Dominoes can be played almost anywhere, whether they are made of wood or plastic. In the past, dominoes were made of bone or even ivory. So there are many different kinds of dominoes with countless variations, some of which are very amusing. A domino is made up of simple blocks that can be combined and assembled in many ways from very simple to very complex. It is a game that requires and demands a lot of skill and strategy. There are Chinese, English and European dominoes.... Archaeologists have reportedly found dominoes in ancient Egypt and among the Arabs, but the origin of the domino is attributed to China around the 12th century. Dominoes first appeared in Europe in Italy in the 18th century and from that time onwards they spread throughout Europe. Dominoes became the most played game in living rooms, pubs and families, becoming one of the most popular games. Dominoes are played by 2 or 4 people with 28 blocks. Each block is divided in two on the top side and has numbers (but not always), sometimes the same, but often different, but always unique. The principle of the game is to take turns following a pattern with your blocks, block by block, trying to match the identical face of your block to the identical face of the competitor's block. When a player cannot place a domino, he picks a piece and passes his turn. The winner is the one who has placed all his dominoes. This giant domino is a classic game gift, an original gift idea for a birthday or an unusual gift for the holidays.

There are many breeds of ducks: domestic duck, mallard, Bahamian duck, Mandarin duck, musk duck, pointed duck, spectacled duck, crested duck, humpbacked duck, etc. And the number of expressions based on duck are also plethoric: As easy as duck soup: to express that something is extremely easy to do.To be like water off a duck’s back: criticism said against a person has little or no effect on them. All duck or no dinner: all or nothing. A situation that results in either a complete success or a complete failure.Fine,lovely weather for ducks: used to describe wet or rainy weather.To take to something like a duck to water: to do something very easily. To do something naturally with very little effort.To be a lucky duck: an extremely lucky person.To duck and dive: to cleverly avoid addressing a problem or situation. In short, the word duck is often used in many expressions and moreover, the ducks are very much appreciated by the children. It is therefore a very nice birthday present for a child or as a useful fun gift, but this duck will also please mums and dads who always have the soul of a child...

Thanks to this box of shiny beads and accessories, those with a little or a lot of imagination and inspiration will be able to create admirable jewellery or accessories to offer, to give to a girlfriend or friend to thank them for their help, to show their love, their support or to comfort them. The shiny aspect is undoubtedly an asset for those who are attracted by everything that shines under the light and the spotlights. Necklaces made at school with macaroni are great, and the teachers take inspiration from pretty pearl boxes like the ones we offer to make necklaces to give as gifts on Mother's Day. You can also sew these glittering beads to decorate a bag, a hand-stitched case or a knitted garment of your own. The glittering beads and accessories add a personal and refined creative touch. This box of glittering beads and accessories is definitely "the" gift for a young, teenager or older person who loves creative hobbies. For a friend's or sister's birthday, you can give this rich box of shiny beads and accessories as a gift. But this gift is also perfect for a New Year' s Eve party, Christmas, Santa Claus' Day and any other event. However, it doesn't have to be a special occasion to give a small creative gift.

Do you know the board games: Pachisi (Indian), Patolli (Mesoamerican), Ludo and the little horses? You win! They have an apron (playing surface) in the shape of a cross. However, all these games have a filiation that goes back very far in the history of civilisations, although they are called differently. Some have similar rules like the Korean game: "Yunnori", of Chinese origin, but the game board is different. And these board games were eventually called Ludo in Great Britain and "petits chevaux" in France. They were introduced in the United States and France around 1936. However, the rules and the number of squares where the little horses move to pass and go around may not be the same depending on the size of the game and the dressing of the small horse games or Ludo. However, even if the rules of the small horses or even if the boards are different, the fun of the game is still there. Nowadays, the variations of Ludo pawns are very important; pirates, small animal, Lego etc. When I was little, I used to go to my grandparents' house very often and the game of little horses was one of the first board games I played with my grandfather. The Ludo "Islands of the pirates" is a good birthday present for the little ones who often like pirate stories and cartoons.

Tetris is without doubt the most addictive video game in the world. Almost everyone knows how to play Tetris, but how many people know its origin? The incredible history of Tetris is due to a Soviet engineer. This engineer created the game Tetris without knowing it and without being paid (the communist regime obliges.) for two eons (10 years) at the time of Perestroïka and at the time of the explosion of the sector of video games. Tetris is one of the first addictive games, a game that you can play for hours without eating while waiting to get a bar of 4 elements to see one or more lines disappear and then continue to try to erase the maximum number of lines and sometimes get the maximum number of points. There are also competitions, world championships of Tetris. The very official biography of Tetris, published by Pix’n Love, tells the story of this incredible series that takes us through the Cold War from communism to winning capitalism. We meet Soviet Russian engineers, rogue agents, Soviet bureaucrats, video game mavericks and psychologists turned psychopaths to get back to the basics of human inclinations for video games and gaming in general. The wooden game Tetris is a spatial orientation game for learning to combine shapes. This educational game is part of the gifts ideas games and toys, original gifts wooden games, original gifts children, unusual birthday gifts.

