Games
Hand-Turned Spinning Top
$6.95
They even spin upside down! Each top is different in size and shape - making them one-of-a-kind and collectible. They are formed by hand-turning hardwoods (such as Zebrawood and Birdseye Maple) on a lathe.
These are great desk toys and provide endless entertainment for kids and adults alike. Buy four and have a family battle on the maple spinning board which can be purchased here.
Protect your spinning top with wood wax that can be purchased here.
Sold individually.
Measures approx. 1-2" diameter
Made by Within the Grain in Ottawa, Ontario.
This item is handcrafted from wood, slight variations are to be expected and admired.
Playing Cards
$9.95
These full colour, made in Canada playing cards are an excellent way to pass the time during a rainy camping trip and are a great souvenir to take home. They showcase 52 must-visit national parks from across Canada.
Official poker size (2.5” wide x 3.5” tall)
This item is part of Parks Canada official merchandise, meaning every purchase supports national parks, historic sites and marine conservation areas.
Made by Parks Canada in Toronto, ON.
The merchandise program was created by Parks Canada to help raise awareness, appreciation and support for Parks Canada's ongoing efforts to protect and preserve our natural and historic treasures on behalf of current and future generations
Made by Parks Canada in Laval, Quebec
With every purchase we make a donation to #CraftChange.
Fast Sling Puck Board Game
$59.95
Who will be the fastest? The goal of this board game is to slingshot all your pucks through the hatch as quickly as possible, before your opponent gets theirs through the hatch. The rules are you can only use one hand and the pucks can only be propelled through using the elastic. To start a round, each player claps, and away you go!
Dimensions: approx. 25"L x 13"W x 1.25"D.
Click here to order replacement pucks.
Made by Rustik Games in Montreal, QC.
With every purchase made we make a donation to #CraftChange.
Euchre Count Box
$64.95
Want an alternative to using 5's or 2's & 3's to keep score? Do you ever forget what is Trump? This euchre box will solve all your problems. Each team has two pegs, one for scoring and one for games won, and the fifth peg is for the suit. Pass this box to the dealer to remember whose turn it is to deal.
Don't forgot to take a peek inside to see the funny quote! Or, if the quote is a little too cheeky for you, grab one that is plain on the inside.
Click here to add a deck of playing cards from Parks Canada to your order so you will be ready to play!
Caution: Item contains small parts and may present a choking hazard. Not suitable for children under age 3.
Dimensions: Approx. 5.5" L x 4" W x 1.25" D
Because this item is handcrafted, slight variations are to be expected and admired.
Great Canadian Cottage Puzzle Book (Final Sale)
$15.99 $18.99
Perfect for long afternoons and rainy days, The Great Canadian Cottage Puzzle Book is packed with family fun: word searches, crosswords, word ladders, quizzes and much more. Puzzles feature Canadian clues and use Canadian spelling and references. With trivia, unique Canadian place names, and tips to make the most of a cottaging day, The Great Canadian Cottage Puzzle Book is a must for every Canadian family.
378 pages of puzzle fun
Measures approx 9" x 7.75" x 1"
Made by Collins in Toronto, ON
With every purchase we make a donation to #CraftChange.
Wooden Pop Spinning Top (Final Sale)
$4.95 $5.95
Pop tops, when spun fast, will turn over and "pop" on their stem! Available in blue, green and red. Spinning tops made from hardwood.
Sold individually. If ordering online, please select your colour preference.
Appropriate for children aged 8 and up.
Dimensions approximately 4cm x 4cm x 2cm.
Made by The Toy Maker of Lunenburg in Hatchet Lake, Nova Scotia.
With every purchase we make a donation to #CraftChange.
Crokinole & Checkers 2 in 1 Board Game
$89.95
Crokinole is a dexterity board game similar in various ways to pitchnut, carrom, marbles, shove ha'penny, knipsbrat, with elements of shuffleboard and curling reduced to table-top size.
The goal of the game is to gain points by shooting discs into the highest scoring rings on the board. Great for the whole family!
