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Little Woodlanders Giveaway!


Today’s giveaway is courtesy of Rachel from Little Woodlanders!  Her shop is full of loveliness, and I am pleased to introduce her here today.  I asked Rachel to share a little about how Little Woodlanders began:

I started making wooden toys for my children shortly after I discovered the Waldorf ideas about play.  I love the idea of open-ended toys, made of beautiful natural materials, which allow children to use their imagination.
My inspiration mostly comes from my children.  I see what they like to play with and talk about, and often get ideas from them that way.  I also get ideas from going outside and from storybooks.
I opened my Etsy shop in January 2012, so I’ve been going a little over a year.  I started making wooden toys a couple months before that, as Christmas presents for my girls.


My favorite thing about my business is knowing that I’m making natural, handmade, open ended toys for children all around the world that will allow them to learn, use their imagination and have fun!
You can ‘Like’ my facebook page to hear about new products, sales, and for sneak peeks!  You can also follow me on Twitter and visit my blog!

For today’s giveaway I am offering one winner a butterfly life cycle set, and a knitting fork.  The wooden toy life cycle of a butterfly set comes with a leaf, an egg, a caterpillar, a cocoon, and a butterfly.  The set is made of hardwoods and painted with AP Certified non-toxic watercolours The cocoon is not painted, it is naturally brown wood.  A great toy for learning while playing, and also a wonderful storytelling companion!

The knitting fork, also called a lucet, is believed to date back to the Viking and Medieval periods, to create cords that were used on clothing, or to hang items from the belt.  Lucet cord is square and strong.  Luceting is fun and relaxing, can be learned from about age 4, and you can do lots of creative and fun things with the cord.  See my video here on how to use a lucet!

Rachel is also offering 15% off all orders through March 10.  Use coupon code SMALLTHINGS15

For your chance to win, simply leave a comment on this post.  Comments will close and a winner will be chosen on Monday, March 4.  The winner will be announced within this post.

 

Comments are closed.  The winner is Heather:  Such lovely things!  I’ve never heard of a Lucet; my 9 year old son wants to learn to knit, wouldn’t that be a great introduction!

 

Thanks, Rachel and Little Woodlanders!


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  4. morning! wooden toys .. what a joy, my son whos 8 gets much pleasure out of wooden toys..they touch and texture helps him with senseory issuses.
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  6. How beautiful!! I love the squirrels, the knight and dragon, and the caterpillar set! What wonderful toys. Thank you for the giveaway.

  16. my to girls and i would be so thrilled with these lovely things! especially the adorable life cycle set.

  17. We love all of your handmade toys. My 12 year old daughter and I would both love to try the knitting fork! :O) We’ve been really enjoying the small things website! Melanie

  18. What beautiful items! My grandchildren are fascinated with Vikings — the lucet would be so cool to add to their collection of viking clothes, shoes, weaponry, etc.

  20. I have been looking for something to help us explore the life cycle of the butterfly, how perfect!

  23. I would love a chance to win one of these beautiful toys. It is clear they are crafted with a lot of love.

  27. What beautiful items – and so much fun for kids to use their imaginations! Thanks for the chance!

  36. love this set- especially for the learning opportunity. Has Rachel ever considered making continents?

  44. I would love to receive this wonderful giveaway for my Granddaughter – I was just looking at lucets because she is the perfect age to begin using it.