Contains a wooden box made of beech (45x65x7 cm). This material is
used to contain games and building. It becomes a framework for action
that controls and sets limits to the elements and spaces of the
children’s game.
This tray helps to create an isolated and enclosed area which improves
care and respect towards the action within it. A child’s game needs a
container, an area which holds the action and that allows for the
children to know their limits and understand space.
What happens in the Box of Games? Inside the box, the elements are
placed within certain limits that give security to the children. The box
becomes a sensorial game when it’s filled up with sand, flour, salt,
rice, etc.
In the background, there are some stamped images which evoke the four
classical elements: earth, water, air and fire. These elements are part
of our species and make us connect with nature. The allegory to these
elements can also be used as a game space or as an invitation to
organize and classify.
Recommended age 3+
GRAPAT provides material without instructions, open-ended and autonomous
play. Their only premise is to let children play, slowly, without time
limits. Grapat hand crafts materials that encourage, invite and
stimulate the creation of invented little worlds. Grapat is made
following traditional processes, in the old way, with thick soft raw
materials, natural dyes which let the wood veins be seen and vibrant
coloured waxes and oils that slightly shine. The products are painted by
hand, homemade, surrounded by nature and many children nearby that
inspire the makers daily.
The wood we use comes from sustainable forests. Grapat uses beech and
birch. Wood is the source that inspires us daily. It is robust, soft and
hard, it is warm, it sounds good and it smells good.
The dyes are based on water and non-toxic that comply with the European
safety regulations of the Toy EN / 71-3: 2014 + A1: 2014 / 2013. Working
with dyes and not with acrylic paints allows Grapat to continue having
contact with the wood. The dye does not jump from the wood when it falls
to the ground or when time passes because it penetrates deep inside the
piece. Sometimes it can happen that by an excess of pigments some piece
loses some colour when coming in contact with the saliva, no problem,
they are absolutely safe and non-toxic.
Grapat workshop is located in the countryside, and being close to nature
can make some tones and colours have variations. Depending on the
humidity or if there is wind the dye can impregnate one way or another
in the wood.
The finishes are made with waxes and oils of vegetable origin. The oils
can have a strong aroma at first, but it loses it with the days. We love
it!
Each piece that passes through Grapat’s hands is unique. Each one is
painted by hand. And since from Grapat we defend the value of nature, we
accept imperfection. It is beautiful and makes the material even more
valuable.
The cloth bags that are included in some of the products come from big
companies that discard material when they have a small defect. As Grapat
produces the bags by hand they can take advantage of them by removing
those defects and giving them a second life. The fabrics vary and do not
match with the photos of the products.
Care Instructions: If you clean Grapat wood products only use a damp
cloth. Do not submerge in water and do not use disinfectant or hot
water.
