Wood Egg

A useful form for creating a hollow felted egg. Simply felt around the egg, let your felting dry, and cut the mid-section of the felted wool to remove the wood egg. Tuck a treasure such as a sewn or felted chick inside. Also fun for kitchen play (fits in an egg carton) or decorate with our Stockmar Decorating Wax.  2-1/2" Tall x 1-3/4" Diameter. Set of 6 eggs.

Shadow Pictures Children Love to Make

The black and white illustrations showing the position of hands and fingers and the shadow cast on wall make it easy for children and adults to learn this simple form of entertainment. Suggestions are included to enhance the shadow pictures. 12 pages, 10 x 8.5 inches.

The Sun Seed

A little Sun Seed follows the cycle of spring into summer into fall into winter as she grows from seedling to golden flower. The color illustrations were created with naturally-dyed wool fibers, needle felted in layers to create depth and details to tell this charming and simple story for the young child. A sweet and gentle tale of metamorphosis. Ages 3 and up. Hardcover.

This fun, colorful Super Ferby pencil has four colors all in one and goes well with our Journal which is just the right size to pack along.

These crayons are great for drawing right on windows (even car windows for road trip entertainment). Artistic endeavors are easily wiped off with a dry or wet cloth. Set of 10 crayons.

Derived from Leonardo da Vinci's design for submarine propulsion, this wood hand prop is more fun in the air! Adult supervision under 10. USA

Both are carved out of North Idaho forest branches by a local family and are just the right size for an Easter basket.  Each is different. Our 5" long Crow Call comes from an American Folk tradition and is actually a wooden reed type horn that makes an amazingly crow-like caw.  The Wooden Whistle is 3.5" long and is just loud enough to call the dog home for dinner. USA

This hand-felted mouse can be a great pocket companion from nose to tail. (I've been told our feline friends have fun with them, too!) Body is approximately 2.5-3" long. Available in gray, brown or white. USA

A cluster of amethyst crystals becomes a special memento to treasure. Lovely lavender color. Sold individually.

   WARNING:
CHOKING HAZARD - Not for under 3 yrs. 

Clear crystal finger points. A wonderful gift idea for the tooth fairy, birthdays, the festival table. At Christmas, hang the crystal points on your tree with golden thread as everlasting icicles. 1"-2" long. Sold individually.

  WARNING:
CHOKING HAZARD - Not for under 3 yrs.

A sweet addition to any child's Easter basket -- they delight at first sight, then provide hours of fun!

We had to search far and wide to uncover these exclusive treasures! I love the precious illustrations by Alison Uttley and Racey Helps.

Little Grey Rabbit players collect counters as they follow the simple instructions written on the cards, great for emerging readers ages 7 and up.

Woodland Snap is an exciting game played similar to Slap Jack except players need to be quick to call SNAP! when a matching card turns up. Ages 4 and up.

Woodland Happy Families is played like Fish with the additional good manners rule of saying please and thank you when requesting cards. Ages 4 and up.

All three games are fun family or children's games for two or more.
 

Charlie the shepherd shears his sheep, cards and spins the wool, weaves and dyes the cloth, and sews a beautiful new red cloak. Pictures and humorous story by Tomie dePaola. Ages 5-9

This colorful book is part of a series of four sturdy boardbooks without text. It takes young children through the spring season with fun, active beautifully illustrated pictures.  My children and I enjoyed many hours of cozy lap-time looking at this wordless books and its companions.  The pictures provided lots to talk about and helped to develop their language skills. 7"x8" Ages 1-5.

Spring ~ Shows children playing with lambs, sowing seeds, painting Easter eggs, watching baby birds...