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A toy sailboat is a classic bath toy , and this handcrafted Wooden Toy Sailboat will brighten up any bathroom. The sailboat comes with two removable wooden sailors who are ready for adventures! 

Choose one of two sail colors:

• Rainbow   or
• Red-and-White Stripes

Life jackets not required – it floats!

Note: Wooden Toy Sailboats are sold separately. Price is for one boat. This boat does NOT fit Grimm's peg people.

• SIZE : 10 x 3.25 inches
• MATERIALS : Solid eastern pine coated with a water-based, non-toxic finish.
• INCLUDES : colorful striped sail and two removable sailors
• ORIGIN : Made in the USA
• WARNING: Choking Hazard - Small parts. Not for children under 3 years.

Wood is a natural material and as such, has various unique markings. Variations in wood grain, color, knots, texture or dye transfer are all natural occurrences in these hand-stained wooden products. These unique variations and markings are proof of quality, not defects. Enjoy the markings that make your wooden toys unique!

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Wooden toy sailing boats ~ traditional toy boat makers.

It’s not often you meet the makers of the toys we buy for our children. It’s even rarer to meet a crack team which are the keepers of a dying tradition of crafting slow toys.

Meet Bateaux Tirot ~ the last of the artisan family, which creates eco-wood French sailing boats or pond boats crafted by hand since 1946 .

Originally a shoemaker, Nicolas’s grandfather, Francis Tirot, began making toy boats to replace his wooden clog business just after World War II in 1946. Francis’s already tight skills were perfected and handed down to his son Eurl, who bestowed them to Nicolas.

Each boat is handmade using beech wood grown in a sustainable forest in Brittany France about 50kms from the atelier. Nicolas works each piece carefully using a combination of modern tools and a couple that still survive from his grandfather and father’s days.

Each sail is hand sewn and the motif are also hand printed to create an individual toys.

Artisan craftsmanship like that of the Tirot’s is highly esteemed in France. Bateaux Tirot was awarded the  Entreprise du Patrimoine Vivant  for its quality leveraging it into the class of Hermes, Chanel and Christian Dior. The value is astounding given the long-lasting quality of each boat at a price that is affordable to all families.

When sailed the boats are buoyant, beautiful and from a distance you would almost think they are real yachts and dinghies.

But does the cat (or foreman) in the sawdust care? He tried to bite me when I patted him, which we took as a sign to depart the atelier to eat, drink and swap stories about our kids – another lovely French tradition.

You can see our beautiful range of handmade wooden sailing boats made by Bateaux Tirot.

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Wooden toys from russia.

Russian children’s toys have been made in the village of Bogorodskoe (near Moscow) for over 600 years. A great piece of folk art, and a mesmerizing toy, each one was handmade using traditions passed down through time. And in a time when technology runs rampant, and your kids understand more about your computer than you do, and video games are blurring the lines between reality and entertainment, the idea of a of a tactile, simple, wooden toy only becomes more charming.

Origin of These Russian Toys

Tales of their origin populate the folk lore of Russian history, we have heard of tales of children constantly destroying their cloth toys, over and over, until their father finally crafted a wooden toy, the children did not destroy it, but they eventually grew bored, since it did not have the potential for movement that their former cloth toys had. So the father attached joints to the toys, with a string weighted with a small wooden ball attached to the joints. A swinging circular motion would bring the formerly stiff toys to life, and the children were mesmerized. Now back to their modern day application, we don’t mean to bad mouth technology, it has given us a plethora of advances, and luxuries few would’ve thought possible only a hundred years ago, but there is something to be said for the simple charm of these wooden children toys.

Why Folk Toys are Great for Children Today

The imagination of a child is a wonderful thing, the creativity they exude is astonishing, and the application of said creativity into the world is said to greatly advance critical thinking, and problem solving skills in young ones. Nowadays toys are unnecessarily complex, and provide instant gratification. If a child wishes to play with a toy, it simply follows the pre-ordained instructions, and is entertained. Press a button, the toy makes a sound, hit a switch the toy lights up, there are a pre-set series of rules to achieve a desired action. Part of the joy of being a child is in the endless curiosity that comes with that stage of life. Just count how many times your child asks, "Why?" and you’ll find this statement affirmed. With these wooden toys the question "Why?" is part of the fun. Why does the bears arm move this way? What happens if I swing the toy this way? What would happen if there was no weight attached to the strings? All of these questions build up the critical problem solving skills that so many modern toys ignore. The tactile nature of these toys allows each of these questions to have an answer, which a young mind can figure out. Just as the creation of the toys taught peasant children in Bogorodskoe some basic laws of physics, so can playing with them, and wondering how they work. The simple nature of these toys allow children to figure out how the toy works for themselves, and who knows, they might inspire a young girl or boy to take an interest in engineering, or physics? Or they might just be entertained by a bear playing a guitar, because after all, who doesn’t love a bear playing a guitar?

