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.
Billy's Barnyard toy by Mentari, let's get to work! This wooden farm ranch toy comes with a barn and stable, and a working pulley, a milking shed, a grain store,...
The Willow Doll's House by Mentari is a beautiful townhouse. A two-storey wooden doll's house with extra space in the attic that can be accessed through the removable roof. Opening windows...
The Gas Station by Mentari, get ready to zoom about in your car. This wooden car garage and service station toy has a printed road baseboard, and lift to take cars...
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....
Cottontail Cottage by Tender Leaf Toys The Cottontail Cottage Wooden Doll's House complete with furniture may just be your idea of a perfect home! This gorgeous wooden doll's house brings...
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...
Designed and made by Tender Leaf Toys Wanting an extension for your dolls house? For children who love nature and playing in the garden, this set is ideal for encouraging...
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...
Designed and made by Tender Leaf Toys Awarded Gold in Best Toy Design (3-5 years ) Junior design Awards. "Just the most magical cosy set up that kids will love...
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,...
Designed and made by Tender Leaf Toys Welcome to the farm! Made throughout from top quality wood, this farm has been designed to be open and accessible for little hands....
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...
Add a cosy, old-fashioned touch to your mouse home with the Maileg Fridge (Mouse, Off White) — designed to fit perfectly into the Mouse Hole Farmhouse. Open it up and...
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.
