The Grimm’s Pastel Sorting Board is a beautifully crafted wooden toy designed to invite calm, thoughtful play through colour, sorting and tactile exploration. With twelve rainbow-toned spaces carved into smooth alder wood, children can match Rainbow Friends, wooden balls, marbles or collected treasures, developing fine motor skills and early mathematical understanding through hands-on discovery.
Lovingly handmade in Germany, each board celebrates the natural warmth and grain of the wood, finished with non toxic, plant based oils that allow the material’s beauty to remain visible and alive in the child’s hands. The softly glowing rainbow colours encourage children to sort, arrange, count and create in their own intuitive way.
Inspired by Montessori and Waldorf approaches to learning, this versatile sorting board evolves naturally with the child. Younger children may begin with simple colour matching and sensory exploration, while older children can use it for pattern making, mandala designs, loose parts play and early maths activities.
Simple, open ended and beautifully made, this is a toy designed to be returned to again and again throughout childhood.
Why We Love It at Magic Forest Shop
• Encourages fine motor development and hand eye coordination
• Supports colour recognition, sorting and early mathematical thinking
• Inspires open ended play and creative exploration
• Beautiful heirloom quality craftsmanship
• Made from sustainable alder wood with non toxic finishes
• Ideal for loose parts play, mandalas and nature treasures
• A calm, screen free activity that grows with the child
Play Ideas
• Match Rainbow Friends or wooden balls to corresponding colours
• Sort seasonal treasures such as acorns, petals or stones
• Create circular mandala patterns and colour sequences
• Explore counting, grouping and simple maths concepts
• Use as a sensory tray for open ended loose parts play
• Combine with other Grimm’s pieces for imaginative small world play
Product Details
• Handmade in Germany
• Crafted from sustainable alder wood
• Finished with non toxic, plant based oils
• Approx. size 18 × 14 × 2 cm
• Suitable from 12 months+
• Grimm’s Rainbow Friends and wooden balls sold separately
Grimm's Wooden Toys
Magic Forest Shop has proudly stocked the full range of the stunning Grimm's wooden toys in the UK since 2012. These splendid wooden toys are all made from sustainably sourced Alder, Beech, Linden and Maple woods.
Lovingly handcrafted in Europe and inspired by the Waldorf and Montessori educational movements these wooden toys are created to give limitless play possibilities. They are perfect natural toys for open ended play, nurturing, inspiring and fostering creativity.
The unique and beautiful feature of all the toys is the velvety-rough surface, perfect for stacking and balancing. This finish is acquired by the use of a non toxic water based colour stain, which penetrates into the wood leaving a rich matte finish thus preserving the natural qualities and natural markings of each unique piece of wood.
Come and discover the complete range of Grimms wooden toys at Magic Forest Shop, the UK's best stockist of all things Grimm's.