEMBLE: The Melissa & Doug giant blocks include a step-by-step instruction set for easy fold-together assembly. They also feature a wipe-clean surface for simple clean-up.
- GIFT FOR AGES 2 TO 5: These cardboard blocks are a great gift for kids ages 2 to 5. Add the Melissa & Doug Standard Unit Blocks to round out the pretend play building experience and give kids an engaging option for screen-free fun.
- “THE GOLD STANDARD IN CHILDHOOD PLAY”: For more than 30 years, Melissa & Doug has created beautifully designed imagination- and creativity-sparking products that NBC News called “the gold standard in early childhood play.”
- 100% HAPPINESS GUARANTEE: We design every toy to the highest quality standards, and to nurture minds and hearts. If your child is not inspired, give us a call and we'll make it right. Our phone number is on every product!
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Product information
Product Dimensions | 7 x 19 x 12.5 inches |
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Item Weight | 1 pounds |
ASIN | B000A12YBW |
Item model number | 2784 |
Manufacturer recommended age | 24 months - 5 years |
Best Sellers Rank | #125,412 in Toys & Games (See Top 100 in Toys & Games) #260 in Toy Stacking Block Sets |
Customer Reviews |
4.7 out of 5 stars |
Is Discontinued By Manufacturer | No |
Release date | January 11, 2021 |
Language | English |
Department | unisex-child |
Manufacturer | Melissa & Doug |
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Young construction workers and architects will spend hours with these lightweight yet durable cardboard building blocks. This 40-piece set features three sizes of “bricks” for constructive imaginative play. Made of premium, extra-thick cardboard for strength, they are easy to assemble and feature a wipe-clean surface. The red blocks hold up to 100 pounds! Our building blocks are lightweight and easy for children to stack. They’re designed with bright and colorful graphics that spark creativity. The Melissa & Doug giant blocks include a step-by-step instruction set for easy fold-together assembly. They also feature a wipe-clean surface for simple clean-up. The Melissa & Doug Deluxe Jumbo Cardboard Blocks are a great gift for kids ages 2 to 5. Add the Melissa & Doug Standard Unit Blocks to round out the pretend play experience and give kids an engaging option for screen-free fun. For more than 30 years, Melissa & Doug has created beautifully designed imagination- and creativity-sparking products that NBC News called “the gold standard in early childhood play.” Today, Melissa & Doug is proudly partnering with the American Academy of Pediatrics to foster early brain development and help children build important life skills through play.
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From classic wooden toys to crafts, pretend play, and games, Melissa & Doug products provide a launch pad to ignite imagination and a sense of wonder in all children so they can discover themselves, their passions, and their purpose.
Since the company’s founding more than 25 years ago, Melissa & Doug has consistently delivered innovative products that inspire open-ended thinking, encourage kids to see new possibilities, and offer Countless Ways to Play. It’s part of a bigger vision to Take Back Childhood. Because by giving children a true childhood with the space and freedom to explore their world, we give them a path to realizing their full potential!
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Countless Ways to Play
From classic wooden toys to realistic pretend play sets, Melissa & Doug products spark imagination and wonder through screen-free, open-ended play! We make well-crafted toys that are developed with care to be passed down from generation to generation or shared family to family. When kids pretend with Melissa & Doug, anything is possible!
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Holds 150 PoundsThe extra-thick red blocks hold up to 150 pounds. |
LightweightThe lightweight but sturdy blocks are easy for kids to pick up and move around. |
Easy AssemblyIncludes step-by-step instructions for easy fold-together assembly. |
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With more than three decades of experience, we’re a brand you can trust. Our safe and durable toys inspire imaginative play and are designed to stand the test of time and be passed down through generations. |
We use wood whenever we can because it’s renewable and durable. To ensure the world has healthy forests AND high-quality wooden toys, we’ve committed to planting 10 million trees by 2030. |
100% Screen-Free No screens, no apps, just good wholesome toys for hours of kid-powered fun! Each one of our products is designed to engage children in the joy of imaginative, hands-on play. |
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Customers like the quality, fun and value of the blocks. For example, they mention they're well made, provide hours of fun and creativity, and are worth the price. That said, opinions are mixed on ease of assembly, size and color.
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Customers like the quality of the blocks. They say they are well made, strong, and sturdy. They also say the colors hold up well and the blocks will last a long time. Customers also say that the blocks are great and fun to play with.