Dimensions: approx. 28" x 28" x 2"
Made by Rustik Games in Montreal, QC.
With every purchase made we make a donation to #CraftChange.
Cribbage Travel Game
$14.95
Cribbage is one of the most popular games in the English speaking world! Have you played yet? It's a card game where you try to be the first person to score 121 points. This travel size crib board can be taken anywhere!
Click here to add a deck of playing cards from Parks Canada to your order so you will be ready to play!
Appropriate for children aged 8 and up.
Caution: Item contains small parts and may present a choking hazard. Not suitable for children under age 3.
Dimensions: approx. 9" x 9" x 2"
Made by Rustik Games in Montreal, QC.
With every purchase made we make a donation to #CraftChange.
Cribbage Board Game
$69.95
Cribbage is one of the most popular games in the English speaking world! Have you played yet? It's a card game where you try to be the first person to score 121 points.
This crib board comes in a portable size, but can also be hung on the wall. It comes in a colourful carry bag, making it the perfect accessory to take to the cottage or a friends place for Games Night.
Caution: Item contains small parts and may present a choking hazard. Not suitable for children under age 3.
Dimensions: approx. 11.5" x 11.5"
Made by Westcoast Games in Port Alberni, British Columbia.
With every purchase made we make a donation to #CraftChange.
Classic Cribbage Game
$34.95
Fun for the whole family! The classic game of cribbage helps children learn the new common core math.
The crib board comes with 6 metal pegs that can be stored inside the board on the side.
Made from hardwood.
Click here to add a deck of playing cards from Parks Canada to your order so you will be ready to play!
Appropriate for children aged 8 and up.
Caution: Item contains small parts and may present a choking hazard. Not suitable for children under age 3.
Dimensions approximately 35cm x 12cm x 2cm
Made by The Toy Maker of Lunenburg in Hatchet Lake, Nova Scotia.
Baseball Travel Game
$14.95
Always wishing you're at the old ball game? This 2-player baseball game is for you!
Goal of the game: Roll the dice, move your pegs, score innings. The player who scores the most in each inning wins that inning, the player that wins the most innings wins the game. If a player wins 5 innings the game is over.
Dimensions: approx. 9" x 9" x 2"
Made by Rustik Games in Montreal, QC.
With every purchase made we make a donation to #CraftChange.
Wooden Strategy Game - Strata
$24.95
This two-player game is like a 3D version of Tic-Tac-Toe or 4-in-a-row. Folds down for easy storage and stacking. Made from hardwood.
Appropriate for children aged 8 and up.
Dimensions approximately 19cm x 14cm x 4cm
Directions:
- Insert 14 wooden posts into game board. Players choose colours and decide who will start.
- The starting player places one of their beads on a post of their choice. Players alternate turns, placing one bead of their own colour on a post, aiming to be the first to complete a row of 4 beads of their colour, horizontally, vertically or diagonally.
- In some cases, all 28 beads might be placed on posts without a row of 4 (of one colour) being completed. If so, play continues alternately moving one bead of their own colour to another post. Only the top bead on any post may be moved.
- Play continues until one player completes a row of 4 beads of their colour.
Made by The Toy Maker of Lunenburg in Hatchet Lake, Nova Scotia.
With every purchase we make a donation to #CraftChange.
Champion Sand Bag Game
$79.95
Who will be able to land their bean bag in right corn hole? This is a classic family game for both outdoor and indoor play. Gather around and try to out aim each other.
Great for helping children improve fine-motor skills.
Game includes:
- 1 x board with built in stand
- 6 x sandbags
Made for Ages 6 to Adult. Sometimes known as Cornhole.
Box Dimensions: approx. 26"L x 16"W x 3"D.
Made by Rustik Games in Montreal, QC.
With every purchase made we make a donation to #CraftChange.
Log Toss Lawn Game
$99.95
Log Toss is a rustic Canadian twist, inspired by the popular Finnish game Molkky or Kyykka, a centuries old throwing game. It's made from reclaimed fallen cedar, maple, and other Canadian woods, with live edges to make the game more interesting. It comes in a reclaimed wood crate with soft rope carry handles.
