Small Worlds

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.

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Polar Animals Shelf Set

Polar Animals Shelf Set

£48.00
Designed and made by Tender Leaf Toys Perfect for small hands, this collection of snowy Polar animals is presented in a gorgeous wooden display stand with compartments. A neat way...
Stuffed mouse doll wearing pink pyjamas laying in a match box bed.

Big Sister Mouse in Matchbox

£29.70
A true Maileg classic: Big Sister Mouse in Matchbox is ready for hours of imaginative play — and when the day’s adventures are done, she tucks up and sleeps soundly...
Doll sized wooden umbrella stand with yellow and cream umbrella on a white background.

Beach Umbrella, Mouse - Soft Coral

£16.00
Everyone needs a shady spot on a sunny day — and the Maileg Beach Umbrella (Mouse, Soft Coral) is the perfect size for the mouse family. Pop it into your...
Happy Folk Hotel | Eco Wood | 3Y+ Imaginative Play

Happy Folk Hotel | Eco Wood | 3Y+ Imaginative Play

£52.00
Designed and made by Tender Leaf Toys It's the grand opening of our brand-new hotel! Part of our open-ended play range, meet the nine fabulous folk who reside at the...
A wooden dolls house with furniture including a table, chairs, a sofa, a bath, sink, wardrobe, and bed. The dolls are made of wood and painted in various colors.

Poppets Dolls House | Ply- and Rubber wood | 3Y+ Imagination and Creativity

£68.00
The Poppets Doll's House by Mentari.
An open-style wooden dolls house with 3 windows and a door in the sides, set includes starter furniture; a cooker, table, teapot with 2 cups,...
Dovetail House | Eco Birch Plywood | 3Y+ Open Ended Play

Dovetail House | Eco Birch Plywood | 3Y+ Open Ended Play

£200.00
Dovetail House Doll's House by Tender Leaf Toys Dovetail wooden dolls house – the house of your dreams! This impressive, double fronted and stylish wooden doll's house is ready to...
Wooden owl figure, beige / grey colouring with yellow eyes

Polar Animals - Owl

£3.50
Made from solid rubberwood and painted in a soft water colour stain. Hand finished ThreadBear Design combines traditional craftsmanship with sustainable practices to create beautiful toys that nurture play and...
Knitted blue outfit with jacket and pants on a white background

Pyjamas, Big sister and big brother mouse

£9.75
Dress your big brother mouse or sister for a good night`s sleep or a cosy pyjamas party with this pyjamas. Sizes Height: 11.00cm, Net weight: 0.02kg Packaging Sizes Net weight:...
Suitcase shaped doll house on a white background.

SuitCasa, Little Sister and Brother Mouse

£64.50
Welcome to SuitCasa — a small portable house that opens up into an instant play scene for Maileg Little Sister and Little Brother mice. It comes with two sets of...
Pink doll sized alarm clock on a white back ground.

Alarm Clock, Mouse - Powder

£11.00
Wake up, little mice — the Maileg Alarm Clock (Mouse, Powder) is a tiny detail that makes your mouse home feel extra real. Made from metal with lots of charming...
Cream doll sized closet in front of a white back ground.

Closet, Mouse - Cream

£22.00
Keep tiny outfits tidy with the Maileg Closet (Mouse, Cream) — a sweet little wardrobe that helps the mouse family organise their clothes and accessories in style. Finished in a...
A two-seater sofa upholstered in a beige fabric with a repeating brown floral and geometric pattern, featuring two matching patterned throw pillows, shown against a plain white background.

Sofa bed, Mouse, Large - Ocher

£30.75
The Sofa Bed, Mouse (Large) – Ocher is the perfect little piece of mouse-house furniture for cosy nights in and tiny sleepovers. By day it’s a comfy sofa; when it’s...
A decorative tea set displayed on top of a cylindrical patterned tin. The set includes a green teapot with gold trim, two matching red teacups with gold handles and saucers, and a small brown cake with a red topper.

