Grapat - Wonders Wild Wild Collection

The set contains 12 wooden elements drawn from the flora world, one for each month of the year. Grapat made them to connect children with the cyclical changes in nature and to notice what each season brings. They are open-ended loose parts, so beyond marking the months they can be used freely in any kind of play.

Grapat recommends the Wonders set from around 36 months, or 3 years. As the pieces are small loose parts, they are best kept away from younger children who still mouth objects. From age 3, children can use the elements to talk about the seasons, sort and count them, or add them to small world scenes.

The 12 elements each represent a month, so families use them to follow the changing seasons through the year. They combine with the Grapat perpetual calendar to mark time, or they can be used on their own as unstructured material for any open-ended play. There is no single correct way to arrange them.

The elements are made from solid wood and finished with water-based, non-toxic colours. Grapat is a small family-run workshop in Catalonia, Spain, using timber that is mostly beech and birch from local sustainable forests. Because each piece is shaped and coloured by hand, slight differences between them are normal.

No. Grapat notes that Wonders can be paired with its perpetual calendar to mark the months, but the set also works well on its own. Used alone, the 12 nature elements are simply open-ended loose parts for sorting, counting, storytelling and small world play, so the set is useful with or without the calendar.

Yes. As open-ended loose parts, the nature elements mix well with Nins, mandala pieces, rings and other Grapat sets to build fuller seasonal scenes. Combining sets gives children more shapes and colours to tell stories with. You can browse more options in our /collections/grapat-loose-parts.