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The famous American company Melissa & Doug began her career over 25 years ago in ... a garage! Today, it offers a lot of great toys made of wood, games, creative sets, costumes and sensational sand toys.
Melissa and Doug not only the name of the recognized brand on the toy market. They are also a nice couple from the United States, who decided several dozen years ago to create toys stimulating children's creativity and inspiring children to develop.
The history of the brand's creation is almost as cool as their products. Both Melissa and Doug were brought up by teachers. The couple knew quite quickly what they want to do in the future, namely - creating unique products for children.
At the age of 34, Doug offered Melissa a joint business, and a few years later - marriage. At the first proposal, Melissa consciously answered "yes", at the second - she was so busy creating new products that she did not even realize that it was a proposal. Finally, Melissie and Doug managed not only to start a successful company, but also a happy family.
Like a real American start up - they started in their parents' garage. They invested their savings to develop the first product and later conducted distribution. To know what the recipients think about their toys - on each product they posted their names and phone number asking for feedback. They received calls at any time of the day or night, taking the company phone even to bed.
One of the first appreciated, innovative products of the brand were texture puzzles. The scene illustrating farm animals took not only shapes, but also cute elements of the texture, giving the fluff of chicken or sheep hair. Over time - the brand's assortment has increased, as well as - the Melissa and Doug family. The first testers of their products were their children: Brendan and Ilana. Without their approval (and a number of serious safety tests) - the toys could not be released.
Over the years, the brand has developed thousands of wooden puzzles designs. She discovered wooden toys again, giving them a new form to stimulate children's creativity as much as possible. She created a series of toy food products so that children could play imitating parents. Over time, products for children also appeared in the assortment, toys inspiring to play roles, board games, costumes, creative sets or sets of sand toys. The offer is constantly growing, and Melissa and Doug delight with new toys for young and old.
The brand remains faithful to its mission - he wants to create toys that stimulate the imagination, encouraging creativity. In full stimuli, a criminal environment, children's sensitivity and natural need to discover may disappear. That is why Melissa and Doug toys inspire thinking outside the schemes, to overcome barriers and experiment. Each toy is a prop, which can be used in fun in hundreds of ways. It all depends on the child's idea, humor and imagination.
Melissa and Doug wants, thanks to their toys, to give children a real childhood - full of freedoms, imagination and fun. In addition to toys, Marek runs a blog dedicated to fun inspirations and ways of creative entertainment for children!