"...These are strong, and solid. The coloring on them holds up well. They stack well and are solid cardboard...." Read more
"...all over them, stands on them, and falls off of them but they don't cave or collapse inward...." Read more
"...Overall, we were surprisingly pleased with the quality and frequency of use. Complaints: yes, it’s a tedious job to put them together...." Read more
"...If I had to list drawbacks, the biggest is that while the blocks are well enough reinforced to handle a bit of weight..." Read more
Customers find the blocks fun and creative. They say they provide hours of fun and creativity, and encourage creative play. Customers also say the blocks are great for stacking and knocking down, and are excellent for allowing children to increase creativity through imaginative play. They also say it's great for the active child and the more sedate thinker.
"...High quality. Fun to play with. Will probably last longer than your child's interest in them." Read more
"...My 26-month-old son LOVES them and they are so great for imaginative play. "Build-a-house?" he asks me.These blocks are quite durable...." Read more
"...Two of us did it in about 15 minutes. Once you get the hang of it, it's kind of fun, especially with the kids eagerly awaiting the next block...." Read more
"...My expectations are these blocks will last a long time and provide many years of fun for my grandson and his buddies (and me.)...." Read more
Customers find the blocks to be worth the price. They say the blocks are a great buy and promote non-electronic play.
"...Definitely worth the price for me and I have zero complaints about this product...." Read more
"...I would definitely order these again. Well worth the $$." Read more
"...For the money and the amount of use, it's probably the most cost-effective toy I've purchased...." Read more
"...Terrific value! We surely love ours." Read more
Customers are happy with the safety of the building blocks. They say it's a fantastic toy for all ages, and children can build really big towers quickly. They also mention that the blocks are lightweight, making building quick and fun structures much better. Overall, customers are happy that the building block set is great for their children.
"...stacking and knocking them over, and I love that they aren't hard enough to damage anything, but sturdy enough to handle a two year olds abuse...." Read more
"...This makes building quick and fun structures much better, and more stable as the blocks leave minimal gaps...." Read more
"...I like cardboard blocks because the kids can build really big towers quickly and without having to worry about blocks falling on them...." Read more
"...These are best for little kids or if you have a secure place to store them when not in use." Read more
Customers find the weight of the construction set to be light, sturdy, and not heavy enough to cause injury when flung across the room. They also say it's easy for small hands to build into high towers.
"The blocks are exactly what I was hoping for: Large, light-weight so the kids don't kill one another toppling towers bigger than themselves, and..." Read more
"...They encourage creative play and they love that they are big, yet light. Glad I got them." Read more
"...The blocks are light, but durable (they've survived a puppy!)...." Read more
"...Very sturdy and lightweight. It took my husband and I about 30 minutes to assemble them. Once you get the hang of it, it's very easy!..." Read more
Customers are mixed about the ease of assembly of the blocks. Some mention that it's fairly easy to put together, simple to follow directions, and the process went fast. However, others say that it was complicated at first, the directions are not clear at all, and that the blocks come unassembled.
"...Complaints: yes, it’s a tedious job to put them together. Easy, but tedious. And also, the set needs more red blocks...." Read more
"I worried when I purchased these that they might be flimsy, difficult to assemble, or cheaply made with too many yellow blocks...." Read more
"...The blocks were easy to assemble. Two of us did it in about 15 minutes...." Read more
"...because they are so large and really hard to store, and it took forever to assemble...." Read more
Customers are mixed about the size of the bricks. Some mention that the red and blue bricks are the perfect size, big enough to build whatever they want, and don't take up much space. However, others say that it takes up too much room for the play value, has too many small yellow bricks, and is made up of mostly small blocks.
"...complaint is that the package has a ton of little bricks and very few of the big ones...." Read more
"...They do require assembly, but they all fit together in the same fashion...." Read more
"...They are quite small and do not offer a lot of function by themselves but all together they are useful...." Read more
"The blocks are exactly what I was hoping for: Large, light-weight so the kids don't kill one another toppling towers bigger than themselves, and..." Read more
Customers are mixed about the color of the blocks. Some mention that they are super colorful, while others say that there are too many yellow blocks.
