Grapat 7 Moons / Weekly Calendar
Contains 7 Nins®-acorns in 7 colors that are associated with each day of the week according to Waldorf pedagogy.Producent: GrapatCode: 17168
Contains 7 Nins®-acorns in 7 colors that are associated with each day of the week according to Waldorf pedagogy.
7 vessels and 1 round dish (18cm diameter) where the elements are contained.
Material to experience the weekly cyclic rhythm. The children will associate each day with their color, and in this way they will be able to understand the passage of the days.
Many ancient cultures believed that every day of the week had it’s own planet, colour, scent and grain. Then, this ideas were applied by Waldorf pedagogies.
Monday: moon, rice, purple or violet, jasmine.
Tuesday: Mars, red, Barley, clove.
Wednesday: Mercury, Millet, yellow, copal.
Thursday: Jupiter, rye, orange, cedar…
Friday: Venus, oats, green, rose
Saturday: Saturn, corn, indigo or blue, myrrh.
Sunday: sun, wheat, white, frankincense
Country of production: Spain
Materials: wood, non-toxic water based color stain
recommendation age: 12 months+
Care instructions: If you clean Grapat wood products only use a damp cloth. Do not submerge in water and do not use disinfectant or hot water.
Certifications: Toy EN / 71-3: 2014 + A1: 2014 / 2013
GRAPAT unique handmade toys/crafts encourage, invite and stimulate open-ended and autonomous play. Grapat is made following traditional processes, in the old way, with thick soft raw materials, natural dyes which let the wood veins be seen and vibrant coloured waxes and oils that slightly shine.
The wood used comes from sustainable forests. Grapat uses beech and birch. Wood is robust, soft and hard, it is warm, it sounds good and it smells good.
The dyes are based on water and non-toxic that comply with the European safety regulations of the Toy EN / 71-3: 2014 + A1: 2014 / 2013. Working with dyes and not with acrylic paints allows Grapat to continue having contact with the wood. The dye does not chip from the wood when it falls to the ground or when time passes because it penetrates deep inside the piece. Sometimes it can happen that by an excess of pigments some piece loses some colour when coming in contact with the saliva, no problem, they are absolutely safe and non-toxic.
Grapat workshop is located in the countryside, and being close to nature can make some tones and colours have variations. Depending on the humidity or if there is wind the dye can impregnate one way or another in the wood. The finishes are made with waxes and oils of vegetable origin. The oils can have a strong aroma at first, but it loses it with the days. We love it!
Since from Grapat defend the value of nature, they accept imperfection. It is beautiful and makes the material even more valuable. The cloth bags that are included in some of the products come from big companies that discard material when they have a small defect. As Grapat produces the bags by hand they can take advantage of them by removing those defects and giving them a second life.
