This is an all-ages toy. The blocks are sized so that small hands can grasp them and stack them easily. It's fascinating for all ages of children to experiment with how to control the movement of the wheel by balancing the blocks inside it. Little ones can turn the wheel on its side and place the blocks inside the square opening as a puzzle or stack the blocks up. Older kids can take advantage of the contrast between the maple and walnut wood blocks and play tic-tac-toe in the square opening.
+4 toys in 1: balancing, puzzle, blocks, tic-tac-toe
+Maple circle measures approximately 8"
+12 blocks, 6 walnut and 6 maple measures 1 1/4" x 1 1/2" x 1 1/2"
All the pieces on this toy are sanded smooth, with rounded edges. We finish our toys with homemade beeswax/jojoba oil. A Manzanita Kids logo is found on the underside.
Your toy is handcrafted especially for you from American hardwood, and so may vary slightly from the photo. This toy comes nicely wrapped in brown craft paper, sealed with a Manzanita Kids sticker. We use recycled shipping supplies whenever possible. A card with information about our family business and care instructions for your toy is enclosed with your purchase.
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Concept, photos, designs and intellectual property © Manzanita Kids, LLC 2011=2012
See our other balancing toys here
http://www.etsy.com/shop/manzanitakids?section_id=7924206
The Manzanita Wheel is also available in a puzzle gift set
http://www.etsy.com/listing/81140226/developmental-puzzles-gift-set-manzanita
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ECO-FRIENDLY
We carefully select the best American hardwoods for our toys and buy from a local source. This beautiful wood is enhanced and protected by our own blend of beeswax and organic safflower oil, which we apply and polish by hand. The birch plywood we use for our modular toys is of the highest quality and exceeds the strict requirements set by the European Union and the California Environmental Protection Agency. Our toys are safe, durable, beautiful and meant to be passed to the next generation.
GIVING BACK
We are thrilled to be working with a local non-profit organization for 2012. Ryther is a recognized leader in behavioral health services for children and their families facing complex challenges. We look forward to donating our toys to many deserving girls and boys during the holiday season. Visit their site to learn more about this incredible organization. http://www.ryther.org
A SUSTAINABLE PLAN
Our family business was born out of the desire to offer natural, safe and challenging toys, while supporting our family. Sustainability is central to our work: we build our toys to sustain our family, to sustain play, to sustain learning, to sustain our local community, to sustain our environment. We hope our toys foster a love of learning, curiosity and imaginative play for your little ones.
To learn more about us, click here to read our Etsy interview. http://www.etsy.com/blog/en/2011/quit-your-day-job-manzanita-kids/
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