Top 20 Best Sustainable Wooden Toys for 18 months old

We have always been an advocate of ethical, and sustainably made toys. At our baby and toddler toy shop, you can confidently find items that are made from sustainable sources, particularly our wooden toy ranges. Below are the best sustainable wooden toys from 2020 that we have on offer, and we will constantly update this article as we change our products in the future! 

These items will be perfect gifts for your little ones’ birthdays, Christmas, Easter, and summer holiday! 

Many are from UK brands and designs so you can shop with confidence. You will find in this article, our recommendation for some of the best sustainable wooden toy types and items for 18 months old plus toddlers and children. 

Shop our full range of sustainable wooden toys for 18 months old plus here.

 

What are sustainable wooden toys

Just to clarify, you don’t have to buy only wooden toys if you want sustainable toys.  It also doesn’t mean all wooden toys are sustainable. Our wooden toy collection stocks mainly items made from sustainable sources. 

There are two types of wood materials can be considered as more sustainable than other wooden toys:

1. FSC Certified Wood
2. Responsibly sourced wood
3. Reclaimed Wood

See our article that talks about FSC certified wooden toys.

And you can read more about what reclaimed wood means in our article here.  

Here’s our pick of the best sustainable wooden toys for 18 months old and over.

 

Portable Toys

Many of you would probably struggle to pack your little one’s toys when you go away on holiday. Or simply want to take a few small items to play with at grandma’s on the weekend, or at a play date? These portable toys are certainly your friends - some are packed away, foldaway, or with a handle for you to easily take these play items with them on your next trip out.

 

1 Foldaway Unicorn Castle

There are some toys that children just can’t live without. When it’s holiday time or if you are visiting friends or family, favourite toys are sometimes left behind.

This wonderful fold away Unicorn Castle is easily packed away and carried wherever whenever.

Children will enjoy arranging the wooden figures to create their own story with our variety of people, horses and carriage.

Casing is cardboard and shuts magnetically ,carry handle is a strong woven material, all pieces are wooden.

Review from our customer:

Bought this for my neice, she loves it. It’s a well thought out gift and it all goes back in the box after she’s finished playing. 

 

 

2 Foldaway Fire Station

This foldaway fire station play set from Jumini Toys is perfect for play at home and for taking out and about! The chunky cardboard fire station folds into a handy storage box with handle and magnetic closure, and contains 12 colourful chunky wooden play pieces including firefighters, fire engine, helicopter, fire extinguisher, fires, water pump and ladder. The perfect play set for any budding firefighter! 

 

3 Foldaway Police Station

This wonderful fold away Police Station is easily packed away and carried wherever whenever.

Children will enjoy arranging the wooden figures to create their own story with our variety of people, vehicles and signs.

 

4 Foldaway Animal Zoo

This wonderful fold away Zoo is easily packed away and carried wherever whenever.

Children will enjoy arranging the wooden figures to create their own story with our variety of people and Zoo animals.

 

5 Little Doctors Set

A high-quality doctors set complete with elasticated stethoscope, thermometer with sliding temperature gauge, reflex hammer, Ophthalmoscope, antiseptic cream, note pad, medicine and spoon. All packs away in the included carry case.

Building & Blocks

Multi-functional  - develop motor skills, educational toys of alphabets and numbers and a flexible toy for mix and match with other wooden toys for creative play!

 

6 Animal Town Wooden Blocks

Stack, build, knock down, repeat! Sturdy, well-designed with chunky and easy to grasp pieces, this is the perfect building block set for babies and toddlers. Bright shapes encourage creativity and free play, with no limits to what can be created!

Perfect for developing hand-eye coordination, colour and shape recognition

Contains 26 blocks and 14 different shapes in multiple colours and patterns

 

7 Courtyard Blocks

Unlock your child's creativity with our Courtyard Blocks! There are 34 coloured and different shaped blocks to construct and build lots of different gardens.  

A canvas drawstring bag is included for easy storage and transport. Serves also as a portable toy! Helps to develop balance, hand eye coordination and construction skills.

 

8 Garden Blocks

Create your own garden with 25 push and click wooden blocks.

Made from sustainable rubberwood and responsibly sourced plywood, coloured with soft non-toxic colours for a contemporary style.

