Molly Brett's magical illustrations of fairies and animals decorate our tin pails and brighten our hearts. Grow your own Easter grass(see instructions below) or fill with green wool roving or paper grass to make a unique and later usefull Easter or spring basket. 5-1/2" tall (not including handle height). Ages 3 and up. 

Grow your own Easter grass! About two weeks ahead of time, line your pail with plastic, fill with potting soil then sprinkle soaked wheat berries on the top.  Keep moist and watch the lush, green wheat grass grow!

Cute!! A scene of fairies, elves, bunnies, mice, a hedgehog and other critters on the outside. Inside it's pink dotted with white silhouettes of fairies. Useful for storing toys, growing Easter grass for nestling Easter morning surprises in, washing dolly's clothes . . . you get the idea! 11" long. Ages 3 & up.

A mysterious orange egg has fallen into the woods. "It's a sun egg!" declares the elf who finds it nestled on the forest floor. Soon she and her friends find out what it really is, but not before the little elf goes off on one of the best adventures she has ever had. This little Elsa Beskow book measures 7 x 5 inches. Hardbound. Ages 4-9.

Spring Basket Creations

Creative crafters can easily felt eggs, bunnies, mice and chicks in eggs such as the ones shown in the above example. The eggs are needle felted.  The animals are made from a combination of simple wet felting and needle felting techniques. The open egg holding the chick is wet felted around a plastic egg then sliced open.  The basket itself is wet felted and trimmed with a colorful ribbon!

Kits available for eggs and chicks or can be done with basic knowledge of felting or refer to our felting books to learn the techniques. Made with our Ashford Corriedale Wool.   

Heart Treasure Candle

Each pure beeswax candle conceals a little figure made of a precious stone. Discover this sweet treasure as your candle burns! Candle measures 3.5" x 2". USA.

Plant Dyed Fantasy Wool

A colorful basket of plant dyed wool!  What could be more fun? In creative play, Fantasy Wool becomes dolls, nests, bushes, water, caves and more. Simple instructions included. 100% wool, assorted colors including white and brown, approx. 4 oz. Germany.

This fun, colorful pencil has four colors all in one and goes well with our Journal which is just the right size to pack along.

These crayons are great for drawing right on windows (even car windows for road trip entertainment). Artistic endeavors are easily wiped off with a dry or wet cloth. Set of 10 crayons.

Derived from Leonardo da Vinci's design for submarine propulsion, this wood hand prop is more fun in the air! Adult supervision under 10. USA

Both are carved out of North Idaho forest branches by a local family and are just the right size for an Easter basket.  Each is different. Our 5" long Crow Call comes from an American Folk tradition and is actually a wooden reed type horn that makes an amazingly crow-like caw.  The Wooden Whistle is 3.5" long and is just loud enough to call the dog home for dinner. USA

This hand-felted mouse can be a great pocket companion from nose to tail. (I've been told our feline friends have fun with them, too!) Body is approximately 2.5-3" long. Available in gray, brown or white. USA

Thick felted wool yarn plant dyed in all the colors of a rainbow. Ready to be finger knitted over and over again into thick wooly ropes which may be used for reins or leads when playing horse; as belts and crowns when dressing up; as camp ties for sticks and cloth; or jump rope games. Nearly as thick as your pinkie, this is our fattest yarn and perfect for the beginning finger knitter! 2 ounces - finger knits up to about 3 yards. Color shades vary. Ages 5 and up. Hand dyed in the USA.

Hardwood handles and instructions to make a jump rope also available.

You can blow them up, toss them around and watch the contagious fun begin. Safe enough to play with inside for those children who have "ball fever." Gently squeeze the air out and fold them up to carry in your pocket or bag. A favorite with children of all ages. Comes in two diameters: Small (4"), Large (6").

A cluster of amethyst crystals becomes a special memento to treasure. Lovely lavender color. Sold individually.

Clear crystal finger points. A wonderful gift idea for the tooth fairy, birthdays, the festival table. At Christmas, hang the crystal points on your tree with golden thread as everlasting icicles. 1"-2" long. Sold individually.

A sweet addition to any child's Easter basket -- they delight at first sight, then provide hours of fun!

We had to search far and wide to uncover these exclusive treasures! I love the precious illustrations by Alison Uttley and Racey Helps.

Little Grey Rabbit players collect counters as they follow the simple instructions written on the cards, great for emerging readers ages 7 and up.

Woodland Snap is an exciting game played similar to Slap Jack except players need to be quick to call SNAP! when a matching card turns up. Ages 4 and up.

Woodland Happy Families is played like Fish with the additional good manners rule of saying please and thank you when requesting cards. Ages 4 and up.

All three games are fun family or children's games for two or more.

Charlie the shepherd shears his sheep, cards and spins the wool, weaves and dyes the cloth, and sews a beautiful new red cloak. Pictures and humorous story by Tomie dePaola. Ages 5-9

This colorful book is part of a series of four sturdy boardbooks without text. It takes young children through the spring season with fun, active beautifully illustrated pictures.  My children and I enjoyed many hours of cozy lap-time looking at this wordless books and its companions.  The pictures provided lots to talk about and helped to develop their language skills. 7"x8" Ages 1-5.

Spring ~ Shows children playing with lambs, sowing seeds, painting Easter eggs, watching baby birds...