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Brand: Play Therapy Supply
SKU: M-SK2
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Description:

  • New and Improved version. We've kept the best and updated the rest!
  • 212+ high quality miniatures from Safari, PlayTherapy Supply, Papo, and more
  • Many pieces exclusively made for Play Therapy Supply
  • Fantastic representation of the world including animals, ethnically diverse people, houses, religious, natural elements, death and mythical.

We've been listening! Sand Tray Therapists have loved our Premium Starter Kit and now we've made it even better. Our hollow houses, inclusion of a superhero, dragon,  and natural elements made our Premium Starter Kit highly acclaimed. Now featuring more people, 2 smartphones for relevancy custom made tornado and volcano, and a wishing well for maximum symbolic potential. This Premium Starter Kit has many items including sand toys, miniatures, and natural elements. You will not find this great of a selection anywhere else. Many sand tray kits only include plastic toys. Since the sand tray represents the world, having variety is vital, and this kit delivers. Kit may include slight variations.   

People

  • 14 family figures, grandparents, parents and children in assorted ethnicities
  • 2 additional adorable babies
  • 7 occupational people including firefighter, police man, business woman and man, mail carrier, and doctor
  • 5 piece peg family
  • A king, queen, prince, and princess

Mythical

  • witch
  • wizard
  • large dragon
  • 12 piece mini Papo® set including ghost, skeleton with weapon, cerberus, pirate skeleton, minotaur, ogre, and horses- stunning quality
  • Batman, licensed

Household & Leisure

  • 3 piece assorted food/household items
  • gold trophy
  • 2 mini smartphones
  • baseball bat
  • skateboard
  • 2 liquor bottles
  • 12 piece bag of coins
  • red and gold gems

Structures

  • 6 plastic fence pieces
  • 2 houses 4" x2.5"x5”, hollow, perfect for miniatures to hide inside
  • wishing well, stunningly detailed
  • stone bridge, ornate

Death, Grief & Religious

  • Opening wood coffin
  • tiny tombstone
  • Angel Michael, splendid coloring and craftsmanship
  • gold-colored cross
  • black heart

Containers

  • Opening treasure chest
  • gold heart box, two piece

Animals

  • 12 wild animals
  • 12 farm animals
  • 12 dinosaurs
  • 12 sea animals

Landscape & Natural elements

  • NEW! mini tornado
  • New- mini volcano
  • 5 seashells
  • 1 tealight
  • 3 blue spruce trees
  • bird nest set
  • plastic moon
  • yellow rose bunch

Battle & Warfare

  • 50+ mini soldiers in dueling colors
  • Rosie the Riveter "We can do it" figure
  • tank
  • mini handcuffs
  • 12 piece knights and horses by Papo

Vehicles 

  • On the Road Toob, 9 piece
  • 12 piece aircraft set including plane, helicopter, jets and more

Our best selling starter kit makes it easy to create endless sand tray worlds.

Additional Product Info

Recommended ages: Not specified. See product description.
Country of manufacture: USA
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Great way to get started!
by Rebecca L. Withrow
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January 11 2016
For the price, this is a great way to get started! I bought this for the agency where I work, and we had a tight budget for figures. The list of items accurately portrays the categories of miniatures included. Great way to accumulate items from key categories without spending tons of time and money. I think I am especially going to value the 2 hollow houses, trees, tealight, and variety of professional and family figures.

