Bikeho Bridge with Stairs
The Bikeho Bridge with Stairs was designed with the Waldorf principles in mind, handmade from only the most natural of materials and finished with the characteristic soft rounded edges of Waldorf toys.
NOTE: This listing is for 1x item, and as a handmade natural product from nature, each piece will be unique and exact colours or markings may differ from the styles pictured.
Specifications
Made in: Germany
Includes: 1x Bridge with Stairs
Material: Solid alder wood, oiled with food-safe linseed and sunflower oils
Dimensions: W 29cm H 9cm (approx.)
Safety & Usage
Recommended age: 3+ years
WARNING: Not suitable for children under 36 months. Choking hazard due to small parts.
Safety: Rigorously tested and conforms to the European EN 71 Toy Safety Standards. With CE Marking. Finished with non-toxic, plant-based oils. The entire surface including barked areas is safe to handle as all loose parts were meticulously removed.
Usage: Create beautiful small-world setups such as ancient townships, medieval castles or even pirate hideaways. Can be a bridge, a tunnel, a staircase to a treehouse, a cave, or even a see-saw for peg dolls.
Bikeho
Bikeho toys are made in a social-therapeutic community and designed to spark creativity and foster imagination. The organic shapes of the building blocks challenge children to problem-solve and experiment with different concepts while building and playing.
Bikeho - Naturally Perfect
Bikeho toys are beautifully natural, and just like nature, every piece is unique. Bikeho Wooden Toys are cut by eye and sanded by hand and it is the resulting individual expression that separates Bikeho from other toy makers. Every piece in the entire Bikeho range is shaped from a single solid piece of wood, giving the toys a robustness and quality that lasts through generations.
When cut and exposed to air, the timber will change from almost white to a light brown colour with a yellow tinge - enjoy your colour variations and the individual expression of your Bikeho piece!
Bikeho - By Design
Bikeho toys are designed with Waldorf principles in mind, to spark creativity and foster imagination. The organic shapes of the building blocks challenge children to problem solve and experiment with different concepts while building and playing.
Each beautiful open ended piece can be played with independently, with other Bikeho items, or included in any small world play setup. Children can create beautiful small world set ups allowing their imagination to soar - ancient townships, medieval castles, pirate hideaways, secret coves, roads and bridges, farm yards - wherever their imagination takes them.
The natural, tactile wooden blocks with their hand-chiselled surfaces and rounded corners are also very pleasing to the senses.
Social Commitment
Bikeho are known for their high quality wooden toys and social commitment. All Bikeho Wooden Toys are manufactured in the workshops of the social-therapeutic community Birkenhof (Bi-ke-ho), a place that looks after and accommodates up to 50 adults who are impaired in their mental and physical development. The Birkenhof community was founded in 1953 on a park-like site near Lüneburg in Northern Germany. It has residential buildings as well as different workshops creating a common place of life with a village-like feel. The focus of this community based arrangement is to work with the strengths of each individual person and foster their skills by giving them a purposeful job with meaningful and fulfilling tasks.
Bikeho is both socially and environmentally aware. All timber used in the Bikeho range is from sustainably grown alder wood. The wood is finished with natural, safe oils for both you and the environment.
The Birkenhof Mission Statement
We want to create a place where we can shape everyday lives with our mentally challenged adults. The object of our efforts is to promote the development of the individual personality in the context of our community and to make possible, the equal participation in daily social life.
