As we crash headlong into the festive season, we have put together a great craft activity to kickstart the holiday joy! It combines creativity, fine motor skills, and the excitement of creating a wish list for Father Christmas. Drumroll, please... Jump into the world of crafting a Wooden Wonderland Wish List using the pages of our very own wooden toy catalogue! Step 1: Gather Your Supplies To start, make sure you have the essentials: a pair of child-friendly scissors, some safe glue, and a printout of our adorable wooden toy catalogue images. Simply download and print these delightfu ..read more

The summer holidays are quickly approaching, with some schools already having broken up here in Canada. Whether you have a holiday planned or not, we can transport you to that beach today with this Beach Scavenger Hunt! It’s a free game you can download and print out and play with all the family. All you need to do is print out one copy for each player then the winner is the person who spots the most! No beach trip planned? No worries! Just print out two copies and cut out each item to turn it into a classic memory game! Download Beach Scavenger Hunt Printable For more holiday-inspired fun, ch ..read more

It's Father's Day in Canada this Sunday and everyone knows that the best card is a handmade one! So we've used the artwork from our new Space Station out this month!   All you need to do is print out this page to make a special card for your Dad! You will need to cut it out and glue it onto a piece of folded card the same size as the artwork. We have left the face blank for your to draw your own or you can add a photo of your dad instead!   The new Space Station Activity Board is an inter-galactic mission, all on one space station platform! The Space Station is a beau ..read more

Hello May! We've got a free, magical fairy printable, which perfectly complements our new Timber Taxi toy that is now available for pre-order! The Timber Taxi is a quirky log-shaped vehicle featuring Fungi, Robbie, and Woody, whose names are printed underneath. They are the new members to join our Merrywood Tales collection! Print out your fairy road signs here to help guide the Timber Taxi past those cheeky fairies and pesky trolls! Print out our free printable on our blog, then all you need are small twigs, tape and play dough. Next, carefully cut out each sign and use t ..read more

Download Paper Flowers Printable Follow these simple steps to create an Easter headdress! All you need is square pieces of paper, a pair of scissors, card cut into a long strip to make a headdress and bunny ears (we used a cereal box), and split pins.     Once you've used our step by step guide to create your paper flowers you will need to attach them to your headdress with each spit pin pushed through the center of each flower (as shown in our photos).    Now all you need are some chocolate eggs to eat too! Enjoy ..read more

Did you know that many vegetables are fantastic to print with too? So after you’ve had your healthy snacks use any leftovers for this creative activity… First, cut in half your fruit and vegetables. We used lime, chilli, celery and a mini tomato, but you can use anything you have in the fridge. Next, use a flat plate to mix paints onto, choosing a selection of lovely, bright colors. Then start dipping the fruit and veg into the paint and print onto test paper to see what shapes you get. From this, you will be able to choose which ones will look good on your final piece. We used our print shap ..read more

Celebrate International Women’s Day today by making a paper dolls decoration to hang in your room! It’s super easy! All you need to do is print out Women's Day 2022 Printable, color in the dolls, cut around the dashed lines then fold along the dotted lines! Turn this into a frieze for your bedroom by printing out a few copies and joining them together.   ..read more

Millions of people all over the world celebrate the Lunar, (Chinese) New Year and this year it falls on 1 February. The Lunar calendar celebrates its first new day when a new moon appears, a theory that is more than 5,000 years old. This calendar has 12 Chinese zodiac animal signs, and these rotate every year with this year being the year of the tiger. Those born in the year are considered to have traits of leadership, respect and acting assertively as well as being courageous, outspoken, prone to taking risks and energetic.  We have our own, majestic tiger in our Circus Stacker wooden to ..read more

What child doesn't love their parents joining in with them to play tea parties? And now setting up that tea party with your child and their teddies has been proven to have added psychological benefits too! An article published in Nursery World said that researchers from the University of Cambridge have found that children whose parents join them in pretend play are less likely to exhibit behavioural problems down the line. Dr Zhen Rao, from the Centre for Research on Play in Education, Development and Learning (PEDAL), at the Faculty of Education, University of Cambridge, said, ‘Parents are us ..read more

Here’s a lovely winter scene for you to print out and color in! Cut along the thick black line, color in then you could turn this into a Christmas greeting card to give to loved ones or even stick in your window for neighbors to enjoy too! We hope that you and your families have a relaxing and healthy Christmas from all the team here at Tender Leaf! Our coloring in illustration was inspired by the beautiful artwork on our Woodland Theatre, a large play shop that offers group play on both sides. On one side, it is a Woodland Stores play shop, on the reverse, the shop turns into a Woodlan ..read more