Melissa & Doug 20 Wooden Animal Magnets in a Box - Cute Animal Fridge, Refrigerator Magnets For Toddlers Ages 2+

My 2.5 year old son LOVES animals, so adding these magnets to our collection of play-to-learn toys was a no-brainer. As reported in other reviews, the images are printed laminate adhered to a wooden base w/ magnetic coating on the back - they have a nice, chunky thickness perfect for fine motor manipulation, and the illustrations are fairly life-like, which my son prefers. While the magnets are not strong enough to stick to each other, they adhere well to the magnetic surfaces in our home (the fridge, front, and closet doors) and have yet to fall off when said doors are slammed shut. The two nit-picky complaints I have are that the storage box doesnt have a permanent lid, and the image surface is easily dented (imprinted?) by fingernails or when banged against another hard surface. Neither impacts my rating b/c I feel the set is an absolute steal at $10 (however, if it cost more, I definitely would have deducted a star.) Other users have given these magnets bad reviews, stating that they fell apart when mouthed by their children, most of whom are reported as being MUCH younger than the recommended 3+ age group. Based on the construction I detailed above, I have NO doubt that such reports are accurate, so PLEASE - dont give these magnets to an infant or toddler who still mouths objects without maintaining close adult supervision. One last note: I saw a similar M&D magnet set sold in Target over the weekend. The Target set had 30 pieces (this set is 20,) more sea animals (this one only includes a goldfish,) had more-cartoonish looking illustrations, and seemed to be of similar construction but poorer quality (at least two magnets in each of the boxes I saw were torn or scratched.)

We purchased these magnets to be an educational toy for our 19 month old daughter. She LOVES them and so do we! Upon opening her presents Christmas morning, these were among the first she wanted to play with. I am reviewing the product and not the manufacturer or labor practices. That being said... ...I am very pleased with the magnet quality. They stick to the textured front of our fridge as well as our smooth washer & dryer. They are strong enough not to slide off your fridge door when you open it... but yet plenty easy for little fingers to pull off and move around. They used the perfect strength magnet for this application. The quality of the animal graphics make them easily identified by our 19 month old. They are not too cartoonish nor are they real photos... But rather simple artist renderings of what the animals should look like. They are bright and vivid. Our daughter was able to identify the dog, cat, turtle, frog, fish, horse, and cow straight out of the box. In one day she has learned the elephant, sheep, chicken, lion, giraffe and goat. Next we will work on the tiger, monkey, duck, rabbit, pig, zebra, and panda. Our daughter dropped a magnet into our dogs food bowl while he was eating. Fortunately he didnt even bite it, but it was covered in dog food gravy. It was easily washed clean under the kitchen sink then was immediately dried. Cleaned up nicely. I would definitely recommend this product for any 18+ month old who DOES NOT have the propensity for sticking things in their mouth. We have been blessed with a child who has no interest in sticking foreign objects into her mouth but... A few of the magnets are pretty small (just bigger than a quarter) and could EASILY lodge into the windpipe of some children. I dont think that is a reason not to buy these though. Just put the few small magnets up high where your child cant get to them for while longer. Thats what we did just to be safe. Thanks for reading.

Really fun for the kids

These are great! Sturdy with nice pictures. Good size for small hands. My granddaughter loves them! (She’s 2)

Our 1 year old loves to play with these on the fridge which gives mama time to do some dishes haha! Theyre wonderful tools for speech sound/ language development (we practice animal sounds, prepositions, etc.) and fine motor to put them on/ off. The illustrations are clear and beautiful and though baby loves to put things in her mouth, they havent been a choking risk nor been ruined. An excellent purchase!

My son loves them, he plays with them everyday.

I was delighted

These awesome blocks are a huge success! My grandsons just love them! They’re sturdy, colorful and fun!

My Grandson loves playing with these on the refrigerator. The only thing i dont like is the magnets arent very strong.

We love these so much that we re-brought these after we lost so many of the first set. They are entertaining for my 3 year old (also got them when she was 2 and they were a hit then too). They are wonderful when helping kids learn their animals as well!!! They come in a great wooden box and so easy to store.