Melissa & Doug Blockables are linkable, stackable, and playable solid wood building blocks, perfect for little hands and big imaginations; special connectors let kids 2 and older easily snap together smooth, colourful blocks to create fun woodland animals to play with, or combine to build their own silly characters and cool creations Woodland Friends Play Set Includes 9 wooden blocks, 6 connectors, felt porcupine spikes with built-in connector, and illustrated instructions for putting together a racoon, bear, fox, and porcupine Woodland Friends is a great starter set or add-on to any Blockables collection -- it's compatible with all other Blockables play sets; patent pending Like all Melissa & Doug toys, Blockables are designed to promote and support important developmental benefits for kids: They encourage fine motor, problem-solving, and matching skills, introduce storytelling, and help build self-esteem as kids build and create their own toys again and again Makes a great gift or sustainable party favour for preschool and older girls and boys, ages 2 to 7, for hands-on, screen-free play