However, I think a few minor changes to the kit could make it really shine, without adding many additional figures. I'll be making some changes before I really feel comfortable using this with clients. The only religious symbols in the kit are a cross and 2 angels, and I think a few more symbols would be important. I'd also sacrifice some animals (not really!) in order to have one animal family. None of the animals in the kit could be related. If the single strip of wooden fencing were replaced with a small set of plastic fences, I think the "Boundaries" would be much more versatile for clients to use. Fences are super important in sand tray. Some of the camels (there were 6!) could be replaced with monsters, sea creatures, signs, or even shells or stones. And finally, but perhaps most important to my work, some of the white figures need to be replaced by figures of color... the set is not as diverse as it suggests it is! With a little adding and replacing, this kit is a great way to get started quickly!
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Recommended if you are just beginning your sandtray miniatures collection
by Noelle Warner
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January 18 2015
I am so grateful for this starter kit. I cannot recommend it more highly, especially if you are just beginning your sandtray miniatures collection. I already had many pieces, but this kit caught my eye. In particular, I saw the wooden coffin, skeletal hands, etc, and knew I needed to add those items. I was intrigued by the collection and so ordered the whole kit. What arrived includes a full array of pieces for the expressive arts, ranging from mythical to dark, from farm animals to trees, fences, beautiful natural rocks, small miniatures of food, angels, wooden people, and more. I have had several sessions with teens and adults choosing these items for their sandtray work. I was so happy to have such a wide selection for them to choose from. Lastly, the price is excellent for this kit. If I had tried to replicate it on my own I am sure I would have spent far more money.
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I love the amount, the variety and the durability of these figures!...
by Ashantia Wolfe
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February 14 2020
I love the amount, the variety and the durability of these figures! I’m pleased with my purchase. I can’t wait to arranged them and have clients utilize them.
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Very pleased with this starter kit. This is my first set of...
by Chelsea Wright
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October 19 2020
Very pleased with this starter kit. This is my first set of miniatures and I appreciate the variety of items that are included. My clients LOVE the houses and mini food items that were included. (Some of the items in my pictures are not from the set)
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Such a great start to my sand tray collection!! A little bit of...
by Megan Goddard
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March 18 2021
Such a great start to my sand tray collection!! A little bit of everything.
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The contents of the pack look wonderful and exactly what the centre need.
by Rhona Burton
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September 27 2017
I have purchased this item to go to a trauma centre in Pinetown, South Africa, where it will be used with children and adults that have suffered various forms of abuse. The contents of the pack look wonderful and exactly what the centre need. I am sure it will be put to good use.
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Lots of variety. Many options for play and stories! There is a range...
by Andrea Buchanan
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December 14 2021
Lots of variety. Many options for play and stories! There is a range of products/miniatures. All the needed themes for sand stories (and play therapy, too). Very happy with the purchase!
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Great stater pack, could use a few more 'bad guys' and a better fence...
by Sophie
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April 13 2022
Great stater pack, could use a few more 'bad guys' and a better fence (the slats fall out often).
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Wow this kit is an amazing starter kit! I was so excited when...
by Henry L
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November 21 2022
Wow this kit is an amazing starter kit! I was so excited when unpacking it! I live in BC, Canada and the kit came quite fast I was surprised (5 days I believe). My students have really enjoyed using the miniatures and the kit fits well with the materials I wanted to gather for a course- Synergetic Play Therapy. Thank-you play therapy supply this purchase was definitely worth the $
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Excellent quality
by Shari Frain Masterson
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September 9 2016
Everthing was excellent quality. Thank you.
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Good start
by Mon Wong
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April 6 2017
Good quality, a good start for me to use the sand tray
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Couldn’t have asked for more!
by Tracy Bovee
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March 19 2019
Couldn’t have asked for more!
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There are plenty of miniatures to get one started exploring sandtray....
by Oscar Tagle
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September 13 2021
There are plenty of miniatures to get one started exploring sandtray. The quality of the items are good. The inclusion of the different themes takes all the guess work and expended time out of the equation.
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This was a great variety and quality. I really loved all the...
by Beccam1121
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May 23 2022
This was a great variety and quality. I really loved all the miniatures that were in this package. I couldn't have asked for more.
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Fantastic value. Comprehensive starter kit.
by carol laubscher
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June 3 2022
Fantastic value. Comprehensive starter kit.
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Great start to my sand tray miniature collection! The objects were...
by Kera A
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August 24 2022
Great start to my sand tray miniature collection! The objects were great quality and diverse for the needs of my clients. I am so glad that I got this as my starter kit. If you are looking to start your sand tray journey, this is a great place to start!
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So many great figurines! Even some modern ones such as a covid mask...
by Christina D
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April 12 2023
So many great figurines! Even some modern ones such as a covid mask and smart phones,
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The variety and nuances of this product!
by Raizy Nagel
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May 8 2023
The variety and nuances of this product!
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Very happy with this. What an easy way to start a collection of...
by Sarah
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June 1 2023
Very happy with this. What an easy way to start a collection of therapeutic miniatures. I think the people/animals/mythical creatures variety is especially great.
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I am disappointed with the fabric-clothed people, as the sand will...
by Dyerl
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June 23 2023
I am disappointed with the fabric-clothed people, as the sand will cling to them. Does anyone know why we have these in a sand tray set, especially as they are rather large? I would have also liked to see more vegetation/trees; the kit came with only three identical coniferous trees, no bushes. It would be better to send two different houses/buildings rather than two identical ones (the white metal ones with the rings at the top). But many of the other pieces are thoughtful: handcuffs, pirate's gold, bottles, coffin, angel... things that could have deep meaning in difficult contexts. Overall, I see a lot of thought and care put into the selection.


