Grapat Bakes

Grapat Bakes contains 12 hand-painted wooden pieces shaped like breads and cookies. The pieces come in various shapes with heights ranging from 12mm to 38mm, so there is plenty of variety on the pretend baking tray. As part of Grapat's play food, they suit kitchen play, tea parties and other symbolic games.

Children use the pieces to act out baking and sharing food. They can set the table, host a tea party, serve pretend breads and cookies to toys or friends, or run a little bakery shop. The pieces also work as loose parts for sorting, counting and small world play, so the same set stretches across many games.

The breads and cookies are made from wood and painted by hand. Grapat is a small family workshop in Catalonia, Spain, that works mostly with beech and birch and uses non-toxic finishes. Because each piece is painted by hand, small differences between pieces are normal and give every bread and cookie its own look.

Grapat gives an age of 3 years and up for Bakes. This suits preschool and older children who enjoy pretend cooking and role play. Because the smallest pieces are only around 12mm tall, keep the set away from babies and toddlers who mouth objects, and supervise younger children while they play.

Yes. The breads and cookies fit naturally into kitchen and home corner play and pair well with other Grapat loose parts such as bowls, cups and coins used as plates, pans and money. Children can also add them to small world scenes and market games, so the pieces mix easily with sets you may already own.

The set holds 12 pieces in various shapes, with heights ranging from about 12mm to 38mm. This mix of sizes gives children small cookies through to taller loaves, which makes sorting and pretend serving more interesting. The pieces are sized for small hands and for setting out on a tray or table during kitchen play.