I purchased these hoping they would get enough love in our playspace to justify the price. I loved them but I didn't know if the children would feel the same. I love it when an item surpasses what I had in mind for it and the children use it even more. There hasn't been a day these aren't played with since their purchase. They have been windows, footpaths, ice cubes, pasta, money, jewels, seats, water, grass, fire, clouds, the beach... A great open ended resources to contast the wooden items and when placed in, under and on a silks they open up so many small world possibilities.