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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!
For ages 4+
Dimensions: approx. 25"L x 13"W x 1.25"D.
Click here to order replacement pucks.
Made by Rustik Games in Montreal, QC.
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.
Lanark County Road Trip 1008 Piece Puzzle
$29.95
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: 1008 unique shapes (if 1000 is good, 1008 is better!)
Finished Size: 68.6 x 48.3 cm (27" x 19")
Made by TheOccurrence in Haliburton, ON
Champion Sand Bag Game (Final Sale)
$69.95 $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.
These are available for in-store or curbside pick up only. Not eligible for Free Shipping. If you would like it shipped please contact us for shipping rates.
Euchre Count Box
from $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.
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.
These are available for in-store or curbside pick up only. Not eligible for Free Shipping. If you would like it shipped please contact us for shipping rates.
Great Canadian Cottage Puzzle Book
$18.95
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 Harper Collins in Toronto, ON
'namaxala in Conversation With Parliament 504 Piece Puzzle
$24.95 $27.95
The perfect family activity for when you are stuck inside over winter, family game night or for rainy days at the cottage.
‘namaxsala is inspired by a story told to the artist, Mary Anne Barkhouse, by her grandfather Fred Cook. In the story, her grandfather helps a wolf cross a treacherous piece of water in a boat, on the West coast of Canada. “My grandfather’s stories always offered an alternative view for considering the world around me,” the artist remembers. “And so, I relate one of them here, to help negotiate cooperation with the ‘other’ and inclusion of the wild.”
The photograph, taken by Michael J. Bainbridge captures Barkhouse’s installation, locked in a perpetual gaze with Parliament. In the image, we also see the flags on Parliament Hill at half mast in recognition of the unmarked graves across the country of residential school children that never came home.
This deceptively simple image evokes a shared fate and highlights our need for critical introspection as a country.
‘namaxala is a Kwakwala word meaning ‘to travel in a boat together’. The sculpture of 'namaxsala can be seen and admired in person at the Canadian Museum of History in Gatineau, Quebec.
Mary Anne Barkhouse is an Indigenous artist belonging to the ‘Namgis band of the Kwakwaka’wakw First Nation of British Columbia. She currently resides in the Haliburton Highlands of Ontario.
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
Classic Cribbage Game (Final Sale)
$29.95 $39.95
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.
Red Canoe 504 Piece Puzzle
$24.95 $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
Fishes Of The Great Lakes 504 Piece Puzzle
$24.95 $27.95
The perfect family activity for when you are stuck inside over winter, family game night or for rainy days at the cottage.
Ichthyology is the branch of zoology devoted to the study of fish. Lesser known fact, between 333 and 322 BC, Aristotle provided the earliest taxonomic classification of fish, describing 117 species. Luckily for us, Emily S. Damstra is a living Ontario artist and illustrator whose work explores many facets of nature as well as ichthyology. This collage includes some of her Great Lakes watershed fish illustrations, many of which appear in the book "Guide to Great Lakes Fishes" by Gerald R. Smith.
Emily Damstra is a Canadian artist who lives and paints in Guelph, Ontario. Emily finds satisfaction in observing, celebrating, and sharing the details of nature through drawing and painting. Emily's work can be found in many other publications and on coins in Canada and in the USA.
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
Wooden Strategy Game - Strata
$34.95
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.
Kids Canada Puzzle
$24.95
Let children discover the rich culture of Canada with this educational map puzzle. Parents and children can play together and celebrate Canada's birthday every year! Made using medium-density fiberboard, cardboard, and paper.
Appropriate for children aged 4 and up.
Dimensions approximately 30cm x 20cm x 1cm
Made by The Toy Maker of Lunenburg in Hatchet Lake, Nova Scotia.
Wooden Pop Spinning Top
from $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.
Recommended for Ages 8+
Caution: Item contains small parts and may present a choking hazard. Not suitable for children under age 3.
Made by The Toy Maker of Lunenburg in Hatchet Lake, Nova Scotia.
