The wooden farm friends your child actually keeps
or 4 payments of £7.24 with Klarna
🛡️ 30-day full refund, no questions. Fewer than 30 returns from 23,000+ orders.
- 8 animals included
- Closes for storage
- 10 learning cards
- Ages 12 months+
- Carry handle
- Ships 2-3 days
- 30-day returns
- Klarna available
Delivery in 2-3 working days · 30-day returns · Est. 1795
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Real talk
Sick of plastic that breaks and gets binned?
The Friendly Farm sits on the playmat because it works. Red wooden barn, solid construction, opens flat to play and closes tight for moving between rooms or to grandparents. Inside: a farmer, fences, 8 animals sized right for small hands, and 10 cards that teach animal names and sounds without a screen in sight.
Your child keeps coming back to it. You get your living room back. Both of you win.
Joe Jaques, Jaques of London
What's in the box
What comes with The Friendly Farm
Everything in one barn. Nothing missing, nothing loose.
Wooden barn
Bright red, solid wood construction. Opens for play, closes for storage and travel. Carry handle on top means it moves room to room, to the car, to grandparents without a fuss.
- ✓ Opens flat for play
- ✓ Closes tight for storage
- ✓ Carry handle built in
8 animals and 1 farmer
Hand-finished wooden figures. Pig, cow, sheep, horse, duck, goat, hen, and lamb. Farmer included. Every piece sized for toddler hands, no small choking risks, finished smooth.
- ✓ 8 different animals
- ✓ 1 friendly farmer
- ✓ Smooth, hand-finished
Fences and learning cards
Wooden fence sections to build a farmyard. 10 picture cards teach animal names and sounds, no batteries needed. Encourages early language development while they play.
- ✓ Wooden fence pieces
- ✓ 10 learning cards included
- ✓ Supports early language skills
Arrives within 2-3 business days. made for ages 1-7.
Was £35.99
The Friendly Farm: £28.99
While they play
What it quietly teaches
Looks like play. Works like a lesson.
Language and sounds
The 10 cards name each animal and the sounds they make. Children build vocabulary through play, not worksheets. Language sticks when it's fun.
Imagination without script
No app, no video, no voice telling them what happens next. Your child writes the story. That's where real play lives.
Care and responsibility
A barn that closes neatly. Animals that don't scatter. Play that keeps its pieces teaches children to value what they have.
Shared play
Barn opens flat so two children play side by side, or a child and an adult. Room for everyone at the table.
What families say about Jaques of London
What parents tell us
"Excellent quality wood toys, so well made, no sharp edges, all lovely & smooth, very colourful & plenty of choice. Very reasonably priced & so beautifully wrapped you don't want to open them. Highly recommend this company."
"Fast delivery, excellent products, extremely good quality and long lasting. My granddaughter loves the toys from here. Good age ranges covered."
"These toys tick all the boxes, educational, colourful, fun, well made and great service. I just keep buying more and more."
"We love our toys from Jaques of London. The quality is excellent and they're the perfect size for little hands to hold and play with easily. Beautifully made, sturdy wooden toys that will last for years. Highly recommend!"
"Harrods grade gifting for a very reasonable price. Not the usual tat from China. Had several hand picked orders fron Jaques, nice to know its a UK business with old school quality."
"I am a real fan of this company. If only I had come across them years ago when my boys were little. It's my go to for beautiful, good quality toys for my granddaughter now and any gift I need to buy. They arrived quickly, prices are reasonable and the special touch is they are beautifully packaged too. I love the heritage of this business!"
Get ready for life
Why real play matters
Real brain growth comes from real play.
Open the barn
Lid hinges open. Pieces stay in place. No parts fall out, no chaos. Close it tight when playtime ends.
Out come the animals
Farmer, pig, cow, sheep, horse, duck, goat, hen, lamb. Set the scene with wooden fences. Ready to play.
