It's time to harvest the hay! The bales are waiting to be taken away! Watch them roll down straight into the truck. The wooden farm with illustrations by Ingela P. Arrhenius offers children from 18 months a playful way to develop motor skills, coordination and imagination. Three wooden hay bales slide down the track from the farm straight into the truck with opening doors. Children practice the precision of movements, learn to perceive cause and effect, and invent their own stories about life in the countryside. The toy combines movement, logic and imagination, while bringing joy from discovering and simple play that never gets boring. The labyrinth helps children understand the basic principle of cause and effect. When a child places a bale of hay on top, they watch it slide down and end up in the car. It also introduces concepts such as gravity and motion in a simple way. Package contents: 1 farm with a track3 hay bales1 truck with opening tailgate Main features: Durable solid wood designideal first motor toydevelops fine motor skills and hand-eye coordinationteaches patience and concentrationEncourages imagination and creativityMontessori inspired helps to understand the principle of cause and effectdevelops logic and helps to understand the worldIllustration Ingela P. Arrheniussuitable for children from 18 months Swedish artist Ingela Peterson Arrhenius was born in 1967. Art and design have always had a place in her life, and before her career as an illustrator began, Ingela worked as an art director in Stockholm. She then studied advertising and graphic design at an art school also in Stockholm. In 1992, she started working as a freelance illustrator and worked internationally across advertising, design, publishing… In the past, she has created print patterns for fabrics, wallpapers, stationery, and has also worked on packaging, product design, home accessories and toys. Her posters and designer toys can be found all over the world. She has a passion for retro style, which is clearly visible in her works and also in her enthusiasm for typography and colours. She now lives in Stockholm with her husband and 2 sons.
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For over 100 years, VILAC has been fulfilling children's dreams. The French brand VILAC, as the flagship of the French industry for the production of wooden toys, is located deep in the heart of the Jura Mountains, surrounded by mountains, lakes and forests. Since 1911, VILAC has been producing wooden toys hand in hand with traditional manufacturing, modern trends, adaptable economics and an emphasis on ecology. The toys are made from wood sourced from sustainably managed forests, respecting biodiversity and with a strong emphasis on environmentally friendly technologies. VILAC prefers short routes for wood delivery. It uses local wood and ensures that a new tree is planted for every tree felled. Because today we can no longer ignore the challenges of environmental problems, VILAC is committed to defending our planet. After all, a river consists of many small drops. Therefore, VILAC continues its environmentally friendly activities.
VILAC also follows in the footsteps of the old turning factories that once made the region famous: craftsmen lovingly turned, smoothed, sanded, lacquered and decorated wood in their workshop in the Jura mountains. Beech, hornbeam, alder or boxwood from the surrounding French forests are used; this wood guarantees the specificity and quality of production. There are so many stories about these craftsmen who love their craft and have managed to pass it on. In fact, not much has changed in the last 110 years, and that's quite reassuring. The gestures are almost the same, the noise of the machines, the sounds of carving and painting wood create the same melody. Above all, the workshop still smells of beech wood chips, which evoke old memories. If the company does not have the know-how for some toys in France, it manufactures them abroad, where it applies the same quality requirements. In production, it eliminates the use of all plastic parts except when necessary for the safety of children. And this als
