Collection: Speedy Monkey

Speedy Monkey wooden toys, designed in France

Speedy Monkey is a French toy brand. Its wooden toys are designed in France, finished in child-safe paints and UKCA and CE marked, and none of them needs batteries. We stock 20 of them, for babies from six months and toddlers up to around three years. Most are from 12 months, which makes this one of the best places on the site to look for a first birthday present.

🧩 Puzzles and shape sorters

• Animal Puzzle — a frog, koala, hedgehog and fox to lift out of the board and fit back in. A first puzzle, for 1 to 3 years.
• Early Learning Wooden Puzzle Board — a star, triangle, heart and circle, plus a little bear, on a 20 x 19cm board.
• Garden Surprise Puzzle and Dino Surprise Puzzle — lift each egg by its knob to find a chick, a bunny or a dinosaur underneath, colour-matched to its shell.
• House Shape Sorter — eight patterned blocks to post through the holes, and a roof that lifts off to start again.
• Animal Shape Box — a small sorter with a chunky fox, teddy, deer and frog, light enough to carry about.

🎯 Bead mazes and activity toys

• Wooden Bead Maze — seven beads over and under a wire frame, with a lion keeping watch. 18cm tall and lap-sized.
• Wooden Rocking Beads Maze — a bead maze on a rocking base, with a monkey who sways as the beads go over the palm tree.
• 5 in 1 Wooden Activity Cube — a shape sorter, gear puzzle, tree maze, animal puzzle and bead maze in one 34cm cube.
• Wooden Multi Activity Walker — a push walker for first steps, with nine activities, quiet rubber wheels and a brake.

🔢 Counting, stacking and building

• Monkey Family Stacker — one ring on the first pole, two on the next, up to five. Fifteen rings and five monkeys.
• Rainbow Abacus — forty beads that run back down the arches on their own once they are pushed up.
• Hedgehog Clock Game — twelve shaped number blocks and hands that turn. A shape puzzle at one, a number game later.
• Building Blocks With Shape Sorter — fifty printed blocks in a bucket with a carry handle and a shape-sorter lid.
• Wooden Stacking Train — an engine and two carriages with 19 blocks to sort and build with, and a cord to pull it along.
• Wooden Gear Toy — seven gears that mesh and spin together, with animal heads as handles. From 2 years.

🚗 Rolling, pulling and music

• Big Roller Rattle — a fox roller that rattles as it goes. From 6 months, the youngest toy in the range.
• Wooden Pull-Along Car — a car on a 60cm cord with a removable bear in the driver's seat.
• Sky Melody Set — a tuned 8-note xylophone, tambourine, maraca and castanet in one wooden set.
• My First Toy Box — building blocks, a stacking rabbit, a chick puzzle and a pull-along hedgehog in one carry box. Our pick for a first birthday.

⚠️ Worth knowing before you buy

• Check the age on each toy. Most are from 12 months. The Big Roller Rattle is from 6 months and the Wooden Gear Toy from 2 years.
• Cords are for supervised play. The pull-along car and stacking train have cords, so keep them for play together and out of the cot.
• Wood is wipe-clean only. Use a damp cloth, with no soaking and no detergents.

❓ Frequently asked questions

Is Speedy Monkey a French brand?
Yes. Speedy Monkey design their toys in France.

Which Speedy Monkey toy is best for a one-year-old?
For a first birthday, the My First Toy Box gives four toys in one. The Animal Puzzle and Monkey Family Stacker are good first puzzles and stackers, and the Wooden Bead Maze is small enough for a lap.

Is there anything for a baby under one?
The Big Roller Rattle, from 6 months. Everything else in the range is from 12 months or older.

Do any of them need batteries?
No. Every sound comes from beads, wheels or little hands.

Our guides to the best toys for a 1 year old, puzzle toys for babies and toys for fine motor skills go into more detail.

❤️ From our family to yours

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