Popular Motifs in Russian Folk Toys

You’ll notice that the bear is an a popular motif in some of our kids toys, and that’s no accident. The bear is an important animal in Russian culture, and have a long fabled history. The Russian fairy tale Morozko features a character Ivan, who thinks he is above nature, and the bears, and tries to kill a mother bear, and her cubs. The punishment Ivan received is to have his head turn into that of a bear’s! The personality of a bear in old Russian folk tales is also said to be the closer to that of a human than any other animal. There is a common theme that humans are a part of nature, and not a controller of it presented in Russian tales regarding bears. These toys also exemplify that aspect of Russian folk lore you’ll notice bears using computers, bears on picnics, and other human actions being performed by the bear!

Another common theme is that of peasantry, the woman feeding the chickens is a common Russian toy to find. When the soviets took over Russia in 1917, they condoned and supported the spread of Russian folk toys such as these. The showed off the charm, and glorified that of the peasant lifestyle. The colorful Pecking Hen toys provide a nice contrast to the natural colored Bear toys.

Both of these toys work great as simple entertainment, or as a charming piece of cultural heritage. So even though they are sure to peak the interest of children, these toys are perfect splash of playfulness for any home decor.

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10 Russian wooden toys that adults could love

1.  Young lady with bright thoughts

This young lady is a wooden Christmas tree toy made by the Grgrrgrrr family studio based in the Siberian city of Tomsk. Painted by hand and retro in style, the small figure is reminiscent of pre-revolutionary Christmas decorations.

2. Canine family

The Mikheyev family studio from Smolensk makes toys only from precious wood using flaxseed oil. This set of dogs consists of four figurines, and every bend and indentation is made so they can be arranged in a variety of ways. According to the manufacturers, the toys can even be nibbled!

3. Rainbow gnomes

These gnomes are made by the Moscow-based Raduga grёz family studio . Its founders are sure that a single wooden toy is better than a dozen plastic ones! The studio’s bestseller is a team of rainbow gnomes. There are 12 of them, like months in a year. The facial features of the gnomes are only slightly outlined, which is deliberate: you can decide for yourself whether the gnome is sad, happy, bored, or smiling. An important detail is that the gnomes are hatless.

4. 'Make a Portrait' kit

The design approach of Moscow’s Shusha studio is rooted in the traditions of Russian art in the late 19th–early 20th century. All its toys are intentionally minimalistic, an allusion to the figurative language of Russian avant-garde images. The concept has already found favor with children and adults in Russia, the US, Europe, Japan, Korea, and China.

The “Make a Portrait” kit lets you create faces with a range of emotions, ages, and nationalities.

5. Eskimo family

Another hit from the Mikheyev studio is the charming family of Eskimos, a group of people who today inhabit Alaska, northern Canada, Greenland, and the Magadan region of Russia. The minimalist design is no accident: moderation and simplicity are the hallmarks of the lifestyle of these northern inhabitants.

“Turnip” is one of the most popular Russian folk tales that every child knows by heart. Not surprisingly, this magnetic turnip from the Skazki Dereva (Tales of the Wood) studio in Yaroslavl is a big hit. The toys are cut from a single piece of wood, and all the figures are hand-painted. The kit includes a booklet with illustrations in Russian, English, German, and French.

7. Edible-Inedible

“Edible-Inedible” is the name of a popular game in Russia, and this is its wooden incarnation. Using wooden pieces, a clever chef helps children figure out which foods are edible and which are not. He tastes numerous delicacies, but does not eat anything inedible (the “inedible” pieces do not fit into the chef’s mouth).

8. 'Baby Elephant' rattle

Wooden toys made by the Bukashka factory have to be approved by a children’s focus group before going on sale. Production began quite recently, in 2017, but the factory team has already made six types of toys, including educational ones with parts threaded onto laces, rattles, and other delights.

9. Unicorn with gnome

This toy was created for anyone who believes in fairy tales, regardless of age. Each unicorn comes with its own gnome rider. All unicorns are made of natural lime wood.

10. Yoke with buckets

The Teplota (Heat) family studio from Ryazan makes toy crockery, doll houses, mosaics, animal figurines, pyramids, and even frames for mirrors and lamps. The creators adhere to the principle of not dyeing or painting their products, and make everything only by hand. Their hope is that their toys (such as the yoke with buckets) will be passed down from one generation to the next.

Read more: Dymka: The secrets of making a medieval North Russian toy

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