Play Time
Holztiger Holztiger Wooden Animal Skunk
$12.00Holztiger’s Sunk is a great toy animal for entertaining your little one, perfect for endless hours of imaginative play! Made of hardwood Colored with water-based acrylic paint Dimensions: 8.7 x...
Holztiger Holztiger Wooden Animal Billy Goat
$12.00Holztiger’s Billy Goat is a great toy animal for entertaining your little one, perfect for endless hours of imaginative play! Made of hardwood Colored with water-based acrylic paint Dimensions: 3.7 ×...
Holztiger Holztiger Wooden Animal Sitting Cat
$12.00Holztiger’s Sitting Cat is a great toy animal for entertaining your little one, perfect for endless hours of imaginative play! Made of hardwood Colored with water-based acrylic paint Made in Europe Suitable...
Holztiger Holztiger Wooden Animal Drake Swimming
$12.00Holztiger’s DrakeSwimming is a great toy animal for entertaining your little one, perfect for endless hours of imaginative play! Made of hardwood Colored with water-based acrylic paint Dimensions: 2.6 ×...
Holztiger Holztiger Wooden Animal Duck
$12.00Holztiger’s Duck is a great toy animal for entertaining your little one, perfect for endless hours of imaginative play! Made of hardwood Colored with water-based acrylic paint Dimensions: 2.3 ×...
Holztiger Holztiger Wooden Animal Sitting Hare
$12.00Holztiger’s Hare Sitting is a great toy animal for entertaining your little one, perfect for endless hours of imaginative play! Made of hardwood Colored with water-based acrylic paint Dimensions: 1.7 ×...
Candylab Candylab Rio Grande Mule Toy Car
$12.00If you’re looking to go on an adventure through wild and remote areas of New Mexico our Mule Rio Grande will get you exactly where you need to go. Alternatively,...
Holztiger Holztiger Wooden Animal Eagle Owl
$12.00Holztiger’s Eagle Owl is a great toy animal for entertaining your little one, perfect for endless hours of imaginative play! Made of hardwood Colored with water-based acrylic paint Dimensions: 2.0 ×...
Holztiger Holztiger Wooden Animal Raccoon
$12.00Holztiger’s racoon is a great toy animal for entertaining your little one, perfect for endless hours of imaginative play. Made of hardwood Colored with water-based acrylic paint Dimensions: 9.3 x...
Holztiger Holztiger Wooden Animal Hare Upright ...
$12.00Holztiger’s Hare with Upright Ears is a great toy animal for entertaining your little one, perfect for endless hours of imaginative play! Suitable for children 3 Years+ Made of hardwood Colored...
Holztiger Holztiger Wooden Animal Robin
$12.00Holztiger’s Robin is a great toy animal for entertaining your little one, perfect for endless hours of imaginative play! Made of hardwood Colored with water-based acrylic paint Made in Europe Suitable for...
Holztiger Holztiger Wooden Animal Hare with Car...
$12.00Holztiger’s Hare with Carrots is a great toy animal for entertaining your little one, perfect for endless hours of imaginative play! Suitable for children 3 Years+ Made of hardwood Colored with water-based acrylic...
Holztiger Holztiger Wooden Animal Drake
$12.00Holztiger’s Drake is a great toy animal for entertaining your little one, perfect for endless hours of imaginative play! Made of hardwood Colored with water-based acrylic paint Dimensions: 2.2 x...
Candylab Candylab Mini Drifter Zebra Toy Car
$12.00Candylab Mini Drifter Zebra is ready for the next mountain adventure this tiny truck is geared up with a 5th wheel for that flat tire that we wish we would...
Holztiger Holztiger Wooden Animal Lioness
$14.00Holztiger’s Lioness is a great toy animal for entertaining your little one, perfect for endless hours of imaginative play! Made of hardwood Colored with water-based acrylic paint Dimensions: 11.5 x...
