The High Tea Shape Sorter from the fabulous Wooden Toy Shop. co.uk is such a beautiful toy, made from solid wood and hand painted with gorgeous realistic details! It would make the perfect toy for any child this Christmas and would be a great addition to a toy kitchen or as part of a role-play bakery, cake shop, cafe or home corner, or indeed just as it is!
What I love about this is that not only is it fabulous to look at (and good enough to eat!) but it’s also educational! Each cake is carved into a slightly different shape and fits into its own unique hole in the stand, so that your child has to fit them back in like a puzzle. They also have numerals on the base of each with a matching space for each. So these toys promote number and shape recognition, cognitive skills, sorting and matching and problem solving– all at once! Not to mention imaginative and creative play skills, language development and social and interactive skills when played as part of a collaborative game with an adult or another child.
This is exactly the sort of toy I used to look for to have in my classroom when teaching Reception. High quality, long-lasting, educational, traditional and creative. A perfect combination!
Sue Pheasey says
What a delightful wooden cup cake set. Far too nice for the kids; I want to play with it myself! I would, of course, share it with my granddaughter 🙂
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Growing play says
Love it. Hope I win.
Sara says
So adorable, I know my two daughters would love this for “tea time”
Debbie Higgs says
I have been following you since I joined with face book and enjoy and put into practice some of your ideas. My Family Day Care Children would love to play with this and so would my 3 granddaughters. We just got a brand new kitchen for them so this would be great with that. Thank you and merry Christmas
Unknown says
Beyond adorable! Thanks for this great giveaway. I know several little girls who would be thrilled with this 🙂
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Carol says
Wow, this is gorgeous! My 3 girls would love it!
Unknown says
i follow The Imagination Tree via email
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Marshan says
Soooo……cute!!!
marshan
Kristin @ Sense of Wonder says
This is a beautiful give away! I know your girls are going to be thrilled!
Kristin @ Sense of Wonder says
I have shared this give away on FB. 🙂
MaryAnn says
I shared this give away on Facebook with a nice long description.
~ MaryAnn
MaryAnn says
I Tweeted your give-away on Twitter. That cupcake toy is toooooooo cute!!
~ MaryAnn
Mumtaz says
I love to include this dream set in my home montessri………kids will learn and play .
rachelle | tinkerlab says
Congratulations, Anna! Your blog is wonderful, and you deserve all the accolades and attention you’re getting. The cupcake set would be a dream to open on Christmas, and my kids would be thrilled to play with it. xo
Leia says
Way to go on reaching 5000 fans!! Wow! The cupcake shape sorter set is such a cute idea! Love it, and so would my 1 year old daughter. Though, I’m not entirely sure I can enter. I am physically in the US currently, but will be going to Belfast for Christmas (We actually leave on the 19th of Dec.)… So, hopefully you will count this, but I understand if you can’t. 🙂
Rosie says
Wow! My daughter would love this!
Rosie says
Also, I subscribe via RSS! I love your blog – I get so many ideas from it.
Barbara Zaborowski says
Would love to have the cupcake tree for my pre-K class!
C and G says
That is soo cute!!! Thanks for a fun giveaway!
Barbara Zaborowski says
Also, I subscribed to your feed.
Barbara Zaborowski says
And I posted about your cupcake tree on Facebook. Three for three.
crittersandcrayons says
Drat! I’m in the US! That is such a cute toy!
Bren says
My little girl would love this!
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Bren says
I subscribe to The Imagination Tree via e-mail.
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Cathy Denman says
Ooooh I want to win this!! Your blog has made me see playdough in a whole new light!
Gillian Lennon says
My kids would love this for their cardboard play kitchen I made last Christmas. Thanks Anna.
Gillian Lennon says
I have been sharing Imagination Tree links on FB like crazy. Will add this one too.
Gillian Lennon says
Oh, and I subscribe to your RSS feed too! Merry Christmas.
Jo says
Hi Anna
I love your blog &my littke girl & I have had so much with your ideas, thank you. Big well done on 5000 likes.
