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Product Description
The Taylored Toys Wood Lacing Beads with Leather Cord are a simple, Montessori-style lacing set for ages 3 and up: ten chunky beehive beads, a leather cord and a little bag to keep it all together.
Lacing is quiet, focused play that travels well. It fits on a picnic blanket, a porch step or a stump at the trailhead, and Taylored Toys designed it to support hand-eye coordination, fine motor skills and counting.
Why Parents Love It
- Chunky beads: each bead is roughly 1-1/4 inches with a 7/16-inch hole, sized for small hands.
- Natural finish: Taylored Toys finishes the beads with food-grade mineral oil and beeswax to bring out the wood grain.
- Leather cord: a 28-inch leather cord in place of plastic string.
- Storage bag included: a drawstring bag keeps all ten beads together in a pack or diaper bag.
- Simple and open-ended: string, count, sort and start again.
Built for Real Outdoor Use
Not every outdoor moment is a big one. Lacing beads are for the slow parts of the day: waiting for a sibling at the playground, a quiet break at a campsite, or a cozy hour on the porch while the rain comes down.
The drawstring bag makes it an easy add to a day pack, and the wood and leather feel right at home in a nature basket or a Montessori-inspired play shelf.
Things to Know
- Age: Taylored Toys recommends ages 3 and up.
- Safety: per Taylored Toys, the beads and cord can be a choking or strangulation hazard. Not intended for children under 3 or anyone who may put things in their mouth.
- Supervision: we recommend an adult nearby during play, and putting the set away in its bag afterward.
- Natural wood: grain and tone vary from bead to bead.
- Keep it dry: wood and leather last longest when kept out of standing water.
Product Details
- Product type: Wooden lacing bead set
- Brand: Taylored Toys
- Model: Montessori Wood Lacing Beads with Leather Cord
- Includes: 10 wood beads, 28-inch leather cord, drawstring storage bag
- Bead size: Approximately 1-1/4 inches with a 7/16-inch hole
- Finish: Food-grade mineral oil and beeswax
- Recommended age: 3+
- Country of origin: Made in USA
Why ODSS Recommends It
For preschoolers, this is one of our favorite quiet-time toys: simple, natural materials, nothing to plug in, and small enough to come along on any outing.
We especially like that it gives little hands something calm to do between the big moments, so the whole family can stay outside a little longer.
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