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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.
Say 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 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 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 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 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 detailsGrimm’s Seven Friends in Seven Bowls are great for sorting and matching and the perfect size for small hands. Each hand-painted peg doll is uniqu...
View full detailsGrimm’s 12 Rainbow Friends are colourful wooden peg dolls, perfect and safe for small hands. they are great in combination with the Grimm’s bus, ...
View full details15 surprise sets bursting with joy, each tucked inside its own blind box — made to be collected, shared, swapped, traded… or anything else you drea...
View full details15 surprise sets full of joy, offered in separate blind-boxes with the aim to be collected, shared, swapped, traded and anything in between. Unlock...
View full detailsThe Grapat wooden Insects are small wooden elements with an undefined shape, allowing children the space to imagine small creatures and animals as ...
View full detailsThe Grapat 12 coloured rings are a lovely addition to the Grapat Perpetual Calendar, they colour match the calendar Nins and allow marking the curr...
View full detailsThe Grapat Seasons Sprint Set is made up of 4 different shaped elements that provide a perfect first loose parts set, allowing children to explore:...
View full detailsStore your valued play things, sort items into groups, set up a market stall for trading our wares – how many ways can your child integrate this ‘p...
View full detailsGrapat 18 wooden coins provide inspiration for young children to sort, count and stack. Add to or start a collection of loose parts to provide insp...
View full detailsThese Six Natural Grapat wooden Bowls, invite children to experience and learn through play. Open ended toys allow children to use their imaginatio...
View full detailsGrimm’s wooden coins in pastel colours are a fabulous addition to the Grimm’s pastel range. These versatile construction pieces can be used with...
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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