Welcome to the sixth post of my “Natural Toys Tutorials” Series. Today I would like to introduce the Wooden Seesaw—a small but very cute project. This seesaw is actually rocking smoothly and is still robust enough to “survive” a 3-year old toddler. Little P. loves to let his fingers dance on this toy thereby rocking it on and forth… Continue reading
Nature Crafts
Natural Toys Tutorials: Feeding & Watering Trough
Welcome to the fifth post of my “Natural Toys Tutorials” Series. Today I would like to introduce the Feeding & Watering Trough—a really quick but very cute project. My son loves to play Zoo with his Schleich animals, which is why a Continue reading
Natural Toys Tutorials: Ramp with Trees
Autumn Fairy. — “Wait. Please wait! What are you?” Little Red Cap was exhausted from running. He had been picking wild strawberries quite early this day. While following their sweet scent he had encountered a little meadow still Continue reading
Natural Toys Tutorials: Lookout with Stairs
Higher and higher. — Birds are singing their cheap-cheap-cheap, while Little Red Cap is still asleep. He does not wake up until the sun tickles him under his nose. Yesterday has been an exciting day, when the boy had decided Continue reading
Natural Toys Tutorials: Table with Armchairs
Just add sunshine. — It is late summer and has been raining for days. Little Red Cap is totally bored and starts peeling off the wallpaper in his kid’s room. At the weekend his father, Big Blue Cap, and he had moved into their peaceful cottage at Lake Huron, where they Continue reading
Natural Toys Tutorial: Branch Building Blocks
Wooden building blocks are more than mere wooden building blocks: They are childhood classics!
Playing with natural material stimulates the senses of our little ones. Thus, I made some Waldorf-inspired building blocks from branches. They come with a texture that is more interesting than that of traditional building blocks. Kids benefit Continue reading
Little Cuties: Twig Table – A Tutorial
This is part II of the Little Cuties series. Recently I wrote about the super cute Twig Chairs that Katherine from One Inch World introduced to us so wonderfully. When I was done with the chairs, I could not stop and simply had to make a Twig Table around which I can assemble the Twig Chairs. Thus, using the twig leftovers I came up with the lovely matching Twig Table that you can see in the picture above. Continue reading
Little Cuties: Twig Chairs
Remember that I wrote about these super cute Twig Chairs earlier? Already two weeks ago, little P. and me went to the nearby ravine and collected a bunch of 0.16-0.24 inches (i.e., 0.4-0.6 cm) thick twigs. We dried them for a week, followed Katherine’s very detailed DIY twig chair instructions, and came out with the little cuties that you can see above. I am so in LOVE and Continue reading