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Jelling Hippo Mat™ (PRE-ORDER)

£49.99

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What happens when learning meets fun? Magic!

Introducing the Jelling Hippo Mat™ — a Jelling 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 Jelling, every play session becomes a new adventure. Children can invent routes, create missions, and act out real-world scenarios — from Viking-age journeys and royal discoveries to monument visits, mound-top lookouts, and historic adventures through one of Denmark’s most important places.

Designed to celebrate a real place at the heart of Danish history through imaginative, screen-free play.

A road play mat for toy cars that celebrates Jelling.

 

What’s on the mat

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

  • Harald Bluetooth’s large Jelling Stone — Jelling’s most famous landmark and a brilliant centrepiece for story-led play
  • Gorm the Old’s smaller Jelling Stone — the earlier rune stone that helps tell the founding story of Denmark
  • The North Mound — one of the great burial mounds and a strong, simple landmark shape for the mat
  • The South Mound — balancing the monument area and adding another striking Viking-age feature
  • Jelling Church — the historic church at the heart of the site and a key part of the town’s identity
  • The churchyard around the stones — the central setting where so much of Jelling’s story comes together
  • King Gorm the Old’s chamber tomb in the church — an important royal-history detail that adds real depth
  • The giant palisade around the monument area — a huge Viking enclosure that makes the layout feel dramatic and special
  • The huge ship setting — one of Jelling’s most remarkable archaeological features and perfect for discovery play
  • Kongernes Jelling experience centre — the modern place where families explore the Viking story of Jelling
  • The UNESCO World Heritage monument area — an internationally important historic site right in the middle of town
  • The white Romanesque church silhouette — a clear visual anchor that helps the mat feel instantly recognisable
  • Harald Bluetooth’s wooden church site beneath the present church — a fascinating hidden-history detail
  • The “Denmark’s birth certificate” story — a powerful local identity that makes this mat feel truly unique
  • The transition from paganism to Christianity — one of the key stories told through the monuments
  • Queen Thyra’s connection — an important royal figure in Jelling’s founding story
  • King Gorm the Old’s connection — one of Denmark’s earliest kings and central to Jelling’s identity
  • Harald Bluetooth’s connection — the king most closely tied to the great monuments and Denmark’s unification story
  • Hærvejen, the Ancient Road passing Jelling — a historic route that adds movement and journey-making to the map
  • Ravningbroen as the nearby Viking bridge link — a strong regional Viking-age detail that complements Jelling beautifully

 

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 Jelling 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 Jelling

 

Read more

Read our guide to the landmarks included on the Jelling 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, a Hippo Mat™ 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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