Made to Measure

Say good-bye to the door frame: Mark the growing of your child from birth – out on the colourful Made 2 Measure yardstick – wherever you stay.

Folding Rule • Beech, brass rivet, plastic clip • Drilling for mounting

Size: 1.6x200 cm

Available from Third Drawer Down.

$28.00

Vintage Baby Blocks

Vintage cowboys, aeroplanes, blues, greens and oranges make this set of blocks a must for your little guy!

This is a set of 6 adorable wooden baby blocks. Each block measures approximately 1 1/2".

***The wood used to make the blocks is non-treated and chemical-free! They were sanded for safety and then coated with non toxic, non flammable sealant for durability and sheen. To clean: use a damp cloth and soft, gentle strokes. As always, children should be supervised while playing with this and all other toys. Although these blocks were coated with non toxic sealant, they are not suitable for teething.

Available from Etsy shop, Lena and Lovely.

US$24 plus postage

Other designs available below.

Wooden Star Wands

Great for birthday parties or lots of imaginative fun!  These wands are perfect for little hands. Whether your little one is pretending to be a fairy, elf, or princess, this wand is the perfect fit!

This five pack of wands can be in the colours of your choosing (red, orange, yellow, green, or blue).

The star measures 3" and the complete length of the wand is 12 inches.

The wands are made from sustainably harvested wood, AP Certified non-toxic paint, and the homemade natural wood polish is made from beeswax, jojoba oil, and essential oils. Perfect and safe for little hands!

Available from Etsy shop, Imagination Kids.

US$27 plus US$9.50 postage to Australia

Single wands also available for US$6.

Sevi Dollhouse

Sevi's Big Doll house comes with all the accessories shown! Colours abound in this fantastic wooden doll house. The first floor features an open concept living space. Stairs and a ladder lead to two top floor bedrooms and bathroom. Spend some time basking in the sun on the roof top deck or throw a backyard picnic party with the outdoor living room complete with a barbeque.

Sevi furniture does not disappoint with modern curves and mod colours and patterns. The Sevi family can relax in front of the T.V. or have a firelit dinner in the central dining room. Create a winter feast in the kitchen or fire up the barbeque on a warm summer's night. Upstairs, wash up in the blue and bubble themed washroom. The hi-tech kid's room has a computer and mom and dad's room coems with a great skylight and extendable rooftop deck.

All Sevi toys are child and eco-friendly, made with solid hardwood and painted with safe dye finish. The high quality of Sevi Toys makes them wonderful keepsakes to be kept in the family and passed on.

Available from Rainbow Puppen.

$440

Marble Sounding Tree

Drop a marble down the tree and watch it weave through the leaves one by one creating beautiful sounds as it falls.  Great for developing hand-eye co-ordination this beautiful tree is made in Poland from eco-friendly timbers, natural plant dyes and finished with flax seed oil.  Comes with a set of 6 marbles.

Available from Honeybee Toys.

$136.00

Alphabet Block Sets

There are few skills that are more beneficial than being polyglot (maybe juggling). And we're sure you've heard that the best time to learn multiple languages is when you're a child. It's obviously too late for you, old-timer, but at least you can put your wee geek on the train to being multilingual! Let's whip those kiddies into super intercommunicatory shape! (We can't trust NASA to perfect Universal Translator technology by the time they're old enough to join Starfleet, now can we?) .


Language Blocks are the perfect tool for helping children learn languages in a fun and classic way. No need for virtual amusement when you have these all-natural, kiln dried blocks made from pure Michigan Basswood (take a whiff, 100% midwest goodness). Each set contains words and letters with corresponding illustrations that teach meanings and/or pronunciations. In addition to obtaining lingual competence, they are also great for developing a child's motor skills and giving them a grasp of natural physics.

The ability to communicate with different people all across the globe (and beyond) is something that should be endlessly encouraged!

Available in the following sets -

• Chinese Language
• Egyptian Hieroglyphics
• Japanese Language
• Sign Language
• Braille

Purchase from Think Geek.

