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Billund Hippo Mat™ (PRE-ORDER)

£49.99

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What happens when learning meets fun? Magic!

Introducing the Billund Hippo Mat™ — a Billund play mat and road play mat for toy cars, designed to spark imagination, storytelling, and hours of screen-free fun.

With wide, drivable roads made for toy cars and 20 local landmarks, places, and quirks from Billund, every play session becomes a new adventure. Children can invent routes, create missions, and act out real-world scenarios — from theme-park visits and airport journeys to waterpark pit-stops, forest adventures, and creative discoveries.

Designed to celebrate a place shaped by play through imaginative, screen-free fun.

A road play mat for toy cars that celebrates Billund.

 

What’s on the mat

The Billund Hippo Mat™ road play mat features a playful, map-style layout inspired by the area, including highlights such as:

  • LEGOLAND Billund — Billund’s most famous attraction and a brilliant centrepiece for family adventure play
  • Miniland — the heart of LEGOLAND and a lovely “mini world within the world” detail for imaginative play
  • LEGO House — the Home of the Brick and one of Billund’s most recognisable modern landmarks
  • Tree of Creativity — an iconic feature inside LEGO House, perfect for a playful discovery moment
  • LEGO Square — the central public area at LEGO House and a strong visual anchor for the mat
  • Masterpiece Gallery — a creative showcase inside LEGO House that adds a learning-and-imagination detail
  • Ole Kirks Plads — an important central square in Billund and the home of LEGO House
  • Lalandia Billund — a major family destination that adds even more action to the mat
  • The Aquadome — waterpark fun and a strong child-friendly stop along the route
  • Winter World — an indoor adventure zone that adds variety and energy
  • Monky Tonky Land — a playful indoor attraction that fits naturally into the mat’s family-friendly setting
  • WOW PARK Billund — a forest adventure park with bridges, swings, and outdoor play energy
  • Billund Airport — a major local landmark with planes, runways, and travel-story play possibilities
  • Skulpturpark Billund — a green sculpture park that adds art, paths, and breathing space to the map
  • Billund Bæk — a stream and green corridor that helps shape the local landscape
  • Teddy Bear Art Museum — a charming family attraction with a softer, storybook feel
  • The former LEGO family villa setting of the Teddy Bear Art Museum — a lovely local-history detail
  • Billund’s Capital of Children identity — the town’s child-first spirit woven into the design
  • The resort and hotel zone around the major attractions — helping create a connected family-destination feel
  • Playful forest and green-route links between the attractions — ideal for scenic drives and imaginative journeys

 

Play that builds skills

As children explore routes and make up stories with their toy cars, they naturally practise:

  • hand-eye coordination and fine motor control through driving, parking, and navigating
  • communication and social skills through role-play with family and friends
  • early geography language through places, directions, landmarks, and routes
  • curiosity about real places, helping build a sense of place and local pride

 

Soft, grippy, and made for everyday play

This Billund play mat is made with a soft microfiber velvet surface that feels smooth under hands and knees, making it ideal for floor play. A non-slip latex backing helps keep the road play mat in place when play gets energetic, while also helping to protect floors and reduce noise.

 

What’s included

 

Specifications

  • Size: 100cm × 100cm
  • Weight: 990g
  • Surface: Microfiber velvet
  • Backing: Non-slip latex
  • Care: Hoover regularly and wipe clean with a damp cloth
  • Packed dimensions: 114cm × 10.2cm (mat is rolled into a cylinder tube)
  • Packed weight: 1.6kg

 

Peace of mind

  • CE and UKCA certified
  • Recommended age: 12 months+

 

Discover more about Billund

 

Read more

Read our guide to the landmarks included on the Billund play mat.

 

Designed for everyday play

Made for imaginative everyday play, and designed to feel thoughtful and gift-worthy from the moment it arrives.

£49.99

incl. VAT

In stock

Educational Fun

Turns playtime into learning time. Children can build stories, explore places, practise direction and develop real-world awareness through imaginative, screen-free play.

Premium Quality

Crafted to feel as special as it looks. Each Hippo Mat is made with durable backing, a soft microfibre surface, high-quality print and embroidered blue stitched edging for a beautifully finished feel.

