Tree Stump & Stag Beetle Life Cycle Set STL | Playtessori

Choose your license above: Personal for your home or classroom, Commercial if you want to sell the prints.

Run a small finger along the rings. One, two, three… every ring is a year the tree has lived. Deep inside the old wood, something is growing too: a tiny egg, a curled white larva, a sleeping pupa. And one summer evening, a stag beetle climbs out into the light.

The Tree Stump & Stag Beetle Life Cycle Set brings a whole forest story to your table. A stump tray with roots spreading like real ones, a tree-ring slice to read and trace, and playdough stamps with cutters for every stage of the stag beetle's life. Press, lift, and the beetle appears in the dough.

Nature study that children can hold, press and tell back in their own words.

What they practise

• Parts of a tree trunk: bark, cambium, sapwood, heartwood, pith
• Counting tree rings and talking about age and time
• The stag beetle life cycle: egg, larva, pupa, adult
• Sequencing and storytelling: "what comes next?"
• Fine motor strength: rolling, pressing and cutting playdough
• Real nature vocabulary, the Montessori way

Pair it with the learning pack

The set matches our printable "Parts of a Tree Trunk" and "Stag Beetle Life Cycle" pages you see in the photos. Lay the stamp next to the card and children match the real stage to the picture. 👉 Stag Beetle Learning Pack (109 printable pages)

What you get

• STL/3MF files: tree stump tray with roots
• Tree-ring slice insert (rings, cracks and pith in relief)
• Stag beetle life cycle playdough stamps, each with a matching cutter: egg cluster, larva, pupa, adult beetle
• Tested on standard FDM printers (Bambu Lab P1S)
• Size: 19 CM
• Approximate print time per part: 4-5 h
• Instant download: after checkout you'll get a download link by email and on the order page

For makers: a strong nature-study set for spring and autumn forest units, insect week and science corners. Sell it as a set, or split it into the stump with slice and the beetle stamps on their own.

Please supervise young children when they play with small parts.

License

• Personal License: for your home, classroom, homeschool or therapy room. Print as many as your own children or students need. Prints may not be sold.
• Commercial License: print and sell unlimited physical items in your shop or at markets. Please credit "Design by Playtessori". The digital files may not be shared, resold or uploaded anywhere.

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