Hand-painted animals with real heft and grain, felt trees that turn from spring green to pale white-sage, hand magnifiers to look closer. A living-science lab for Pre-K to Grade 3, where children build the terrain, populate the food web, and study what lives there.
Bumbu in Romania, Tara in Nepal. Made to order, on purpose.
Bumbu cuts every animal and tree from maple or linden, also called lime, one wood or two depending on the piece, then paints each by hand with German water-based paints, produced to EN 71 standards, and finishes it with organic oils. The Papoose Seasonal Trees are hand-felted in Nepal on liana-wood trunks, no two alike. Neither workshop keeps stock. Both build to order.
It is built from named species. The fox family is two adults, one sitting and one at a run, with two kits, one sitting and one nose-up and curious. Behind them stand a pair of birches and the rock forms that mark the terrain. Children sort by canopy and species, map animals to habitats, and track the seasons across the Papoose Seasonal Trees, then reach for a magnifier to look closer. No batteries. No instructions. The forest is the instructions.
Topography, water, the ground they live on.
Layers, from the forest floor to the treetops.
Species, families, and who eats whom.
Life cycles, magnifiers, and the observation table.
A living-science lab for Pre-K to Grade 3: hand-painted animals, felt seasonal trees, and the tools to look closer.
[ HERO PRODUCT · THE DEER FAMILY ]
The stag keeps watch from the ridge while the doe and her fawns graze in the clearing below. One fawn lies curled and sleeping, another nibbles nearby, and a third stands alert at the edge. The figures stand free; the relationships do the rest.
Full specifications →A habitat mat, rocks, a cliff, a volcano, a river and waterfall, toadstools, logs, stumps and downed branches. Children build the terrain first, then place the species and observe.
Topography, geomorphology, riparian zones. NGSS K-2 Earth and Space Science.
[ TERRAIN N°01 · TINY TERRAINS ]
[ TERRAIN N°02 · HOWLSTONE ]
WARNING: CHOKING HAZARD. Small parts. Not for children under 3 yrs.
[ TERRAIN N°03 · CLIFF · ROCKY OUTCROP ]
WARNING: CHOKING HAZARD. Small parts. Not for children under 3 yrs.
$160
[ TERRAIN N°04 · VOLCANO ]
WARNING: CHOKING HAZARD. Small parts. Not for children under 3 yrs.
[ TERRAIN N°05 · RIVER PLATE, WATERFALL & ROCKS ]
WARNING: CHOKING HAZARD. Small parts. Not for children under 3 yrs.
[ TERRAIN N°06 · TOADSTOOL TRUNKS · SET OF 2 ]
WARNING: CHOKING HAZARD. Small parts. Not for children under 3 yrs.
[ TERRAIN N°07 · HALF-HOLLOW LOG ]
[ TERRAIN N°08 · HOLLOW LOG ]
[ TERRAIN N°09 · TREE STUMPS · SET OF 2 ]
[ TERRAIN N°10 · BRANCH & TWIGS ]
WARNING: CHOKING HAZARD. Small parts. Not for children under 3 yrs.
Four more species live on the cliff. The eagle, mountain goat, snake and lizard come with the Cliff & Rocky Outcrop, in Terrain and habitat.
Artisan-made Bumbu family sets for species classification, habitat mapping, and relationship-centered study. Each family invites children to name the species, sort by niche, build a habitat, and tell its story. Build one or two families, then grow the collection over time. These sets are made to be shared across a department, not bought per classroom.
All hand-finished in Romania. Maple or linden hardwood.
Forest Ecology · apex predators & foraging consumers. Five species as a working food web, from the owl in the canopy to the hedgehog on the forest floor, a Forest Food Web Demonstration Kit in one row. The Deer Family is featured above.
[ OWL · 1 PIECE ]
WARNING: CHOKING HAZARD. Small parts. Not for children under 3 yrs.
$26
[ FOX FAMILY · 4 PIECES ]
WARNING: CHOKING HAZARD. Small parts. Not for children under 3 yrs.
[ RACCOON FAMILY · 4 PIECES ]
WARNING: CHOKING HAZARD. Small parts. Not for children under 3 yrs.
[ BEAR FAMILY · 4 PIECES ]
WARNING: CHOKING HAZARD. Small parts. Not for children under 3 yrs.
[ HEDGEHOG FAMILY · 4 PIECES ]
WARNING: CHOKING HAZARD. Small parts. Not for children under 3 yrs.
Ground-level specialists and forest-floor ecology.
[ BEAVER FAMILY · 3 PIECES ]
WARNING: CHOKING HAZARD. Small parts. Not for children under 3 yrs.
[ FROG PAIR · 2 PIECES ]
WARNING: CHOKING HAZARD. Small parts. Not for children under 3 yrs.
[ AQUATIC ADAPTATION SET · 3 PIECES ]
WARNING: CHOKING HAZARD. Small parts. Not for children under 3 yrs.
[ SWAN · MAMA + 3 CYGNETS · 4 PIECES ]
WARNING: CHOKING HAZARD. Small parts. Not for children under 3 yrs.
Every child knows the forest is alive. These pieces agree.From the 2026 Fall Edition
Five hand-finished trees of real forest species, oak, birch, fir, willow, and spruce, for canopy study, vertical-layer mapping, and building habitats children can populate and observe.
All five artisan-made in Romania, in maple or linden.
