Melissa & Doug Deluxe Pound-a-Peg

Hammer home the fun with the Deluxe Pounding Bench from Melissa & Doug, a delightful twist on the traditional pound-a-peg. The trick with this wooden pounding bench is: each colorful peg rests on a sort of see-saw with another peg on the other side, so when your baby pounds one in, the one on the other side pops up. The pegs aren't removable, so they can't get lost. Plus, each peg has an enthusiastic happy face on it, so that each peg seems to be shouting "Yay!" as your child whacks it with a hammer, which is pretty comical to watch.

Small children will love testing their manual dexterity and hand/eye coordination by hitting the pegs with the sturdy mallet, and will be delighted to see happy-faced pegs popping up on the other side of the Melissa & Doug Deluxe Pounding Bench. You can also use this toy to teach colors – "You hit the green peg! Good! Let's try the purple peg." Learning is fun, isn't it? Recommended for ages two and up.