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Top 6 Wooden Baby Toys
Safe, natural and durable

by Dipika Mirpuri
for About.com

Encouraging your baby to play and learn with wooden toys is one of the best things a parent can do. These wooden baby toys are hygenic, easy to clean and safe for your little ones. Wooden baby toys are durable and will stand up to rough play through several children.

The manufacturers of these wooden toys are well known in the toy industry. These hand crafted wooden baby toys are of the best quality. Take a look at these must-have wooden baby toys.

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1. Stack the Trix Mix Wooden Baby Toy

Haba Stack the Trix MixHaba
This wooden baby toy consists of a stacking and pull-push toy rolled into one. This sounds like something babies and toddlers will really love. In fact, our mini toy testers liked this toy from Haba so much, they made a beeline towards it in their next play session too. The wooden baby toy consists of 9 pieces made of beech wood. There are colorful wheels on which the toy moves. These pieces can be stacked on the rods attached to the toy base. There are cute smiley faces and attachments like hands and hair bows on some of the pieces which gives the impression of little miniature people. A very charming wooden baby toy - a must have for your precious little one. This toy is ideal for babies aged 18 months and up.
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2. Salto Baby Toy

Salto wooden baby toy from HabaSalto wooden baby toy from Haba
This colorful teething ring has movable center pieces which will entice your 6-month old or older to pull, push, or grab. Multiple coats of natural, water-based, non-toxic lacquers ensure Salto's colors will stay vivid and bright for years to come. A quality toy that was crafted to withstand years, even generations, of childhood adoration and play.
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3. Haba Discovery Blocks

Haba Discovery BlocksHaba Discovery Blocks
These brightly colored wooden blocks are just what babies will enjoy. There are so many things to do with these wooden toys. You can pick up a block and use it as a rattle, look at your reflection in the "mirror" on a block, play with a bell on the third and even look through a kaleidoscope through a fourth block. The wooden toys are painted with non toxic and kid-friendly paints.
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4. Goblin Toy Truck

Goblin Toy TruckHaba
The Goblin wooden toy truck is a pull and push toy for your baby. Once the blocks are loaded correctly onto the trainer, the journey can begin. Colorful wooden blocks which fit into the toy train are educational and fun. You can use this wooden baby toy even when your baby becomes a toddler.
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5. Ballino Grasping Toy

Ballino by HabaBallino by Haba
Another wooden baby toy for the younger ones. Ballino by Haba is a grasping toy which makes clicking noises when squeezed by your baby. This is a great cause and effect wooden toy which will keep your baby entertained. Helps stimulate babies sensory perception and fosters development.
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6. Discovery Balls from Haba

Discovery BallsHaba
These utterly charming "discovery" wooden toy balls from one of my favorite toy manufacturers, Haba, are bound to be a favorite of most babies. These colorful and very safe wooden balls are fun to roll around. It's fun to watch them roll around as the colors and patterns blend into each other, creating optical illusions. They also have sound effects which appeal to babies. These discovery balls are good for babies and toddlers above the age of 12 months.
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