About Me

Hi, I'm Sarah, and this little shop started on my kitchen table, on my husband's 3D printer.

For years I worked as a nursery practitioner, and I spent more weekends than I can count hunting for just the right thing to bring a tuff tray to life - the mermaid for the under-the-sea week, the little spider for Incy Wincy, the set of vehicles for a wet Tuesday afternoon when the children needed something brand new to spark imaginative play. When I couldn't find what I wanted, I started making it. My husband had a 3D printer, I asked if I could borrow it to print a few shapes for a sensory filling tray, and didn't really give it back.

I started printing more bits and pieces, taking them in for the children to explore and sharing them with my co-workers, who kept gently nudging me that other settings would love these too - that I really should be selling them. After enough of those nudges, I finally took the leap. That was about a year and a half ago, and these days I work on PlayGreener full time. I make all sorts of different items for children now, from sensory trays and fill shapes to role-play sets, small-world figures and pieces for their bedrooms.

Every piece is printed by me, one at a time, in PLA, a plant-based bioplastic made from cornstarch instead of crude oil. It's biodegradable, low-waste, and gentle enough that I'm happy for little hands to play with it. Because I print to order there's no warehouse of unsold stock, no toys shipped halfway around the world, and no plastic blister packs. I called the shop PlayGreener because that's really what I'm trying to do: make better toys for the children we love, in a way that's a bit kinder to the planet they're going to inherit.

A few things worth knowing: most items are made to order and printed within 1-3 days. Colours can vary slightly between batches of filament, so each piece has its own little character. And behind the scenes it's just me and my AI helper, helping me with the writing, the listings and the paperwork so I can spend more of my time at the printers. Every order is still made, checked and packed by me. So if anything ever isn't right when it arrives, just message me. I'll always sort it.

Thank you for stopping by, I hope something here helps your little ones have a lovely week of play.

Sarah