Puzzling

I found this puzzle, for those aged five and over, at a nearby discount book store. After seeing this, I will be paying more attention when I am shopping for puzzles to find those that are made in USA.

Menards

Menards makes it somewhat easy to find made in USA products in their home improvement stores.
Every few weeks they run a made in USA flyer that lists pages of products made here.
They also have some labeling on the shelves for items made in USA.

I know they carry several rugs and door mats manufactured here, but I was delighted to find this fun number with an owl on it during my last visit.
When in the store, you can also find American-made toys, housewares and more. I recently even saw an apartment-sized stove in the store with a made in USA label on it.

Harbor Freight Tools

 If you are familiar with Harbor Freight Tools, you might think of it as a place that sells a lot of cheap tools made in China. And you might be correct.
However, in just a short minute I managed to find two products made in USA in the store, which made me wonder how many more items stocked there might be made here.
Harbor Freight currently has more than 350 brick and mortar stores.
While shopping at our local store last weekend, I noticed a toy called the Arrowcopter Toy, touted as being able to soar 300 feet. On the front of the package was a U.S. flag under which appeared Made in the United States.
At an end cap display I also noticed a two gallon plastic gasoline can with a U.S. flag on the label with the familiar Made in USA text appearing underneath.
Many times while shopping in so-called "dollar stores" I have also seen merchandise made in USA. It just goes to show, it pays to check labels no matter where you go.

Cunningham's Puzzles

In searching for made in USA gift items for my nieces, I discovered Cunningham's jigsaw puzzles.
The puzzles are hand made out of wood in animal shapes. They carry jungle animals, farm animals, water animals, dogs and more.

My niece is currently a fan of farm animals, so I decided on a pig puzzle for $30.
My order arrived shortly, packaged in a padded envelope proudly decorated with a made in USA sticker. And yes, even the sticker was made in USA.
The puzzle was of very nice quality, complete with curly tail.
I gave the puzzle to my niece last week as a birthday gift and hope she has fun with it and that it will make a nice long lasting keepsake.

Soft AND doughy

Looking for Christmas gifts for some wee ones last year I discovered Mary's Softdough. It's a non-crumbly modeling dough packed in a recyclable plastic tub made in the USA in rainbow hues of red, yellow, green, blue and purple. The product is made by Terrapin Toys designed and manufactured in Eugene, Oregon.
If you can't find it in stores, I have seen it on Amazon and Nico & Zoe Toys, which, by the way, has a made in USA toy section on their site. Look for a link in their sidebar.