Oskar's Wooden Ark in Gepps Cross, South Australia, Australia | Toy shop

Oskar's Wooden Ark

Locality: Gepps Cross, South Australia, Australia

Address: 3/18 Carsten Road 5094 Gepps Cross, SA, Australia

Website: http://www.oskarswoodenark.com.au

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25.01.2022 It's no secret that we have a soft spot for our beautiful CLiCQUES dolls, they are just too cute One of the best things about them though is that they come with their own house. And if you flip the paper insert around, you'll find a different design on the other side which you can insert back into the house to create a lovely cozy room for your set of CLiCQUES dolls. The question now is how can we shrink ourselves so we can move in with the CLiCQUES dolls

25.01.2022 We are so excited to finally announce that our beautiful range Mader spinning tops and toys will be restocked tomorrow night: Tuesday, the 24th of November, at 8pm Adelaide time. The wait has been incredible long and we feel like our shipment must have travelled at least three times around the world before it finally arrived in Australia ... This shipment includes lots of new items: Spinning plates Yoyos Mader Look Around the Corner Mader Bilboquet just to name a few and before you ask, of course, there are also lots of new beautiful spinning top designs as well.

25.01.2022 Schoeller Wooden Toys offer a huge range of beautiful wooden toys and furniture. They are known for their great functionality and design. Inspired by Montessori and Waldorf theories, Schoellner’s children’s furniture lets your child practise real life skills in a playful and imaginative way as well as in a safe environment. All materials, shapes and colours have been chosen with the child in mind making sure that the toy leaves enough room for the child’s imagination and creativity. We are proud to offer these beautiful, high quality wooden toys to families all around Australia

23.01.2022 Have you heard of the japanese fabric wrapping method furoshiki? Cloth wrapping has been used for over 1200 years in Japan and the word furoshiki came about during the Edo period (1603-1868) when the cloths were commonly used in bath houses to wrap clothes and as a bath mat. Our playsilks are not only a beautiful toy, they are also perfect for gift wrapping and allows you to wrap a gift in a gift ... Allie - woodentoyplay (Instagram)

21.01.2022 Have you CLiCQUEd yet? These beautiful dolls have been welcomed into so many homes around the country and we've received so much positive feedback from our customers. Thank you to all of you who adopted some of our beautiful CLiCQUES boys and girls CLiCQUES wooden toys consist of three elements that are held together with tiny magnets. You can mix and match the different body parts (head, body and legs) to your liking and explore magnetism at the same time. CLiCQUES dolls and garden sets are back in stock

19.01.2022 Did you know that we have a gift guide on our website? We always strive to make life easier for our customers. As we are often asked for toy recommendations for children of different ages, we have sorted all our toys into age groups. Whether you're looking for a gift for a baby shower, a birthday, Christmas or a toy that would be suitable for two children of different ages, you will find lots of ideas for suitable toys in our gift guide.... We have devided our gift guide into five age groups: ~ From birth ~ 1 year and older ~ 2 years and older ~ 3 years and older ~ 4 years and older ... and if you are interested in more details of a certain toy, please read the product description for more information.

19.01.2022 New blog post online: The Pikler Approach Our mission is not only to provide you with high quality toys but also to give you ideas on how to use them in your play. In order to give you some background information about "why" we stock certain brands and toys as well as their benefits, we have started a new series of educational blog posts. The first one up is about Dr Emmi Pikler, the inventor of the Pikler Triangle climbing frame. Emmi did a lot of research on early childh...ood development and her work outcomes were quite revolutionary for her time but so beneficial for the relationship between babies and parents as well as children's mental and physical development during the early years. You'll find the blog post on our website. Have a read and let us know what you think See more

17.01.2022 New blog post online: Play and Learn with Mader Spinning Tops! Our very own Kim Jarrett, THE biggest spinning top fan and enthusiast we know, has written a fun and informative blog post for Oskar's Wooden Ark. The blog post "Play and Learn with Mader Spinning Tops" includes fun play activities and learning ideas and gives you an answer to the most frequently asked spinning top question: How to choose your first Mader Spinning Top. But that's not all, Kim included a summary of... all our spinning tops and their difficulty levels. Kim's blog post is not only a great read but also a fantastic resource to have on hand! https://www.oskarswoodenark.com.au//play-and-learn-with-ma

11.01.2022 Did you know Oskar's Wooden Ark offers a Layby service? Spread the cost for Christmas, birthdays or other celebrations by reserving your items now as long as they are available. Pay the balance off in weekly, fortnightly or monthly rates - whatever you prefer and whenever you can afford it over a maximum period of 4 months.... Please note that Layby is only available for orders worth more than AUD250 and a non-refundable deposit of 20% of the total purchase price is due immediately. Please make sure you are familiar with our terms and conditions, return policy as well as shipping & delivery policy before you place your order.