 

 

9-11 Animal Building Blocks - Lion, Owl, and Frog

Lion:

Owl: 

 

Frog:

 

These Animal Block Sets are made from 14 wooden blocks that can be combined to build various objects and animals, they help to develop imagination and intellectual ability. 

Helps to develop children's imagination, visual discrimination, spatial awareness, hand eye coordination and problem solving skills.

 

 

12 Rocking Baby Birds

Practise your balancing skills and fine motoring skills with this sweet solid wood rocking birds and eggs set.

The set includes 6 colourful birds and 5 different coloured eggs.

 

 

Trains

13 Train Set with Animals

This gorgeously finished Train set with 4 wooden character pieces. All made with quality wood and finished with beautiful paints and designs to catch the eyes of the little ones. Every child loves a train to push along and is an absolute must-have. It is fantastic for imaginary play, they can imagine and set their own scene to make their own story and what is better than seeing a little one get so much out of such a traditional iconic toy.

Vehicles 

14 Mini Blue Colin Campervan

A chunky mini Colin Campervan complete with removable Joe wooden person.

A perfect birthday present combined with 'Bernie Bus goes to Australia' books available separately. Also you can consider getting our 'Blue Colin Campervan' as its bigger buddy!

 

15 Mini Bernie Bus

A chunky mini Bernie Bus complete with removable Evelyn wooden person.

A perfect birthday present combined with 'Bernie Bus goes to London' or 'Bernie Bus goes to Australia' books available separately.

 

16 Studio Circus Ramp Racer

Our AMAZING new Studio Circus Ramp Racer is a fantastic little toy for those busy little ones!!

Made from quality wood and finished in beautiful eye catching and colourful paints and patterns, our ramp racer is guaranteed to keep the little ones whizzing with the three featured cars that flip at each end, racing to the bottom!

Review from our customer:

Purchased this for our 2 year old son birthday. He spent a good hour Putting the cars down the ramp racing them. Is also Made beautifully highly recommended .

 

 

17 Noah’s Shaper Sorter Ark

A perfect present for any little one!

Noah's Ark has removable roof panels and side panels lift up to allow little hands to collect the chunky wooden animals.

It's also unique in that its on wheels.

Set includes Mr & Mrs Noah, 2 Elephants, 2, crocodiles, 2, Penguins, 2 Lions, 2 Bears, 2 Butterflies, 2 Tortoises, 2 Zebras, 2 Giraffes, 2 Geese.

Review from our customer:

I ordered a wooden Noahs ark with animal shapes to fit in. Great value for money and so well made. My nephew loved it. The shop were amazing because I'd stupidly given them an incorrect postcode and telephone number. The lovely lady managed to work out I'd added an extra digit to my phone number and got it all sorted out. Will definitely be back again soon.

 

Others

 

18 Peacock Colours

This is one of the best selling simple yet fun wooden toys we have got! 

A beautiful painted wooden peacock with 5 tail feathers to see the world in different colours!

The coloured acrylic windows can be overlaid to see how colour mixes to create new ones.

Made from sustainable rubber wood and responsibly sourced plywood, coloured with soft non-toxic colours for a contemporary style.

Review from our customer:

I loved this toy. The peacock was a gift for my daughter and she was fascinated by all the colours. It’s very unusual- and also looks very cute on her bedroom shelves. I would definitely recommend it.

19 Stacking Rainbow Tunnel 

A 7 piece wooden tunnel puzzle toy, that stacks together like a real rainbow.

Made from sustainable rubber wood and responsibly sourced plywood, coloured with soft non-toxic colours for a contemporary style.

Review from our customer:
Love the contrast of colours, fair sized and once again great quality at a great price!

 

20 Ocean Fishing Game

This wonderful magnetic fishing game is a winner for all ages!

Have fun fishing for the delightful sea creatures with the two magnetic rods provided. Each creature is worth a different number of points, so the fastest fisher doesn’t always win! The game encourages hand-eye coordination, number recognition, and for older children, addition skills. Folds down for easier storage when not in use.

 

Final Words

So, we have introduced to you 20 items here that we recommended you to take a look at and many have been tested and satisfied by some of our 10s of thousand customers! 

They can certainly be gift ideas for birthdays, Christmas, stock filling, Easter and summer holiday. Don’t forget this is not all we have, come and take a look at what we have on offer now! 

Shop our full range of sustainable wooden toys for 18 months old plus here.

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