Play Food - Groceries, 16 pcs
Most grocery trips include more than just the super tasty treats. Kids love realistic role play, and this grocery set includes some of the more grown-up essentials like cat food and canned sardines. They may not be your child's own favourite foods, but they make play feel real when the pretend shop has olive oil and cheese wedges on the shelves right next to ice cream and ketchup.
This set has 16 pieces of play food with English text, but with familiar shapes and labels that make them easy to recognise. The set includes spaghetti, cheese, cat food, olive oil, popcorn, lemons, rice, ketchup, crackers, chips, canned peaches, ice cream, canned sardines, and garden peas.Â
Perfect for role play, where your child can copy everyday situations like grocery shopping, cooking, or running a little café. It’s a great starting point for chatting about where food comes from, when we usually eat it, and where it goes after we swallow it. It's a great way to expand your child's knowledge and vocabulary.
When children act out everyday activities through role play, they build a better understanding of the world around them. With play food, your child can explore food in ways that might not be allowed with real ingredients or at the dinner table. Through play, children experiment with rules, boundaries, social interaction, and their own sense of identity.
You can also take play a step further by setting up a little shop, maybe with small signs and prices. It’s a fun way to explore numbers and letters together and encourage your child to practise good manners and simple math.
When children play together with play food, they learn to cooperate, take turns, communicate, and compromise.
Made from rubberwood left over from latex production in Indonesian forests.
The toys are produced at a family-owned factory in Indonesia, where the Tender Leaf Toys team spends two months each year developing toys and working alongside local villagers.
For every tree felled, a new one is planted. Tender Leaf Toys has been recognised by the ICTI Ethical Toy Program for their efforts to make the entire production process more socially and environmentally sustainable.
The toys are hand-painted and manually packed in recycled cardboard, and Tender Leaf Toys has almost managed to completely eliminate the use of single-use plastic.
What makes this product special
Toys for learning through play
Play is essential for children’s learning, well-being, and development. Through play, children learn about themselves and the world around them.
Play helps children:
• stay curious
• focus and become absorbed in what they're doing
• take on age-appropriate challenges
• build confidence
We believe children learn best by doing things for themselves:
• by making mistakes
• by getting messy
• by falling down and getting back up again
Resilience, confidence, and courage grow through experience, one small step at a time.
That's why we carefully choose toys that encourage independence, imagination, movement, and social skills — offering just the right balance of support, freedom, and opportunities to grow.
Carefully selected toys
We carefully handpick every toy from the vast world of toys available today. The only toys that make it into our range are ones we'd be happy to give our own children.
Every toy at ToyAcademy should:
• support learning through play
• be made from durable, high-quality materials
• be safe and enjoyable for children to play with
20 years of experience as parents and professionals
We're a Danish company founded in 2005, and we're parents too. We know what it's like to want the very best toys for your children.
Our mission is clear:
Toys should support children’s development, well-being, and confidence through play.
90-day returns
Shop with peace of mind — especially when buying gifts.
You have 90 days to return your purchase, giving you extra flexibility and peace of mind.
If you happen to choose the wrong toy, you can easily exchange it or return it.
What makes this product special
Most grocery trips include more than just the super tasty treats. Kids love realistic role play, and this grocery set includes some of the more grown-up essentials like cat food and canned sardines. They may not be your child's own favourite foods, but they make play feel real when the pretend shop has olive oil and cheese wedges on the shelves right next to ice cream and ketchup.
This set has 16 pieces of play food with English text, but with familiar shapes and labels that make them easy to recognise. The set includes spaghetti, cheese, cat food, olive oil, popcorn, lemons, rice, ketchup, crackers, chips, canned peaches, ice cream, canned sardines, and garden peas.Â
Perfect for role play, where your child can copy everyday situations like grocery shopping, cooking, or running a little café. It’s a great starting point for chatting about where food comes from, when we usually eat it, and where it goes after we swallow it. It's a great way to expand your child's knowledge and vocabulary.
When children act out everyday activities through role play, they build a better understanding of the world around them. With play food, your child can explore food in ways that might not be allowed with real ingredients or at the dinner table. Through play, children experiment with rules, boundaries, social interaction, and their own sense of identity.
You can also take play a step further by setting up a little shop, maybe with small signs and prices. It’s a fun way to explore numbers and letters together and encourage your child to practise good manners and simple math.
When children play together with play food, they learn to cooperate, take turns, communicate, and compromise.
Made from rubberwood left over from latex production in Indonesian forests.
The toys are produced at a family-owned factory in Indonesia, where the Tender Leaf Toys team spends two months each year developing toys and working alongside local villagers.
For every tree felled, a new one is planted. Tender Leaf Toys has been recognised by the ICTI Ethical Toy Program for their efforts to make the entire production process more socially and environmentally sustainable.
The toys are hand-painted and manually packed in recycled cardboard, and Tender Leaf Toys has almost managed to completely eliminate the use of single-use plastic.
Suitable for children aged 3 yrs. to 6 yrs.Toy food is fantastic for pretend play, which inspires your child to copy real-life scenarios such as cooking, shopping, or being in a café. Talk about where our food comes from and what happens to it inside the body. This helps to strengthen your child’s vocabulary and knowledge.
Through role play, your child can gain experience with boundaries, rules, and opportunities for social interaction and identity formation. When the children play together with play food, they learn how to work together, communicate, compromise, and take turns. You can also use the play food to play grocery store and practise making special offers, writing signs, and politely greeting customers. Your child can practise taking payments and giving back change, which is great for their math skills.
Supports essential skills that really benefit your child's well-being and ability to learn new things:
- Gives your child all kinds of opportunities to unleash their imagination.
- Excellent for role play, where children practise finding their own place in the game and not always being in charge. This strengthens your child's empathy and ability to work with others.
- Strengthens social skills, which, according to childcare professionals and educators, are more important for children to practise than learning letters and numbers.
| Item number | 14-TL8287 |
|---|---|
| Age | 3 yrs., 4 yrs., 5 yrs. , 6 yrs. |
| Material | Wood |
| Maintenance | Wipe with a damp cloth |
Do you know Tender Leaf?
Tender Leaf Toys makes wonderful high-quality wooden toys which are produced at a family-owned factory in Indonesia. Every year, the people behind Tender Leaf Toys spend two months at the factory developing toys and becoming part of the workflow along with the staff.Tender Leaf Toys is also known for their ethical company policy by the ICTI Ethical Toy Program.
See our selection from Tender Leaf here.
Delivery time: 2-4 business days
We aim to ship your order as quickly as possible. In most cases, you’ll receive it within 2-4 business days. Occasionally, minor delays may occur.
Please note: During busy periods, such as Christmas or Black Friday, delivery times may be slightly longer.
Returns
You have 90 days to return your purchase. That gives you extra peace of mind, especially when buying gifts. If you happen to choose the wrong toy, you can easily exchange it or return it.
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