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Melissa & Doug Basic Skills Puzzle Board - Wooden Educational Toy - Learn To Button Busy Board, Activity Board For Fine Motor Skills, Developmental Toy For Toddlers Ages 3+

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  • BASIC SKILLS DEVELOPMENTAL TOY: The Melissa & Doug Basic Skills Board includes a buckle (belt and seat belt), button, lace, and snap, which allow children to tie and zip their way into independent dressing skills.
  • 6 REMOVABLE PIECES: This activity board for preschoolers features 6 removable pieces and a puzzle board. The friendly bear displayed on the board is always smiling.
  • IDEAL FOR PRACTICING FINE MOTOR SKILLS: Our Melissa & Doug life skills toys help kids from 3 to 5 years old develop and strengthen fine motor skills and hand-eye coordination.
  • GREAT GIFT FOR KIDS 3 TO 5: This Basic Skills Board is an exceptional gift for kids ages 3 to 5 years. Add the Melissa & Doug Wooden Latches Board to round out the pretend play experience and to 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.”
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This wooden bear is always smiling, but he’s happiest when fully dressed! Getting dressed won’t be such a puzzle once zipping, buckling, snapping, lacing and tying, and other dressing skills are mastered. Each skill is contained on a separate, removable wooden puzzle piece for easy practice. Develop fine motor and life skills with this great activity.

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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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Master Basic Skills

Getting dressed won't be such a puzzle once zipping, buckling, snapping, lacing and tying, and other dressing skills are mastered.

6 Removable Pieces

Includes 6 removable pieces and a wooden puzzle board

Practice With Each Piece

Each skill is contained on a separate, removable wooden puzzle piece for easy practice.

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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 activities in the puzzle. They mention it teaches great life skills in a fun colorful hands on way. Opinions are mixed on the quality.

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185 customers mention182 positive3 negative

Customers find the activities in the toy and game great, and say it teaches great life skills in a fun colorful hands-on way. They also say it's helpful and fun, and a great board for practicing fine motor skills.

"...My child loved putting the puzzle together, and had a blast working the fine motor skills on each individual piece - the zipper was a particular..." Read more

"This is a pretty nice, high quality puzzle for toddlers. We have several Melissa & Doug puzzles/games and my daughter loves them all...." Read more

"...It is an easy way to let kids take turns learning to snap and zip, and if you are brave, even tie...." Read more

"...The zipper seems extra tough, but it's still able to provide practice...." Read more

294 customers mention145 positive149 negative

Customers are mixed about the quality of the toy. Some mention that it's a fabulous product, with high enough quality to last. However, others say that the puzzle is too easy to be a toy on its own, and some of the parts are a bit harder than others to open up. The tasks are also difficult to do as an adult.

"...This is a heavy duty, quality toy that I think will last a very long time. Quality I've come to expect from Melissa & Doug doesn't disappoint." Read more

"...Some of the parts are a bit harder than others to open up but they'll probably wear in over time or she'll outgrow it and it won't be a huge issue...." Read more

"I bought this for my class of three year olds, and it is so perfect...." Read more

"...The puzzle aspect of it is a bit tricky for her age, same with the belt and laces but this is to be expected and not a negative because she will..." Read more

Good but needs some tweaking
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Good but needs some tweaking
This is such a good skills board. However, like many people have stated, it is made better by some adjustments. I had some round Velcro on hand and used that so it could still be a puzzle but also be able to be manipulated. I also tied the shoestrings in a knot at each end so my son couldn’t pull them completely out. Overall a good buy.
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AB
5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic for car rides
Reviewed in the United States on July 6, 2023
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I bought this to entertain my toddler on a road trip to prevent too much screen time, and it was a HIT. My child loved putting the puzzle together, and had a blast working the fine motor skills on each individual piece - the zipper was a particular favorite. I will likely put little pieces of adhesive Velcro on the back of the individual pieces for future road trips, as the pieces didn’t stay in the puzzle holder and a few pieces fell between seats. It will also offer additional opportunities for working new skills.
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Don
5.0 out of 5 stars My 2 year old loves this puzzle
Reviewed in the United States on May 2, 2016
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This is a pretty nice, high quality puzzle for toddlers. We have several Melissa & Doug puzzles/games and my daughter loves them all.

My daughter does like to put the lace up part on her foot and hobble around calling it her shoe so that's fun for the whole family.

Some of the parts are a bit harder than others to open up but they'll probably wear in over time or she'll outgrow it and it won't be a huge issue. The big button on the blue part of the sleeve for instance really needs more slack to open easily. The belt is a little tricky on ours also.

We're happy with this and even when our lab puppy chewed 2 pieces my daughter likes it so much, and its cheap enough, that I just bought a second and swapped in the 2 chewed pieces.

