If you are like this mum and totally over the sight and sound of plastic bits and pieces crashing against each other, then invest in a set of these gorgeous wooden blocks. Even if they’re just as noisy, they look much nicer!

Neuve’s handcrafted wooden cubes are made of hardwood and silk-screened in red and can be used by adults as a pleasing puzzle with 68,719,476,736 combinations, or as building blocks for littlies.

This can be purchased from Yoya Shop in New York for US$24.95 and they ship to Australia.