The Freedom To Play
High quality wooden toys designed to inspire and bring joy.
The Ultimate Building Toy
One of our most loved open ended toys, the Connetix magnetic tile range
helps develop so many skills as well as encouraging imagination. The
STEAM based toy helps to encourage maths, technology and arts, designed
to encourage learning through play the Connetix range is perfect for any
child to play with.
Stapelstein Stepping Stones
The Stapelstein stepping stones and wobble boards are designed to fit into your home not just as a toy, but as a design lead and functional resource that encourages play, movement and connection. Whether you're making up games, practising your balance or testing your child's physical limits!
Sensory Play All Year Round
Inspire My Play has created the perfect play tray for messy, creative, and small-world set-ups, this sensory play tray with removable compartments and lid was designed to help you create hassle-free sensory play experiences at home. No more attempts at lugging a tuff tray around the house or putting off messy play altogether!
Delivering beautiful, sustainable toys & gifts to inspire play from our home to yours.
Why do we love open ended toys so much?
We believe that play is one of the single most important elements of childhood, by providing a small but well thought our collection of toys we can allow our children to dream, imagine, problem solve and adventure way beyond the boundaries we've found ourselves with as adults.
Toy building blocks are my favourite recommendation.
Whenever I am asked about what is the best toy to gift to a child I always say blocks! Whether its for a one year old or 4 year old the humble toy block is the cornerstone of the toy box. they provide so many oppotunities to play, build, develop, count & sort that they pay for themselves year on year.
mixing and matching from different sets is one of the best ways to see c ahcilds creative side come alive.
Let customers speak for us
from 211 reviewsBeautiful quality fabric and print
Amazing item, my children’s love it! The quality, packing and delivery was great. thank you
I purchased these for my childminding setting, all the children love them and are played with daily. Very good quality and I have no doubt these will last us years
Really fast delivery. Good seller.
This teether is very cute and has a nice solid feel. It’s easy for my baby to grasp and she loves to chew on it.
It is ready to use, no extra effort is required, this size of each cup is fine even using the yellow door rollers.
Besides, the rollers from yellow door are recommended as well.
This beautiful doll is so well made and cuddly . I have purchased these for all of my granddaughters who adore them
Loos beautiful and long sleeves protects shoulders and arms from sun.
Fantastic the kids play with it everyday.
On the pricey side but well used by our two and a half year old. Lots of creative play.
This is a beautiful set. It’s very well made (exactly what you’d expect from Bumbu) and these different pieces work brilliantly together to create a wonderful scene that’s very inviting for little ones to play with. The wood is stunning and very tactile. Worth every penny!
The customer service was superb and I wouldn’t hesitate to shop here again.
Keep playing them after receiving them! And thanks charnwoodschild for reply on inquiry and fast delivery.
There was a mistake with the order but the customer service to deal with correcting it was exceptional. Who I emailed with personally checked the corrected parcel and with it arriving on the 23rd December they sent it wrapped up. Much appreciated and recommended.
This is such a perfect set for small world play. I bought it for a birthday present for my little girl, and I just know she’s going to love it. The detail is excellent and the waterfall really gives a sense of movement. Good chunky pieces-all round super pleased with this purchase! <3
An independent shop selling sustainable wooden toys
Hi, I'm Lauren, mama of one and master of non, lover of slow Sundays and chocolate hobnobs and I want you to know why Charnwood's Child is so special to me. When my daughter Wallis was born I discovered a new way of looking at our world; living in Charnwood we had abundance of beautiful forests and parks and seeing how she used her imagination inspired me to think of toys differently.
I began to spend far too long trying to find a site that delivered the best in quality, craftsmanship and aesthetics but which also put the sole focus of natural and imaginative play at the heart of their designs. When I increasingly found myself having to look further afield, discovering brands in Greece, Russia, Denmark and USA I decided to bring them all under one roof, this roof! I hope you enjoy browsing and please get in touch if you need any help.
Lauren x
Here's What Our Customers Are Saying
Stapelstein Balance Board
This is a really colourful well made Wobble balance board which my kids love and equally I have also been using to improve my balance.
Stapelstein Stepping Stones
'Beautiful Open-Ended Toy'
Purchased these for my daughters third birthday who has been using anything and everything as stepping stones around the house. She’s absolutely thrilled! Beautiful colours, lightweight for her to carry and stack independently. She’s used them as stepping stones, a house for maileg mice, a container to fill, a seat, a step up, for colour recognition and she’s only had them a few days. Looking forward to seeing where else her imagination takes her with these!
Willow Tree
Gorgeous
What a gorgeous piece! The colours and cut are amazing, I can't to add more Bumbu to our playroom.