Toys and games

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.

Yahtzee is a traditional Canadian board game invented by a couple on their yacht, hence the name "yacht game". To pass the time, the couple used to introduce this dice game to their visitors. The couple had great success with their guests and asked the game manufacturer Edwin S. Lowe to produce samples to give to their friends. The designer fell in love with the game and decided to acquire the copyright. As a result, the name Yahtzee was born. Giant Yahtzee is a fun and easy to play game. The aim is to score as many points as possible by making various combinations with the dice. It is therefore more a game of luck than strategy. Thanks to this giant version, this friendly game allows the family to gather around a fun game to entertain the youngest and the oldest. This game is an original gift idea for Christmas or a birthday. It can please all ages, children, teenagers and even adults. It is especially suitable for surprising gambling enthusiasts. This yahtzee is part of the gifts ideas games and toys, original gifts wooden games, birthday gift ideas. The Yahtzee is a fun game idea for a nice evening with friends.

Fan of puzzles? Do you want to share your passion with family members, young or old? Do you want to please with a personalized fun gift? Do you want to surprise and entertain your loved ones? Order a personalized photo puzzle with a photo of your parents, your children, the person you love, your dog or your cat. Or take a photo of your group of friends on their motorbike. Choosing a personalized puzzle with a photo has only advantages. It is above all a photo chosen by you, therefore a unique gift that causes emotion and a lot of pleasure. Moreover, the puzzle is an activity as calm as it is intelligent where patience, reflection and motor skills make it possible to realize it. It develops visual memory. But it is also a cooperative game: alone, with friends or family all can have fun doing it together. Turn your family portrait into a game: Taking and undoing the photo of grandpa and grandma is too fun for your child. If he doesn't know how to do it well, you help him and step by step he will be proud to do it alone! Offering an invitation, a greeting card or a photo of the youngest ... in the form of a puzzle to undo and redo, is certainly an original idea, unconventional and unusual ... Once completed, the puzzle can be a precious image to hook. Fun and playful kdo for birthday, Christmas kdo, family gift idea …

The game of tic-tac-toe is a strategy game for 2 people. An original gift, inspired by the game four on one line but in 3D version. A traditional game revisited in three dimensions instead of two. The rules are simple: the players take turns placing a pawn, as in the classic tic-tac-toe game. You have to line up 4 pawns of the same colour to win in three dimensions: horizontal, vertical and of course diagonally. In this 3D tic-tac-toe game, the goal is to prevent the opposing player from placing four pawns next to or above each other! A nice gift of wooden board games. A 3D board game that makes the game more exciting. A nice challenge and nice evenings ahead. A great gift idea for teenagers or adults. The 3D wooden tic-tac-toe is also an original interior decoration gift: the wooden object brings a delicate nuance and colour to your home. The 3D tic-tac-toe is very nice to display on a piece of furniture in your living room or bedroom. For a trendy decoration. It is always interesting to integrate wooden objects to enrich your interior decoration. The 3D tic-tac-toe is a playful, convivial gift and a beautiful decorative object.

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.

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.

A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away, Chewbacca was the co-driver and best friend of smuggler Han Solo aboard the Millennium Falcon. This Star Wars character, this legendary Wookie warrior was part of the core of the rebels who rose up against the Empire. Originally from the planet Kashyyyk, he is affectionately nicknamed Chewie by his friends. Did you know that for the Chewbacca character, George Lucas was inspired by his own Indiana dog, an Alaskan Long-haired Malamute? Chewie, this ball of hair over 2 m long is recognizable among a thousand with its incomparable cries and hilarious Wookie hugs. But above all, Chewie also has a big heart. In the whole universe, there are few people as loyal and faithful as Chewbacca. Treat yourself to this legendary and very sympathetic character from the Star Wars saga. This cuddly toy will become your most loyal friend as he is Han Solo's faithful friend. Who hasn't dreamt of receiving Chewbacca? A nice gift for all Star Wars fans. For cuddling or collecting. If you are looking for a nice Star Wars gift, give the friendliest Wookie in the galaxy as a present. Indeed, Chewbacca is one of the favourite characters of the Star Wars saga. It will be ideal as a birthday or Christmas gift for a child, a teenager or an adult, because the Star Wars saga appeals to children and their parents alike. A great gift for loyal Star Wars fans. Chewbacca is sure to be one of your favourite cuddly toys.

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.