Maya Organic is a fascinating initiative that also happens to create some extremely beautiful wooden toys. Set up in 1989, Maya Organic is a development organisation that was founded to eliminate child labour and poverty. By providing a structure within which poor, but skilled artisans from the Bangalore area can produce goods that are then sold to the wider market, the organisation is providing sustainable lifestyles for workers that would have little chance of achieving this without support.
The "lacware toys" section of Maya Organic is based in Channapatna near Bangalore, where workers produce colorful and attractive toys that are manufactured from sustainable rubberwood. Maya Organic toys are coloured using natural dyes including Tumeric which provides a deep yellow colour - and extracts from the Ratanjyoti tree for dark brown hues. Tuttu Turtle is one of the most popular Maya Organic toys - although their train engine and wooden spinning tops (that you can see above) are also popular items.
Maya Organic toys are distrubuted in the UK by Leela - a gift company that is based in the lovely Devon towns of Morchard Bishop and Okehampton.
The original online book seller now sells virtually every product you can imagine... including toys!
With new Maya Organic toys always on display, you can be guaranteed the very latest products from this specialist Cheltenham-based online shop.
Having traded since 2006, Globalkids is situated in Liskeard but sells Maya Organic to customers all over the world via their website.
A traditional combination toy shop and baby clothes boutique.
Online products include toys, gifts, games, RC toys and lots more.
High quality timber model farm buildings in two different scales.