Creative Playthings MCM Birds on a Tree Puzzle and Balancing Toy carved shoe with laces 13 5/8” x 9 3/4”

13 5/8” x 9 3/4” x 1/4” thick

where it can both serve as a little daily inspiration to take risks and persist

iconic to arts and crafts pottery of the earlyish 20th century

which may be to be original to its making

boxy and direct

Creative Playthings MCM Birds on a Tree Puzzle and Balancing Toy carved shoe with laces 13 5/8” x 9 3/4”This fabulous birds in tree puzzle balancing toy display piece I think perfectly encapsulates the spirit and philosophy of the wonderful design company that was Creative Playthings, founded in NYC by Frank and Theresa Caplan in 1945 with the goal of creating simple but beautiful educational toys and materials emphasizing shape, color and texture that would promote a childs creativity and imagination. And indeed this puzzle does, lending itself to an