Word-Cross Game
$49.95
Fun for the whole family! This classic scrabble word game helps your kids supplement their reading and spelling practices.
It is a game for 2-4 players. The object of the game is to make words from letter tiles. The point value of the letter tile and the additional letter/word score indicators on the board can be used to score points.
You can use these Rules or define your own to suit your needs.
Made from hardwood.
Appropriate for children aged 5 and up.
Caution: Item contains small parts and may present a choking hazard. Not suitable for children under age 3.
Dimensions (cm): 32 x 27 x 1.5
Made by The Toy Maker of Lunenburg in Hatchet Lake, Nova Scotia.
Cribbage Travel Game
$14.95 $16.95
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.
1-Minute Crosswords: 250 Puzzles for Everyone
$14.99
Carry your favourite puzzle in your pocket!
Steal a minute for some quick, on-the-go fun! Enjoy 250 mini crosswords in a range of difficulties, organized from easy to hard, and written for Canadians of all ages. Start off with a warm-up puzzle, then move on to more challenging ones—including word scrambles. Grab a pencil and make the most of every minute!
336 pages of puzzle fun
Measures approx 11.73 x 15.24 cm
Made by Dan Liebman and Duncan McKenzie in Ontario
Ottawa Byward Market 1000 Piece Puzzle
$34.95
Ottawa's Byward Market is full of life in this bustling 1000-piece puzzle, featuring famous landmarks like the Beavertails stand, the Byward Market building, Parliament, the National Gallery and the Alexandra Bridge. It also has hints of Market mainstays like the Lapointe Fish market and Mercury Lounge.
Product Details:
- 1000 pieces
- Size: 19 1/4" x 26 5/8"
- Puzzle board and box board are made from 100% recycled material and are 100% recyclable
- Printed with soy-based inks
- No shrink wrap to minimize plastic use
- Puzzle pieces sealed in a recyclable bag
Designed in Toronto by The Paperhood
Baseball Travel Game
$14.95 $16.95
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.
Wooden Ball and Bat Game
$4.95
Get the ball through the hole. A classic game of skill based on the traditional game of Bilboquet.
It looks simple enough: pick up the paddle, gently swing the ball in an arc and have it fall through the hole in the other end of the paddle.
However, it is a great test of hand-eye coordination. It takes much more subtlety than is anticipated. After you practice for a while you can definitely get it in the hole much more often.
Makes a great party favour, desk toy or stocking stuffer.
Appropriate for children aged 3 and up
Dimensions approximately 8" x 1.5"
Made by Thorpe Toys in Waterloo, Ontario.
Heaven On the Hangdog Channel 1008 Piece Puzzle
$29.95
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: 1008 unique shapes (if 1000 is good, 1008 is better!)
Finished Size: 68.6 x 48.3 cm (27" x 19")
Made by TheOccurrence in Haliburton, ON
Walking Waters Heron 506 Piece Puzzle
$28.95
The perfect family activity for when you are stuck inside over winter, family game night or for rainy days at the cottage.
This beautiful image of a Heron is based on an original painting by the Muskoka based artist J Claveau.
Piece Count: 506 unique shapes (if 500 is good, 506 is better!)
Finished Size: 20" x 20"
Made by TheOccurrence in Haliburton, ON
Cribbage Board Game
from $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.
Magnetic Marble Brain Teaser Game
$12.95
The marble brain teaser seems simple but it's a little more challenging than it looks. All you have to do is place the six magnetic marbles on the board. Are you up for the challenge?
A great fidget toy for kids and adults, and for anyone suffering from anxiety.
**Magnetic Marbles come in a variety of colours and will be selected at random**
Caution: Item contains small parts and may present a choking hazard. Not suitable for children under age 3.
- Made from hardwood
- Recommended for Ages 8+
- Dimensions (cm): 26 x 11 x 12
Made by The Toy Maker of Lunenburg in Hatchet Lake, Nova Scotia.
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