My little girl would adorethis cake set.
joannerovers@hotmail.co.uk
Jo
Kate Draper says
Hello I would love to win this set for my daughter! Thank you for a very inspirational blog!
Me says
ADORABLE!
Anonymous says
That is a fabby cake set! My cake monster would love this!!!
lesley@conquer.fsnet.co.uk
Pauline says
Love this set Anna! – as would my 3-year old girl! My eighteen month little man is coming along as a budding chef too….been loving all your ideas on the blog. We’re glad we found you! Play days are happy days Paulinex pauline.gribben@gmail.com
Amy says
This looks great! Thanks for hosting the giveaway!
Amy says
I am already signed up to the RSS. 🙂
SarahW says
Beautiful toy. My little ones would spend hours playing with this!
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SarahW says
p.s. I also follow you via email. Happy Christmas!
Sara says
Super Cute! Would love it for my sweeties at home or my sweeties at school 🙂 Thanks for your great blog!
patrícia says
Wonderful toy! My girls would love it 🙂
jeri says
This tea set is wonderful! We would love to win it, and the shop has great toys!
jeri says
I follow The Imagination Tree via email.
sparklepetal says
Lovely! While I know my daughter would love it, I think if I won I’d donate it to her pre-school who recently lost all their equipment in a fire. Great prize!
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Lori says
I missed the UK only part! Haha! That’s a great toy!
Anonymous says
I watch my grandkids while their parents are at work. Wouldn’t we have some awesome tea parties with this prize!!!!!
Francine
Grandma Cantrell says
This is the cutest toy! I have a granddaughter who loves her wooden kitchen things. This would put her over the top!
Sarah Thorogood says
Just love to read the emails I get from you, with two girls age 31/2 and 15 months I am always looking for creative ideas. You are inspirational! Our play kitchen would love Hesse cakes!
New Mummy Bear says
My little boy would love this! He loves cake and pretending to have tea with us. What a great toy!
Erin says
We would love such a fun wooden toy! Thanks for hosting the playdate and for the giveaway!
Erin says
I follow via RSS
Naomi says
Hello! That is a lovely toy! Would make a gorgeous gift for my sister’s little girls 🙂
Missy says
What a great competition, love the cake set, and sure that Pinkie would too!
RedTedArt says
Ooohoooohooooh I have been eyeing this up for months now!
Would love one…
Maggy
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Gemma O'Donoghue says
This is absolutely gorgeous my little girl is turning one a week today and would love this! Can’t wait to get my internet set back up in our house so I can load the pictures on your sight properly! Have a lovely Christmas! Xx
lovegem89@hotmail.com
Homebird says
Gorgeous set! We are making a wooden cafe/shop so this would be brilliant to go with it. Please include me xxx
Homebird says
Have tweeted as @happyhomebird
aingeal says
my niece would absolutley adore this.
Emily says
This is so beautiful! Would really love to win this for my 2 yr old girl she would love it so much 🙂
Love following activities with The Imagination Tree 🙂
I follow on facebook, will find you on twitter too @bertiechic
Rockabye Butterfly says
My 4 year old daughter would LOVE this for her new kitchen!
Our Kooyenga Family says
My 18 month old daughter would absolutely love this and it would go perfect with her kitchen we just made! We love following The Imagination Tree!!!
Our Kooyenga Family says
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Our Kooyenga Family says
I am now following you via email!
e914ec38-272d-11e1-a375-000bcdcb471e says
The children in our preschool would love one of these! How fab!
Susanna says
Oh now that is just Gorgeous!!!!!
Kate Draper says
PS I am subscribed by email too!
Susanna says
And here is my 2nd entry as I have shared on facebook 🙂
Susanna says
Oh, and here we go for number 3…just signed up for email feed (can you tell I would love this for the boys )
Victoria Pratt says
Love this and my 2 year old daughter would too. This is my first comment on a blog. I follow you on Facebook.
