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Loose Parts for 5-6 Year Olds

Loose parts play gives 5 and 6 year olds open-ended materials to build, count and invent with, deepening creativity and problem-solving at school age.

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  • Grapat Rainbow Bowls 12 Pieces

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    These twelve Grapat wooden Bowls demonstrate a harmonious 12 colour scale. They bring a great aesthetic appeal and sense of beauty and invite child...

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  • Grapat X Ostheimer Collab Hello Summer

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    The seasonal love story continues! Grapat has teamed up with beloved brand Ostheimer to create a series of four magical boxes—one for each season—f...

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  • Grapat Mandala Green Trees 36 Pieces

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    Grapat wooden Mandala Trees. This set of 36 little wooden trees a superbly versatile, open ended, loose parts wooden toy, the possibilities of use ...

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  • Grapat - Twin Souls Puppets

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    This collection of 6 double-faced puppets is perfect for inventing stories! On one side, you’ll find a little fox, a wise owl, a moon, a pretty flo...

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  • Grimm’s Hearts Rainbow

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    Grimm’s set of heart shaped blocks in rainbow colours are set within a 3 piece wooden frame, also heart shaped. These smooth and rounded heart sh...

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  • Grapat - Yay! Wild Wild Collection

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    3 humanoid figures to cheer up any playtime! Yay! is inspired by abstract artistic movement and its distinctive chromatic combinations. Bring on th...

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  • Grapat Rainbow Brots 18 Pieces

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    The Grapat set of 18 Brots®  are handcrafted from solid wood, featuring 6 colours each in 3 varying shades. These beautiful open ended wooden piece...

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    Grapat Happy Eggs

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    When working on our "wonders" product last year, we fell in love with the little egg. And while imagining which tiny creature may grow inside it, w...

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  • Grapat 6 Natural Disks

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    This Grapat set of 6 natural wooden disks provides inspiration for young children to sort, count and stack. These disks have one curved side and on...

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  • Grapat Nature Free Play Box

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    This beautiful Wooden Free Play Box from Grapat, provides a place within which a great variety of games and activities can take place. It becomes a...

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  • Grapat - The Pendulum

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    A balance board and a collection of wooden pieces. Challenge yourself to find the perfect balance, make it spin, or experiment with the concepts of...

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  • Grapat No5 Wonder Balls

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    Grapat Christmas Decoration No5 Wonder Balls 5 pieces with spherical shape, painted by hand. Includes thread for hanging, from 25mm to 40mm Ornamen...

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  • Grapat Hop and Peep

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    EASTER ORNAMENTS – Grapat Hop and Peep.These three Easter-inspired ornaments are designed to bring charm and joy to any space—whether hung on a bra...

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  • Grapat No3 Jingle Joy Bells

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    Grapat Christmas Decoration No3 Jingle Joy Bells 3 bell-shaped pieces, painted by hand. Includes threadfor hanging. 40 mm height. Ornaments When th...

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  • Grapat No1 Snow Buddy

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    Grapat Christmas Decoration No 1 Snow Buddy 3 figures composed of balls, painted by hand. Includes thread for hanging, from 18mm to 25mm Ornaments ...

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  • Grapat Pots

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    This set contains 6 pots in different colours, size, volumes, and shapes. They’re perfect for nurturing sensory development. It can be combined wit...

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    Grapat Hrokur Play Set

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    Grapat has created a set of 55 pieces with which a magical Icelandic play landscape can be created for our Icelandic horse Hrókur. Length: 11.5 cm...

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    VIVAIO Transparent Tray, 150 mm

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    The plastic tub range is a perfect match for our multi-functional range of shelves. The tubs are also a perfect storage solution on their own.

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  • Grapat Stacking Pinocho

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    Beautifully crafted stacking toy. Children explore fitting the pieces together. Improving hand eye coordination and fine motor skills. This toy can...

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  • Grapat No4 Glow Lamps

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    Grapat Christmas Decoration No4 Glow Lamps 3 lamp-shaped pieces, painted by hand. Includes thread for hanging, from 68 mm height Ornaments When thi...

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  • Grapat - Petals Platform Wild Wild Collection

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    24 flat plywooden pieces in the shape of flower petals (290mm x 90mm x 9mm). Perfect unstructured material that lends itself to different open-ende...

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  • Grapat Platform Construction Base Platform

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    Grapat wood platform for free constructions play 380mmø. Material to contain and delimit the child’s free play in space. It helps to create a colle...

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  • Grapat Nest Rings 24 Pieces

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    The 24 rings are an open ended exploratory wooden toy, whereby the child is invited to discover and experiment with these loose parts. This heurist...

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  • Grapat - Ooh-lala! Wild Wild Collection

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    3 humanoid figures to cheer up any playtime! Ooh-lala! is inspired by abstract artistic movement and its distinctive chromatic combinations. Bring ...

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    • Frequently Asked Questions

    What is loose parts play for 5 and 6 year olds?

    At school age, loose parts play becomes complex and creative — children combine open-ended pieces to build machines, mandalas, small worlds and inventions of their own design. Five and six year olds bring real planning and storytelling to loose parts, using them in endlessly different ways.

    Why is loose parts play good at this age?

    With no fixed outcome, loose parts stretch creativity, problem-solving, early maths and design thinking as five and six year olds sort, pattern and build. The open-endedness keeps them challenging, and combining pieces in new ways supports the flexible, inventive thinking school rewards.

    What loose parts suit a 5-6 year old?

    School-age children enjoy a rich, varied mix — rings, coins, gems, tiles, natural pieces and small figures they can sort, pattern and build with. Smaller, more detailed pieces are fine now, and pairing loose parts with blocks or a doll house extends the play.

    How do you set up loose parts for a school-age child?

    Offer a varied, well-sorted selection in open trays or jars, plus a mat or tray to work on, and let your child lead. Adding a loose theme — build a machine, make a pattern — can spark ideas, but the best play comes from their own inventions.

    Do loose parts support STEM and creativity?

    Yes — building, balancing and patterning with loose parts develops spatial reasoning, early engineering and design thinking, while inventing uses builds divergent, creative problem-solving. For five and six year olds, loose parts are open-ended STEM and art rolled into one.

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