Price: $29.99
(as of Jun 24,2023 05:51:43 UTC – Details)
Product Description
Don’t forget to slide the front panel back on to stop them from escaping!
This toy comes with a sliding lid which is illustrated just like a real-life bug hotel.
Perfectly sized pieces for hours of open-ended play with a superb shelf for tidying them neatly away.
Introduce your little bug enthusiast to the captivating world of insects with our enchanting wooden bug hotel.
A wooden educational toy that teaches children the names of all the beautiful insects they can find around them in nature.
This visually engaging set not only sparks curiosity but also highlights the crucial role insects play in our ecosystem. Featuring 13 intricately illustrated plywood creepy crawlies, this set comes neatly displayed on a wooden shelving unit.
The Bug Hotel will spark the imaginations of little explorers as they delve into the hidden world of backyard creatures. Children learn better by doing. Nothing beats being able to see and touch something real right in front of you. Each piece has its name printed underneath. Product size 20.2 x 26.3 x 3 cm.
Our toys are a passport to explore the world!
Young children learn best by simply ‘doing’, by trying out new experiences, ideas, and skills in ways that are meaningful to them. We have toys to nurture inquisitive minds, to teach the value of inclusivity, to mimic adults’ daily activities, to investigate freely and explore nature, to name but a few. Our wooden toys are designed to give your little one the building blocks they need to discover and explore the wide world by strengthening skills such as critical thinking, observation, practical skills, working with others, sharing and much more.
Thinking outside the box
Tender Leaf toys are designed to challenge and improve problem solving skills in a number of ways – physically and intellectually such as matching, stacking and maneuvering and just as importantly, on an emotional level such as testing out how to love and how to negotiate and share. Our toys help boost critical thinking and encourage minds and bodies to roam, allowing little ones to come up with imaginative solutions to any problem they encounter.
More than just ABC’s!
We agree that the best toys that promote language development are those that lend themselves to interactive and imaginative play. Our beautifully crafted toys are designed to spark communication, the use of descriptive language and social interactions with other kids/parents. Mixing language with a fun activity that engages your little one creates a superb, meaningful language learning opportunity. Our toys will help to bring vocabulary to life.
It’s all about synchronization!
To explore the world, little hands need to develop dexterity and strength as they grow. We recognize that fine motor skills develop with practice and repetition and have therefore created a wide range of toys to encourage and improve the development of motor skills through the power of play!
We have a gorgeous array of toys designed to get little hands and eyes working together, ultimately making everyday tasks easier and opening a whole new world of possibilities as they get older.
About Us
TENDER LOVING TOYS
We love children, and the worlds that they create, and we love wood and play.
All our products are evocative of our own childhood and watching our children explore the world around them has truly inspired our design thinking.
Designed in the UK and made in Indonesia.
DESIGN-LED
We create exciting worlds of imaginative wooden toys, that are made to last with a lifetime of love.
We strive to continuously develop and grow our charmingly quirky products, that are engaging, tirelessly entertaining, and perfect for little hands. While we love to be educational through play, we encourage every child to be authentic so that they can grow with confidence, and have fun at the same time!
THE HUMAN TOUCH
From raw wood to the finished product, every single stage of production happens under the same roof in Indonesia.
Once each toy has been hand-painted, assembled and checked, it is wrapped in paper and packaged in cardboard.
HEART AND HOME
Our family-run factory operates with high standards of training, wellbeing and respect and provides dependable employment for hundreds of local villagers.
With over 30 years of experience we have become one of the world leaders in wooden toy manufacturing.
Meet Our Designer
You probably already know Danielle, you may not have met her, but if you are in the Toy and Gift industry then we are confident that you will know her vicariously through her creations. Her style is instantly recognizable. You will be familiar with her distinctive flair and creative talent through other companies she has designed for over the years.
After spending many years in Indonesia working closely with the Mentari factory, it became apparent that the natural step was to partner with Mentari and create Tender Leaf Toys and to bring this fabulous new brand into the UK marketplace.
We hope you enjoy our wonderful collections.
LEARN BY DOING – The Bug Hotel allows inquisitive young minds to learn and play when play outdoors with the real thing isn’t always possible. Not only do kids just love anything creepy and crawly, but bugs help kids learn about endless concepts in science such as habitats, life cycles and counting. Your little one can enjoy the challenge of matching the bugs to their silhouettes on the shelf and learn to recognise their names written on the undersides.
MADE FOR LITTLE HANDS – 13 common garden bugs come presented on a gorgeous shelving unit with sliding front panel. Made from high quality plywood, all the bug shapes have been illustrated with a striking and detailed non-toxic design allowing the beauty of the natural wood to show through, whilst giving the pieces a soft tactile quality. Set includes snail, butterfly, ladybird, moth, caterpillar, worm, spider, bumble bee, grasshopper, fly, stag beetle, dragonfly, and scarab beetle.
KIND TO THE PLANET AND YOUR LITTLE ONE – All our great products have been made with the development of children’s skills and the replenishment of rubberwood forests at its heart. Crafted from rubber tree wood, a by-product of the latex industry, and painted with non-toxic water-based stain, our toys are earth friendly and safe, and for every tree that becomes a beautiful toy, another is replanted.
SAFETY STANDARDS, CRAFTMANSHIP AND QUALITY – Tender Leaf Toys has been awarded the ICTI Ethical Toy Program seal of approval. Our products are dreamt up by our British designer and brought to life by our good friends in Indonesia. All toys meet the European, American, Australian and New Zealand safety standard.
