Round & Round Cushion Kit
10 handmade tactile cylinder cushions (5 small 10cm, 5 large 30cm) in vibrant patterns and removable, machine-washable covers with duffle storage bag. Perfect for stacking, rolling, and dens.
Handmade Sensory Resources
Early Years Creative Play Kits
Bespoke, open-ended heuristic play resources hand-crafted by visual artists for nurseries, libraries, children’s centres, and national museums.
Heuristic Play & Sensory Design
Imaginary Leaps designs and crafts bespoke, handmade play kits for interactive, child-led exploration. Created by visual artist and maker Heather Berrill alongside Creative Director Rachel Riggs, these tactile resources extend creative learning across Early Years settings, museums, and galleries.
These play kits are inspired by the principles of heuristic play — offering young children open-ended, sensory objects with which they can experiment freely without adult intervention or predetermined outcomes.
- Safe & Hard-Wearing: Built using fire-retardant safety foam, washable patterned fabrics, and durable stitching.
- Thematic Connections: Designed around literary classics, museum collections, or natural environments.
- Accompanying Training: Settings can book accompanying CPD sessions to train staff in facilitating interactive storytelling with each kit.
Commissioning a Play Kit
We produce both standard limited-edition sets (such as our popular Round & Round Cylinder Cushions) and bespoke museum exhibition kits tailored to specific heritage archives.
Previous major commissions include bespoke interactive exhibition play kits for Eureka! The National Children’s Museum in Halifax.
Commission Enquiries
Contact us with your setting’s theme, space dimensions, or collection brief for a quotation.
Caterpillars & Cocoons Kit
Commissioned by Eureka! The National Children’s Museum. Tactile segmented caterpillar puppets, fruit feeding pockets, soft cocoon sleeping bags, and butterfly wings.
Desert Sensory Play Kit
Commissioned by Eureka! Children’s Museum. An evocative landscape of warm-toned textured sand dunes, soft sculpted boulders, cacti, and desert wildlife puppets.
Shadow Puppets Kit
15 handmade translucent silhouette puppets with a portable desktop projection screen. Three themes available: Journeys, Space & Aliens, and Underwater.