Softly coloured and full of character, the Grimm’s Pastel Rainbow Friends are twelve beautifully simple wooden figures created for storytelling, colour play and imaginative small worlds.
Each little Friend is individually hand painted in a different pastel shade and has its own natural wood grain and character. Their wonderfully simple forms have no fixed facial expressions or defined personalities, leaving children free to decide who they are and how they feel within every new story.
One day they might become a family living beneath a rainbow, the next passengers on a wooden bus, visitors to an enchanted forest or characters in a completely imagined world. Their simplicity is what makes them so versatile.
The twelve colours also invite sorting, matching and arranging. Pair the Friends with the Grimm’s Pastel Sorting Board for colour matching, or place them alongside the Large Pastel Rainbow to create houses, caves, tunnels and miniature worlds. Grimm’s specifically designs these pieces to complement one another.
Made from a beautiful mixture of natural European woods, each figure varies subtly in grain and tone. Grimm’s uses maple, beech, cherry and alder depending on availability, giving the set a lovely natural diversity beneath its soft pastel colour palette.
A timeless set of little companions for storytelling, sorting and the endless possibilities of open ended play.
Why We Love Them at Magic Forest Shop
• Their expression free faces leave every emotion, personality and story to the child
• Twelve individual characters make it easy for several children to create stories together
• Particularly lovely for bringing life and scale to larger Grimm’s constructions
• Small enough to travel easily between houses, forests, castles and imaginary worlds
• The variation in natural woods means every set has its own subtle character
• A wonderful collection to gradually combine with other Grimm’s small world pieces
Play Ideas
• Match each Friend to the colours on the Pastel Sorting Board
• Create homes for them beneath the Large Pastel Rainbow
• Use them as characters in family and small world stories
• Arrange the twelve colours into sequences and patterns
• Add them to wooden houses, blocks and landscapes
• Take three Friends for a journey in the Grimm’s Bus
• Use them for simple counting and colour recognition games
Product Details
• 12 wooden figures
• Hand painted in 12 pastel colours
• Made from three different types of wood selected according to availability
• Woods may include maple, beech, cherry and alder
• Woods sourced from sustainable forestry
• Non toxic water based colour stain
• Figure height approximately 6.5 cm
• Figure diameter approximately 3 cm
• Approved from 1 year+
Grimm’s Wooden Toys
Magic Forest Shop has proudly stocked the full range of Grimm’s wooden toys in the UK since 2012. Beautifully made from sustainably sourced woods, Grimm’s toys are loved for their warmth, colour and timeless play value.
Lovingly handcrafted in Europe and inspired by Waldorf and Montessori approaches to childhood, these natural wooden toys are designed to support open ended play, creativity and imagination. From rainbows and building blocks to stacking, sorting and small world play, each piece invites children to play freely and return to it in new ways as they grow.
One of the most distinctive qualities of Grimm’s toys is their wonderfully tactile finish. Their carefully applied finishes allow the natural grain, markings and individual character of the wood to remain part of every piece.
Discover the full Grimm’s Wooden Toys collection at Magic Forest Shop.