[ TREE N°01 · ANCIENT OAK ]
[ BIRCH · PAIR · SMALL + LARGE ]
[ FIR · PAIR · SMALL + LARGE ]
[ SNOWY FIR · PAIR · SMALL + LARGE ]
[ WILLOW · SINGLE ]
[ SPRUCE · SINGLE ]
Sequencing, metamorphosis, and biological growth: five needle-felted life-cycle models, frog and butterfly metamorphosis, the bee and the hive, bean germination, and the chicken from egg to hen, each modeled stage by stage.
Aligned to NGSS K-2 Life Science.
[ LIFE CYCLE N°01 · FROG ]
WARNING: CHOKING HAZARD. Small parts. Not for children under 3 yrs.
[ LIFE CYCLE N°02 · BUTTERFLY ]
WARNING: CHOKING HAZARD. Small parts. Not for children under 3 yrs.
[ LIFE CYCLE N°03 · BEE ]
WARNING: CHOKING HAZARD. Small parts. Not for children under 3 yrs.
[ LIFE CYCLE N°04 · BEAN ]
WARNING: CHOKING HAZARD. Small parts. Not for children under 3 yrs.
[ LIFE CYCLE N°05 · CHICKEN ]
WARNING: CHOKING HAZARD. Small parts. Not for children under 3 yrs.
Active observation, data collection, and hands-on investigation: hand magnifiers for the closest looking, a bug box for catch-and-release, binoculars and a compass for the field. The Naturalist Observation Kit provides the full apparatus, gathered to provision the investigation table on one purchase order.
Scientific inquiry & methods. NGSS K-2 Life Science.
[ OBSERVE N°01 · MAGNIFIER SET ]
[ OBSERVE N°02 · BUG BOX ]
[ OBSERVE N°03 · BINOCULARS ]
[ OBSERVE N°04 · COMPASS ]
[ OBSERVE N°05 · SPECIMEN COLLECTING KIT ]
WARNING: CHOKING HAZARD. Small parts. Not for children under 3 yrs.
[ OBSERVE N°06 · OPTICAL BLOCKS ]
Children always ask, who lives here? Wonderheart Little Folk, rainbow and pastel gnomes, flower children, fairy doors, and wishing wells, live a volume away in Section 05, Imaginative Worlds. They move into the Bumbu woodland naturally: a fox family at the edge of the clearing, a gnome family at the doorstep of the felted toadstool. One small world.
See Section 05 · Imaginative Worlds →Paying for this
Districts issue a purchase order and are invoiced Net 60. Private practices, microschools, libraries, and homeschool co-ops pay by card, or we invoice you directly, with no purchase order needed. We give you the paperwork either way.
The whole woodland
Each set is priced at the sum of its parts. What you are buying is fewer lines on the requisition.
Schools buy the woodland as catalog sets, not as single pieces. The five purchase-order-ready sets below are the same ones in our 2026 Fall Edition. Each is priced as a package on your quote.
Woodland Creatures & Trees · MTW-WLSL-WCT
Ten animal sets and all five tree forms: the creatures and the woodland they live in.
$1,180
The hand-painted Bumbu animals with the trees they live among, bundled for species classification, habitat study, and food-web work. Animals and trees arrive together because a habitat is species in a place, not a list of species.
WARNING: CHOKING HAZARD. Small parts. Not for children under 3 yrs.
Included in The Whole Woodland (MTW-WLSL-WWD). Ordering both duplicates these items.
Terrain & Habitat · MTW-WLSL-THS
The habitat mat plus the full terrain kit.
$758
The habitat mat with the full terrain kit, cliff, volcano, river, rocks, logs, and twigs, to provision the modeling table.
WARNING: CHOKING HAZARD. Small parts. Not for children under 3 yrs.
Included in The Whole Woodland (MTW-WLSL-WWD). Ordering both duplicates these items.
Life-Cycle Inquiry · MTW-WLSL-LCS
All five life-cycle models on their felt mats.
$371
Five life-cycle models, each on its own felt cycle mat, for sequencing, metamorphosis, and growth study.
WARNING: CHOKING HAZARD. Small parts. Not for children under 3 yrs.
Included in The Whole Woodland (MTW-WLSL-WWD). Ordering both duplicates these items.
Naturalist Observation · MTW-WLSL-FRT
The full field-observation apparatus.
$153
Magnifiers, a bug box, binoculars, and two compasses, the full observation kit.
WARNING: CHOKING HAZARD. Small parts. Not for children under 3 yrs.
Included in The Whole Woodland (MTW-WLSL-WWD). Ordering both duplicates these items.
The Whole Woodland · MTW-WLSL-WWD
Every set in the section, on one purchase order.
$2,462
The complete life-science lab: the creatures and their trees, the terrain and habitat table, the five life-cycle models, and the field-observation kit. Priced as the four sets together, with no premium for bundling.
WARNING: CHOKING HAZARD. Small parts. Not for children under 3 yrs.
For custom mixes, district orders, or just a consultation, write to us directly. Write to our educator team. We reply with a set recommendation, a line-item quote, and an estimated ship date.
We reply within two business days.
A member of our educator team replies personally to every school inquiry. educators@mytoywagon.com · (626) 703-9646 · Mon to Fri, 9am to 5pm Pacific.
For first-time school accounts, district planning, or a walkthrough of the catalog. Twenty minutes with a member of our team, who knows every maker in the catalog and can confirm terms and ship dates on the call.
Call us: (626) 703-9646 →Tell us about the room and we will build the quote. The full form, with budget, timeline, and the sets you are considering, is on our quote page.
Or write to educators@mytoywagon.com or call (626) 703-9646, Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm Pacific.