10.01.2022 Did you know that we also have a Facebook group called "The Wooden Ark Family"? We created the Wooden Ark Family so we have a place where we can share the love for wooden toys with you in more detail and to give our Family members a place to ask questions, share their ideas and get inspiration.... If you are a Wooden Ark Family member, you are the first to know about any insides and behind the scenes information such as * Stock updates * New brands * the winner of our #owafamilychallenge * Blogposts and much more! Join us by searching for The Wooden Ark Family or click https://www.facebook.com/groups/oskarswoodenark/

09.01.2022 We are so excited to offer you a new and completely different range of open-ended toys and learning resources: Magnetic Tiles. In order to celebrate the launch, we set up a special Magnetic Tiles Introduction Offer for you: Get your Magnetic Tiles set (or sets ) before Thursday midnight (17th of September 11.59pm ACST) and we automatically apply a 10% discount during checkout. Offer only available until stock lasts.... Oskar's Wooden Ark has two fantastic captains and while you don't get to see Captain Thuy very often, because she does a lot of work behind the scenes, she's the one who has madly fallen in love with magnetic tiles and has been the driving force behind the addition of magnetic tiles to Oskar's Wooden Ark. "After much discussion, a few restless nights and rolling the idea around in our heads, we have finally made the leap to stock the wonderful Learn & Grow Magnetic Tiles here at Oskar’s Wooden Ark. It wasn’t an easy decision to say the least, to have a range which is so very different to our existing products but we eventually said YES because of one reason and one reason only. The Learn & Grow Magnetic Tiles are just too good of a toy! Not only is it fun, open-ended and educational but it is also good value, long lasting and enjoyed by all ages. What more could you ask for in a toy?"

08.01.2022 Nanchen Dolls now available Our first shipment of Nanchen Dolls has arrived - well at least the first part of it. We are still waiting for the rest to arrive - hopefully in the next 2-3 weeks but the ones sitting in the warehouse are now available. After having all the beautiful Dolls Furniture from our Schoellner and Drewart range we wanted to extend our range with high quality dolls. We think that Nanchen Dolls are the best you can get on the market as they are known for... their beautifully hand-painted faces, their extreme cuddliness and assembled using only the best and safest organic materials. Each doll is stuffed by hand with 100% organic pure new wool and individually hand-painted making each doll unique, just like us. We spoke to the lovely Janah and Juliane at the Toy Fair in Germany and placed our first order earlier this year. Then COVID hit and airfreight was not possible anymore. They have since finished all of our more than 90 different Dolls (or variants) and they either have already arrived or will hopefully arrive in the next few weeks. Goldon Music Instruments now available It's finally happening, our new brand Goldon Music Instruments has arrived this week. We have finished the product descriptions over the weekend and just made the stock available. Kaden Marble Runs Christmas PRE-ORDER now available The majority of "S" sized sets has sold out and we have one more shipment before Christmas on the way with an expected arrival in early October. To make Kaden more affordable we made the last shipment of the year available for PRE-ORDER this morning so you can make use of our LAYBY service in preparation of Christmas. Once the stock of this shipment is gone, there will be no more stock before Christmas.

07.01.2022 For the last time this year we are going to restock our range of Grapat Wooden Toys this afternoon. Friday, 27th November - 5pm Adelaide time Most items will be back in stock. Grapat Lola, Nins Carla and Mandala pieces will be available in reasonable numbers but are expected to sell out.... Unfortunately, some of the popular items won't be restocked. Grapat Season sets, Grapat Bowls and Balls are not part of this shipment.

06.01.2022 Did you know that Oskar's Wooden Ark has a YouTube Channel? We created the YouTube channel in order to give you a better idea of our toys, what they can do and how you can play and learn with them. Our videographer John also created comparison videos of similar products.... Over the last two months we have published more than 70 videos on our YouTube channel. We would love you to subscribe to our channel but more importantly share the fun and show some of our videos to your children. If they are any of our toys that you would love to see a video of or any toys that you would like us to compare for you, let us know!

04.01.2022 You know we love giveaways and giving back to our community. This year has been tough for so many of us so we've teamed up with Graupner Holzminiaturen to spoil three families with gorgeous Graupner Christmas decorations. There are three different ways to win: 1) Order a Graupner Christmas decoration from Oskar's Wooden Ark until Thursday, the 26th of November at midnight Adelaide time and go into the draw to win a Graupner Christmas pyramid. You already ordered one? Perf...ect you've gone into the draw already. 2) Follow Graupner Holzminiaturen on Facebook, join our Facebook group "The Wooden Ark Family" and let us know your favourite Graupner Christmas decoration (pinned post) for a chance to win a Graupner music box (this giveaway ends Thursday, the 26th of November at midnight Adelaide time). 3) Instagram giveaway: follow the steps on our giveaway post on Instagram for your chance to win 9 Graupner Christmas ornaments worth more than $230. This giveaway ends Thursday, the 26th of November at 9pm AEDT. All giveaways are open to Australian residents only. Good luck everyone

04.01.2022 We love Christmas! It's the most wonderful time of the year. Seeing the excitement in our children's eyes and their happy faces counting down the days in December makes this time of the year extra special for us as well. However, for us parents it can be quite overwhelming. There are so many toys around but which ones are the best? And then there's the Christmas stocking. Another thing to think about and fill with fun presents to keep the kids entertained before they get to open the bigger presents. To help you out, we've published a new blog post "Our best stocking fillers". You'll find the blog post under the tab "blog" on our website.

02.01.2022 What could be more magical than having your own pair of wings? Our wings from Sarah's silk allow your children to transform into butterflies, fairies, dragons, birds, lady bugs, bats or dragonflies... These wings are hand painted and open-ended so children can add their imaginations into their play. The broad satin ribbons make them easy to tie on. Kelly - mumz.world (Instagram)

01.01.2022 Our flockmen encourage your children to develop and practise many skills during play. Sorting, matching, ordering, logic, spatial relations, recognition, organisation, planning and balance are just a few concepts that your children can explore by playing with this wonderful bunch of natural wooden figurines. Let imagination run free with the versatile Flockmen toy. Made from natural wood. Designed for creative play.