Grimm’s Building Boards Pastel

The Building Boards Pastel are a set of 11 flat wooden planks in soft pastel tones. They work as a versatile play component for balancing and skill games as well as open ended construction, and they pair well with the Grimm's 12 piece rainbows, tunnels and semicircles to extend what a child can build.

The boards are made from lime wood and finished with a non-toxic water based colour stain. The wood is left with a natural feel rather than a high gloss coating, so each plank keeps a warm surface and soft colour that suits open ended building alongside other wooden pieces.

The set includes 11 parts. Each board is 7 cm wide and 0.8 cm thick, with lengths ranging from 10 cm up to 37 cm. The mix of lengths lets children bridge, layer and balance the planks in many different ways when they build and stack.

Children can use the boards for balancing games, bridges, ramps and layered construction projects. Because the planks are simple and open ended, they support building play that a child directs themselves, whether they are stacking towers, making enclosures or combining the boards with rainbows and blocks.

Yes. The boards are made to complement the large 12 piece rainbows and semicircles and other Grimm's building sets, so they slot easily into an existing collection. You can browse matching pieces in the wooden building range at /collections/grimms-building-rainbow-worlds to extend the play.

Grimm's gives a recommended age of 2 years and up for this set. As with any wooden building toy, an adult who knows the child is the best judge of readiness, and supervision is sensible for younger builders who are still learning to stack and balance the planks safely.

Grimm's toys are made from natural wood and coloured by hand, so the grain and colour shading vary from board to board. These small differences are a normal feature of a handmade wooden toy rather than a fault, and they give each set its own character.