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With the whole lead paint fiasco, I often worry about the toys that I purchase for my children. I would love to have all wooden toys in my home, but find that hard to accomplish. And although sadly most of the toys my children play with are plastic and made in China, I am definitely a huge fan of safe, wooden toys.
Dino Set
The wooden dinosaur set from Cheekeyes is perfect for my son. He has such a love for dinosaurs and I feel good knowing that the toy is safe. The wooden set is of high qualtiy and very attractive with a bright color going down the sides of each dinosaur.

Cheekeyes also offers other wooden sets: farm animals, African animals, forest animals and polar animals. There are also fun accessory sets, sold separately, to liven the play.

With his set, my son is able to enter his own imaginary world and bring his wooden dinosaurs to life through hours of play.
Zoo Animals

Cheekeyes are wonderfully handcrafted and stylish wooden toys, designed with passion and made from the finest wood available. Each set is colorful and unique, with a style unlike any wooden set we’ve seen.

Each figure is done in smooth hardwood, with minimal use of paint for the face and on the edges of the animal. Animals sport a distinctive red cheek and painted eye (reflected in their name, Cheekeyes)

Testers at the 2009 Oppenheim Toy Portfolio have bestowed Cheekeyes its prestigious Platinum Award for one of this year’s best preschool toys.

The Cheekeyes will inspire children to use their imaginations for hours of open ended play. Create a colorful menagerie right in your own home and collect them all!

For your animal lover, we have the perfect gift for this holiday season. We are giving away one wooden animal set of your choice to one lucky reader, retail value $29.99. Please note that the accessory sets with trees, rocks, volcanoes, fences and gates are sold separately.

Cheekeyes is also generously donating a set to our Under The Tree Program.
Here’s how to enter to win:

  1. See our Christmas Giveaway 2008 post to read more about
    participating in our Christmas Giveaway

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  2. Either link back to this post and include a Christmas Giveaway 2008 button in that post or on your sidebar, or link to the individual giveaways you choose to enter. We have a ton of different buttons and styles for you to choose from. Click here to get the button codes. (If you post and include the button, either in your post or on your sidebar, and link back here, you are good for all the giveaways. No more linking required.)
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  4. As always, non bloggers are welcome to participate! We understand you can’t link – but please spread the word to your friends via facebook, twitter, etc.
  5. Entries are open from Thursday, November 20th thru Friday, November 28th at 12pm EST.
  6. Our winner will be drawn randomly and we will announce the winner Monday, December 1st. Please make sure to check our site and your email address to see if you have won a prize. We must receive your reply within 5 business days. (If you want your prize to arrive in time — the sooner we hear from you, the better!)
  7. This contest is open to US shipping addresses. Due to legal restrictions, this promotion is not available in Arizona.
    Please see our site’s Terms and Conditions of Use for a complete list of our Contest and Giveaway Rules.

Reader Interactions


570 Comments

  16. I love how these are colored only on the edges. My daughter has a couple of tiny wooden animals, and she plays with them so much, she could use some really nice ones like these!

  22. These look like great toys! I love how only the edging is colored and not the whole thing. It gives it a neater look.

  24. We just love wooden toys around here. Animals are another fave, so we couldn’t go wrong with these sets!

  33. My 5yo has such a great imagination that toys like this are perfect for him. I love seeing him really play, instead of something entertaining him.

  34. The African Animals are CHARMING! 🙂 And, the company is admiringly conscientious in using wood for their animals and accompanying accessories.

  35. I too am a fan of safe toys with NO lead paint! This would be really fun to win.

    lilacflowers180 AT yahoo DOT com

  42. The Polar animals set is really cute, my son has had an interest in all things artic for awhile now! A great safe alternative too, astounding!

  43. My grandkids had wooden blocks and had so much fun with them… now it’s my great grandkids turn and winning these would be wonderful.
    Thanks.

  69. I’ve seen these at several sites online now and think they look great! I love the African Safari Animal set and think J would have a ball. Thanks!

  95. This would make a great gift for my sister who is expecting in the spring.

    owatz (AT) telus (DOT) net

  106. My four year old son would love the dino set. He is all about the dinosaurs! Thanks for the chance.

  109. I would love to win these and save them for my little one. or id give them to my nephew until he tired of them then save them haha.