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Love these miniatures! This is a great starter set, I have used it as...
by Lauren Ryder
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October 10 2023
Love these miniatures! This is a great starter set, I have used it as is for 2 weeks and haven't added anything yet, but I will. It has nurturing items, aggressive items, people, landscape items and much more, which I feel make it pretty well rounded for clients to use. Only complaint is that the wheels on the vehicles don't move and clients do not use them because they notice that (maybe not realistic enough for them). I would also like some more expressive/artsy/creative pieces like painted rocks, or emotional items to add to this set. However, it really is a great starter set if you are starting from scratch like I am!
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I opted to get this starter kit based on a number of considerations,...
by Glynis Rennels
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October 18 2023
I opted to get this starter kit based on a number of considerations, including the price, number of items included, and specific items listed. Although the description stated there may be slight variations in the content, I found there were a lot of substitutions, including some of the items I specifically wanted that were not listed in the other kits. Regardless, it contained a nice variety of minis and I especially liked that several toobs were included. Overall it is a good kit.
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Impressed
by Connie Gunderson
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November 29 2017
Great service....received in a couple days! Wow!
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I liked that they added items such as wishing well, a dragon and a...
by Dor Chiu
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February 14 2020
I liked that they added items such as wishing well, a dragon and a bridge.
I found that the items are reflective of masculinity, ie soldiers dinosaur, medieval knights etc. I was hopping to get items that were gender neutral, like a family of animals. II found I had to purchase more after session with girls as they were asking for items like gemstones, fairy, angels, flowers.
Not culturally diverse for a starting kit. I have hard time to believe it as premium starter kit when it lacks gender and cultural diversity
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My adult client loves the fantasy monsters. Good inclusion. Good...
by Sandra J Novak
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July 12 2019
My adult client loves the fantasy monsters. Good inclusion. Good variety.
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Awesome selection! I am very pleased with the number and the quality...
by Leanne Oliver
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October 2 2019
Awesome selection! I am very pleased with the number and the quality of the items in this package.
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Love the sand therapy kit - thank you. Also really appreciated the...
by Loree Lundon
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February 18 2020
Love the sand therapy kit - thank you.
Also really appreciated the swift delivery and amazing service - Thanks HEAPS.
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Great variety of figures for a sand play.
by Kourtney Young
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March 5 2020
Great variety of figures for a sand play.
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Very happy with this..just as described and really fast delivery.
by Mary Cullivan
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March 16 2020
Very happy with this..just as described and really fast delivery.
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Excellent starter kit! Many options for children to choose from,...
by Mattracea Wendleton
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May 13 2020
Excellent starter kit! Many options for children to choose from, regardless of what they are working on processing. Highly recommend the starter kit!