US$37.99

Baby & Toddler Swing

This Solvej swing is an exclusive and attractive baby swing for the home environment, skilfully crafted with top quality materials. The timeless and natural design makes this swing blend nicely into any environment, modern – old, indoors – outdoors.

You can easily convert this baby swing, when your toddler is around 2 ½ years old, into a toddler swing with domes on the leg-divider. This makes the swing suitable from 6-months to 6 years (40kg/88lbs.) The unusually long period you and your child can use this swing makes it excellent value for money.

This swing is made from weather proof materials, natural durable timber, rot proof canvas and stainless steel fittings so you can use it outdoors.

Carbine hooks and screw eyes make it very easy for you to move the swing so you can use it indoors as well.

It is an extremely safe swing for your baby with its safety belt and closed hooks & screw eyes. The beads are coloured with non-toxic paint. The rope is a 10mm soft colour coordinated high performance marine braid.

The swing packs down flat making it convenient for you to transport or store.

You can choose from six standard colours;
Green, Red, Blue, Merino White, Soft Linen and Classic Taupe 

All these features plus a 9 year replacement guarantee for broken and worn out components makes this swing a great investment for you and your child.

Available from Bebe Online.

$219.95

Rainstick Tower

This beautifully crafted wooden Rainstick is great for catching your baby’s attention.

Turn the tower upside down and watch the colorful balls falling down. This toy can also be introduced when baby is learning to crawl.

A unique and stimulating toy for your baby and toddler.

Designed and manufactured by an Australian company. This stunning toy is crafted from eco friendly plantation rubberwood and finished with all natural beeswax and beads with non-toxic, child safe paints.

Size: W 8cm X L 8cm X H 23cm

Ages: 6 months - 4 years

Available from Eco Toys.

$28.95 plus $8.95 shipping

Market Stand and Shop

Your child will have so much fun filling the wooden trays with delicious fruit and vegetables and playing shop.

This large market & shop stand comes with 2 handles so it can be pushed around if needed and has a table top to dispay products or even do some chopping and preparing food.

It also has six wooden removable crates that can be stacked and used for storing pretend play food.

A great toy which can be used to introduce basic maths, money and for practising how to buy items from a real shop.

This beautifully crafted market stand is extremely sturdy and made to a very high quality. It has been built to last many generations of play and will bring much lots of imaginative play into your home!

Made from sustainable, plantation rubberwood.

Size 40 x 72 x 115cm height

*Accessories & food not included

Available from Eco Toys.

$360 plus $15 shipping

See full Babyology review here.

Wooden Rocking Horse

Your children will love this adorable rocking horse.  With its beautiful finish and natural tones it will become a treasured toy.

Dimensions: 58cm H x 78cm L.
For children aged 18 months +

Available from Tree Frog Toys.

$149.95

BB Blocks

The perfect way of documenting your children or pet’s age in photographs.  Makes a great gift for baby showers, first time parents or new pet owners.

Each set of BB Blocks includes 3 Blocks:

2 Number Blocks (number combinations 1 through 29 are possible)

1 Weeks/Month/Years Block

 

Available direct from BB Blocks.

US$40 plus shipping

See full Babyology review here.

Wooden Jigsaw Puzzle

DwellStudio believe good design is important for even the youngest members of your family.

New for 2010 - A timeless toy, done DwellStudio style!

A classic wooden puzzle that brings DwellStudio's signature patterns to life in a whole new way.
Details:

• jigsaw puzzle - signs
• 100% solid wood
• meets all safety testing standards
• dimensions - 12" x 9" (30cm x 22cm)
• ages - 3 years and up

Availabe from The Infant Boutique.

$21.00

Wooden Toy Stacker

Lovely whirling, twirling wooden toy stacker. Wonderful first gift for baby or toddler. A handsome, durable, heirloom classic for little hands. Beautiful, tactile shapes and teether for baby to explore.

