About Abel: Abel is a family-owned company in the Netherlands that manufactures and sells beautiful toys that inspire creative plays. Abel blocks promote creativity and open-ended play with limitless building opportunities. Designed by brothers Jelmer and Folko, these curved building blocks are made from sustainable FSC beech using only non-toxic waterbased stains. They are perfect […]
Company Background Raduga Grez is a family run toy business in Russia. They use only solid wood locally grown and are strongly against wood wasting. As such, Raduga Grez will use wood with marks on it. Their toys are handcrafted and are made from solid pieces of wood and dip dyed in non toxic water […]
About GRIMM’s: GRIMM’s is a family-owned company in Germany that develops, manufactures and sells wooden toys worldwide since 1978. Their goal is to create sustainable, long-lasting and open-ended toys that are loved by ALL ages! GRIMM’s wooden toys help develops children’s imagination, brings creativity to thinking and encourages creative abilities. The possibilities are endless with […]
We love our Grapat mandala pieces for learning and play. They are beautiful and vibrant in color, with shapes inspired by the beauty and simplicity of nature. Each little piece have its unique texture and are perfect for open-ended play. About Grapat Mandala Grapat mandala pieces are each made of sustainable wood and hand-painted using […]
This is my personal journey of how I started collecting Grimm’s wooden toys. The COVID Blues During the COVID lockdown, I found myself constantly looking for things to brighten up my mood. Having recently gave birth (to Miss.2), being confined to the house, and not being able to see my family and friends made me […]
This month marks my one year anniversary since I started making Mandala Loose Parts templates. To celebrate, I want to share how I started, and what I learned along the way. How Did I Start Making Mandala Loose Parts Templates? I briefly touched upon this in the Grapat Mandala Templates post, but I really saw […]
