Toys
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Educational, Wooden toys
Play by Nature
Play by Nature is a locally owned business run by two small families based in Nelson. They skillfully make quality hand-crafted educational wooden toys for your child and also a few classic toys that no toy box would be complete without.
At their local workshop, they are hard at work designing and building the highest quality wooden toys with a passion for innovation and top workmanship.
These beautifully hand-crafted toys are great fun for children:
- Montessori/Waldorf
- Motor skills and hand-eye coordination
- Spatial reasoning
- Problem-solving
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Activity boxes, Educational, Wooden toys
Project Play
In 2017, after playing with the concept for many years, Angela decided to take the plunge and start ProjectPlay.
Angela is a fully-registered ECE Teacher with a Teaching Bachelor’s Degree. She has over 10 years of private/corporate early learning centre teaching experience and has served as a liaison instructor, mentor and headteacher. She has a keen interest in infants’ and toddlers learning and development.
In sunny Hawke’s Bay, ProjectPlay is a kiwi-owned and run family company. Angela strives to bring consistency, open-ended loose parts and services for children ages 0-6 alongside her husband and son. For opportunities that inspire and spark the imagination, they do all the hard work and scour the neighbourhood and the globe.
They value real, authentic play experiences for children. Project Play is inspired by Montessori, Rudolph Steiner and Pikler philosophies while also supporting the theory of loose parts.
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Soft toys
Rhubarb Patch Creations
Robyn from Rhubarb Patch Creations creates soft toys using Amigurumi crochet technique. Each piece is one of a kind, a unique heirloom that can be passed down to the next generation.
Robyn is also able to make customised pieces as required.
* What is Amigurumi crochet?
Amigurumi (編みぐるみ, lit. “crocheted or knitted stuffed toy”) is the Japanese art of knitting or crocheting small, stuffed yarn creatures. The word is a compound of the Japanese words 編み ami, meaning “crocheted or knitted”, and 包み kurumi, literally “wrapping”, as in 縫い包み nuigurumi “(sewn) stuffed doll”.
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Sports and Exercise, Toys, Wood
Rock-it boards
The innovative yet remarkably simple concept for indoor activity and movement enables almost anyone, of any age, to partake in stimulating, low impact, enjoyable exercise. For children the possibilities also for creative open-ended play are infinite.
Rock-it Boards are beautiful curved wooden balance / exercise / play boards. These unique, stylish boards have been designed right here in Hawkes Bay New Zealand. Each board is shaped and handcrafted from laminated NZ – grown pine. Finally they are lacquered with either a natural or whitewash oil/resin finish.
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Accessories, Clothing, Men, Soft toys, Women
Sherlin Alpacas
Sheryl and her husband Lindsay run Sherlin Alpacas New Zealand in West Melton Christchurch.
They have nearly 300 alpacas on their farm. They have a shop on-site and online selling a huge range of alpaca products including gorgeous baby and kids clothing, adult clothing and accessories.
They also welcome commissions for knitting children and baby clothing in various colours and styles.
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Accessories, Baby room & furniture, Baby shower, Balms, ointments and lotions, Bibs & burp cloths, Children, Clothing, Gifts, Health & beauty, Health & Care, Skincare, Teethers, Toys & Play, Women, Wooden toys
Stellar & Me
Accessories, Baby room & furniture, Baby shower, Balms, ointments and lotions, Bibs & burp cloths, Children, Clothing, Gifts, Health & beauty, Health & Care, Skincare, Teethers, Toys & Play, Women, Wooden toysStellar & Me
Stellar & Me is managed by Annalise and Shannon, two sisters from Dunedin with a huge passion for New Zealand made clothing, toys and accessories for babies, children, and mums.
After taking over the business in July 2019 they always knew they wanted to bring in a lot more New Zealand brands and products plus their own brand, the response has been overwhelmingly positive so they have transitioned Stellar & Me to be 100% New Zealand made.
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Outdoor, Soft toys
Sticks and String
Sticks and String makes unique, quality gifts and crafts, using just that – sticks and strings!
Their feature product must be the Graffiti Monster Matchbox Mate. This tiny monster (7cm high) comes with their own handmade blanket and pillow, all ready to be tucked into their Graffiti House at bedtime. The Graffiti house has a tiny label asking that the Monster be looked after.
Great for slipping into pockets, carrying on a car ride to Grandma’s and the great stocking stuffer.
Miniature toys have children’s unique charm the smaller they are, the added accessories all help to raise the charm factor. Add in a custom hideaway, and unbounded is the magic.
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Luggage, bags & travel accessories, Other, Toys
Tings
Leah from Tings makes beautiful and practical products that can be used every day.
Her most popular products are wet bags – six useful sizes, a pattern for everyone and endless uses. Wet bags can be used for practically anything and are a perfect replacement for the single-use plastic bag. These wet bags are super easy to clean as they are machine washable. They can help you make small (or big) changes in your day-to-day life and make the transition away from single-use plastic just that bit easier.
Their product range also includes:
- handmade cotton toys
- durable book bags and kick mats (car seat protectors)
- tooth fairy bags and receipts
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Arts and Crafts, Crafts, Educational
Weirdough
Weirdough makes themed playdough kits that offer hands-on learning opportunities for children. The kits come with different coloured playdough, stamps and more. They are a fun sensory element for children’s exploring and engaged learning.
The playdough is home-crafted, soft, stretchy and smells sweet, perfect for little children to play with or as party favours for your little one’s birthday celebrations.
Weirdough can also accommodate your custom themed orders.
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Carriers and slings, Dolls, doll houses and doll accessories
Woven Womb
Terri is a babywearing consultant and owner of Woven Womb. She started Woven Womb so that she could help other families find a local place to go to for carrier advice. It has grown from there, and she truly loves being involved in her client’s journey.
After limited success with her stretchy wraps, she went along to a Babywearing Southland (now Invercargill Babywearing Community) meet, found the help she needed, and started volunteering at meets. This was the place that really introduced her to the many different styles of carrying, and opened her eyes to the many possibilities. I now co-lead this volunteer community support group and love helping enable families to share the experience.
Terri started Woven Womb to share her passion, but also in the hope that she can help other families figure out what carriers can offer for them, be it a long term love, or short term help during a holiday or surgery.
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