Handcrafted with care of locally, harvested maple and reclaimed mahogany. Sanded buttery smooth, then finished with a food-grade, non-toxic oil. Wonderful satin sheen that shows off the natural wood grain.

Stands approximately 6.5 inches tall. Base 3.5 inch square. Pinwheel rings measure between 3.5inches and 2.5 inches in diameter.

Availabe from Etsy shop prettydreamer.

US$38.00 plus US$13.00 shipping to Australia.

Wooden Music Box

A delightful suprise is awaiting when you pull the flower......the music starts and the little stem and flower become one again!

A beautiful keepsake.....something special for a christening or birth gift.

Also available in a Snowman and Apple with worm.

Available from Ball and Skittle.

$85

Peg Board Toy

+ Walnut, Maple and Cherry wood lightly finished with local beeswax and organic jojoba oil

+ Nine pegs 3/4" in diameter, 3.5", 4", and 4.5" in length, three in each length and color

+ Base 7" x 7" and 1" thick, holes .75" deep

+ Quality hardwood sanded smooth with rounded corners

Available from little sapling toys' Etsy Shop

US$22.00

Skateboard Tops

Approximately 1 3/4" in diameter and 2" tall.

Crafted of the wood from three recycled skateboard decks, each top equals 21 layers of colorful spinning ply! Each one is unique as the colors and graphics vary.

Available from boardgames' Etsy Shop

US$12.00 each

Animal Cubes

A vertical block puzzle that consists of 12 cubes. The cubes contain pictures of heads, bodies or legs that can be stacked on top of each other to create animals.

Your child will delight instacking the pieces in a vertical fashion to create real or imaginary animals.

See what an animal with a cow's head, a giraffe's body and a bear's legs would look like!

12 Colour Animal Cubes is another quality product from French company Djeco.

Available from Quirky Kids Online.

$33.45

Sevi Memory Game

Memory Games have always been a popular choice for little ones but world renowned Italian toy manufacturer Sevi has cleverly elevated the standard memory game to a higher level.

- A 10" game board (basically shaped like a giant flower press)
This eliminates the need for a large amount of space (unlike conventional card memory games where cards are clumsily scattered on the floor) as well as making it unnecessary for children to maneouvre around and reach for cards that are far away from their limited arm span

- Six interchangeable printed sheets that each have 10 memory picture pairs so that a different form of memory can be played with each game
The six sheets are designed with varying degrees of difficulty (sheets with a variety of different objects, sheets where the objects are the same but are on different coloured backgrounds to sheets with the same objects that are both coloured differently and are on different coloured backgrounds) making this memory game challenging for many years of play.
As an added bonus, individual sheets can be rotated to any of four orientations, so there is really no memorizing of where items are in relation to one another (except of course if your child is a savant!)

- The construction of the game board itself in readiness for play provides some valuable manipulative skills practice (putting the cover plate and selected sheet on the red pegs before concealing object positions with the daisy pegs)

- Rather than keeping cards when a match is successfully made, you keep the cute daisy pegs instead!

This delightful Memory Game is compelling enough that children will love playing it by themselves or against any challengers.

Whilst it tests the cognitive abilities of a child, like any standard memory game, this unique version of an old time favourite will also help children learn about colours, figures, structures and quantities.

Beautifully handcrafted and hand painted in stunningly vibrant colours (with non-toxic paints of course!) this is an heirloom quality toy that is sure to appeal.  Sturdily made with high quality solid wood (Sevi's 180 year old reputation relies on it!), its innovative design is sure to impress even the most discerning parents and little ones.

A wonderful gift for anyone looking for something that is just that little bit different and just that bit special!
Available from Quirky Kids Online.

$84.95

See full Babyology review here.

Iconic Toy Tram

Make Me Iconic's Toy Tram is coming soon, just in time for Christmas.  More details to come.

The Toy Tram will be available direct from Make Me Iconic.

$90

Available early December but orders can be taken now.



Bead Roller Coaster

Available from Ikea, this bead roller coaster develops fine motor skills and logical thinking.

$19.99