Perfect Gift

A thoughtful gift for little explorers. Beautifully designed and full of play value, it is a memorable present for birthdays, Christmas and special occasions.

Pre-Order Perks

The more eligible mats you add, the more your pre-order includes. Only valid until April 30th 2027:

▢ 1 mat

Become eligible for:

▢ ▢ 2 mats

Everything above, plus:

▢ ▢ ▢ 3 mats

Everything above, plus:

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FAQ

The more eligible mats you add, the more your pre-order includes. Only valid until April 30th 2027:

 

▢ 1 mat

Become eligible for:

 

▢ ▢ 2 mats

Everything above, plus:

  • Free shipping
  • A free limited edition toy car
  • A free sheet of Hippo Mat™ stickers

 

▢ ▢ ▢ 3 mats

Everything above, plus:

  • 50% off your third eligible Hippo Mat™

Hippo Mat™ is designed for children aged 2–6. The roads are wide for toy cars, the landmarks are simple and recognisable for imaginative play and early learning, and the high quality materials are safe for young skin.

Yes. Every Hippo Mat™ is inspired by a real town/city and includes locally recognisable features (roads, parks/water, landmarks and local details) laid out in a top-down map style.

Yes. We design wide, drivable roads first, then build the rest of the map around them so cars can travel smoothly without clutter.

Hippo Mat™ is a premium printed play mat made for everyday play, featuring a microfiber velvet surface with a non-slip latex backing. It’s designed to be giftable, durable, and easy to use on the floor at home.

Hippo Mat™ is made for children’s play and designed with simple, clear artwork. The non-slip latex backing helps to prevent sliding for those intense play sessions. and the microfiber velvet surface won’t leave any nasty friction. Always supervise young children during play, and keep packaging away from children.

This mat is 100cm × 100cm. The embroidered stitching edges are approximately 1cm thick, and the main surface is around 0.6cm thick.

When shipped to you, it is rolled up into 114cm × 10.2cm cylinder tube.

Yes — for everyday mess, you can wipe the surface clean using warm soapy water.

It is not advised to use harsh chemicals or machine wash.

Generic play mats are usually made to be one-size-fits-all. Hippo Mat™ is different. Our mats are inspired by real locations and created to combine premium design, imaginative play, and local meaning in one product. That means clearer layouts for toy cars, more recognisable features, and a play experience that feels richer, more personal, and more memorable.

On most surfaces it stays put during normal play. If you have very smooth floors, a simple non-slip underlay (or rug gripper) helps keep it perfectly stable.

Yes. Hippo Mat™ is designed to feel premium and gift-worthy, and the “local place” theme makes it personal for birthdays, Christmas and new-home gifts.

Yes — Hippo Mat™ is built around real locations. If your area isn’t listed yet, you can request it and we’ll prioritise new designs based on demand.

Click here to see the full list of Hippo Mat™ Locations.

Until November 2027, every Hippo Mat™ order is a pre-order that will arrive anytime between October 1st and December 20th 2027. Once this pre-order period has ended, orders will usually be dispatched within 2 working days.

After dispatch, estimated delivery times are:

  • Austria: 5-8 working days
  • Belgium: 6-9 working days
  • Czech Republic: 7-10 working days
  • Denmark: 7-10 working days
  • France: 6-9 working days
  • Germany: 5-8 working days
  • Greece: 10-13 working days
  • Italy: 4-6 working days
  • Netherlands: 3–6 working days
  • Poland: 8–11 working days
  • Spain: 5-8 working days
  • Sweden: 6-9 working days
  • Switzerland: 7-10 working days
  • United Kingdom: 2–3 working days

Delivery times are estimates and may vary during busy periods or due to customs and local carrier delays.

If it’s not right for you, you can initiate the return of your Hippo Mat™ order within 14 days of delivery.

Contact us and we’ll help you quickly.

Yes — Reg’s Pledge: every mat helps fund play and learning for children.

Click here to learn more about Reg’s Pledge.

Yes — we offer bulk pricing for nurseries, schools, and early learning centres.

Click here to learn more about ordering for Schools.

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