Tiny scenes, enormous imagination. Our small world play collection brings together beautifully crafted miniature sets — farms, forests, oceans, and beyond — for children who love to create stories, build worlds, and play for hours.
Main street Motors is open for business, a sturdy wooden toy garage with 3 levels and 2 ramps, a working lift to take 2 little toy cars up and down....
Fantail Hall by Tender Leaf Toys A magnificent, deluxe 4 storey dolls house with a central gable and front elevation resulting in 2 small outdoor patio areas on either side...
Rosewood Cottage by Tender Leaf Toys This is the cutest cottage, and so compact! With a rose coloured roof, opening front doors and a removable back panel, this little wooden...
Welcome to the waggy Tails Dog Salon where our lady groomer cares for and pampers 7 different breeds of dog! Breeds include Giant Poodle, Husky dog, Beagle, Bull Terrier, Dachshund,...
My Little Rock Pool by Tender Leaf Toys This is a beautiful plastic-free Montessori toy, reminiscent of the seaside, rock pools and summer days at the beach. All the pieces...
Little Garden Designer by Tender Leaf Toys Part of our open-ended play range is this fabulous garden design toy, which has 64 solid wood pieces that can all be arranged...
Designed and made by Tender Leaf Toys A plastic-free open ended play box of dreams! Welcome to our brand new and very exciting tinker tray box, the leading toy for...
Small world play is one of those quiet superpowers of early childhood. A child with a wooden farm set, a handful of animals, and ten minutes to themselves will build entire narratives — who lives where, what happened yesterday, what's coming next. It's imaginative play, language development, and storytelling all happening at once, without anyone noticing it's educational.
Our small worlds collection brings together some of the most beautifully made miniature play sets available in the UK: wooden farm sets, dinosaur worlds, fairy gardens, forest scenes, ocean sets, town and village pieces, and more. We stock small world toys from PlanToys, Tender Leaf Toys, Bigjigs, Orange Tree Toys, and Melissa & Doug — brands we trust for their quality, eco credentials, and the kind of craftsmanship that makes small world pieces genuinely collectable.
These are toys for children from around 18 months upward, though honestly the upper age limit is flexible — plenty of six and seven year olds build elaborate small worlds and aren't done yet. They make exceptional birthday gifts and Christmas gifts for children who love imaginative and open-ended play, and they're the kind of thing that gets added to over time, piece by piece.
Plastic-free where possible, sustainably made throughout. Browse the collection and find a world worth building.
