Papoose Toys Handmade Wooden Spool Shape Set

These natural wood spools are beautiful open ended toys and learning resources, tactile and smooth, little people will love using them.

The Papoose Wooden Spool Shape Set is a set of 10 individually made and shaped spools ranging from 3 - 18cm in height. Made from natural wood, they have a variety of grains and colourings, with each spool individually cut and handcrafted by Nepalese artisans, so you know you are getting a beautifully crafted, quality product.

They can be used as a learning resource for teachers and home learning, or introduced in small world play to add different colours and textures to the scene and can be paired up well with other wooden Papoose items such as the Papoose Wooden stacking pyramid to create a small world play area.

This natural wood sorting and stacking toy is perfect for use in a range of settings including home learning, play, childcare settings, Montessori nursery, Steiner-Waldorf nursery and school. They are just as at home being used as Montessori toys as they are Waldorf toys, due to their material and style.

Schematic play: This toy will appeal to children demonstrating the positioning schema - balancing, sorting and stacking toys and objects in a particular order or place.

Sensory toy: hand-eye co-ordination, fine motor skills

Founded by Renske Carbone to share her lifelong passion for textiles, Papoose Toys create sustainable, eco-friendly, natural toys perfect for open ended play and as an educational resource. These beautiful toys are handcrafted by skilled Nepalese artisans under Fair Trade conditions from a variety of natural materials, such as recycled wool and wood. The combination of natural natural fibres complement each other perfectly, creating texture and variety to small world play scenes. Papoose toys are inspired by the natural world, when you play with these toys and learning resources, they bring with them a little bit of nature.