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Ostheimer Handcrafted Wooden Toys
Woollykins is proud to carry a selection of Ostheimer handcrafted wooden toys for you and your family. Ostheimer toys were created out of the deep conviction that children need beautiful, endearing images of people, animals and their environment to play with. And these figures should have a friendly and life-affirming demeanour and express respect for whomever they represent.
Loved by generations worldwide, Ostheimer have been handcrafting the finest natural wooden toys in Germany for more than 70 years. Inspired by the educational principles of Rudolf Steiner, Ostheimer toys are uniquely designed to foster a child’s imagination. Each wooden figure is shaped with love and care with Ostheimer’s signature soft hand-sanded shapes and gentle colours. Slight differences in colour and deviations in the structure of the grain contribute to the special charm of these heirloom toys.
Ostheimer the truest “eco toys” on the planet with careful consideration given to children, people and the environment from start to finish: using sustainable European woods from local forests, plant-based water colours and finished with an organic oil (as opposed to varnish) to allow the vitality of the wood to show through. All Ostheimer toys meet or exceed strict EU safety testing standards.
Original Design
Their figures have a simple, child-friendly design, characterised by clear forms, which leaves room for the imagination and encourages creative play. Ostheimer figures are painted with harmonious colours using the glazing painting technique using plant based watercolours, and they are treated with organic oils, so that the qualities of wood as a natural material can be experienced when you hold the products in your hands.
Only carefully selected, high-quality, safe materials are used in Ostheimer originals. The manufacturing process meets all toy safety requirements and, beyond that, their own high standards of responsibility and ethics.
Original Manufacturing
Ostheimer figures are crafted by hand, step by step, with purpose and care for children. They believe that children (and adults) can feel the goodhearted impulses that the people involved in the design, manufacturing, and distribution of their toys have given them.
Ostheimer deliberately don’t manufacture by machine because this would fundamentally change their products and strip away the artistic quality as well as the human charisma and warmth that are vital components of every Ostheimer figure. Signs of machine production or exact uniformity of figures are therefore an important indication that figures could be counterfeits. Thanks to their handwork, each of our figures is unique and looks a little bit different.
Sustainable use of resources and packaging has long been their company philosophy. Figures have always been made from local wood sourced from sustainable forestry, they do not contain any environmentally harmful substances, and they are sold without outer packaging. In addition, they are often passed down from generation to generation.
It is part of the Ostheimer company philosophy that they bear a special social responsibility - not only toward their own employees, but also toward society, the environment, and especially toward children. Accordingly, their business decisions and our social commitment are grounded in sincerity and appreciation for the world around us. Ostheimer has been foundation-managed since 2001 so that surpluses go toward social projects and thus toward the broader common good.