This game is fun for the whole family, ideal for 2 to 6 players, or you can play as teams for bigger groups. The players use a throwing pin (the Log) to try to knock over wooden pins, which are marked with numbers from 1 to 10. Knocking over one pin scores the amount of points that is marked on the respective pin. Knocking over two or more pins scores the number of pins that were knocked over.
After each throw, the pins are stood up again in the exact location where they landed. The first one to reach exactly 50 points wins the game. If a player scores more than 50 points, the player's score is set back to 25 points. A player that misses all of the target pins three times in a row is eliminated from the game.
Each game is one-of-a-kind with minor cracks and live edge shape to the wood. Please contact us if any of your pieces break from use within the first year.
Dimensions: approx. 16" x 14" x 6"
These are available for in-store or curbside pick up only.
Not eligible for Free Shipping. If you'd like to purchase Log Toss but live outside Ottawa, please contact hello@makerhouse.com for shipping rates.
Made by Maker House in Ottawa, ON.
With every purchase made we make a donation to #CraftChange.
Lanark County Road Trip Puzzle
$27.95
The perfect family activity for when you are stuck inside over winter, family game night or for rainy days at the cottage.
For as long as there have been road-trips, kids have been doing their part by proudly announcing passing road signs to the adult behind the wheel. These lowly sentinels hold vital information that is faithfully proclaimed from the catbird seat in order to avoid catastrophe as the road unfurls ahead. Local Traffic Only! Windy? Don’t Light! Brake for Snakes! Join us on this road-trip through the Maple Syrup Capital of Ontario. Sweet Corn Ahead! Welcome to Lanark County.
Stunning photographs and design by Micheal Bainbridge, reproduced in vivid wide-gamut colour, and mounted on genuine Eska board.
Piece Count: 504 unique shapes (if 500 is good, 504 is better!)
Finished Size: 42.0 x 59.4 cm (16.5 x 23.4")
Made by TheOccurrence in Haliburton, ON
With every purchase we make a donation to #CraftChange.
240 Piece Puzzle - Canada Flag in The Rockies (Final Sale)
$19.95 $24.95
The perfect family activity for when you are stuck inside over winter, or for rainy days at the cottage.
Made for Maker House by Piece by Piece Puzzle Co. in Black Creek, BC
With every purchase we make a donation to #CraftChange.
Red Canoe by Kurt Swinghammer Puzzle
$27.95
The perfect family activity for when you are stuck inside over winter, family game night or for rainy days at the cottage.
Kurt Swinghammer is a Toronto based artist and musician. His modern take on an iconic subject, The Red Canoe, is an ongoing series of large-scale acrylic paintings that explore receding colour relationships within a repeated composition. He has created animations for Buffy Sainte-Marie and Bruce Cockburn, illustrated a children’s book of Stompin Tom Connor’s songs, composed music for The Nature Of Things, and art directed the Let Your Back Bone Slide video by Maestro Fresh Wes. He has released a dozen albums of his own music and his work is represented in the Permanent Collection of The Canada Council Art Bank.
Piece Count: 504 unique shapes (if 500 is good, 504 is better!)
Finished Size: 42.0 x 59.4 cm (16.5 x 23.4")
Made by TheOccurrence in Haliburton, ON
With every purchase we make a donation to #CraftChange.
Heaven On the Hangdog Channel by Wendy Wood Puzzle
$27.95
The perfect family activity for when you are stuck inside over winter, family game night or for rainy days at the cottage.
The Hangdog Channel is nestled in the world’s largest chain of freshwater islands. Rock faces scraped bare from the wind, twisted white pine, and the wide, wild water of the 30,000 islands are woven into the Canadian identity. The rugged beauty of the Canadian Shield requests the observer to be still, and listen to the heavenly chorus of nature.
