This site has limited support for your browser. We recommend switching to Edge, Chrome, Safari, or Firefox.
Grimm's kids wooden small world play: by the water toy set laid out on a white background
Pieces of the Grimm's plastic-free small world play: by the water set laid out on a white background
Grimm's wooden small world play toy set on a white background with some leaves
pinecones and conkers
Close up of some hands playing with the Grimm's small world play toy set on a white table
Young girl playing with some flowers and the Grimm's plastic-free wooden Waldorf toy blocks
Young girl kneeling down and looking at a face made with some Grimm's plastic-free wooden toy blocks
Close up of some hands building with the Grimm's plastic-free wooden toy blocks on a wooden table
Close up of some hands building with the Grimm's plastic-free wooden toy blocks on a wooden table

Grimm's Small World Play By The Water

£47.50
  • Description
  • Key ethics
  • Grimm's Small World Play By The Water A small world of Grimm's in a box. Grimm's By The Water brings...
    Read more

    Grimm's Small World Play By The Water

    A small world of Grimm's in a box. Grimm's By The Water brings together a selection of wooden toys by Grimm’s to inspire creative play. The Small World Play By The Water set includes a 6-piece wooden cottage in shades of blue, 2 Grimm's friends in blue, 4 rings in 2 sizes in blue and orange, 2 beads in green, 1 natural bowl, 1 natural roller, 1 red string, 2 play bases in light blue and natural wood and 1 rectangular piece of blue felt.

    The Grimm’s Small World Play By The Water will transport you to the seaside in summer, a cool lake or fast-flowing mountain stream, the perfect introduction to the wonderful world of Grimm’s open-ended play. Create magical beach days settings for small world play combined with natural treasures, adding pebbles, shells or dried grasses to the small holes in the Grimm's house and beads.

    Make faces and discuss emotions using the play bases, or create imaginary animal pictures. Test your stacking skills by building towers and see how high your Grimm's Friends can balance using the rings and beads. Build mini marble runs from the wooden house blocks and play threading games with the beads and rings. There's no end of play opportunities with this wooden play set for children, encouraging imagination and a connection with the natural world.

    The Grimm's Small World Play By The Water wooden toy set is an ideal starter set for a wooden toy collection, providing open-ended building materials that can be played with in a multitude of ways. Through building and creative play, the Grimm’s Small World Play By The Water set will support motor skills development and imaginative play. Ethically made in Germany using sustainably certified timber, each smooth and tactile piece of the Grimm's Small World Play By The Water set has been hand finished in water-based natural dyes to create timeless wooden toys. Discover the joy of playing with Grimm’s at Babipur.

    This set includes:

    • 6-piece wooden cottage, height 13cm
    • 2 friends in blue
    • 4 rings in 2 sizes in blue and orange
    • 2 beads in green
    • 1 natural bowl
    • 1 natural roller
    • 1 red string
    • 2 play bases in light blue and natural wood
    • 1 rectangular piece of blue felt

    Sensory Play: Touch and cognition. Logical thinking, problem-solving, fine motor skills and creativity.

    Schematic Play: This toy is suited to children displaying the connecting and positioning schemas.

    Safety Instructions: Suitable from 3+

    Please note: due to distribution restrictions we cannot send Grimm's toys to addresses outside of the UK and Ireland.

    Featuring toys to shake, build or pull along, Babipur’s range of Grimm’s toys has something for every child to fall in love with. The quality of these toys is superb and their appeal is timeless – we’re sure that they will be treasured not only by your children but by your grandchildren too.

    Grimm’s Toys are inspired by the Waldorf Steiner education movement which advocates learning through thoughtful, creative play at an unhurried pace. Toys play an important part of the learning experience and Waldorf toys are made with natural materials, beautiful and simplistic – the lack of details allow children to fill in the blanks with their imaginations. They can be used in multiple ways in creative play scenarios, rather than being prescriptive. Waldorf toys are wonderfully tactile and call on children to play with them.

    Grimm’s educational wooden toys are made in Europe from alder, lime, beech and maple, all sourced from sustainably managed European forests. They are made in handpicked workshops across Europe and coated with natural colours and oils by the Grimm’s team in Germany. All of the paints and lacquer used to finish your lovingly made Grimm’s toy are harmless and enhance the natural beauty of the wood, allowing the grain to shine through.

    Show less
  • Grimm's toys are handmade in Germany and Europe. Sanded, sawn and dipped by hand in non-toxic water based stains that are safe for children and the environment. Durable, long lasting toys that are easily repaired if needed keeping toys in play for longer. Grimm’s toys are made from sustainable wood sources, an infinitely renewable material that can be naturally returned to the earth. Wood pellets from their workshops are used for heating and electricity as well as solar panels. Grimm’s deliberately want to create a counterpoint to the digital media world for our children.

    Natural tactile wooden toys that enhance our connection with nature and understanding of the natural world.

