Five Wooden Toys That Both Parents and Children Will Love
From little, handheld toys to life-size playhouses, we’ve rounded up the best wooden toys for your family. Each of these are beautifully crafted from wood and built to grow your child’s imagination. But what we love most about them is that they’re also built with parents in mind.
Some are beautifully designed to fit your home, others will spark conversations with your little ones. There’s even one that’s purposely built larger in size so you can play too. We love each of these toys for different reasons, but mostly because we believe play is best enjoyed together.
All Circles - Mountain Top Playbox
Enjoy the perfect wooden toy climber with All Circles’ Mountain Top play system. Comprising three of their bestselling play pieces, the Mountain Top provides a challenging terrain for children ages 2 to 9 years old. Your child can explore and interact with this playbox in many different ways - from climbing and sliding, to balancing, crawling and jumping. It encourages unstructured free play, imagination and creativity. And the best part? It was built to have a minimal footprint and easy storage. While other playsets can feel clunky inside your home, this was designed to blend in perfectly with your interior.
Solobo Emotions Coin Drop
This Montessori-inspired wooden toy opens up conversations between you and your child. Designed for ages 12M and older, your child has the opportunity to match emotions and build emotional intelligence at a critical point in their early childhood development. With six emotions and 30 wooden coins to match, it makes talking about emotions fun and natural. Plus, it’s backed by speech-language pathologists, therapists, teachers and other pediatric experts. What’s not to love about that?
Tender Leaf Weather Watch
Explore the seasons, temperature, rainfall, wind speed and even phases of the moon with this wooden toy weather station. It’s a novel and contemporary educational board for ages three and up, perfect for both teaching and playing. With its unique features and educational aspects, it’s no surprise this is an award-winning toy for creative play. Plus, its beautiful aesthetic makes it a toy you like to have around the house, or even hanging up in your child’s room.
Philly & Friends Occupations Wooden Jigsaw Puzzles
Wooden jigsaw puzzles are always a go-to gift for us, but what we love about these is that they encourage pretend play and inspire dreams. From artist to doctor and astronaut, these 40-piece puzzles expose your child to various careers and opportunities. All of Philly & Friends’ toys are designed to instill confidence and self-love through the power of representation, which is evident in these puzzles. One added feature we love is the reusable tin box it comes in - perfect for toy storage and bringing it along for car rides or play dates.
2MamaBees Ajure Playhouse
The perfect upgrade to any backyard is an outdoor toy that grows your little one’s imagination. The 2MamaBees Ajure Playhouse will create hours of sensory play with its built-in wooden kitchen, play food and cedar window boxes. Your children can make believe with stove handles that actually click, faucet knobs that turn, play food that can be cut and flower boxes built to hold a real garden. Did we mention their playhouses stand almost six feet tall? This means you can comfortably join in on the fun.