Our age-by-age guide to a baby's first Christmas gifts, from black-and-white toys for newborns to busy boards from 6 months. It covers ideas we make by hand in Italy and good ones we don't.
Elisa Cerri26 October 2026
What to give a 1- or 2-year-old this Christmas: a wooden busy board with their name added free, toys on wheels, a keepsake toy box, gift sets, and good ideas we don't make ourselves.
Elisa Cerri25 October 2026
Self-esteem is the perception we all have of ourselves. It is the value and trust we place in our abilities. As you know better than me, there is a lot of talk about self-esteem as a value to be pursued,…
Elisa Cerri6 March 2023
Cherieswood turns 1-year old: what I’ve learned on wooden toys, e-commerce and products for toddlers
We just turned 1 year old and I want to tell you a bit more about what happened in the last 12 months and what I've learned building Cherieswood!
Elisa Cerri29 November 2022
This is definitely one of the most common questions we receive at Cherieswood! let's give an answer to the right age to start using the baby gym and play mat.
Elisa Cerri8 August 2022
The last part of our mini-series to show you how we are building Cherieswood! As we continue to work on sales and marketing, we also spend time iterating on existing and new products.
Elisa Cerri19 July 2022
In today's article we talk about the Montessory Busy Board, often simply called busy board or sensorial board. It's a famous wooden toy that is designed to let your baby learn new things while playing with objects positioned on a…
Elisa Cerri15 July 2022
At Cherieswood we deal with babies and learning. Yes, we do that building wooden toys, but we spend a lot of time thinking how we can make them useful to improve babies cognitive and motor skills. Understand how babies discover…
Elisa Cerri8 July 2022
At the very beginning of my journey with Cherieswood I've spent quite a bit of time reading and learning about the Montessori's philosophy. I've quickly discovered how big this movement has become and how difficult it is at times to…
Elisa Cerri6 July 2022
Last week I started a new blog series to tell you a bit more about my story with Cherieswood and what have been the biggest challenges in building a new wooden toy brand! Part 1 is dedicated to the early…
Elisa Cerri5 July 2022
