Wooden Snail – Green Shell – Montessori & Waldorf – Handmade

This delightful toy features an original design inspired by real animals, making it an educational tool for teaching children about the different species that inhabit our planet. The Wooden Snail with Green House is perfect for developing your child's creativity. The detailed animal figure and beautiful painted snail with its awesome house will inspire your child's imagination and encourage them to play creatively. Plus, it can become the centerpiece of your child's wooden toy collection. 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.

Open-ended wooden figurines work best when children are given time, space and freedom to direct their own play. There is no right way to use them — they become whatever the child needs them to be.

Part of our Realistic Animals & Birds collection. Browse the full Animals & Birds range.

Height: 6 cm ; Width: 10 cm ; Depth 3.4 cm (2.36 x 3.94 x 1.34 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.