Cute and simple: wooden animal instruments

Our daughter is just recuperating from a bout of chickenpox, and with stay-at-home dad going stir-crazy after five days of quarantine, I popped into our local toyshop to see what I could take home to cheer them both up.

These wooden animal instruments caught my eye immediately. The bright colours, simple designs and appealing characters - plus the reasonable prices - made them an obvious choice. And when the spots started to itch, I noticed wryly that the name of the piece you see below is 'Scratchy Frog'.