Toys and games

Dice are used in many games. The best known are played with 2 dice like Craps, with 3 dice like 421 or with 5 dice like Yahtzee or Yams. Reiner Knizia, a world-renowned German game designer, reports that he has found 150 different dice games, which he explains in his book Dice Games Properly. Dice were found in the Indus civilisation in 2400 BC. Dice identical to those we know today have been found, with 6 sides and 6 small holes. Generally cubic with 6 sides usually numbered from 1 to 6 and therefore the values of the opposite sides is equal to 7. Dice have also been used as objects of divination. The Greeks claimed to be the originators of dice. According to Sophocles, the dice were invented by Palamedes, a Greek hero in Troy during the siege. Archaeologists have found dice in Troy. Ancient Greek vases also show Trojan war heroes playing dice. However, the dice we offer are larger than usual. These giant dice will please many players, both young and old. These dice are therefore perfect as birthday presents or as gifts for a party with friends. An original wooden game gift, to learn many dice games and have hours of fun.

The rabbit is undoubtedly a very nice pet, recognizable by its long ears, soft coat, small bushy tail, two teeth and a small muzzle that moves without stopping. It is a friendly animal that can be stroked and is loved by all children. They love to watch them on the farm and give them carrots. Like Panpan in the Walt Disney cartoon Bambi, the rabbit taps the ground with its hind leg to alert the other rabbits in its colony. A really sociable and cute animal. Fear of the dark is normal in young children. The mini nightlight rabbit is undoubtedly a solution to reassure your child when it's time to go to bed. Its soft, changing lights are ideal for calming down and making your child feel safe. After 15 minutes, the nightlight goes out, as it is better to sleep without light for a restful sleep. During the day, the little rabbit becomes a pretty decoration in the bedroom. A clever, comforting, relaxing gift to offer for a birthday, a birth or a baptism. You can also give this little rabbit at Easter, because according to tradition, it is the Easter bunny who decorates the chocolate eggs and distributes them on Easter morning.

This safari domino is for children who love animals, but especially animals that they only meet in zoos here in Europe. Children are often very curious to know the names of all these animals. The animals on the dominoes are drawings of the most famous animals: zebras, elephants, giraffes, etc. Animals from Africa that they have never seen before. Animals from Africa that we Europeans can meet on a long journey. The word safari originally referred to an exploration on land. The word safari also referred to a hunt for big game in Africa, which was also called "trophy hunting". Today, when we talk about safari, we are most often talking about a tourist trip to the various national parks in Southern Africa (South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Namibia, Mozambique) or in East Africa (Tanzania, Uganda, Kenya). However, the photo safari remains a privilege that is often beyond the financial reach of many people. The safari domino is played in the same way as the classic domino with numbers: the rules are exactly the same. This safari domino makes you want to learn to play dominoes, because it is made of wood and the animals are brightly coloured. This safari domino is a birthday gift for young boys or girls. A birthday gift idea to offer to a friend who is passionate about animals, an original Santa Claus gift. An original gift idea for a child, an idea for an animal lover.

Wooden letters cubes have been around for many, many years and still have an appeal that has never gone out of fashion. A real game that has lasted through the ages without ever getting old - in short, a timeless game. A game that has always appealed to many children and sometimes teenagers. The recommended minimum age is 3 years. This game allows you to learn to read letters, but also allows boys and girls to display a small message or to be able to make up their first names; for a friend, a friend thanks to these letters cubes which are very easy to thread. You have 4 threads and more than 300 small cubes. This game allows you to make several necklaces with different thoughts, different messages or any other communication etc. For the more imaginative, the more inventive, these letter cubes can also be used to make decorations. We can also point out that this game is made of wood, which is a big advantage today. It is not possible to add any particular personalisation, however, this game can be considered as "customisable" thanks to the multiple possibilities offered by these wooden letter cubes. This game is an original gift idea, an original birthday gift, original children's gifts, creative wooden game gifts, fun and playful kdo.

This manual game of skill requires calmness and concentration, and also provokes moments of suspense and self-doubt. The game consists of removing the sticks from the tower, one after the other, after the tower has been erected, without of course knocking the tower down. The dice indicates which stick should be removed, as each stick has a number. This makes the game more difficult and immediately makes it look less easy than it seems. This is a game of skill for young and old, for children as well as for parents or grandparents who play with their (grand)children whenever they have some free time, during the holidays or at any other time. The number tower should of course be placed on a flat surface indoors or outdoors. This game is fun when you build the tower, but also when you try to keep the tower from collapsing. This game is often kept for a long time and is made of wood, which makes it durable. For the little ones, the first step is just to enjoy building the tower or even to have fun with other constructions. This game of skill is part of the original fun gifts, original wooden game gifts, gifts ideas games and toys. This figure tower is a funny birthday gift and an original gift for children. A fun family game idea.

Chinese checkers probably do not come from the Far East, despite their name. On the other hand, Chinese checkers are a variant of the game Halma, a game created in England at the end of the 19th century by the American George Howard Monks, who invented a game called Halma, a name derived from the ancient Greek meaning "jump" but also an ancient pentathlon event. This first version of the game is played on the grids of a 16x16 square board. The version we know today was adapted under the name Stern-Halma (Halma: star) and patented in 1892 by the German company Ravensburger. This version of the game is played on a star-shaped game board. However, it can be seen that there is a rather similar version on a star-shaped board in Asia... When the game was first marketed in the United States by the company J.Pressman & Co. under the name "Hop Ching", the expression "Chinese Checkers" was used for the first time. However, this game in its initial square form is still called "Halma" in many countries... Gift idea for playing with the family, a very nice wooden board game gift. Original gift idea for a birthday, or for the end of the year celebrations.

The puzzles, an original wooden game gift, are from Greece. The first puzzle game dates back to the third century. This gift idea for teenagers, young people, mothers or men is an unusual gift that can be played alone or in groups. But what is a puzzle? It's a game that starts from a situation that is usually random and disordered and ends in a well-defined order, following predetermined rules. There are different types of puzzles, geometric games (i.e. mathematical games), logogram games, numerical games, card games, so the best-known puzzle is undoubtedly success, etc... But the best-known puzzles are the Puzzle and the Rubik's Cube... The first puzzles were called "Stomachion", a square game divided into 14 parts, which had to be put together in a predetermined order and could be combined in many different shapes. Puzzles were very popular at the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century. Professor Hoffmann published a book with the title: "Puzzles old and new." It described 40 puzzles with all the secret mechanical details. This puzzle book has become a reference for this exciting type of game. Wood is undoubtedly the most suitable material for puzzles, despite the fact that it is easy to work with, such as plastic.

Today the dinosaurs have disappeared, fortunately for us because they were terrifying. However, they are still admired, especially by children. Children's attraction to dinosaurs is often born on television or in the cinema. They love to play with the little figurines, they allow them to unload their aggressiveness by playing a guilt-free brawl. Many children are really interested in the fascinating world of dinosaurs. They develop their scientific curiosity in this way by researching the subject thoroughly. They identify with these powerful animals and imagine themselves stronger because they are fascinating and often gigantic animals. This is a way of frightening themselves and learning to overcome this feeling. Without risk, since the child knows that they are no longer part of our world. Offering a dinosaur as a night light is therefore ideal to give the child the impression that the dino is watching over him. The dino can become his big friend, he will protect him just like the adult who can be severe. A nice gift idea for children who are passionate and curious to know everything about dinos. A great gift for birthdays, games and toys. A dino is an ideal gift as a children's bedroom decoration. A fun and reassuring Christmas gift.

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.

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.

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.