Wendy Wood is a Canadian landscape artist who lives and paints in the Haliburton Highlands of Ontario. When she’s not painting, she weaves, makes maple syrup and likes to do puzzles.
Reproduced in vivid wide-gamut colour, and mounted on genuine Eska board.
Piece Count: 504 unique shapes (if 500 is good, 504 is better!)
Finished Size: 42.0 x 59.4 cm (16.5 x 23.4")
Made by TheOccurrence in Haliburton, ON
With every purchase we make a donation to #CraftChange.
Motorcycle - DIY Kit
$29.95
Create an exciting model of a Motorcycle! Make it yourself, or get the entire family involved.
Thanks to the Matchitecture technique, it's now possible to complete these incredible DIY projects in which you can take pride. Starting with a single element, the microbeam, you'll watch these amazing constructions come together right before your very eyes.
Each model is built with wood sticks called microbeams, which are cut, stuck and joined according to the detailed plans. Follow the instruction pages in order to build your masterpiece.
Every part of the construction is assembled directly on the acetate sheet provided, keeping the mess to a minimum.
Kit includes microbeams, cutting tool, glue and instructions.
For intermediate model builders age 14 and over
Click here to purchase extra glue, or click here to purchase additional Microbeams
Box Dimensions: 10" x 6.5" x 3"
Microbeam Dimensions: 26 x 49.2 x 17 cm
Warning: This is not a toy. Keep out of the reach of young children: contains small pieces which could be swallowed. This kit is not recommended for children younger than 14 years of age.
Assembled in Canada by Matchitecture in Montreal, QC.
Fast Sling Puck Refills
$7.45
Just in case your game of sling puck gets so uncontrollably exuberant that all of a sudden you are down a puck or two. Not to worry, we've got you covered with this pack of puck refills. Game on!
Each package has 10 pucks.
Click here to order a Sling Puck Board Game.
Made by Rustik Games in Montreal, QC.
With every purchase made we make a donation to #CraftChange.
Country House - DIY Kit
$59.95
Yep, you can build this beautiful country house, in your house, out of 1,050 match sticks! Make it yourself, or get the entire family involved.
Thanks to the Matchitecture technique, it's now possible to complete these incredible DIY projects in which you can take pride. Starting with a single element, the microbeam, you'll watch these amazing constructions come together right before your very eyes.
Each model is built with wood sticks called microbeams, which are cut, stuck and joined according to the detailed plans. Follow the instruction pages in order to build your masterpiece.
Every part of the construction is assembled directly on the acetate sheet provided, keeping the mess to a minimum.
Kit includes microbeams, cutting tool, glue and instructions.
For intermediate model builders age 14 and over
Click here to purchase extra glue, or click here to purchase additional Microbeams
Box Dimensions: 13" x 10.5" x 3.5"
Microbeam Dimensions: 57mm x 2.25"
Warning: This is not a toy. Keep out of the reach of young children: contains small pieces which could be swallowed. This kit is not recommended for children younger than 14 years of age.
Assembled in Canada by Matchitecture in Montreal, QC.
With every purchase made we make a donation to #CraftChange.
Microbeams Refill - DIY Kit
$24.95
Matchitecture is a new construction hobby concept using only microbeams (also called match sticks).
This box contains 2000 microbeams and is an add-on / refill kit that you can use with whichever model you happen to be working on. Simply cut and glue according to plans.
Thanks to the Matchitecture technique, it's now possible to complete incredible DIY projects in which you can take pride. Starting with a single element, the microbeam, you'll create amazing constructions.
Matchitecture is an easy and exciting technique: you simply need to cut and glue Microbeams together, according to the plans.
Cut - Glue - Assemble
Click here to view model options available.
Box Dimensions: 10.5" x 8" x 3"
Microbeam Dimensions: 57mm x 2.25"
Warning: This is not a toy. Keep out of the reach of young children: contains small pieces which could be swallowed. This kit is not recommended for children younger than 14 years of age.
Assembled in Canada by Matchitecture in Montreal, QC.
With every purchase made we make a donation to #CraftChange.