The Pressing Studio
Four presses, from the pocket to the shelf.
For schools: Net 60 for approved districts · exemption certificates accepted · W-9 on request · quote held 45 days.
All four presses in one order. A pocket press a child carries on a walk, two mid-sized presses for a table, and a wooden studio press that stays on the shelf and outlives the class that used it.
Pressing is the one nature-table craft with a delay built in. A flower goes in, the room waits a fortnight, and something different comes out. Four presses running at once means four groups can each have something in progress rather than queuing for one.
Developmental benefits.
Four presses let four groups each keep work in progress
A built-in wait teaches patience and return visits to the same object
Pressed specimens carry into botany, labeling and display
Ranges from a pocket press for walks to a studio press for the shelf
Classroom specifications.
Ordering details.
Made to order in small batches, with delivery in about About 3 to 4 weeks.For seasonal and bulk classroom orders, tell us your in-hand date when you request a quote and we will schedule production to arrive before the end of your semester.
Shipped from our Los Angeles studio, or directly from the maker, with tracking emailed when it leaves. Multi-classroom orders can be split-shipped to individual sites or consolidated to a central receiving dock.
- Ages 3+.
Approved educator accounts pay by purchase order on Net 60 terms. We also accept check, ACH, and card, and new accounts may prepay until terms are approved. Pricing on your quote is held for 45 days.
- Net 60 for approved districts; independent schools on approved terms
- Tax-exempt where your state allows it, once your certificate is on file
- Orders of $500 or more take a 50% deposit unless you are ordering on a district purchase order
- Stock confirmed on every quote before the PO is submitted
Everything your accounts-payable team needs, provided on request and usually returned within two business days: W-9, Certificate of Insurance, sole-source letter, and business license.
Missing or damaged pieces happen in busy classrooms. Contact educators@mytoywagon.com for replacement components to restore a complete set.
Drewart
Drewart has been making wooden toys in Strzelce Gorne, about fifteen kilometres from Bydgoszcz in Poland, since Jerzy Muszynski founded the workshop in 1982. It is still a shop of about thirty people. Pieces are cut and shaped on the machines, then assembled by hand and checked one at a time before they leave. The wood is finished with natural oils, with acrylic paints used sparingly where color is needed.
Tender Leaf Toys
Tender Leaf Toys are made by Mentari International, a family-run factory in Indonesia that makes every Tender Leaf piece and gives dependable work to hundreds of people from the surrounding villages. The Tender Leaf team spends about two months a year on the factory floor alongside them. Every stage happens under one roof, from raw timber to hand-painting, assembly and checking, which is why the finish holds steady from batch to batch. The wood is reclaimed rubberwood, timber from rubber trees that no longer produce latex, and a new tree is planted for every one reclaimed, in partnership with the Indonesian government. Finished toys are wrapped in paper and packed in recycled cardboard.
Toverlux
Toverlux is Annefleur and Femke, two mothers and lifelong friends working from the Netherlands, Annefleur in Naarden-Vesting and Femke in Amsterdam. They founded it to make lamps rooted in Waldorf principles, working with a community of nature-inspired artists. The flower press and silhouette kit come out of that workshop: they are made from the birch left over when the lamps are cut, so the offcuts become products rather than waste. Printed with food-grade inks.
June & December
June & December is Katie and Nick Forte, an independent design studio in Michigan making sustainable goods that tell the wild stories of nature. They founded it in 2012 and named it for the months their two children were born. The work aims to build a closer connection to nature by inspiring curiosity, togetherness, and balance. Their goods are now carried in stores across all fifty states.
