Description
About the product:
- Article number: E810982
- Brand: Elou
- The set contains 6 colours: red, yellow, blue, green, orange and purple.
- Material: wax in a cork handle. Size of pieces: 57 x 40 mm.
- Warning: Crumbling pieces of crayons might pose choking hazard, so with children under 3 only use with supervision – just like any other art materials!
Elou toys are sustainably made in Portugal complying the highest toy safety standards, including the European EN71 (CE). Please note that cork is a natural material, therefore slight variations of colour, weight and volume are natural and can also develop over time due to the lifecycle of the material or the changes in the environment (including temperature, humidity).
About Elou and cork toys:
Cork is usually known for closing wine bottles – but if you have been in Portugal, you might know that there are so much more to this amazing, 100% sustainable and renewable material, harvested from the outer layer of cork oat. Everyday objects, shoes, bags, even furniture is made out of it, and it is a material that more and more widely used in different industries from construction to spatial development. Cork is one of a kind material from sustainability perspectives, too: cork harvesting is an intervention in nature, which does not destroy it, rather helps the cork oaks to stay alive and grow. It des not require trees to be cut down, but it is extracted from the bark after being harvested every 9 years.
Elou is Portuguese company with roots in this tradition and knowledge of using cork as a diverse raw material. Having recognised its many wonderful benefits, they have decided to bring it to toy wonderland, too! Cork is commonly used and certified for the food industry and
this reinforces its safety when handled by young children. It is antibacterial, hypoallergenic, it has no sharp edges even when cut, and it also very lightweight, making it easy and safe to handle. It is also a natural material which put children’s senses to work. Elou toys are developed with children’s development in mind together with specialists, and they comply the highest toy safety standards.