Nikki says
That is such a lovely shape sorter! My little girl would love it!!
wally12345 says
Wow – that is fab!!!! Forget the kids!!!!! I’d love that in my kitchen/dining room/study or on my desk at the office 🙂 – I *might* let the kids play with it lol 😉 xxx
Charlotte says
Oh this is so lovely – they have one just like it at the Children’s Centre and I’m always secretly lusting after it!
Blue Skies,
Charlotte xo
Charlotte: says
I tweeted too!
Charlotte xo
Veronica says
Hi I’m new here. Glad I found your wonderful blog. I’ll be back for more fun ideas.
Veroncia @ http://watchmeplaynlearn.blogspot.com
Gaby says
Love, love, love them!
Jonathan Hunt says
Just wonderful
Jeanie Herrod (jenie59@hotmail.com) says
I’d love to have this set to donate to the local preschool where I used to teach. What a great idea. I found your link on Facebook.
Jeanie Herrod says
Shared on Facebook and Twitter!
Jeanie Herrod (jenie59@hotmail.com)
Anonymous says
I am madly in love with this toy. Fingers crossed!!
Lisa
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Anonymous says
Looks great fun!
Kirsty
kirstyannjennings@hotmail.co.uk
Anonymous says
It looks fantastic and agree good enough to eat :o)
Maria
mizzy14@hotmail.co.uk
mirabelle says
Can’t wait to play tea time w/my girl and this would be SO perfect!
mirabelle says
I tweeted @mirabelle004
Ruth@cookarlo says
Its beautiful, can see many hours of fun with it.
Anonymous says
ooh our mother and toddler group would love thisxxxxx Becky Saywell
Ellie says
So cute! Congratulations on 5000 followers that’s amazing.
Ellie
Carrie says
this is a fantastic toy. i’d love to play tea party with my daughter with this assortment of treats!
Teri says
Oooh I hope!!
Teri
ccagle241 says
My 1 1/2 year old would love to have this with her tea set!
Cheryl_cagle@hotmail.com
Wegweiser Sarah says
I´m a little late, but think about a tree with 24 places 😉
Cerys @ Rainy Day Mum says
Gorgeous tea set I love wooden toys and although T is a little young it’s something that she would grow into and as we have “Cake time” when we go shopping I think J would love it as well.
Thank you for all the hard work you put in and the great 30 day challenge as well.
Cerys @ Rainy Day Mum says
I’ve shared on facebook
Emmysmummy says
What an amazing prize. Emmy has lots of play food and loves to pretend to cook this would add perfectly to her collection of wooden food I have brought her for Christmas.
Thank you for such inspirational ideas. Off to link up a craft now
@emmys_mummy
Cerys @ Rainy Day Mum says
I’m subscribed by e-mail (although it could be rss via e-mail I’m not sure) – get an email daily when a new post goes up.
Emma @mummymummymum says
oooh looks amazing.
Emma @mummymummymum says
I follow by e-mail
Brimful Curiosities says
That set is adorable and would certainly make our pretend tea parties a lot more fun!
Gill and Sat says
This would be great in our play kitchen. gillflore@talk21.com
deborah hemingway says
love this! Lois has developed an early love for cakes so we could have hours of fun playing with it.
joelle says
I love wooden toys! Such a neat tea set, even my boys would love it!
Elizabeth says
I’m a brand new follower! Love what I have seen here so far 🙂
Elizabeth says
We are building a play kitchen for our daughter (for her birthday and Christmas) this year and this set would go perfectly in her new kitchen! Thanks for the chance to win 🙂
Nicola says
Love this, thanks for the chance to win this! 🙂
TaraO says
My daughter would go nuts for this!
TaraO says
I subscribe to the Imagination Tree’s feed 🙂
Kay says
Simply Gorgeous!!!!
AmyD says
Wow, what a beautiful set! I’m looking for a present idea for my friend’s daughter and this is it – if I don’t win she’ll get one anyway.
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TEA COZY says
Wow, this is gorgeous! My 3 girls would love it!