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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. Great giveaway! I keep hearing about Waldorf- I’ll have to look into that!

    Thanks!
    Nancy

  10. The lucet is probably the coolest thing I have ever seen. Im a crocheter and have been looking for somthing my 5 yr old son could do and you have helped me find it thanks so much

  15. Such lovely things. My son is reading the Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle. The wooden toys would be wonderful. My daughter is learning to sew. She would love to use the knitting fork!

  16. Very nice toys, I will definitely check out the selection for my next gift giving occasion

  18. Beautiful toys! I am just starting to learn about the natural parenting and making my first steps with my son. I would love the toy like that. Thank you for the wonderful post and for the giveaway.

  19. I’ve always wanted to try a lancet. They look like fun, and sure would beat i-cord on dpns.

  20. I love their simplicity. They make me want to be a kid again. My grandsons would love the dragon and knight!

  26. Love the toys! I am always looking for USA made, non-toxic, wooden toys for my nephew. I need to check out the shop and prep for his next birthday 🙂

  29. How adorably lovely toys for all! My children would be so lucky to have any one of your handmade treasures 🙂

  32. Lovely items. I am eager to try the “knitting fork” with my daughter. Thank you for the giveaway.

  34. I am just starting to teach my 4 year old to knit and sew – this would make a wonderful gift for him. Thank you for the chance to win and introduction to another inspiring shop:-)

  35. my daughter really wants to learn to knit and I’m clueless, maybe a knitting fork would be helpful. Thanks!

  36. How precious are all those toys! I would love to see what i could create withthe Lucet-thanks for the giveaway!

  40. Love these beautiful wooden toys! Thanks for the chance to win this great giveaway!

  42. Love wooden toys! Wish more people would make them these days instead of all the cruddy plastic, cheap toys out there. These are beautiful and I enjoyed watching the video of the Lucet. I love all things fiber arts and this was quite fascinating. Thank you for sharing Rachel’s business today.

  43. Oh Ginny, we would love to win a knitting fork! It was on my 9 year old’s Christmas list and I wasn’t able to get her one.

  45. My children would love these! Would help with our hand crafts and upcoming butterfly study! 🙂