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Loose parts play still captivates kids 7 and up, offering open-ended materials to build, engineer and invent with for endlessly evolving creations.
Grapat Bakes – Fresh from the oven! These hand-painted wooden breads and cookies are ready to fill little kitchens with delicious pretend smells an...
View full detailsGrapat Veggies – Time to harvest some fun—what will you make? These hand-painted wooden vegetables bring the garden’s freshest harvest straight to ...
View full detailsThe Grapat set of 12 rainbow coloured wooden mates is a beautiful open ended toy and a tactile tool with which to discover experience and explore t...
View full detailsThe Grapat Mandala Little Coin set is a superbly versatile, open ended, loose parts wooden toy and the possibilities of use are so exciting! Desig...
View full detailsLet’s take flight with our vibrant pink bird! With its stunning pink feathers and bright, playful wings, this little flier is ready to spin and rol...
View full detailsThis set contains 6 different tools, each in a unique size, shape and colour. They are a great addition to all kind of sensory play. They can be co...
View full detailsGrapat’s natural Nins are beautifully simple, three wooden figures made from 3 different types of trees, Beech, Oak and Sapeli, reflecting the beau...
View full detailsHold the warmth of the sun in your hands. This Mandala Bundle is a colorful assortment of wooden mandalas in variousshapes and shades, glowing with...
View full detailsSay hello to the vibrant orange bird, the most energetic of the bunch! With its bold orange feathers and fun wings, this bird loves to spin, roll, ...
View full detailsThe Grapat 7 moons Weekly Calendar helps children to experience the weekly cyclic rhythm. Children will associate each day with a colour, allowing ...
View full details100 Acrylic glitter stones, freely sorted. For decorating the Birthday table or nature table, building block castles and palasts and it is a real...
View full detailsThe Animal Crew by Grapat. Roar like a lion, chirp like a bird, or stomplike a bear! These human-shaped figures, dressed as animals, spark curiosit...
View full detailsThe Grimm’s wooden Building Rings enable endless building and stacking possibilities and are a wonderful addition to your loose parts play collec...
View full details36 pieces of mandala mushrooms in 12 different colours (3 units per colour) Learn more about Grapat through Grapat-Just Loose Parts? Recommended ag...
View full detailsGrapat Little Things (6 Colours) This collection is beautifully handcrafted from solid wood. These open ended wooden pieces are made with love and ...
View full detailsThe Grapat 24 Wooden Nest Bowls come in four different sizes and in 6 colours. Each of the 6 rainbow colour bowl sets contains 4 bowls in a gradien...
View full detailsEach set is made up of 4 different shaped elements that provide a perfect first loose parts set, allowing children to explore: in and out, over, un...
View full detailsThese Six Grapat wooden Bowls in six beautiful soft rainbow colours, invite children to experience and learn through play. Open ended toys allow ch...
View full detailsGrimm’s 5 Math Friends in a wooden frame (+ – : x =) are a fun, tactile tool to assist in the learning of the maths processes. Each hand-painted ...
View full detailsThese wooden buttons in rainbow colours are ideal for threading bracelets and necklaces and can be used in combination with other loose parts fo...
View full detailsGrimm’s Giant Acrylic Glitter Stones – 28 large glitter stones. A treasure to be treasured. Turns any building into Aladdin’s cave with glitter s...
View full detailsThis set of wooden bowls and acorns from Grapat in rainbow colours, compels children to sort and collate. The activity of moving these small acorn...
View full detailsThe Nin’s Carla is a 120 piece wooden loose part set of Nins, Rings and Coins. This is a stunning set in graduated rainbow colours giving enormous ...
View full detailsA sweet collection of new friends all wearing a fancy hat! These hats and bodies are interchangeable, allowing new combinations of individuals in t...
View full detailsAt this age, loose parts play becomes inventive and complex — older children combine open-ended pieces to build machines, mandalas, models and their own designs. Kids 7 and up bring real planning, engineering and storytelling to loose parts, using them in endlessly different ways.
With no fixed outcome, loose parts stretch creativity, design thinking, maths and problem-solving as children sort, pattern, build and invent. The open-endedness keeps them challenging, supporting the flexible, inventive thinking that school and life reward.
Older kids enjoy a rich, detailed mix — gems, tiles, coins, cogs, natural pieces and small figures they can pattern, build and engineer with. Smaller and more intricate pieces are fine now, and pairing loose parts with blocks or construction sets extends the play.
Yes — building, balancing and engineering with loose parts develops spatial reasoning, mechanics and design thinking, while inventing new uses builds creative, divergent problem-solving. For kids 7 and up, loose parts are open-ended STEM and art combined.
Offer a varied, well-sorted collection in trays or jars and a space to work, then let your child lead. A loose challenge — build a machine or a symmetrical design — can spark ideas, but the richest play comes from a 7 or 8 year old's own inventions.
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