{"product_id":"grapat-advent-2026","title":"Grapat Advent Calendar - 2026","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eTwenty-four boxes, over 200 pieces, and a different little treasure every morning! The Grapat Advent Calendar 2026 opens with a rich mix of materials — hand-dyed wood, fabric, threads, wool and plenty else besides — so each day brings something new to hold, sort, and build with.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eNew for 2026, every one of the 24 boxes also hides an illustrated postcard by Zuzanna Celej. Collect them across December, prop them on a shelf, send one to a grandparent, or keep the whole set as a record of the season.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eInside you'll also find a booklet full of invitations to play — gentle ideas for making things by hand and spending real time together, rather than a countdown that's over the moment the box is empty.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eWhy we love the Grapat Advent Calendar 2026:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eOver 200 Pieces to Keep:\u003c\/strong\u003e Wood, fabric, thread, and wool that join your child's loose parts collection and get played with all year.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e24 Illustrated Postcards:\u003c\/strong\u003e New this year — artwork by Zuzanna Celej hidden in every box, ready to collect, display, or send.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eA Booklet of Play Invitations:\u003c\/strong\u003e Ideas for making, creating, and spending unhurried time together through December.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eHandcrafted by Grapat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Hand-dyed in a small Spanish workshop, with the colour soaking into the wood rather than sitting on top.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat happens to the pieces after December?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThey carry straight on into everyday play. Everything in the calendar is open-ended loose parts, so once the boxes are empty the pieces join whatever your child already has — mandalas, Nins, blocks — and get sorted, built, and reinvented all year. The calendar is really a whole collection delivered one day at a time.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIs Grapat worth it?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAbsolutely. You're getting over 200 handcrafted pieces plus the 24 postcards and the play booklet, all hand-dyed in a small workshop in Spain. And unlike a calendar that's emptied and recycled on the 24th, everything inside stays in rotation for years — sorted, built with, and reinvented long after December. It's the piece most families end up building their Grapat collection around.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eTwenty-four boxes, one December, and a collection that keeps going long after.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Grapat","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45821532406014,"sku":"GRAPAT-ADVENT-2026","price":165.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0527\/4448\/7112\/files\/NEW2026ProductSquares2048x2048-2026-09-28T172124.885.png?v=1790630705","url":"https:\/\/www.theplayfulpeacock.com\/products\/grapat-advent-2026","provider":"The Playful Peacock","version":"1.0","type":"link"}