
New Play Challenge: Let's Play
January 02, 2022
Happy 2022 to our Wooden Ark Family! We hope you all had a joyous Christmas with your loved ones and a safe beginning to the new year.
We're jumping right back into play mode with our first #PLAYTIMEWITHOSKAR for 2022 and it's all about PLAY! Exploring, learning and getting creative through play is something we are extremely passionate about at OWA, and what better way to start a new year than doing just that? Let's play!
We can't wait to see your entries for our #PLAYTIMEWITHOSKAR Play Challenge across Instagram and The Wooden Ark Family Facebook group! Enter as many times as you like over the Play Cycle - the more you enter, the more chances you have to WIN! Find out below how to enter and to see the play challenge prompts. Then, get ready to play, learn, explore, create with Oskar's Wooden Ark!

Open-ended Playroom | Photo credit: @woodentoyplay
What can I WIN?
With a new and thrilling prize up for grabs each week + a GRAND PRIZE, there is plenty to get excited about this play cycle!
🥇 Week 1 - OWA Toy Shelf: Grimm's Medium Rainbow
🥈 Week 2 - Imaginative Play: Sarah's Silks Starry Night
🥉 Week 3 - Build and Stack: Flockmen Half Flock
🏅 Week 4 - Loose Parts Play: Grapat Mandala Base
🏆 GRAND PRIZE: $100 OWA Voucher
#PLAYTIMEWITHOSKAR Challenge Prompt 1:
OWA Toy Shelf
Week beginning Monday 3rd January
Do you have a box or shelf dedicate to all of your OWA goodies? Do you mix it up for special occasions or different seasons? Is it colour-coordinated? Maybe you have some new additions you were gifted for Christmas that you want to show off? Whatever it is - we want to see your best #OWASHELFIE!
#SHELFIE featuring Grimm's, CLiCQUES and Magic Wood | Photo credit: @steph.soj


#PLAYTIMEWITHOSKAR Challenge Prompt 2:
Imaginative Play
Week beginning Monday 10th January
Playtime invites our little ones to enter a world of pure fantastical imagination filled with endless possibilities for them to explore! Will they be a pirate sailing the seven seas, or maybe a mermaid living in her underwater kingdom? Show us just how wild your imagination can run!
Under the Sea with Sarah's Silks Mermaid Costume | Photo credit: @woodentoyplay
#PLAYTIMEWITHOSKAR Challenge Prompt 3:
Build and Stack
Week beginning Monday 17th January
Building blocks are one of the most popular and multi-functional toys around that promote simple and easy play for all ages. What will you use your building blocks for? Will you build a castle fit for a royal family? Maybe you'll create an epic ball run? Show us your best builds!
Grimm's Building Stack | Photo credit: @jen.ma.bu


#PLAYTIMEWITHOSKAR Challenge Prompt 4:
Loose Parts Play
Week beginning Monday 24th January
Grapat loose parts are the ideal companion for creating mandalas, small-world scenes, counting, colour-coordination and so much more! They are an exceptional open-ended toy with endless play possibilities - show us how you use them in your playtime!
Celebration Cake with Grapat Loose Parts and Grimm's | Photo credit: @learnandbloom
How to enter the #PLAYTIMEWITHOSKAR Play Challenge:
To take part in our Let's Play #PLAYTIMEWITHOSKAR Play Challenge, head over to Instagram or The Wooden Ark Family Facebook group and share an image or video in response to the Play Challenge prompt for that week. Interpret the prompt any way you wish, using any Oskar’s Wooden Ark toys or craft materials! Make sure to tag us, @oskarswoodenark, and use the hashtag #PLAYTIMEWITHOSKAR so that we can find your entry.
Note: Instagram entries must be from a public Instagram account.
Enter as many times as you like over the course of the challenge cycle.
Winners will be announced at the end of the Play Cycle, with a special 'Winners' video'.
Be creative, have fun, and enjoy connecting with our wonderful Oskar's Wooden Ark community!
By submitting an entry, you consent to us publishing your name and your post on both Facebook and Instagram, should you be selected as one of our winners. Anybody is welcome to take part, but prizes will be shipped to addresses within Australia only.