Erzi Shop Assortment for the Youngest

The set includes twelve pieces: apple juice, a bottle of water, milk, strawberry yoghurt, a cupcake, a piece of apple, a banana, a carrot, a piece of tomato, a slice of toast, a slice of cheese and a Viennese sausage. Together they cover drinks, fruit, vegetables and snacks for shop and kitchen play.

It is made for the youngest children and contains no small parts that can be swallowed or inhaled. All the colours are water based and resistant to saliva and perspiration, so the set holds up to close, hands on toddler play.

It is recommended from one year and over, which is younger than most Erzi shop sets. That makes it a good first introduction to play food for toddlers starting out with pretend cooking and shopping games.

The pieces are made from beech wood, a solid, hard wearing timber, and finished with water based colours. The natural wood and safe finish suit the youngest children who like to explore their toys closely and often mouth them.

The assortment measures 122 x 123 x 125 mm as a set, a compact size that stores easily in a play kitchen or shop corner. The individual pieces are sized for small hands to grasp and sort.

Toddlers can serve pretend meals, stock a little shop, or sort the pieces into drinks, fruit and snacks. Handling the different shapes supports early naming of foods and simple role play around cooking and shopping at home.