Choosing toys by age: a simple guide
From the first rattle to the first tricycle, what children actually play with at each stage.
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Guides, care tips and stories from behind the counter.

Ivory wood, a lathe and a stick of lac: a morning at a workshop an hour from Mysuru.
Read the postFrom the first rattle to the first tricycle, what children actually play with at each stage.
A damp cloth, a little oil and no long soaks: how to keep wooden toys good for the next child.
Where lac comes from, how it becomes colour on a spinning toy and the questions we ask every workshop before we stock a batch.
How Mysuru families arrange their steps of dolls for Navaratri, and which wooden dolls children add each year.
Workshops, the toy street on the highway and lunch on the way back: how to visit the town where our toys are made.
How a two-year-old learns on each, what the push handle is for and how to choose for your home and your child.
Wood, lac, a turner’s day and our shop: a plain breakdown of what you pay for a Channapatna toy.
Every Saturday from 10 am to 1 pm, children can play with any toy in the shop. Here is how the morning works.
Why children often play longer with six toys than with sixty, and a simple way to rotate toys at home every two weeks.
Tell us the child’s age and your budget. We will suggest three toys on WhatsApp.