  • plastic free
    plastic free
  • end of life compostable
    end of life compostable
  • made from wood
    made from wood
No alt test available

Fast shipping worldwide shipping

No alt test available

No quibble 60 day returns

Grimm's Small World Play By The Water

£47.50

20% off selected new clothing

Use code "B20"

Frugi, Maxomorra, Patagonia & Little green radicals

Customer Reviews

Based on 2 reviews
100%
(2)
0%
(0)
0%
(0)
0%
(0)
0%
(0)
A
Abby
So many play possibilities!

We love Grimms so much here, but this playset has been the most well received out of any other Grimms we've had and that's saying something! It's been in constant play since it arrived.

My little girl Freya is obsessed with sea glass, which is why she chose this set out of the three. All the little holes in the wood for plants and natural wonders to fit in make these small world sets even better. Freya's whole collection of tiny shells fit in the larger blue ring. Natural parts really do take this playset to the next level! But she even used parts of the blue building as deck chairs and a surf board, a boat on the water and realised the largest piece could be used as steps up to what she set up as a life guard stand. She has been so imaginative and found so many ways to use the pieces. She totally abandoned her small world scene when she realised two of the pieces could be used as a ball run! She got very competitive, challenged everyone to see who could get the ball the roll straight into the hole, and was definitely better than us all!

There are so many play possibilities. It's a fantastic set and one I would definitely gift and recommend as a first Grimms buy or the perfect addition to a Grimms collection.

The small water waves are a great addition to this set.

C
Claire
Great fun and perfect starter set

This perfect little small world set contains a great selection of wooden elements which would be perfect for those new to open ended play or for taking away on holiday or for restaurants or weddings etc. With a good variety of different shaped pieces you can make a house, boat, car, a mini ball run, there are pieces to thread and stack and it's a nice touch having small holes in several of the pieces meaning you can use natural items from outside or around the home to create further elements of play. In the box are lots of fun folded shapes or square card that are also fun to incorporate in the play too. My 9 and 6 year old boys were both very intrigued by this set and as we are currently away for half term I have brought it with us so will be interesting to see how they play with it on the beach and without all the other wooden toys we have at home.

Grimm's Toys

Featuring toys to shake, build or pull along, Babi Pur’s range of Grimm’s Waldorf-inspired toys has something for every child to fall in love with. The quality of these toys is superb and their appeal is timeless – we’re sure that they will be treasured not only by your children but by your grandchildren too. Grimm’s Toys are inspired by the Waldorf Steiner education movement which advocates learning through thoughtful, creative play at an unhurried pace. Toys play an important part of the learning experience and Waldorf toys are made with natural materials, beautiful and simplistic – the lack of details allow children to fill in the blanks with their imaginations. They can be used in multiple ways in creative play scenarios, rather than being prescriptive. Waldorf toys are wonderfully tactile and call on children to play with them.
Grimm's Toys
Sustainably Made Natural Toys

Sustainably Made Natural Toys

Grimm’s educational wooden toys are made in Europe from alder, lime, beech and maple, all sourced from sustainably managed European forests. They are made in handpicked workshops across Europe and coated with natural colours and oils by the Grimm’s team in Germany. All of the paints and lacquer used to finish your lovingly made Grimm’s toy are harmless and enhance the natural beauty of the wood, allowing the grain to shine through.
About us
No alt test available

Equality Through Fairtrade

Together, we can make trading fairly with farmers and labourers the norm- because it should be! At Babipur we want to tackle unequally divided supply chains, and ensure that the workers making our products are paid fairly and treated with respect. 

No alt test available

Ethical Focus

At Babipur, we thoroughly look into each and every brand stocked in our store so that you don’t have to! Bringing together a range of sustainably sourced and exploitation-free products for all the family, we aim to make our customers feel confident that they are consuming ethically at Babipur.

No alt test available

An Indie Business with Great Service

Hey there! We’re Babipur, a small but mighty indie family business nestled at the foothills of Eryri. Since 2007, our awesome team has been here for you, working passionately from our Porthmadog warehouse and offices. Don’t forget to join our buzzing Facebook group and be part of our amazing community. We love helping you with your questions and orders, no matter how big or small.

Shipping & Service

Fast Worldwide Shipping

Here at Babipur we aim to despatch your orders quickly using Royal Mail, Parcelforce, GLS and other couriers. We pack orders Monday to Saturday, if you need an express delivery option we recommend ordering before 1pm for next working day delivery. Tracking details will be sent to you by email or text.

Returns

If something isn't as expected, doesn't fit, or it's simply not right for you, just return it to us within 60 days of delivery for a no quibble refund. We do ask that items are returned in unused condition if you've simply changed your mind. If you have a faulty or damaged item please get in touch, return it to us for a refund or replacement and we'll cover the return costs.

Customer Service

We are here for you! We believe in offering you the very best customer service possible. You can email, direct message us on socials or even pick up the phone Monday to Friday 9-5. We are a small independent business and we'll do whatever we can to help, always. Any questions, queries, issues or suggestions, just get in touch and we'll be happy to hear from you.

Your items are in stock and ready for immediate despatch.

Cart

Congratulations! Your order qualifies for free shipping You are 4000 away from free shipping.
No more products available for purchase