  123. So CUTE! Love these~ I get your newsletter, I posted a blog, and have added a button to my sidebar. : )

  129. I can’t believe I almost missed this one when scrolling through! But I am linked, subscribed, and buttoned on the sidebars, so count me in!

  143. I LOVE giving my kids wooden toys (I wish more were sold!). I think the dino set is awesome, but I bet my kids would love the farm animals. A day doesn’t pass were Old MacDonald isn’t sung in our home!

  160. We were just talking about how Pufferfish should have a set of animals to play with! She loves making all the different animal noises and pointing at animals in books!

  177. Those are adorable! Count me in!

    After we tell you once that we subscribe to the newsletter and the feed and have posted a post and your button…. are we suppose to put it in every comment? I’m confused I think.

  179. I adore wooden toys. I’m a huge fan of melissa and doug and would love to try these out too.

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  187. These would be great stocking gifts for my grandchildren. Thanks for the giveaway.

    dlcwin AT gmail DOT com

  222. I love wooden toys. My son’s not really “into” anything, the way some kids can get obsessed. So I love toys that aren’t also advertising.

  242. As a subscriber, thank you for another great giveaway…the dinosaur set would be a treasure for our home.

  259. I think I would start with the farm animal set. Need to start thinking about gifts for grandson, although he really isn’t old enough for these yet–nothing like being proactive!

  263. I have been looking for toys for my granddaughter that aren’t like the things you pick up on the toy store shelves. These look perfect. Thanks.

  267. Wooden Dinosaur Animal Set from Cheekeyes is adorable. What a great way for the boys to use their imagination.

  276. I actually haven’t bought any plastic toys. The ones we have were gifts given to us! 🙂 There are quite a few wooden and stuffed toys out there, just gotta do the research… These animals are cute! I wonder how they see where they are going…;)

  279. Another great gift that my children would love. We’re trying to transform their room into a more natural space for them and wooden toys that you buy online can definitely get a bit expensive. Thank you once again for this opportunity!

  292. These are so nice. I have one young boy and another on the way this would be great for them.

  298. These look great. I love that they are wooden and would last for ages. My favorite is the Wooden Forest Animal Set. Thanks so much for this giveaway and I’m also a subscriber. Thanks.

  310. What cute toys. I try not to buy anything from China, but it is so hard! I’d love to win!
    Toni

  314. I love wooden toys. We have a nice set of blocks that we play with all the time, and I always stare at the cute wooden toys at the stores. So adorable.

  338. All these animal sets are fun. I see the Farm Animal Set, which would be my granddaughter’s pick, is sold out, but she’d also like the Polar Animals set.

  345. These bring back so many memories from when i was a child. Would love to bring that joy back, for my children

  355. My son is watching me do this and was growling at the toys, and is very excited…hopefully we can win these for him!!

  360. As a wife of a carpenter and wood worker who doesn’t have the time to do these sorts of things I think this is GREAT

  398. And we’d love to win a set of these – my daughter loves animals, I think we’d pick the forest animal set!

  431. My 3 year old son is so into animals right now. he would love these for sure. I like many mothers fear the lead paint which is why last year i threw a whole containers worth of plastic dinos and other animals out.

  451. My nephew LOVES dinosaurs! He would be so thrilled — and his mama is very consciencous about the toys he plays with.

  485. These are so cute. I’m a huge fan of the “old fashioned” tried and true toys, they’re simply classics!

  504. Those are such nice dinos! I love how wooden toys are regaining in popularity.
    Thanks for the opportunity.

  517. I’m a fan of wooden toys. I’ve been eyeing a set of blocks for Junior. He would love these.

  518. ohhh… these are just adorable!! My little guy would love the africa set!!

    Thanks so much for the great giveaway!!

  523. Aww these are so cute, and remind me of a set of toy wooden animals I had as a child.. I would love for my kids to have a set to enjoy as I did when I was little. Thanks for entering me.

  556. Oh man, my son would love these! His current obsession is dinosaurs, and his birthday is coming up! I’d love to win…..

  561. They look great! My son likes making his own wooden blocks with daddy, but they haven’t yet tackled making characters. I also subscribe

  567. Those are really great. The dinosaur set would bring my grandsons hours of fun. Thank you so much!