Christmas tea party, Mouse - Red/Green

£24.50
The Christmas Tea Party, Mouse (Red/Green) set is made for cosy festive gatherings with the mouse family. Beautifully sized for miniature play, it’s perfect for setting a Christmas tea table—pour...
A vintage-style children's book titled 'Christmas Tales: Bedtime Stories' with an illustrated snowman cover, shown next to a small plush mouse character wearing a red hat and scarf, on a plain white background.

Christmas mouse, Baby in book

£28.25
The Christmas Mouse, Baby in Book is a truly special little keepsake for festive play and gifting. The tiny baby mouse comes tucked inside a small book filled with beautiful...
A styled nursery corner featuring a pair of plush mouse toys in a teal velvet storage basket next to a miniature teal fireplace, set against a beige floral wallpaper background.

Fireplace, Mouse - Blue

£22.00
The Mouse Fireplace (Blue) adds instant cosy charm to any miniature home. With its authentic, vintage-style finish, it’s perfect for creating warm, wintry scenes in a mouse house—gather everyone around...
A set of white ceramic tableware and glassware with blue floral patterns, alongside two clear glass bottles and a green bottle, arranged on a plain white background.

Soup set, Mouse

£34.50
The Soup Set, Mouse is a gorgeous miniature mealtime set made for cosy mouse-house storytelling. With 13 detailed pieces, little ones can set the table for a wonderful meal—warm soup...
Heather Hall + Free Mentari Dolls House Car (Merry & Bright November)

Heather Hall + Free Mentari Dolls House Car (Merry & Bright November)

£210.00£190.00
Heather Hall + Free Mentari Dolls House Car (Merry & Bright November) Skip the Black Friday frenzy and treat them to a dolls house setup they’ll play with for years....
A colorful wooden gas station toy with a sign, multiple cars, and gas pumps, designed for young children.

Eco Wood Gas Station | Non-Toxic Paint | 3Y+ Fine Motor Skills

£45.00
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...
A baby girl's formal dress and matching headband set. The dress is sleeveless with a dusty gray-beige base, decorated with gold glitter trim, a gold embroidered vertical panel, and a subtle gold floral pattern.

Princess dress, Big sister mouse

£11.00
If your mouse dreams of dressing up like a royal princess, this Maileg Princess Dress is the perfect way to make that wish come true. Designed to fit Big Sister...
Clip features a charming wooden playset where a family of four bunny rabbits have made their home in an old garden on a white background.

Eco Wood Bunny's Carrot Patch

£63.00
Merrywood Tales Bunny’s Carrot Patch is a charming wooden playset that invites little ones into a magical garden world, where a family of four bunny rabbits have made their home...
A two-storey wooden doll's house with a pink roof, white walls, and green shutters. The house includes a removable roof, illustrated inside walls, and is accessorized with small doll figures.

Clover Dolls House | Ply- and Rubber wood | 3Y+ Imagination and Creativity

£110.00
The Clover Doll's House by Mentari is the grandest house on the street.
A two-storey wooden doll's house with extra space in the attic that can be accessed through the removable...
Foxtail Villa | Birch Plywood | 3Y+ Imaginative Play

Foxtail Villa | Birch Plywood | 3Y+ Imaginative Play

£170.00
The Foxtail Villa Doll's House by Tender Leaf Toys Foxtail Villa is the perfect town style dolls house complete with furniture. The subtle colours and top quality FSC plywood fascia...
Wooden farm ranch toy set including a barn, stable, animals such as a horse, sheep, pigs, a rooster, hens, and a farmer and his wife dolls, along with accessories like fence pieces, a pulley, and hay bails.

Mentari Billy's Barnyard | Eco-Friendly Materials | 3Y+ Imaginary Play

£69.00
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,...
A two-storey wooden doll's house with a green roof, white walls, blue shutters, and a wooden front door, set against a white background.

Willow Dolls House | Ply- and Rubber wood | 3Y+ Imagination and Creativity

£85.00
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...

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.