Grimm’s Building Boards Rainbow

The Building Boards Rainbow are a set of flat wooden planks in bright rainbow tones. They are a versatile, open ended play component for balancing and skill games as well as construction, and they complement the large 12 piece rainbows and semicircles so children can build and extend their play.

The boards are made from lime wood and finished with a non-toxic water based colour stain. The surface is left smooth rather than high gloss, which keeps the planks pleasant to handle and easy to stack when children combine them with other building sets and blocks.

Each board is 7 cm wide and 0.8 cm thick, with lengths that range from 10 cm up to 37 cm. Having several lengths in one set lets children bridge, layer and balance the planks, which opens up more construction options than boards of a single size would.

Children can use the boards for balancing games, bridges, ramps and layered structures. The simple open ended shapes support building play that a child leads, so they can stack towers, form enclosures or add the planks to rainbows and blocks for larger projects.

Yes. They are made to complement the large 12 piece rainbows and semicircles and all Grimm's building sets and blocks, so they fit into an existing collection. You can see more matching wooden pieces at /collections/grimms-building-rainbow-worlds to build out the play.

Grimm's lists an age group of 2 years and up for this set. An adult who knows the child is the best judge of readiness, and supervising younger builders is sensible while they are still learning to stack and balance the planks.

The boards are made from natural wood and coloured by hand, so grain and colour shading differ from one plank to the next. These small variations are normal for a handmade wooden toy and are not a defect, giving each set its own look.