The French wooden toy specialist, Janod, has launched its latest collection to inspire creative play this spring – Cross Roads, the delightful range of playmats and accessories that will spark imaginations and inspire epic journeys. From the countryside to the city and even to the enchanted kingdom little ones will love watering the crops, galloping with the unicorns and whizzing through the city streets!
Designed for children 2+ years, the non-slip mats have much to explore, with twists and turns along the road and lots to discover. As well as providing hours of fun, the collection also engages with key learning skills – learning about different jobs, animals, numbers and so much more!
The Countryside mat takes little ones on a tractor ride adventure through the vegetable garden, via the Shepherd’s flock and past the lake. Little explorers can look for different animals, nature and characters that can be spotted in the landscape.
For something magical, little ones can step into a land full of adventure with the Enchanted Kingdom mat, which features castles to explore, and Knights, Princesses and Dragons to search for along the road.
Little city dwellers can bring their hometown to life in the hustle and bustle of the City Map. The busy urban scenes takes little ones from the fire station to the hospital, the shops and the city park, there is fun around every corner!
As well as stimulating the imagination, the mats will help expand vocabulary and can be used for an extensive seek and find game. Can they find the postman in the city or the king’s trumpeter in the magical kingdom?
Turning these mats into a wonderland and adding an interactive element, sets of 25+ FSCTM-certified wooden blocks are available to aid creative play. Available in corresponding themes, the wooden accessories enable little ones to build their own story on the mats, popping up houses, characters and themed blocks across the colourful landscapes.
The Countryside Blocks offer wooden accessories that can be placed across the map, including houses, animals and even the farmer, while the Enchanted Kingdom blocks allow children to build their own 3D wooden castle, with unicorns and Kings and Queens to join along for the magic! For the city life, children can build an epic cityscape.
Adding adventure and putting little ones in the driver’s seat, the easy grip, push along wooden cars are ready to take to the maps and explore! Whether they choose to drive a tractor down to the farm, take a knight astride his dragon into the forest, or a food truck down to the city park… a whole world of fun awaits.
