{"product_id":"grapat-wood-mandala-pineapples","title":"Grapat Wood Mandala (Pineapples)","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eA whole crate of tiny wooden pineapples! Thirty-six of them, ready to be laid into spiralling mandalas, sorted into piles, loaded into a toy truck, or served up as the main course in a wooden kitchen.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eFruit shapes are brilliant loose parts because children immediately know what to do with them. The pineapples become food to cook with, groceries to carry, treasure to count — and then the game shifts and they’re simply the outer ring of a pattern radiating across the floor.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eAs children get older the same pieces take on a different job: counting, lining up, forming letters, building sequences. Each one is hand-dyed so the colour soaks into the wood with the grain showing through.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eWhy we love the Grapat Wood Mandala Pineapples:\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e36 Pieces for Round Creations:\u003c\/strong\u003e Enough to build full circular mandalas, the number Grapat designs these sets around.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFood for the Play Kitchen:\u003c\/strong\u003e Pineapples slot straight into cooking, shopping, and market play alongside wooden food.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCounting and Letters Later On:\u003c\/strong\u003e The same pieces become maths and literacy material as your child moves into concrete learning.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eHand-Dyed Wood, Age 3+:\u003c\/strong\u003e Water-based dyes that sink into sustainably sourced wood, so colour won’t chip off.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHow do mandala pieces grow with a child?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThey keep finding new jobs. A toddler fills and tips them out, a preschooler turns them into food for a pretend meal, and a school-age child uses them to count, sort into groups, build repeating patterns, or lay out letters. The pieces never change — what a child can do with them does.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCan mandala sets be mixed together?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThat’s half the fun. Grapat designs the sets to work as a family, so pineapples combine with coins, cones, peaks, and spheres for far more elaborate mandalas. Most families start with one or two sets and add others as their child’s designs get more ambitious.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eThirty-six little pineapples, and a mandala waiting to grow.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Grapat","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67982480900350,"sku":"GRAPAT-21-220","price":25.2,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0527\/4448\/7112\/files\/NEW2026ProductSquares2048x2048-2026-11-07T173947.463.png?v=1794091411","url":"https:\/\/www.theplayfulpeacock.com\/products\/grapat-wood-mandala-pineapples","provider":"The Playful Peacock","version":"1.0","type":"link"}