I'd recommend this to anyone with kids.
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Troublebaker
5.0 out of 5 stars This Proves That Kids Love The Most Basic Toys
Reviewed in the United States on October 1, 2015
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Daughter is really into things that snap or click together and has been for just over 2 months (19 months currently). When she was given this her eyes lit up with excitement and thinking of the satisfaction of being able to snap, click, lace and zip for hours. I would have never thought this would be such a fun thing to do for kids but it goes back to the saying that they will play with the box the toy came in longer than the toy itself I guess.

Anyway, the toy is a little advance for her still in some ways. The puzzle aspect of it is a bit tricky for her age, same with the belt and laces but this is to be expected and not a negative because she will grow into the toy and it will last that much longer. The board itself is very well built out of a heavy wood material, same with the individual pieces. I suppose this could be a concern for a drop on the foot or toe while carrying, typically we are sitting with her anyway if using the entire board. More times than not, she's only interested in one puzzle piece to work on at a time anyhow.
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4.0 out of 5 stars A little difficult at first, but a good learning toy
Reviewed in the United States on October 29, 2010
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This is a fastener learning board that is also a puzzle. The snap, zipper, and belt buckle were all difficult to do at first, even for me, because they were so stiff. After a while, though, they became softer and now my 2-1/2yo is able to do them with help (she can do the snap, the zipper, the latch, and the lacing, but the buckle and tying are still beyond her developmentally.) She likes to take them all off the board and play with each piece separately. She doesn't have any trouble doing them off the board, as some other reviewers have had. Also, she loves to put them on her feet like shoes and stomp around the room.

This is a good fastener board. Work the zipper, buckle, and snap a bunch of times to loosen them up. If your little one has trouble with the activities, perhaps he or she is not developmentally ready for the tasks. Put it away for a month and then try again.
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Fawn A.
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent motivational tool to help a child pratice skills that help with dressing and fine motor coordination.
Reviewed in the United States on August 28, 2016
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Melissa & Doug has done it again. Our 4 year old is a "velcro, or ask Mom and Dad to do it" kind of kid. We wanted to have him work on his own on the skills that would help him take a more active roll in his dressing, etc. This bear is a puzzle and a skill builder, so we use it by saying he can put each puzzle piece in once he completes each skill on the piece. We pretend to time him and he will work on the skills with the motivation of completing the puzzle quickly. Other dolls/dogs/etc. have not been as effective in getting him to work on the skills. I would recommend this toy for anyone whose child may be a little behind or unmotivated in learning to zip, button, tie, etc. The puzzle is too easy to be a toy on its own, but as a motivator, it is great.
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Sarah
3.0 out of 5 stars Nice set but needs glued down
Reviewed in the United States on May 1, 2022
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This is a nice set but I was disappointed the pieces weren’t glued down. They are removable which maybe some people would like but for us in order to work with each skill it helps for it to not move, or be puzzle like to lose. My husband super glued the pieces down shortly after we got it! So just to be aware :)
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A. S.
5.0 out of 5 stars Perfect for learning each task individualy & not getting distracted
Reviewed in the United States on February 3, 2011
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Everyone said they didn't like this because it is a puzzle and the pieces come out when the little ones try to complete each task, I think they are using this Backwards!

What I believe the point is to take each of the pieces of clothes off the bear 1st, then have the child shut each item (button, buckle, snap, zip, etc.) and then once the task is completed you put each one on the bear where it belongs. My daughter is 3 1/2 and has had no trouble in using each of these items seperately. She has fun getting the bear dressed.

If anything I would say that this toy is so much better than one of the stuffed animals that has all of the zippers/buttons/shoe laces on them because with this toy there is only one task at a time and a child won't get so distracted easily.

This is a heavy duty, quality toy that I think will last a very long time. Quality I've come to expect from Melissa & Doug doesn't disappoint.
188 people found this helpful
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5.0 out of 5 stars Perfect for Three Year Old Students
Reviewed in the United States on May 17, 2020
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I bought this for my class of three year olds, and it is so perfect. It is an easy way to let kids take turns learning to snap and zip, and if you are brave, even tie. It can be taken apart like a puzzle, so it can be used as either a small group activity or even independent activity (with guidance). Worth your purchase!
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nair malen acosta
5.0 out of 5 stars Excelente
Reviewed in Mexico on May 9, 2023
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Tal cual aparece
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Luke Matthews
3.0 out of 5 stars Fab idea but not very user friendly
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 4, 2022
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The idea of this is fab and just what I was looking for, however as the pieces are removable it can make doing some of the activities tricky (the zip for example). I got it for my 1 year old as he loves zips ect but even my 3 year old struggles due to the pieces popping out very easily.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Reviewed in India on October 20, 2017
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Very creative toy useful for 2+ kids
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Mavie John
3.0 out of 5 stars Na ja.
Reviewed in Germany on April 22, 2015
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Funktionen nicht schlecht aber Qualität lässt zu wünschen übrig. Leider nicht das erste M&D Produkt wo das passiert :-(. Schade.
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J
5.0 out of 5 stars Nice
Reviewed in India on November 6, 2018
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Nice
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