Little worlds to dig through. Every bin is built around a theme and filled by hand, with real textures and things to find, nothing like the toy aisle. Each one keeps three or four kids happily busy. Book them as the activity for a Picnic Party, or bring one home for the holidays.
3D-printed in-house and spray painted with a rough, sandy texture
Turquoise, coral, tiger’s eye, mixed right into the rice — string one into a necklace to take home.
Scattered through for sorting and stretching. Not for eating, despite looking the part.
A dig site with treasure in it. Dyed rice and shredded kraft for the dirt, a dinosaur skeleton buried somewhere underneath, beetles and worms and spiders scattered through, and real stone beads — turquoise, coral, tiger’s eye — mixed in with the river rocks. Kids dig for bones, sort the bugs, and string the beads they find into a necklace to take home. Ages 4 and up. The wiggly worms look like the real thing but aren’t for eating, and the beads are small.
Houses, bridges, animals, buildings — a whole little world to arrange and rearrange.
Painted with an array of colors
Not just a bin — a landscape kids build the town around.
Bees, ladybugs, and more, tucked into the grass to find.
A backyard, shrunk. Turf, butterflies, beetles, a ladybug or two, and a tray of tiny people and creatures to set loose in it. Kids build the scene, hide things in the grass, and rearrange it every four minutes. Ages 3 and up — the grass is painted pasta, and the creatures are small.
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