The story begins
No prompt, no rules, no timer. Children narrate, act out, repeat, reimagine. Play that holds attention and builds memory.
Why this matters right now
We really are different
Why The Friendly Farm beats plastic farm sets
| Jaques The Friendly Farm | Cheap Alternatives | |
|---|---|---|
| Lasts years not weeks | ✅ | ❌ Cracks, breaks, binned |
| No batteries or charging | ✅ | ⚠️ Needs recharging every day |
| Pieces stay in place | ✅ | ❌ Pieces go missing in a month |
| Opens flat for play | ✅ | ⚠️ Rigid shape, limits imagination |
| Closes tight for storage | ✅ | ❌ Loose bits everywhere |
| No plastic smell or toxins | ✅ | ⚠️ New plastic smell, off-gassing |
| Child can pass it on | ✅ | ❌ Destined for landfill |
- ✅ Built to last years
- ✅ Zero batteries needed
- ✅ Pieces stay together
- ✅ Opens to play
- ✅ Closes for storage
- ✅ No plastic toxins
- ✅ Can be passed on
- ❌ Plastic breaks fast
- ❌ Batteries always dead
- ❌ Pieces vanish
- ❌ Fixed rigid shape
- ❌ Messy to pack away
- ❌ Plastic off-gassing
- ❌ Becomes landfill
Arrives within 2-3 business days. made for ages 1-7.
Was £35.99
The Friendly Farm: £28.99
30-Day Money-Back Guarantee
Not right? Return it within 30 days. Full refund, no questions.
Questions & answers
Questions grandparents and gift-buyers ask
Is this right for a 1-year-old, or should I wait?
The Friendly Farm works from 12 months through age 7. At 1, they explore the animals and shapes. At 3, they build farm stories. At 5, they teach their friends. One toy, 5+ years of play. No age ceiling.
What's it actually made from?
Solid wood, hand-finished smooth, no rough edges or splinters. The barn is painted bright red with child-safe finishes. Every animal is weighted and balanced so it feels good in small hands. Built to survive years of play and still look like new when passed on. As one parent told us: 'Not the usual tat from China', John A.
How quickly can I get it if I'm buying for a birthday?
We ship within 2 to 3 business days. Order by 2pm and it ships the same day. Most UK postcodes arrive within 5 working days. If a birthday is coming and you're worried, drop us a message with your postcode and we'll give you the real timeline.
What if my child doesn't like it or it doesn't fit our space?
30-day returns, no fuss. We also offer a 60-day warranty on all parts, so if anything does break (unlikely), we fix it. One parent said it arrived 'next day, saved Christmas', Leigh Hemmings. We back every toy we make.
How much does it cost?
The The Friendly Farm is £28.99 today (down from £35.99). Klarna is available at checkout if you prefer to spread the cost.
What's your returns policy?
30 days, full refund, no conditions. Return it for any reason and we refund in full. We've been standing behind what we make since 1795.
Arrives within 2-3 business days. made for ages 1-7.
Was £35.99
The Friendly Farm: £28.99
Our story
Making toys worth keeping since 1795.
Jaques of London was founded in 1795. We invented croquet, table tennis, and the Staunton chess set. For 230 years, we've been making things that pull children away from passive entertainment and into active, curious, hands-on play.
Jaques has made wooden toys since 1795 because we believe play shapes who a child becomes. The Friendly Farm carries that promise: solid wood, no batteries, no planned obsolescence. It's designed to be opened, closed, carried, shared, and eventually passed to the next child with all its pieces still there. Your child's imagination is the only limit. That's how we've always made toys.
Toys and games that leave something behind: a skill, a memory, a piece of play that gets passed on.
Joe, Jaques of London
Ready when you are
The farm that stays on the table.
Order it this week.
Was £35.99
£28.99 Save 19%
🛡️ 30-day money-back guarantee · 🚚 Delivery in 2-3 working days · 🏛️ Est. 1795
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