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Mr Fox Crafts – handmade wooden toys and collectibles

Mr Fox Crafts - handmade wooden toys and collectibles

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Why we use hard wood to make our toy figurines

December 28, 2021May 6, 2021
north american animal wooden toys

Toys made of hard wood are stronger and heavier. They retain their beauty after extensive use. Heavier toys aid children’s sensory development.

Categories Blog post, Mr Fox Crafts, Play, Toys, Wood Tags hard wood, heavy toys, wood therapy, wooden toys

Why we make people of different times and cultures

July 24, 2020

Why children need to know people of other places and other times and why we make toy people of different times and cultures.

Categories Blog post, Play, Toys Tags First Nation toys, Himba people, Native American figurines, wooden toy people

Playing with Cougar

October 10, 2021June 27, 2020
wooden toy cougar

Find out how to help enrich your children’s play with wooden toy cougars.

Categories Blog post, Play, Toys Tags cougar, dramatic play, imaginative play, mountain lion, open-ended play, open-ended toy, wooden toy animals, wooden toy cougar, wooden toy panther, wooden toy puma

Playing with toy skunks

October 10, 2021June 12, 2020

Find useful information about skunks and tips on how to enrich your child’s play with toy skunks.

Categories Blog post, Play, Toys Tags open-ended play, skunks, small world play, wooden toy animals, wooden toy skunk, wooden toys

Playing with toy raccoons

October 10, 2021June 6, 2020
wooden raccoon toy

Playing with toy animals can be meaningful an fun. Raccoons could be fascinating figurines. Find out how play with them can be enriched.

Categories Blog post, Play, Toys Tags facts about raccoons, learning about raccoons, playing with animal figures, wooden toy raccoon

Playing with toy animals

October 20, 2024May 21, 2020
wooden animals woodland

Wooden toy animals can be used in many different ways to engage in meaninful and fascinating play. Find some ideas in this blog post.

Categories Blog post, Play, Toys Tags open-ended play, play with toy animals, small world play, wooden african animals, wooden farm animals, wooden toy animals, wooden toys, wooden woodland animals

Playing with toy deer

May 15, 2020
wooden toy deer family

Playing with a toy deer family could be meaningful and engaging. Find out how you can make it richer.

Categories Blog post, Play, Toys Tags playing with animal figures, wooden toy deer, woodland wooden toys

Playing with toy bears

October 10, 2021May 9, 2020

Find out how you can enrich children’s play by learning more about bears.

Categories Blog post, Play, Toys Tags bear in folklore, books about bears, brown bear, pretend play, wooden toy bears

Playing with toy foxes

October 10, 2021April 30, 2020

Playing with toy foxes can be exciting. Parents and teachers can help enrich children’s play. Here we offer some ideas and resources.

Categories Blog post, Play, Toys Tags books about foxes, dramatic play, Fantastic Mr Fox, Findus and the Fox, fox art, playing with animal figures, toy fox, wooden toy fox

Playing with toy sheep

January 28, 2023April 25, 2020
wooden farmers and sheep toys

Playing with wooden lambs and sheep could be meaningful and fun. Parents and teachers can help enrich children’s play. Here we offer some ideas and information.

Categories Blog post, Play, Toys Tags Mr Fox Crafts, open-ended play, pretend play, small world play, wooden farm animals, wooden toy lamb, wooden toy sheep, wooden toys
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