Melissa and Doug provided me with four of their new Sand Play toys from their Sunny Patch collection to review. All opinions are mine, and my friend Dana’s, alone. We were not compensated for this post.
Melissa and Doug have made some of my kids’ favorite wooden puzzles. They are sturdy, durable and fun! The kind of toys you squirrel away for future grandkids or pass on to friends with pleasure.
I passed four Sand Play toys on to my friend Dana for her little kids to test out.
Here’s what Dana says:
“I love Melissa and Doug puzzles and those are the only type of M&D toys we’ve ever had in our house before.
My 5-year-old loved the set, and went right to work making cupcakes and muffins.
I liked how realistic the molds were, and how quickly the kids were able to churn out enough cupcakes for a tea party, and the sand held its shape well enough for us to set the cupcakes out and use the molds for teacups.
It was a good time, “baking” with the kids. We made “turtle pie” and “fish soup” with the molds, and mixed it all up in the buckets.
There are even measuring cups! What a cute set!
My 7-year-old made such cute muffins with these toys…”fish muffins.” She said they were like fish sticks and good for a main course, only they were shaped like muffins and had ketchup filling. Tasty, huh?
Seaside Sidekicks Sand Cupcake Set
Seaside Sidekicks Sand Baking Set
Seaside Sidekicks Sand Molding Set
I’m giving away one set of all these sand toys to one lucky reader.
Check out the toys on Melissa and Doug through the above links and leave a comment telling me which item from the Sand Play set you think your child would like best.
That’s all you have to do to be entered. One entry per person, please.
I’ll use random.org to select a winner at random on July 28, 2011.
The winner will be notified via e-mail and must respond with a mailing address within 48 hours, or forfeit to another winner I selected at random.
For bonus entries:
like the Melissa and Doug fan page!
sign up for their Toy and Birthday Club e-mails!
share this giveaway on Facebook
Tweet (can be done daily): “Win a @MelissaandDoug Sand Play Set #giveaway from @notasupermom http://bit.ly/qqTiAO”
Good luck, friends!
Updated 7/28/2011.
I used random.org to generate a winner. Congratulations to “icklepay”!
Icklepay has 46 hours to e-mail me his or her mailing address so I can pass that on to Melissa and Doug.
Thanks so much, guys!

The pail and shovel would not be a big deal to my beach going girls, nor would the sand molds, but that cupcake set… that would be a total hit! I could see my 5 year old loving that and her older sisters “teaching her how to bake” with them.
My girls would love the cupcake set. Really cute.
I really liked that Seaside Cupcake set
Shared on facebook
I love the cupcake set. And here I thought I was the only one spending all the money on Melissa and Doug? Fingers crossed.
My little troublemaker would probably be a lot less trouble with a great toy like the Seaside Sidekicks Sand Baking Set!
You have great giveaways!
Oops – Melissa and Doug Fan Page link doesn’t seem to work.
Thank you–fixing!
Fixed! Thanks for letting me know!
You realize, of course, that if Nota Supermom had written this post rather than Dana, she would have totally left the kids there on the island.
Since I’m long past the age of littles, don’t enter me in the giveaway.
Great post and pictures by Dana!
It’s great that you give away such nice things, Nota!
You forget a kid at a rest stop once and nobody lets you forget it!
We are big Melissa and Doug fans at our house! We have used many of their toys as well as their puzzles in the past. I love to give them as gifts. My daughter would love either of the baking sets. Thanks for having a giveaway, Notasupermom! Thanks, Dana for testing the toys 🙂
I think my kids would enjoy the Sand Ice Cream Set. Melissa and Doug have some fun stuff!
I think the baking set looks like fun!
LIKEd Melissa and Doug on the FB fan page!
Shared on FB 😀
My girls would love any of the toys, but I think the cupcake maker would be the favorite! (Of course, Anna would probably try to eat them!)
My 5yo would love the cupcake set. But we are no where near a beach. I am not sure where any sand is. She asked for a sandbox though, so if I got the set I would get the dear a sand box, too.
Sandboxes are so much fun, and a great kind of play. I like the ones with a cover, to keep the sand clean and dry.
Also shared on FB to the local homeschool group.
Thanks, Amy!
I think my granddaughters would love the cupcake set! So it’s my favorite!
I liked Melissa and Doug’s page on fb. 🙂
Tweeted.
shared on fb.
The cupcake baking set. We are big Melissa & Doug fans here….esp. in the puzzle and toy kitchen/food department. Thanks for sharing.
My little one would definitely love the cupcake set – she loves to help me bake in the kitchen, and would want to share her creations with anyone who might be nearby. 🙂
my son would like the clicker crab pail and scooop
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I totally would have loved these toys for my kids. I’m not entering because I don’t have any little children in my life right now, but these are the sorts of toys that I most definitely loved the most.
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My little one makes everything into cupcakes. She would love to do it at the beach I’m sure. Thanks for sharing.
tweeted!
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We signed up for the birthday club. Thanks for sharing. 🙂
I love the little crab pail. That’s so cute. My son is in a crab phase so he would love it too.
Liked the Melissa and Doug facebook page.
Shared on facebook.
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The Cupcake set for sure! 😀
my daughter would just love the cupcake set and the beach bag to carry it in!
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I shared on Facebook a few days ago. I have to note that here, right? 🙂
Oh – and I liked the Melissa and Doug facebook page. I think that’s three entries (I hope!).
I have three in a wide range, but I know they’s all love the cupcake set! Thanks for the chance Nota!