Christmas Inspiration and Ideas

How to Celebrate Advent with Children: Christmas Countdown Activities and Traditions
Embrace the joyful anticipation of Christmas and enjoy a meaningful Advent season with your children. From Advent calendars, crafts and baking to acts of kindness and festive traditions, these activities are designed to foster family bonding and help instil the spirit of giving in your little ones.
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How to Create Waldorf Window Stars
Learn how to fold Waldorf Rainbow Window Stars with this simple video tutorial. Brighten up your home this Christmas season and enjoy some quality time together as a family.
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5 Christmas Table Centrepiece Ideas with a Grimm's Celebration Ring
Get ready to elevate your holiday table decor to a whole new level of enchantment this festive season! In this blog post, we'll explore five captivating Christmas table centrepiece ideas that incorporate the timeless beauty of the Grimm's Celebration Ring.
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Stories and Inspiration

Starting an Open-Ended Toy Collection: Our Top 5 Items
Open-ended play is essential for children to engage in, but knowing what toys to get to support them can often be overwhelming and time-consuming. That's why we put together this blog post of the top 5 open-ended toys to help kickstart your collection or make your shopping expedition a little easier!
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How to Play with Playsilks: The Ultimate Sarah's Silks Play Guide
What is a play silk? How can play silks be used? Do play silks have to be silk? Can Sarah’s Silks Playsilks be washed? In this, our ultimate guide to playing with play silks, we will answer all these questions and more.
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5 Simple Grimm's Ball Runs You Can Build Today
If you've been looking for inspiration on building your next ball run, then look no further! Grab your Grimm's building sets and get ready to have a ball, as Jen shares her top 5 simple ball run designs that you can build right now at home!
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Ball Run Bonanza: The Ultimate Marble Run Play Guide
At Oskar's Wooden Ark we stock a wonderful selection of ball runs and marble trees, as well as a variety of building sets that allow you to create different ball run combinations. If you're wondering what ball or marble run is best for you or you're looking for inspiration and ideas for ball runs you can create from scratch using open-ended toys - then you've come to the right place!
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How to Play with a Grimm's Rainbow -The Ultimate Rainbow Play Guide
The Grimm's Large Rainbow is one of the most popular and versatile wooden toys around. But what exactly is a Grimm's Rainbow? Is it really worth the money? What age group is the Grimm's Rainbow suitable for? How do I play with it? Find answers to these questions along with 25+ Rainbow Play Ideas in our Ultimate Guide to the Grimm's Rainbow.
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Which Grimm's Building Set Should I Choose?
Which Grimm's Building Set is the best for me and my kids? Is it the Grimm's Giant Building Blocks or the Grimm's Geo Blocks? Should I go for the Grimm's Basic Building set or the Standard Building Set? What are the...
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Creative Guides - Step by Step

Needing inspiration, new ideas, or some tips on getting started - we've put together some easy to follow guides with Step-by-Step instructions and suggested material lists

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