Amazon Minimum Age: 3 Batteries Included: 0 Binding: Toy Brand: Melissa & Doug EAN: 0000772037853 Feature: This beautifully-crafted board has polished brass locks, latches and clasps Is Autographed: 0 Is Memorabilia: 0 Item Dimensions: Array Label: Melissa and Doug Manufacturer: Melissa and Doug Manufacturer Maximum Age: 5 Manufacturer Minimum Age: 3 Model: 3785 MPN: 3785 Publisher: Melissa and Doug Studio: Melissa and Doug
Product Features:
• This beautifully-crafted board has polished brass locks, latches and clasps • Brightly colored, smooth-sanded pieces help build early shape, color and size differentiation skills • Hide-and-seek pictures behind each door help develop fine motor skills • Incredible value and superior craftsmanship
Editorial Review:
Undo a latch, swing open the numbered door, and count on fun when the picture beneath is revealed on this wooden play board! Build fine motor skills while learning colors, numbers, animals and more. Measures 15.7" x 11.7" x 1.6".
Customer Reviews:
Customer Rating: Summary: It's a classic Comment: I bought this for my 1-yr-old son. It's a little early, but he plays with it now and then. I think he will enjoy it more when he's two. Customer Rating: Summary: Great for car trips! Comment: The Melissa and Doug Latches Board entertained my 2 1/2-year-old for over 2 hours on a long car trip recently. He never got tired of opening, closing, latching and unlatching, and discovering and counting the animals behind the doors. As mentioned by other reviewers, the #2 latch is a little stiff for small fingers, but I think we can work on it a bit to loosen things up. I plan on tucking this away for the next car trip when it can be "new" again. Great toy! Customer Rating: Summary: What a fun puzzle! Comment: We bought this for our son who will be 3 in August. He has been doing puzzles ever since he was 1 and wanted to get him something different. He loves this puzzle. He had some trouble with #2 the window latch. It is a little hard to turn and even I had trouble turning it. He loves to open all the doors and windows and find the pictures behind them. Customer Rating: Summary: great toy for learning and fine motor practice Comment: this is a great toy for learning problem solving skills and fine motor skills. We love a lot of the Melissa & Doug toys, they are appealing to children yet educational too. Customer Rating: Summary: Another hit from Melissa & Doug!!! Comment: This toy is definitely a winner. Our 21 month old son loves it and will play for it often. He especially loves the door with the 6 goldfish.
My only complaint is that I feel that the 1st 2 doors were VERY hard to open. I had to have my dad "perform surgery" on them and loosen them up. I'm not even sure how he did it but they're nice and easy to move now. I can't imagine even a 4 or 5 year old being able to move those 2 the way they were. Maybe I just got a really tough one? The other 4 doors were great from Day 1 though.
You can do a lot of mini games with this toy - like have your child count the animals for you, tell you the colors of the houses, etc.