Plain wooden blocks built into a tall rocket on a tabletop — Thirty-Six Block Box, in stock

Move the pointer across the photograph — the box tips the way you lean.

Painted wooden number blocks stacked in a pile, numerals facing out
The numbered set — same blocks, stencilled by hand
A child's hand setting a yellow roof onto a house built from coloured wooden blocks
The painted set, sold separately

This batch

Cut by Mikko on 3 March, forty crates, oiled the following Monday and Wednesday. Twelve are already spoken for. The next batch goes on the saw on 2 April.

Free delivery over €6090 days to returnSpares free for life

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Thirty-Six Block Box

Thirty-six solid birch blocks — cubes, half-cubes, arches, pillars and two long planks — in a lidded alder crate that doubles as the storage. The edges are chamfered so a tower does not bite when it falls on a foot.

€48incl. 24% VAT

In stock — 31 crates on the rack
Finish

All three are food-safe. Smoked alder is darkened with ammonia, never stained.

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What is in the crate

  • 16cubes, 50 mm on every face
  • 8half-cubes, 50 × 50 × 25 mm
  • 6arches, cut on a 100 mm radius
  • 4pillars, 150 mm tall
  • 2planks, 300 mm, for roofs and ramps
  • 115 ml tin of linseed and beeswax finish
  • 1sanding pad and a card naming who made it

The numbers on the label

Age
3 years and up. Smallest piece is 50 mm, well over the choke limit, but the planks are heavy enough to hurt a toddler's foot.
Wood
Birch from a mill in Saarijärvi, 61 km from the bench. Crate in alder.
Crate
340 × 240 × 190 mm — fits a standard shelf and holds about 20 extra blocks from any other set.
Weight
2.6 kg boxed, 2.2 kg of that blocks.
Tested to
EN 71 parts 1, 2 and 3, renewed January 2026.
Finish
Cold-pressed linseed oil and beeswax, two coats, nothing else. Natural and smoked alder are the two alternatives.
Spares
Any block replaced at €3 a bag, postage on us; a split along the grain is free with no time limit.
A pencil marking a cutting line along a planed board

Care, repair and the long view

A scratched block is a ten-minute job, not a bin job

Rub the mark out with the pad in the crate, wipe a little of the tin over it, leave it an hour. The colour comes back darker than new and then settles. Never put blocks in a dishwasher — birch will raise its grain and stay rough.

If a block splits along the grain, send a photo and we will post a replacement free for as long as the Block Box is on the shelf. We have been making it since 2017 and have replaced forty-one blocks in that time.

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Getting it to you, and back again

Delivery

€5.90

Free over €60 anywhere in Finland, 2–4 working days. Nordics and Baltics €12.50, 4–7 days. Rest of the EU €19.90, 5–10 days. Posted within three working days of your order.

Returns

90 days

Played with or not, as long as all thirty-six blocks come back. Return postage inside Finland is on us. Refund to the original card within five working days of the crate reaching the bench.

Spares

€3 a bag

Replacement blocks, pegs and crate hinges, posted free, for as long as we make the toy. A split along the grain is replaced at no charge, no time limit.

What people put in the same parcel

A tub filled with painted wooden town blocks, houses and small cars — Town Block Tub, in stock

Town Block Tub

Painted birch · fifty blocks · 2+ years

€54In stock
A wooden peg stacker with coloured shapes threaded onto five posts — Peg and Shape Stacker, in stock

Peg & Shape Stacker

Painted birch · five posts · 18 months+

€32In stock
A child pulling a wooden hound toy along a wooden floor by a red cord — Pull-Along Hound, in stock

Pull-Along Hound

Oiled alder · nodding head · 18 months+

€36In stock
Three turned wooden elephant shapes standing in a row on a yellow backdrop — Elephant Parade, in stock

Elephant Parade

Oiled birch · three sizes · 2+ years

€34In stock

About this crate

What people ask before they reserve one

Is thirty-six enough blocks?

For one child, yes — thirty-six builds a tower taller than a three-year-old and still leaves arches over. For two children building together, most people add the Town Block Tub after a few months. The crate has room for both sets.

Do the blocks fit other block sets?

The 50 mm cube is the common unit across most unit-block sets, so they stack cleanly with anything built on the same module. Our arches are cut on a 100 mm radius, which is two cubes wide, so they bridge any two-cube gap.

Which finish should I pick?

Oiled, unless you want to do it yourself. Natural is four euros less and arrives bare — fine if you would rather choose your own finish, rough on the hands if you do not. Smoked alder is a dark brown that goes almost chocolate over a year; it takes two extra weeks because the ammonia tent runs once a fortnight.

Can a younger child have it?

Nothing here can be swallowed — the smallest piece is 50 mm. The age band is three because the 300 mm planks weigh 180 g each and a toddler dropping one on a bare foot will cry. Under two, the Pull-Along Peg Cart or the Rolling Tipper is the better parcel.

What happens after I press reserve?

A crate is held in your name for five days and one of us emails you a payment link and a posting date, usually within one working day. Nothing is charged on this page and nothing is charged until you follow that link.

Reserve a crate, or go and look at the other eleven

Thirty-one on the rack this morning. Posted within three working days, ninety days to change your mind, spares free for life.

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