rope-runner kit
WK 1100
Regular price $12.50Funicular fun! The rope runner is fine to pack in a little adventurer's backpack and take out into the woods, or for a bit of sport indoors or out around the house.
Assembly 8 yrs+; Play 5 yrs+.
Instructions in English, French, and German.
12 cm high. 145 grams. Pocket pals sold separately.
Made in Germany.
mini cable car 2-gondola kit
WK 1170
Regular price $40.00 Sale price $36.50 Save 9%The two cars are joined with a string. A wood block or a stone as weight in the upper car will cause it to travel downhill, at the same time pulling the lighter one uphill. Mini cable car kit includes materials for building 2 cars and a station for shuttle traffic.
Also comes with 2 pieces of 5 m long string. Cars are ~8 cm long x 3.8 cm wide.
Recommended for 9 years+.
Nest Notes: we do recommend following the maker's age recommendation, as the gluing of the cable cars takes patience and a little hand steadiness and skill. For cable car fun without gluing, and for younger children, we recommend the basket cable car kits. Please note that the basket cable car kits and the gondola cable cars kits use different rope (cable) configurations, and therefore do not mix and match.
Made in Germany.
mirror tube
WK 5520
Regular price $9.50 Sale price $8.00 Save 16%The hard cardboard tube with the help of the two flexible mirrors, one rolled into the interior of the tube, and one bent around the outside of the tube, leads to many experiments in reflection. The resulting patterns and views are beautiful and surprising and can lead to many further independent experiments.
Booklet with excellent quality set-ups and suggestions for experiments and open-ended questions, in german, english, and french language.
Recommended for 8 years and up. Particularly suited to the study of light and optics in Grade 6 and 7.
Winner of the German 'Spiel Gut' award.
Comes in a tube 21 cm long x 6.3 cm diameter, overall weight 95 g.
Made in Germany.
animal tracks
WK 5575
Regular price $17.00Design your own animal tracks with six different track templates: Whether with chalk, paint, in the sand or on fabric: is it a wolf - a lynx or .. a wild boar? Eagle owls, bears and deer can also perform! Great fun for children.
Do you really know how large the footprint of a bear is and how small in comparison that of a lynx? What does it look like when wild animals walk through mud or snow? Use these life size templates to recreate the tracks of bear, lynx, wolf, red deer, wild boar, and eagle-owl.
Colour in the templates on the pavement/ sidewalk using chalks, spray chalk, or even mud, take them to print the tracks on snow or sand. You can even use them with textile paint to decorate some clothing or other fabric.
Contents: 7 templates for life-sized tracks on woodland animals (there are 2 for the bear), instructions on how to use them and interesting facts about step length, size, weight, feeding habits and predators of each of these animals.
For children from 5 years of age, helps to develop an interest in nature.
Made in Germany.
solar-powered carousel
WK 1600
Regular price $75.00Sunlight drives the solar Sun Carousel.
A small solar cell supplies the power for a small motor. In the sun, in the light of a light bulb or a halogen spotlight, the Sun Carousel begins to turn. It drives until shadows fall on the solar cell. As soon as the Sun Carousel is back in the light, the next ride begins.
Assembly instructions in English, with French and German available.
Recommended for children 10 years and older to build on their own. Younger children, perhaps even of 6 and older will enjoy to play with it, and they may participate to build together with an older helper.
Assembled diameter 25 cm. Weight 360 grams.
Comes with 3 small dolls.
Made in Germany.
building bridges experimental kit
WK 5860
Regular price $85.00Bridge constructing has always been exciting! A variety of bridges are constructed and advanced, many of them collapsed. A bridge constructor has to consider several forces when constructing a solid bridge. Different materials and techniques in this experiment box show advantages and disadvantages of different types. The superb manual included not only leads one through the history of bridge construction but also encourages building different types of bridges over ditches and streams.
Assembly and play recommended for 10+ yrs.
Instructions and explanations in English & German.
Made in Germany.
swings carousel
WK 1650
Regular price $75.00The swings carousel offers space for six little dolls, which should hold on tight while driving. It can be turned with the small crank.
Delightful is a "remote control" to drive the carousel when paired with a 'water wheel', 'windmill' or an engine (sold separately).
Recommended for children 10 years and older to build on their own. Younger children, perhaps even of 6 and older will enjoy to play with it, and they may participate to build together with an older helper.
Assembled diameter 35 cm. Weight 350 grams.
Comes with 3 small dolls.
Made in Germany.
Bhaváti
WK 4800
Regular price $150.00Bhaváti is an old Indian word for 'to build'. The Bhaváti wooden bricks with their specific shape entice children to build towers, fences, houses, and patterns or serve as building bricks in the following 4 game versions for kindergarten or older children:
Recommended for 3 years and up. There are 4 different game versions included: Two versions are for 3 or 4 years and up; one version for 5 years and up; and another game version for 10 years and up.
Instructions in English, French, and German.
Contents: 144 wooden building bricks, 20 wooden player pieces, 2 coloured and 1 numbered dice, 2 sturdy cardboard ring sets
Size of box: 43 x 30 x 5.5 cm
Weight 2.8 kg
Made in Germany.
Game Play Instructions:
Tower of Bable, a family game for 5 years+
Idea:
The players take turns throwing the dice to determine how many bricks of one colour they may use for building or have to remove. The first player to place