Wooden Squirrel Family Set – Forest Animal Collection – Handmade

This charming handcrafted set includes beautifully detailed squirrel figures, each with its own personality, inviting children to invent family adventures inspired by nature. Thoughtfully designed for Montessori and Waldorf learning environments, this wooden animal set encourages open-ended play, role-playing, and emotional development. Children can explore storytelling, relationships, and creativity in a calm, screen-free way while strengthening fine motor skills. Every figure is carefull

Each piece is carved from a single block of solid ash wood, hand-sanded and painted in layers. The finish is olive oil: natural, protective and gentle on the wood grain. No plastic components. Small variations in colour and grain are a natural characteristic of handmade production — not defects.

Family sets invite children to play out relationships — the dynamic between adult and young. Children naturally create family stories: someone is lost, someone is found, someone is hungry. Universal themes explored safely through play.

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Height: 10.4 cm ; Width: 7.2 cm ; Depth 4.2 cm (4.09 x 2.83 x 1.65 inches)

Solid ash wood. Hand-painted with water-based, non-toxic paints in multiple layers. Finished with olive oil. No plastic components. EN71 certified. Small variations in colour and grain are a natural characteristic of handmade production — not defects. Each piece is unique.

Realistic woodland animal figurines are among the most developmentally valuable toys a child can own. Without a fixed use or prescribed story, they invite children to observe, imagine and narrate — building language, empathy and a quiet attentiveness to the natural world. Research shows that open-ended, child-led play builds narrative thinking and emotional intelligence more effectively than toys with a prescribed use.