Ostheimer Hippopotamus open mouth

Hippo mouth open (made in Germany), price only for the animal on the left. Dimensions: H = approx. 10 cm. Recommended age: 3 years and over. Safety warning: please pay attention to choking hazard, swallowable parts. The Ostheimer figures are made exclusively from high-quality, reforestable local wood. Most of the figures are made of maple. Some, however, also quite aware of ash. The ash wood has a unique structure and colour, which allows for some figures such as rhino or palm an idiosyncratic design. Ash, maple or linden. Most of our figures, like many other toys for small children, are made of maple. The color of this wooden house is bright and usually has very little grain, so it is suitable for the "white" animal world e.g. Sheep or polar bears, ideal even without painting.

On the other hand, the quality of the maple wood allows an undisturbed and beautiful painting of the products. Ash is the powerful, quirky wood with a rain drawing. It supports in the design the quirky character of many figures. Any figure made of ash wood looks very different from the rest at first glance. The strong wood drawings already partly give their own expression form, as in nature. Therefore, in Ostheimer there are some animals (for example, rhinoceros, camel etc.). , many trees and the quirky repel stalk, the gnomes or the powerful ibex made of ash wood. From lime wood we make the very large Christmas figures.

It is really to hold in hand - a Maria in size you just have to caress over the head. The linden is a very soft and easy to sand wood with a light yellowish base color. The warmth of the wood is thus reflected in the very large figures in an attractive way. Our colors and oils. The colors used are not natural colors.