This style of doll was created in the 1920s to complement the Waldorf pedagogy—an alternative approach to education first articulated in Germany by the legendary Rudolf Steiner.

Heirloom-quality Waldorf dolls are not your usual baby doll, but the investment is a good one for the moms and kids who have and love them. Find out why. Skip to main content Skip to header navigation ...

Waldorf “survivors,” as they very seriously call themselves, accuse Waldorf schools of encouraging a cultlike loyalty to Steiner’s philosophy, which was founded on racist and anti-Semitic ...

Avah Toohey, 5, holds a Waldorf-style babydoo doll her mother Jennifer Toohey creates on her sewing machine. Photo by Nick Brancaccio / Windsor Star An article in Maclean’s magazine in 2013 ...