"...There are three colors of varying sizes and quantities - red ones are the largest, then square blue ones (2 blues = 1 red), and small yellow ones..." Read more
"...Easy, but tedious. And also, the set needs more red blocks. They are used by far the most often...." Read more
"...One year later, and they are still looking good and popular as ever! I would highly recommend these blocks to anyone!" Read more
"...They are really easy to put together and the colors are great. However, the older boys have played with them and in two weeks DESTROYED them...." Read more
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They do require assembly, but they all fit together in the same fashion. The first two or three might take you a while to figure out, but once you have the pattern down, you can move really quickly. The first blocks might have taken me 5 minutes each to put together, but then I was doing them all in 2 minutes or less each (all sizes - all colors...they're all really the same basic folding design).
These are strong, and solid. The coloring on them holds up well. They stack well and are solid cardboard. This means your kid can stack them up and knock them down as much as they want and they'll stand up to the play.
There are fewer red bricks than blue or yellow, but that wasn't an issue for us. Kids aren't architects, they just to stack stuff and knock it over...and it doesn't matter which blocks I use to do that - it's still fun for them.
This container has 40 blocks in it. That's more than enough. When you've got a dozen or so folded up, they take up a lot of space, so you just keep the rest for replacements. However, it has been a few months and none are worn out or broken. Now that I've got a daughter who's approaching the age to play with these, I'll be using the existing blocks and those left unfolded still will be used for her enjoyment.
High quality. Fun to play with. Will probably last longer than your child's interest in them.
These blocks are quite durable. We made a pile of them at the bottom of his slide for him to barrel through (hysterical, if you haven't tried it) and they haven't shown the slightest bit of wear yet. He steps all over them, stands on them, and falls off of them but they don't cave or collapse inward. We have built huge towers and brought them crashing down and they still look great.
Some people complained about not having enough blocks, but these were plenty for us. Maybe as my son gets older, we'll need more, but at 26 months, 40 blocks is more than enough.
Another complaint people had was the assembly of these blocks - I don't get what was so bad about it. My husband and I folded them one night while watching an episode of Friends - it only took 20 minutes with two people to do all of them, and it wasn't difficult at all. After the first one, you get the hang of how to fold them and then it's easy. I'm also surprised at how many people complained they weren't aware they had to assemble them; I would imagine that more toys DO require assembly than DON'T. If you've ever put together Little Tykes Cozy Coupe, you are a seasoned veteran indeed and these blocks are an absolute cakewalk.
I'll be buying this toy again and again as my friends' children turn two because of the HOURS of fun, creative play they bring to kids. Definitely worth the price for me and I have zero complaints about this product. It beats the heck out of the loud, obnoxious toys shown on every commercial!
The blocks were easy to assemble. Two of us did it in about 15 minutes. Once you get the hang of it, it's kind of fun, especially with the kids eagerly awaiting the next block.
My kids love to build everything from 5-foot towers to tables and chairs for their dolls. They mix and match with their regular blocks for added texture and sounds effects upon destruction.
If I had to list drawbacks, the biggest is that while the blocks are well enough reinforced to handle a bit of weight (the kid standing on the red block in the photo, for example), the sharp edges of the other blocks put some serious dings into the cardboard when the blocks topple onto one another. I could see these dings leading to destruction of the blocks over time. Our blocks began to get dinged up within the first five minutes of use, and it's not like the girls were unusually rough with them.
Too, consider storage. An assembled set of 40 can consume an entire toy box (luckily we happened to have a spare).
Lastly, I wish there were more jumbo blocks (the red and blue), and less of the yellow.
Overall, none of this detracts from the well-executed purpose of the set. I believe it will last just as long as the kids need it to, and if it doesn't, at this price we'll just throw the beat up ones in the recycle bin and buy another set.
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When it arrived the box was very large so I was surprised to discover that it was flat pack and that all the boxes needed assembling individually. However, they were satisfyingly large when built, and they are very versatile. My two-year-old builds towers with them that are taller than himself and then gleefully bashes into them to knock them down. My six-year-old likes to construct flat mazes across the floor and put dinosaurs in them. My 11-year-old likes to build wide walls across doorways with them and ask for passwords to get through. A great versatile toy that will be used for many years.
One of the reviews I read before I bought this said that the cardboard was robust enough to support the weight of a child. I would disagree with that. It is thick cardboard and the blocks are still in very good shape after six months and lots of play, however one of them has been a bit squashed by my two-year-old standing on it, so I would discourage children from climbing on them.