Thank you, Play Therapy Supply!
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Kit was exactly as described. Very happy with this purchase
by Angela
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July 17 2020
Kit was exactly as described. Very happy with this purchase
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Excellent starter kit!
by Assi
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September 29 2020
Excellent starter kit!
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This is an excellent starter kit with a broad range of items. I will...
by Anngonzalesart
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October 19 2020
This is an excellent starter kit with a broad range of items. I will have no problem introducing clients to Sandtray with this kit.
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I love the variety of figurines!
by PEW
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November 19 2020
I love the variety of figurines!
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Love it! I was happily surprised by the variety of items in this set.
by Rebecca Ward
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November 23 2020
Love it! I was happily surprised by the variety of items in this set.
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I am excited to use the Miniatures but haven't had a chance! But they...
by Shelley Gunn
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February 19 2021
I am excited to use the Miniatures but haven't had a chance! But they look great and I know I will use the alot.
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This is a great starter piece and everything came quickly and safely....
by Mike
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March 5 2021
This is a great starter piece and everything came quickly and safely. I am excited to add to my sand tray collection.
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Great kit to start with. I'm very happy with the range of miniatures...
by Sharla Crowie
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March 25 2021
Great kit to start with. I'm very happy with the range of miniatures for clients to work with.
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I am beginning my sand tray journey and couldn't be happier with this...
by Janet Wills
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June 2 2021
I am beginning my sand tray journey and couldn't be happier with this starter kit. My children and adolescents like the variety, and I am happy with the quality and detail.
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Excellent starter set! Much faster and easier than putting together...
by Katie
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June 4 2021
Excellent starter set! Much faster and easier than putting together your own starter kit.
And I can’t use sand in my office, but this is still a great set for play therapy!
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It was what I had expected
by Elfin Berwick3068
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June 4 2021
It was what I had expected
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Lots of variety
by Kayla Trahey
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June 29 2021
Lots of variety
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It was a gift to my mom who is a therapist and it is starting her...
by Carolina R.
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November 8 2021
It was a gift to my mom who is a therapist and it is starting her sand therapy kit. I bought it for her as an incentive. I have to say that I was surprised with the variety of the miniatures that came with it. I did think that the price was too high for the quality of some, but still worth it because of the variety and I hope she likes it.
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Was hoping for more diverse set of people, occupations and animals.
by Carly Carr
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March 4 2022
Was hoping for more diverse set of people, occupations and animals.
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A beautiful and pretty good starting kit, we have several of these in...
by Henrietta Knox
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March 4 2022
A beautiful and pretty good starting kit, we have several of these in our play therapy rooms!
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Love to have a kit with all the figurines. Great idea to put it all...
by Apryl Love Alcaraz
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June 2 2022
Love to have a kit with all the figurines. Great idea to put it all together and to make it easier for therapists. The website was easy to navigate and I received the order very quickly. I look forward to continue to order from Play Therapy Supply.
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We ordered 7 boxes of these thinking they would all be the same, for...
by Kelly Pullen
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July 6 2022
We ordered 7 boxes of these thinking they would all be the same, for the most part they were with subtle differences. This is listed in the description that each box may be different that what is shown and this was the case. The box is a great start for beginning sandtray therapists. I would encourage marine animals, snakes and multiples of animals. None of the boxes we had included these.
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This is a decent starter - not sure for $150. There are definitely...
by eliza combs
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February 22 2023
This is a decent starter - not sure for $150. There are definitely sacred beings missing from this set. Some things like the little skateboard don't feel necessary to a small set like this. I would prefer more necessary items. Good set of families though they were very huge compared to the other toys in the collection. If you were putting together some kits you could probably do it yourself for cheaper. If its just for you I'm not sure how you would do it! Wish there was something better for a starter kit.
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This was a perfect start for me beginning sand tray therapy!
by Kyle Peterson
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February 25 2023
This was a perfect start for me beginning sand tray therapy!
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Great for just starting. Has every category needed!
by Melanie Strembel
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April 13 2023
Great for just starting. Has every category needed!
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This is a great start (don't love the metal houses) but it was...
