Grapat 12 Nins

Nins means children in Spanish. The set is made up of twelve simple peg dolls in rainbow colours, each with a rounded body and no fixed face. This open form lets children decide the expression, gender and role of every Nin as they build their stories and small worlds.

The set includes twelve simple peg dolls, each in a different rainbow colour. They form the basis of many kinds of play, from imaginative and small world scenes to storytelling, counting and sorting. Because the shapes are simple and unstructured, children bring their own meaning to each figure.

Grapat recommends the 12 Nins from 12 months and up. The simple peg doll shape suits younger children for grasping, sorting by colour and early imaginative play, and later supports detailed story play. As the set includes small parts, keep play supervised with very young children.

Grapat is a small family run workshop in Catalonia, Spain, that makes the Nins mostly from beech and birch wood sourced locally from sustainable forests. The figures are finished with water based, non toxic dyes and vegetable oils, and the set arrives in sustainable, eco friendly packaging.

The twelve rainbow Nins work well for counting, sorting and colour matching, which builds early mathematical thinking. Their open ended form also supports emotional development, as children imagine each figure's roles and relationships and act out situations they see in the world and people around them.

Yes. The 12 Nins are the heart of Grapat's open ended loose parts range and combine with rings, coins, bowls and other sets. Adding more pieces gives children extra characters and elements for larger small world scenes and more ways to sort, count and build.