Wooden Village People – 38 Pieces by The Freckled Frog

Bring communities, cultures, and everyday life into imaginative play with this engaging Wooden Village People 38 Piece Set, perfect for classrooms, early learning centres, and small world play environments. Featuring a diverse collection of multicultural characters, family members, and community workers, this beautifully illustrated wooden figure set encourages children to explore relationships, occupations, and the world around them through creative storytelling.

Each set includes 38 thick, double-sided wooden figures, featuring colourful screen-printed illustrations representing a variety of ages, genders, cultural backgrounds, and occupations. Standing between 6cm and 9cm tall, these sturdy figures are perfectly sized for little hands, making them ideal for imaginative play, storytelling, and hands-on learning experiences.

Designed to encourage inclusive play and meaningful conversations, the Wooden Village People help children develop an understanding of diversity, family structures, community roles, and social relationships while supporting language development and creative expression.

Why Educators Love Them:

• Includes 38 diverse wooden figures representing families, cultures, and community occupations

• Encourages inclusive play and appreciation of cultural diversity

• Supports imaginative storytelling, communication, and language development

• Helps children explore family relationships, community roles, and everyday experiences

• Double-sided, screen-printed illustrations provide engaging character details

• Thick wooden construction makes the figures easy for little hands to handle

• Ideal for small world play, dramatic storytelling, and social learning activities

How to Use Them:

• Create miniature towns and villages using wooden buildings, roads, and small world accessories

• Encourage children to explore different occupations and the important roles people play in their communities

• Use during storytelling sessions to develop characters, relationships, and imaginative scenarios

• Introduce conversations about cultural diversity, inclusion, families, and belonging

• Pair with toy vehicles, houses, and community buildings for engaging small world play

• Encourage cooperative play as children create stories and interact with different characters

Details:

• Set of 38 wooden village people figures

• Features multicultural, occupational, and family characters

• Double-sided, screen-printed illustrations

• Thick wooden construction

• Figure heights: approximately 6cm (children) to 9cm (adults)

• Represents a variety of ages, genders, cultural backgrounds, and occupations

• Suitable for ages 3+