Rumpelstiltskin – Ostheimer

The beautiful handmade wooden Rumpelstiltskin toy figure from the Ostheimer fairy tale worlds range will certainly please your young dreamer!

Children love to immerse themselves in the imaginative world of fairy tales and breathlessly they listen to the tales of Snow White and Little Red Riding Hood, of Princes and princesses. With the carefully handcrafted wooden Ostheimer figures children may relive the stories they heard. The design of the beautiful fairy tale figures reflects their beauty and imaginative character.

This Ostheimer figure tells the story of the Grimm’s fairy tale “Rumpelstiltskin”, collected by the brothers Grimm in the 1812 edition of Children’s and Household Tales. The story is about an imp who spins straw into gold in exchange for a woman’s firstborn child. The origins of the story can be traced back to around 4,000 years ago. A possible early literary reference to the tale appears in Dionysius of Halicarnassus’s Roman Antiquities, in the 1st century CE. (Source)

Ostheimer wooden toys are 100% hand-crafted in Germany with only certified materials, guaranteeing safety for children at play.

The Ostheimer Rumpelstiltskin figure is 8cm tall and is recommended for children aged 3 years and up.

Contents:

1 wooden Rumpelstiltskin figure

About Ostheimer

Ostheimer solid wooden toys inspire children to embrace the world with all their senses and to immerse themselves freely in creative and imaginative play which is so essential to grow up healthy.

An indispensable Waldorf toy brand, Ostheimer has been carefully manufacturing wooden figures and animals for over 80 years. Individually crafted by hand, the high quality Ostheimer wooden toys provide children with a beautiful and pleasant image of human beings and animals. They are shaped to allow small hands to experience the full tactile and sensory experience of its natural wood.

Each Ostheimer toy is painted with carefully chosen colours which are saliva-proof and contain no harmful substances. They are finished with organic oil to preserve the natural qualities of the wood and to allow the grain to peek through.