by Audrey Elkeslassy
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May 12 2023
This is a great start (don't love the metal houses) but it was definitely worth it
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These are great and arrived on time and items are just as shown.
by Fax
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May 25 2023
These are great and arrived on time and items are just as shown.
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These are amazing!! Great selection of miniatures to get me started.
by Michaela
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August 11 2023
These are amazing!! Great selection of miniatures to get me started.
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Overall I loved the variety of the items that were in the starter...
by L.Colley
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December 20 2023
Overall I loved the variety of the items that were in the starter kit. A great way to start your collection of sand tray minis. However, the only reason I took one star off is because the "brown" people looked more gray which was disappointing.
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This set is a great starter set, it has a wide variety of miniatures.
by Hunte
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December 25 2023
This set is a great starter set, it has a wide variety of miniatures.
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Great starter kit with toys of different categories! Thankful I have...
by Dr. T
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March 8 2024
Great starter kit with toys of different categories! Thankful I have this to get started.
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Wonderful, inclusive!
by Tstewart
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May 1 2024
Wonderful, inclusive!
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There was a perfect variety for me to use in different ways.
by Mary F
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July 1 2024
There was a perfect variety for me to use in different ways.
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It has everything that I need to get started.
by Yvonne Jackson
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July 10 2024
It has everything that I need to get started.
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This is a great starter kit! Whenever I have new therapists, I always...
by Crystal Krueger
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September 15 2024
This is a great starter kit! Whenever I have new therapists, I always buy them this as a started for sand tray play therapy. It's got a great variety.
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Beautiful set! Exactly what I needed to get started with sand tray.
by NDD
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October 11 2024
Beautiful set! Exactly what I needed to get started with sand tray.
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Perfect for what I need!
by Student Counselor
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October 12 2024
Perfect for what I need!
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A fantastic starter set! Has really helped with working with my...
by Greenmaplecounseling
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October 15 2024
A fantastic starter set! Has really helped with working with my children and adolescent clients. Great symbols that have helped in therapy.
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These miniatures are wonderful for teaching and implementing sand...
by Erin Davis
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November 21 2024
These miniatures are wonderful for teaching and implementing sand tray therapy with clients. I have used in them to train graduate students, and recently used them in Kosovo (I filled my suitcase) to train therapists there to do sand tray with children with autism. They have an excellent variety of objects, all of which are used regularly in therapy.
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The counsellors find it very helpful when working with our younger...
by Tracey Idle
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December 19 2024
The counsellors find it very helpful when working with our younger students.
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Super happy with it!
by Nickumj
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December 23 2024
Super happy with it!
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Wonderful place for me to start my sand tray therapy journey! I feel...
by Carly Victoria
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January 29 2025
Wonderful place for me to start my sand tray therapy journey! I feel less overwhelmed about having to source everything myself, especially as someone who is new to the world of sand tray therapy. I can't wait to delve into this collection with my clients- so many little figurines were included that make so much sense, but that I would have never thought of, and I am so grateful for that!
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Great kit, and as this is our second order, I appreciated some of the...
by Csharpe
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February 7 2025
Great kit, and as this is our second order, I appreciated some of the updates such as the large nest with eggs. A wish might be the inclusion of a diverse selection of some of the molded plastic people. I realize more of those are included in the Platinum kit but when we're equipping three play therapy rooms, the leap to the Platinum price is significant on a limited budget.

Overall, great stuff and we'll be ordering what we need in other ways!
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Loved this Premium Starter Kit - it includes all the necessary...
by Nicola O'Farrell
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March 24 2025
Loved this Premium Starter Kit - it includes all the necessary miniatures to get started with Sand Tray therapy.
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This starter kit had so many great quality material, and had a great...
by Ana
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March 24 2025
This starter kit had so many great quality material, and had a great variety of toys for sand. My client's are enjoying working with them. And the amount of time I didn't waste into putting this together is something I am grateful for!
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great variety
by Tina Roberts-Isbister
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April 17 2025
great variety
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