Why our toys do not have eyes
Why do Mr Fox Crafts figurines have no facial features? The answer is rooted in play research, design philosophy and a deliberate commitment to open-ended imagination over fixed character.
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Category: Play and Child Development
Posts drawing on research and practice around children’s play — why it matters, what it develops, and how the right toys and environments support it.
The benefits of playing with toy animals – an intro to pigs.
Pigs are among the most intelligent domesticated animals — and among the most culturally significant, appearing in everything from Aesop’s fables to Orwell. Here is how that makes wooden pig figurines richer play props than they might first appear.