family games

Thailand's Waraporn specializes in games and puzzles crafted of wood. Designed to hang on the tree, this set of three miniature wooden puzzles offer somethingmore, a gift and decoration all in one. The Snake Cube involves twisting the raintree and rubber wood colours on the petite cube until the image of a snake appears. The Falling Star puzzle is a three-dimensional Star of David. Its pieces must be perfectly positioned to lock into the star shape. Known in Europe and Asia since the 18th century, the classic six-piece Burr puzzle contains three sets of rod pairs, which need to intersect. Makes a great family gift or separate and give as stocking stuffers. Instructions included.

Dressed in a variety of colorful dresses, 12 Guatemalan worry dolls are here to preserve ancient Maya traditions. Legend has it that the Maya Sun God gave princess Ixmucané the gift of solving people's problems. With time people started making dolls in Ixmucané's honor and they would tell her their woes, hoping she would solve them through the dolls. "This tradition is still alive," says Ana from the Lopez Garcia Family. "The idea is to have many worry dolls and trust each one with whatever troubles you. Once you've told them, you put them under your pillow. It is said that during the night, while we sleep, the dolls will whisper the solution to our troubles. For us, crafting the worry dolls - muñequitas quita penas - is our main source of income.It allows us to provide our children with an education as well as a job for all of us." The set of 12 arrives in a pedal-loomed cotton pouch.

Please expect slight variations in color and size as each doll is crafted by hand with available materials, rendering each one unique.

Find your way home in this engrossing labyrinth game by Indian artisan Rakesh Pathak. Carved from mango wood, the game challenges you to guide a trio of stainless steel marbles through the circular maze and to the center, or "home."

Created by Waraporn Khamsuk of Thailand, this puzzle will make the perfect brain teaser for challenging your friends and family. Carved from raintree wood, this puzzle features one flat board with five geometric puzzle pieces. On one side of the board, the challenge is to fit all pieces inside. On the other side, the borders are much more constrained, so getting the pieces to fit perfectly can be challenging.

Instructions included.