Anyone recommend some Grimms style toys?

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Need some Christmas ideas for DS3 and DD 6 months and was looking at the Grimms rainbow and wooden people to try and encourage some more open ended play. Looking online there are lots of cheaper knock offs which I don’t mind if they are good quality.

Does anyone have any recommendations of where to shop for this type of thing?

We have a few rainbows , stacking pyramid , lots of wooden people and animals , tegu blocks and stuff like fire , caves ect we got ours from babipur and yes bebe I'm not sure what the copies are like but my son is 6 and makes all sorts out of them it really is great to see what he does with them. He loves making different set ups and I think they are great for imagination.

@Sleephead1 thank you! I’m hoping they may encourage DS and DD to play together as they get older.

I know a few people have had the cheaper versions and they have not lasted as well. In particular one got a rainbow from amazon for about £30- it didn’t stack. We have the Grimms 12 piece rainbow and it’s played with everyday by my 2 year old. I did make my own wooden people though - hobbycraft and eBay for the blanks and then painted with acrylic and sealed with toy safe sealant. Cost me about £15 and still have loads of paint and sealant left over. Lanka Kade animals are really popular here too, very solid and £2-3 each.

Will have the exact same ages children at Christmas too and love the look of Grimms toys! Expensive though so just hoping they’d be played with. I was thinking of the basic square blocks for the 6mth old to grow into and not sure what for the eldest.

Raduga Grez (Rainbow Dreams)

happylittlefolks.com/collections/raduga-grez

Try here

www.thekidcollective.co.uk/raduga-grez.html

The quality is great.

Holtztiger make lovely wooden animals

www.babame.com/holztiger.html

Look on eBay as well

Grapat also make lovely wooden toys

www.onehundredtoys.com/collections/grapat

Haba

www.haba.de/en_GB

Plan Toys

www.plantoys.com/

Myriad is a good uk shop.
I like the Grapat Brots but I don’t really want to buy 30 of them.
I’ve made little characters from wooden figures, they have been totally ignored.
The Grimms rainbows are lovely and are played with.
I like the large cave and the pixie houses ie I want them for myself.
Haha make nice wooden toys and soft dolls at reasonable prices.

No problem OP I really do recommend them he does loads with the rainbow , building blocks ( we do have the pyramid) but others are just cheaper wooden blocks , we have the plan toys people and a big mix of the animals , plan toys also does little shops we have the ice cream and bakery aswell. Then he uses the fires , waves and caves to add different parts to his games. She has a really good imagination and makes lots of different things.