Papoose Toys 12 Wooden Goethe Rainbow People

A beautiful set of rainbow peg dolls to match perfectly with the Papoose Goethe collection, a lovely open ended toy.

The Papoose Wooden Goethe Rainbow People are a set of 12 peg dolls with cone shaped brightly coloured bodies. They have no set emotion or gender so this is all for your little people to create, allowing them the freedom to play as they want. As well as characters in small world play, they can form a number of items like; pieces in a puzzle, counting tools, plus they can help with language development and sensory too. Peg dolls make a popular Waldorf toy ideal for this style of play.

These beautiful wooden peg dolls are fair trade made, sustainably sourced and inspired by nature, they make a perfect natural learning resource, great for counting activities, development of minor motor skills and also lovely for small world play.

They are great for use in a range of settings including home schooling, 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.

Touch: clutching and grasping, textures, fine motor skills, tripod grip

Visual: colours, pattern recognition

Schematic play: This toy will appeal to children demonstrating the positioning schema.

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.