You wish to offer a creative and fun gift on the occasion of a party or for Christmas. This pretty set of beads in bright colours and various shapes is ideal for creating beautiful jewellery such as necklaces, bracelets, rings or for any other creation for example sewing the beads on your jumper that you have knitted by creating a pattern according to your imagination. There are plenty of reasons to make jewellery: to have fun, to create and recreate endlessly, to imagine your own creations or simply to make a colourful and shiny necklace for your doll. A pleasant pastime that allows your child to develop his fine motor skills and to show his imagination by skilfully alternating shapes and colours. This box of beads is a nice birthday present, a game to offer when your child is invited to a sleepover or simply to please your child or grandchild and spend a creative moment with the family. A classic game, but how much fun to pass the time, the pretty colours and the various shapes allow many possibilities. Give the taste to create with your own hands, spend time otherwise than in front of a screen, learn patience and a taste for beautiful things. A gift idea of creative manual activity for all budding artists.

Do you have an overflowing imagination and you love to make diverse and varied necklaces, bracelets with anything and everything? With this Vivien bead box you can identify everything and anything with beautiful, colourful and differently shaped pieces that have already been put together to make it easier for you, pieces that you might not have thought of or that are too difficult to make yourself. A necklace can, of course, be single-coloured or multi-coloured, or alternate colours and shapes, or be arranged as you wish. Create fun jewellery and accessories with beads in the shape of fish, frog heads, bears... These beads of different shapes and colours are gathered in a beautiful wooden box so that you can make very nice jewellery like necklaces that your friends will envy you every time you wear them. What could be nicer than this box of Vivien beads to offer as a gift to friends, children and DIY enthusiasts. A nice and creative gift to give for different occasions such as a child's or young person's birthday, Christmas or St. Nicholas' Day. A pretty box that you can take with you everywhere to have fun for a long time alone or with relatives or friends.

Many children want to become veterinarians when they grow up. But why wait? With this vet case, children can have fun imitating adult vets and checking their favourite cuddly toys, who we are sure will get sick like everyone else. In this suitcase, the children have a syringe, a stethoscope, a thermometer, forceps and creams. These medical utensils make it possible to have fun and to treat the cuddly friends of the little animal doctor, of which I am sure there are often quite a few. All these "medical" instruments are well stored in a very functional suitcase and easily transportable for diagnoses when travelling to his or her auntie's or godmother's house or to a friend's house. This vet's kit is an opportunity to explain to children the usefulness of the different medical instruments contained in this very nice vet's suitcase and thus to familiarise them with and de-dramatise a visit to the real vet with the family's dog or cat. This case is the ideal gift for games and toys for budding vets, it is also an original gift idea that will easily find its place in the panoply of the perfect, small, novice vet. This vet case is a birthday gift idea for our little ones, an animal friendly gift.

The Mikado is for those who do not know, a game consisting of many chopsticks, which are painted in several colours, each colour having a different value. The first step of the game is to gather all the chopsticks vertically and on their tips. Then you release them so that the pile is as untidy as possible and the chopsticks are nested on top of each other. Then the game consists of removing one stick at a time from the pile, but the main goal is not to move the other sticks.... You can remove one stick above or below the pile. If unluckily you move the other sticks you immediately pass your turn and the opponent can play. You can continue to remove sticks until you have moved one or more other sticks. At the end of the game, the points accumulated are added up, so if you have managed to take the sticks worth the most points by taking the most badly placed but most valuable sticks you will be declared the winner. Obviously, the added value of the game we offer is the size of the game which is Giant, so it is a game to offer as an original gift, an unusual gift as a kdo idea for a young person, a perfect board game gift. A birthday gift idea for older children.

5 MOMENTS THAT MARKED THE HISTORY OF CHESS 1. The coronation of the queen: In 1450, chess knew the coronation of the queen. To make the games faster, it was decided to allow the queen to go as far as desired and in all directions. 2 Staunton pieces: Howard Staunton, who was a great chess player, had unique pieces built. These pieces are still used today as a world standard in his name. 3. The clock: In 1861, the first chess clocks appeared, making the games much faster and more dynamic, and therefore, much more competitive. 4. The first world champion: Wilhelm Steinitz is the first world champion in 1886. 5. the age of silicon: IBM creates a computer capable of beating the world champion of the time, Garry Kasparov, in 1989. Chess game as a tool for reconstruction Throughout history, games and sports have helped humanity survive times of crisis by reducing anxiety and improving mental health. In 2020, while restrictions imposed to limit the spread of COVID-19 have severely limited most of these activities, chess has shown remarkable resilience, adaptability and convening power in times of pandemic. Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, general interest in chess has doubled, with an increase in the number of players gathering to participate in chess events on online platforms.