Gift wrapping on every order · Water-based paints only · Made in small batches in Vermont

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A toddler's small hands lifting a soft-rainbow wooden ring onto the Rainbow Stacker on a pale maple floor in gentle morning window light; the stacker and hands sit in the right half of the frame, the left half is open floor and a soft blue-white wall

Wooden toys & knitted friends

Toys thatcan takea tumble.

Sanded smooth, painted with water-based paints only, and built for years of chewing and dropping.

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Hazel the hand-knitted cotton bunny sitting upright on a white-painted windowsill in soft blue morning light, long ears relaxed; Hazel sits in the right half of the frame, the left half is a plain pale wall and window frame

Knitted friends

Hazel iswaiting bythe window.

A hand-knitted cotton bunny, 30 cm tall and soft enough for every nap.

Meet Hazel, $42
Freshly painted wooden castle blocks drying in neat rows on a Vermont workbench, arches and towers in soft periwinkle, sky blue and natural wood, a jar of brushes and a sanding block beside them in side-window daylight; the blocks fill the right two-thirds of the bench, the left third is clear bench top

Made in small batches in Vermont

Made to bechewed anddropped.

Castle blocks, stackers and ducks, painted in small batches by a few makers in Vermont.

Meet the makers

The toy shelf

Something to stack, something to hug, something to pull along.

Every toy is sanded smooth and painted with water-based paints only. Gift wrapping on every order.

  • The Rainbow Stacker: smooth wooden stacking rings in soft rainbow colours, from lavender through sky blue to pale butter yellow, stacked on a pale blue-white table against a plain light background

    Rainbow Stacker

    $34

    Wooden stacking rings in soft rainbow colours, for first stacks and first chews.

    • Water-based paints
    • Sanded smooth
    See details
  • Hazel the Knitted Bunny, a 30 cm hand-knitted cotton bunny in oatmeal with soft lavender inner ears, sitting upright with long ears on a plain pale blue-white background

    Hazel the Knitted Bunny

    $42

    Hand-knitted in cotton and 30 cm tall, just right for small arms.

    • Hand-knitted cotton
    • 30 cm
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  • The Castle Block Set: forty painted wooden castle blocks in soft periwinkle, sky blue and natural wood, built into a small castle with arches and towers on a pale table

    Castle Block Set

    $58

    Painted wooden castle blocks, 40 pieces, for building up and knocking down.

    • 40 pieces
    • Water-based paints
    See details
  • The Waddle Duck Pull Toy: a painted wooden duck on wooden wheels with a cotton pull string trailing in a loose loop, on a pale blue-white floor

    Waddle Duck Pull Toy

    $29

    A wooden duck on wheels with a pull string, for following small feet from room to room.

    • Wooden
    • Pull string
    See details

  • Water-based paints onlyOn every painted toy we make.

  • Sanded smoothBuilt for years of chewing and dropping.

  • Made in small batches in VermontBy a few makers, a few toys at a time.

  • Gift wrapping on every orderReady to give the moment it arrives.

How we think about toys

Everything we make will be chewed, dropped, thrown from the high chair and loved flat. We make it for exactly that.

From the makers, in Vermont

A maker's hands sanding a small wooden duck smooth at a sunlit Vermont workbench, pale wood shavings, a sanding block and little pots of soft blue and lavender water-based paint nearby

Who makes your toys

A few makers in Vermont, and a great deal of sanding.

Tumbletree is a handful of makers in Vermont making wooden toys and knitted friends for babies and toddlers. We work in small batches, so every toy gets the time it needs.

A first toy goes everywhere: into mouths, onto the floor, down the stairs and back up again in a small fist. Ours are sanded smooth, painted with water-based paints only and built for years of chewing and dropping.

  1. Sanded smooth

    Every wooden piece is sanded smooth before any paint goes on.

  2. Painted with water-based paints

    Water-based paints only, in soft colours that suit a nursery.

  3. Wrapped for giving

    Gift wrapping on every order, so each toy arrives ready to hand over.

Freshly painted wooden castle blocks drying in rows on a Vermont workbench in side-window daylight, brushes and a sanding block beside them; the blocks fill the right two-thirds of the bench and the left third is clear

A short film

One batch, from the bench to the gift wrap.

Watch a batch of castle blocks go from the sanding bench to the paint pots to the wrapping table, the same small-batch way every wooden toy on our shelf is made.

The batch letter

Hear when the next batch is finished.

We make a few of each toy at a time, so the shelf changes whenever a batch is done. Leave your email and we'll write when new stackers, ducks and knitted friends are ready.

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Hazel the hand-knitted cotton bunny sitting on a white-painted windowsill in soft blue morning light; Hazel sits in the right half of the frame and the left half is plain pale wall

Knitted friends

Hazel, carried everywhere by one ear.

Hazel is hand-knitted in cotton and stands 30 cm tall, the length of a school ruler and just right for small arms.

She sits on our shelf beside the wooden toys for a simple reason: the first years need something to stack, something to pull along, and something soft to hold at the end of the day.

  • Hand-knitted cotton
  • 30 cm tall
  • Gift-wrapped
Meet Hazel

Size guide

How big is each toy?

Every toy on the shelf, measured and counted, so you can choose for the hands it's going to.

Hazel the Knitted Bunny 30 cm

The length of a school ruler.

ToySize or piecesMade fromPrice
Rainbow StackerA stack of wooden ringsWood, water-based paints$34
Hazel the Knitted Bunny30 cm tallHand-knitted cotton$42
Castle Block Set40 piecesPainted wood, water-based paints$58
Waddle Duck Pull ToyOne duck on wheels, with a pull stringWood$29

Reviews

Notes from the nursery

Sample reviews · replace with your customers' own words

Sample review

Hazel arrived gift-wrapped and went straight into the cot. She has been carried around by one ear ever since.

Customer name · Hazel the Knitted Bunny
Sample review

The duck follows our son from room to room. The pull string is the first thing he looks for in the morning.

Customer name · Waddle Duck Pull Toy
Sample review

We gave the castle blocks for a first birthday. They came wrapped and ready, which on that morning was everything.

Customer name · Castle Block Set