Home Before the Storm: three wooden story tiles
A cottage, a storm coming in, and a signpost with nothing on it
Smoke curls from the cottage chimney, and the clouds are piling up.
At the crossroads, the signpost has nothing written on it at all.
Lay the cottage and see where their story goes.
Play with these threeAdds to any set. All three join every other tile, and each other, in any order.
Already in the sets. The cottage comes in the starter set with their name and the first book set; the crossroads in the starter set without a name. The storm is in no set.
£45 for three, the same £15 a tile as any two or more pieces. Posted from 1 December, in time for Christmas.
- The cottage: a cottage with smoke at the chimney and a gate to shut behind you
- The storm: three clouds, a flash of lightning, and puddles filling up along the path
- The crossroads: the path splitting in two, and a signpost with nothing written on it
- Our cotton drawstring bag (one comes with every order), which is also the pile you draw from
Which way home? The signpost isn’t saying, and the clouds are getting closer.
The Lucky Bag. Draw a tile without looking, join it to the path, and say what happens there.
The Forked Path. Draw two and choose. The other goes back in the bag.
In a story game with no fixed order, the storm can come first and the cottage last, so the story ends warm and dry.
For more ways to play, and how story stones, story dice and story tiles compare, read our storytelling guide.
Three tiles of solid oak, each planed and sealed with shellac, then engraved: the cottage and its gate, the clouds and the lightning, the fork in the path and the blank signpost. Iron and vinegar ebonise them, blackening only the engraved lines, and Osmo hardwax oil finishes them. The arrow joints are cut alike, so any tile joins any other.
The picture is engraved into the oak, then the tile is ebonised with iron and vinegar, so only the engraved lines turn black. The path runs across every tile, in through one arrow and out through the next.
This tile carries no name. The name lives on the first page of a starter set or first book set, engraved in our script.
Delivery
Posted from 1 December, in time for Christmas
The Story Path is made to order in our Wiltshire workshop. Orders are posted from 1 December, in the order they were placed, so every set is under the tree in time for Christmas.
Delivery is by Royal Mail Tracked 48, free on every UK order of £20 or more; orders under £20 are charged £1.95.
Returns
90 days to return, with free return postage
We are pleased to offer 90 days from delivery to return your order, and we will provide a prepaid Royal Mail Tracked 48 label at no cost to you. Personalised and engraved pieces are included.
You may choose a refund, an exchange or a gift card. Refunds are made to your original payment method once your return is back with us and checked. How returns work
Multiple Lifetime Guarantee
Covered for life, whoever owns it
Should a piece ever break, develop a fault or go missing, we will restore or replace it free of charge, for the life of the toy and for whoever owns it next. Read about our guarantee
Everyday care. Wipe with a damp cloth and let the wood dry naturally. Please don’t soak it or put it in the dishwasher.
Where to keep it. Away from radiators and direct sun. Wood moves a little as the air grows drier or damper through the year, which is quite natural.
Refreshing the finish. When the wood begins to look dry, rub in one thin coat of Osmo Wood Wax Finish Extra Thin (1101), the finish we use ourselves, and let it dry fully before play. Once dry, it is food-safe. For babies who mouth their toys, ideally wait two weeks. Or let us make it easy: our Toy Care Kit has everything you need.
Our guarantee. Every toy is covered by our Multiple Lifetime Guarantee, and caring for it yourself never affects it.
More about our finish in our FAQ.
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A beginning, a middle and an end
The Story Path opens with “Once upon a time, there was…” and closes with “The End”. Between the two, the child lays the tiles in a line and tells the story along the path that runs through them, in through one arrow and out through the next. Every arrow is an “and then”.
It is designed around the way stories are taught in nurseries and Reception: an opening, a problem, a resolution and an ending. The line is laid and read from left to right, like a line in a book, and it supports the early learning goals for inventing, adapting and retelling stories.
Oak, and a little magic
The story tiles and both bookends are solid oak, finished with Osmo hardwax oil. No paints and no dyes: the picture is engraved and ebonised, so only the lines turn black. The magic tiles are cut from rarer woods, and their path and stars are gilded by hand in 24ct gold leaf. A new wood arrives each week in November.
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