It is also worth mentioning, that if you are to treat or stain the wood again in the future, to ensure you choose a product which is also child-friendly. A fantastic addition to any little ones toy collection, this yellow jigsaw is made up of ten wooden pieces. Friction power is a nice feature as with a little push the digger whirrs along making a satisfying mechanical noise. The front of the ship has a folding lid, offering valuable storage space for toys or other garden equipment.

It’s a versatile manual post hole digger, too, with one reviewer noting it could “dig 19 holes in compacted, rocky clay soil” with no issues. When commercially grown rubber trees stop producing sufficient latex they are harvested for timber and the area replanted.The manufacturer recommends this particular toy for children from one and a half up to the age of five years, but let’s not kid ourselves, many older kids will love playing with this too. You can be confident that the treatments used on the wooden sandpits will not be toxic or harmful to your little ones.

We have softer, sandy soil so if you live in an area with clay, it might be difficult, or if you’re digging your holes from zero. Our top recommendation for a present for preschool kids is without doubt Dexter the Digger by Wow Toys.At 1:87 scale the Siku Mobile Excavator has the same proportions as your average ‘matchbox’ size toy vehicle. Plus, the stabilizer arms fold right down to ground level and back up to each side of the counterweight. Pintoy’s wooden backhoe loader is painted in the eye-catching black and yellow livery of many iconic brands of digger. Licensed by iconic British digger manufacturers JCB, the My First JCB range are ideal digger toys for toddlers. When creating holes for fences and other posts, people are likely to come across a wide variety of soil types.