Have you seen the Stamp and Sort Mailbox by Melissa & Doug ?
At their website it is listed as out of stock but they are showing them available on Amazon and other sites.
Stamp and Sort Mailbox by Melissa & Doug
It is a wooden mailbox activity set.
From their Product Description “With 6 letters and 6 removable stamps, it’s fun to sort the mail into the mailbox, then open the door with the wooden key to see what’s arrived! Melissa & Doug toys was founded more than 25 years ago.”
“Their listed Extension Activities: More Ways to Play and Learn:
- Pretend that the child works at the post office. Have the child stamp the mail pieces, sort them into the mailbox and “deliver” the mail pieces to locations or people around the house.
- Pretend that the child works at the post office. Ask for a certain number of stamps. Have the child put the stamps on the mail pieces and sort each mail piece into the mailbox.
- Ask the child to study the stamps then close his/her eyes. Secretly drop one or more stamps into the locked mailbox. Ask the child which stamps are missing. Unlock the mailbox to find out.
- Ask the child to name the colors on each mail piece and on each stamp.
- Ask the child to match each stamp to a mail piece by matching one or more colors on the stamp to the mail-piece colors (green on a stamp with green on a mail piece).”
One of the fun things about blogging daily here at AnchoredScraps is the range of items that get covered. We have not spent much time on novelty letter writing themed products and this one I had seen a few times and could not resist for today’s blog post. Be sure to check it out! This YouTube has a walk through of using it.
And this YouTube from an actual younger user of the product!
Of course I want one – the Stamp and Sort Mailbox by Melissa & Doug. Would love to see if I can locate even just the wooden mailbox itself -this is too much fun for mailbox themed decorating in my study. And I know you know someone this would be a perfect gift for, maybe even for yourself!
It has been another fast paced week and hard to believe tomorrow finds us with it being Friday, our last weekend in January! Join me tomorrow for my Friday blog post here at AnchoredScraps.com.
Anchors Aweigh,
Helen
Attribution & Thank you to the following who are referenced today —
Image above upper left Melissa & Doug Stamp & Sort Mailbox
YouTube Melissa & Doug Mailbox and Mail Set SKU #7493720 posted by ShopZappos
YouTube Playing with Melissa and Doug Stamp and Sort Mailbox posted by AllAboutTheToys March 18, 2015