Holztiger Holztiger Wooden Animal Penguin
$14.00Holztiger’s penguin is a great toy animal for entertaining your little one, perfect for endless hours of imaginative play! Made of hardwood Colored with water-based acrylic paint Dimensions: 5 x 2.3...
Holztiger Holztiger Wooden Animal Fox Running
$14.00Holztiger’s Running Fox is a great toy animal for entertaining your little one, perfect for endless hours of imaginative play! Made of hardwood Colored with water-based acrylic paint Dimensions: 5.7...
Holztiger Holztiger Wooden Animal Farm Dog
$14.00Holztiger’s farm dog is a great toy animal for entertaining your little one, perfect for endless hours of imaginative play! Made of hardwood Colored with water-based acrylic paint Dimensions: 5...
Holztiger Holztiger Wooden Animal Pig
$14.00Holztiger’s Pig is a great toy animal for entertaining your little one, perfect for endless hours of imaginative play! Made of hardwood Colored with water-based acrylic paint Dimensions: 2.6 x...
Tender Leaf Toys Wooden Eggs
$14.006 cute little solid wood eggs in an authentic egg carton. Age range: 3 Years And Older Product size: 6.10 x 4.53 x 3.35” Weight: 0.35 lbs
Erzi Wooden Happy Birthday Muffins Toy
$14.00Three different muffins realistically lit with candles and flames. A smart idea for use as a toy or birthday table decoration. Age: 3 years+ 9 wooden pieces Made in Germany...
Holztiger Holztiger Wooden Animal Dimetrodon
$14.00Holztiger’s Dimetrodon is a great toy animal for entertaining your little one, perfect for endless hours of imaginative play! Made of hardwood Colored with water-based acrylic paint Dimensions: 11 x 2.3 x...
Holztiger Holztiger Wooden Animal Standing Foal...
$14.00Holztiger’s Foal Standing Light Brown is a great toy animal for entertaining your little one, perfect for endless hours of imaginative play! Made of hardwood Colored with water-based acrylic paint Made...
Holztiger Holztiger Wooden Animal Standing Foal...
$14.00Holztiger’s Foal Standing Dappled is a great toy animal for entertaining your little one, perfect for endless hours of imaginative play! Made of hardwood Colored with water-based acrylic paint Made in Europe...
Play is essential for children because it contributes to their intellectual, physical, emotional and social development. When children play, they exercise their creativity, develop their imagination, master their dexterity, improve their cognitive ability and build physical strength. Experts agree that the best kinds of play allow kids to set their own goals, negotiate challenges, develop and share ideas, and make their own rules.
But how can we make sure our kids are getting enough healthy, unstructured play time when they’re growing up in an overscheduled and stressful environment, when parents are overly focused on producing high academic achievers, and safety concerns prevent us from letting our kids roam around freely and unsupervised? Perhaps the best thing we can do for our kids is to make sure they have the right kinds of toys at home to make play time most rewarding.
First and foremost is safety. Safe toys for young children are sturdy, without sharp parts or splinters, free of pinching hazards, and easy to clean. If the toy will be used by an infant, it’s important that parts aren’t small enough to become a choking hazard.
Toys must be made from non-toxic materials and coated with lead-free paints. You should steer clear of antique toys, second-hand toys and homemade toys that have not been tested and approved by a certified testing lab, or may have been produced before the current regulations governing toy manufacturing were in effect.
In addition to being safe, a good toy will match the child’s appropriate stage of development and abilities.
The best baby activity toys for infants between 0-6 months are things they can reach, grasp, suck on, shake, and make noise with. Some age-appropriate toys for little babies are squeeze toys, teething toys, soft dolls, textured balls, and board books.
Infants between 6-12 months are starting to crawl, sit up and pull themselves to a standing position. They are capable putting things in and out of containers and placing objects on top of each other. Some of the best baby activity toys for this age group are dolls, vehicles with wheels, bath toys, large beads, nesting toys, large soft blocks, wooden blocks, and push & pull toys.
As your child continues to grow, look for toys that will encourage them to explore, create, pretend, imagine, and learn from trial and error.