In 1966, Guidecraft began as a small, family-run business in Garnerville, New York crafting beautiful, wooden toys for children. Over the last 50 years, Guidecraft’s offerings have expanded to include nature-inspired, open-ended toys, STEM-based products, and classroom and consumer furniture.
Guidecraft
What makes our products unique?
As a design-based company with strong roots in education, we are in a unique position to bring theory, safety and quality all together into the design and manufacturing of our toys and furniture.
Why do we love what we do?
Whether it's fostering their imagination with our lofts and dress up centers, connecting kids more closely to nature with our toys, or providing a comfortable reading nook, we take pride in contributing to children's development.
Our collection of educational toys have been designed to encourage early development, spark curiosity, and inspire hands-on learning through play.
Made to last
We prioritize quality and create toys that are built to last (and not end up in a landfill!). Durable, easy-to-clean materials make Guidecraft learning toys the right choice for the home and classroom.
Rooted in theory
Industry experts, educators and parents design our toy sets based on every child’s innate patterns of play.
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my 1 year old, 5 year old, and 9 year old love these! we keep them on the window sill and it makes it fun to look through. My 1 year old realized right away that they nest together and practiced this process over and over again. It's fun to see what different types of objects look like through it.
The quality wasn't what I expected--some of the blocks needed sanded. But if you like open-ended toys, you will probably enjoy these. I thought maybe I made a mistake in purchasing these as they are so simple, but the second day we had these my 6 year old got out his rock and mineral collection and these blocks. He played for 2 hours. I think they will get used by my 2.5 year old too, but I'll have to provide invitations to play. Leaves, flowers, etc. are on the horizon!
Using the term “block” for these is very misleading. I had the impression that they would be self-containing, so you could actually display nature finds in them, but there is no back! So...window frames? Might be a better name for them, IDK. I’m just attaching a plexiglass back because they’re nice enough...
when this product came, one of the boxes was already cracked (the plastic magnification part). i thought i could put things under the box and the item would look magnified, but you need to hold it farther away. my kids liked running around looking through it for a few minutes and haven't picked them up again. it just really wasn't what i was hoping for.