Picking Gifts see so much plastic which understandable where there is no alternative
Luckily C Mai and area still have craftspeople,OTOP and of course teh Akha ladies with the FROGS that you can "Stroke to CROAK" !
It must have driven my mum nutz but from age of around 1-5 my favourite ws the every golden Hammer Bench, In fact if I can find a nice one I may add to my playthings for nippers (and me when nobody looking"
If you have never seen so simple the wood dowels fit the holes so tightly you need bash several times to get through the hole, rinse and repeat, excellent like Cusenier blocks for hand eye co-ordination, activity, reward and exercise for young leaners (saving up to get a boy size for buckspin)
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