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Handcrafted Wooden Toys for Learning and Development

byVarnam Craft CollectiveStores in Bengaluru, Mysuru & Goa; Ships across IndiaStarts from₹350 per pieceView full gallery

Bring home the joy of mindful play. Our Montessori-inspired wooden toys are designed to nurture your child's growth using safe, natural materials and 200-year-old Channapatna craft techniques.

Stacking toys are ideal playmates for kids aged 1 to 2. This video showcases some of our favorites, including the Montessori-inspired 'Forms on Pegs' and 'Ek ka Teen', and our popular 'Gyaani Goobes' owl stacker.

The Gyaani Goobe, or Wise Owl, stacker helps a child learn to match respective sizes, colors, and shapes in the right sequence. Handcrafted from medicinal 'Wrightia tinctoria' wood with non-toxic colors, it's a completely safe educational toy.

Our Gyaani Goobes, the wise owls, have been spreading smiles for a decade. What started as a cute stacking toy for children has become a popular home accent for adults too.

Our stacking toys are often rooted in Indian culture to encourage conversations with children. Arjuna’s Challenge is a beautiful stacking game inspired by the mythological story of Arjuna aiming at the eye of a fish to win Draupadi's hand.

Arjuna's Challenge is a stacking game that helps kids develop motor skills, grasp, and size discrimination. The goal is to stack the fishes atop each other using the bow and arrow, inspired by the story from the Mahabharata.

The Nartaki doll is a great way for your little one to engage in the essential life skill of stacking. Inspired by a vintage doll I found in a flea market, you can stack her up and then make her twirl.

'Forms on Pegs' is a Montessori-recommended activity for kids around 10 months and up. It develops manipulative skills, hand-eye coordination, and helps the infant understand object permanence and color coordination.

This 'Ek ka Teen' is a 3-in-1 stacker inspired by Montessori education. It features three stages of increasing difficulty, helping a child develop hand-eye coordination, concentration, and spatial awareness as they master each one.

Our Twirling Theyyam doll serves a dual purpose. It makes a beautiful decorative piece for your Dasara golu display but also works as an educative stacking toy for your kids to learn about this beautiful art form.

When our twirling Theyyam doll found so much love, I knew we had to celebrate another dance form. This Kathakali stacking doll can be arranged in many ways to create a new 'roopa' or avatar every time, making it a playful ode to Kerala.

About Toys for Learning & Development

What makes these toys special isn't just the bright colours; it's the 'Aale mara' wood we use. It is naturally soft and antimicrobial, meaning you don't have to worry when your little one decides to explore them with their mouth. Each piece—from our 'Gyaani Goobes' owl stacker to the 'Fishy Wishy' game—is designed to help your child master fundamental skills like pincer grasp and size discrimination, grounding their early development in the rhythm of traditional hand-turning.

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Stores in Bengaluru, Mysuru & Goa; Ships across IndiaStarts from ₹350 per piece

At Varnam, we don't believe in mass-producing toys that end up in landfills. I work alongside artisans like Pallavi and Hameed to create toys that feel like home—made from medicinal wood and natural dyes—because your child's early milestones deserve to be nurtured by something real and rooted in tradition.

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