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Melissa and Doug Primary Lacing Beads

Keep busy for hours with this bright, vividly painted assortment of wooden beads. Each bead comes with oversized holes, and the included laces are longer for smaller hands.

This classic collection of beads and laces helps children with hand coordination, dexterity and color recognition — all while inspiring creativity. Convenient wooden case makes clean-up and storage a cinch. Comes with 30 painted beads. Case measures 8″ x 10″ x 2″.

User Ratings and Reviews

5 Stars Spectacular!
Use beads with typical and special needs children in regular and adapted form. Kids just love them (starting at age 2).

5 Stars More than lacing..
Purchased for my 2 year old…..we have not only used it as suggested but found many other ways to play with the beads. We roll them across the table to each other, separate them into color groups, shape groups, etc and we stack them.

5 Stars A classic for good reason
My two year old son loves everything Melissa and Doug and the lacing beads did not disappoint. This toy has many educational uses; he loves making patterns and stacking the beads like blocks. He is building his fine motor skills and working on problem solving (how to get the string through the hole without it falling out, which even led to a discussion on gravity.) The beads are well made and the wooden box they come in stores everything very neatly. A great product at a great price!

5 Stars Lacing beads
The lacing beads can be used to improve sequencing skills, to promote recognition of colors and shapes and to increase fine motor coordination skills. Is an excellent investment for everyone!

5 Stars Engaging, Simple Toy – But NOT for Under 2’s!
I love this toy – and my 22-month-old twins do as well. I would just caution that the two smallest beads, while the size of very small plums, are still just small enough that they could get lodged in your toddler’s mouth if they were inclined to try to get the whole thing in. I wouldn’t trust my kids with this toy unsupervised for at least a few months yet (or will only let them play with the half of the beads that are substantially larger.

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Melissa and Doug Deluxe Wooden Stringing Beads with over 200 beads

Open up your own jewelry-making factory with this Wooden Stringing Beads set. This conveniently packaged, brightly painted set contains more than 200 wooden letters and beads. There are also eight colored cords to make necklaces and bracelets that you can keep or give as gifts. Stored in a durable, handy wood tray.

User Ratings and Reviews

5 Stars GREAT WINTER GIFT FOR INDOOR ENTERTAINMENT
I PURCHASED THIS BEAD SET FOR MY GOD DAUGHTER WHO LIVES IN ALASKA AND ALWAYS NEEDS TO FIND SOMETHING TO DO INDOORS. SHE IS 8 YRS OLD AND JUST LOVED MAKING THINGS SHE COULD WEAR TO SCHOOL AS WELL AS GIVE TO HER FRIENDS.

5 Stars Days of fun
My daughter loved making “jewelry” with this set. Also, my autistic son enjoyed the set and it really helped him work his fine motor skills. This has lots of pieces so I recommend supervision otherwise you could wind up with quite a mess if the set is dumped in the floor.

3 Stars Great set but no lid
I love Melissa and Doug products but like other reviewers I have NO clue why none of the beautiful wooden boxes come with lids. THis seems like a given for a beading set like this one. Virtually everything I have purchased of theirs simply overflows into the larger drawer it is stored in … so I, too, have begun to trash the wooden box and put everything in a craft organizer box. Would it be that difficult to include a lid with each toy?

5 Stars christmas suprise
my grandson loved it he is 3 and still knew how to use this toy. very fun .glad i purchased this product. always satisfied with thier toys. mary d. north carolina

4 Stars Cord not practical for little kids
The colorful beads are pretty, durable, and reuseable. However, the non-stretchy cord that comes in this set isn’t practical for kids. It is made of shoelace material, which could be hazerdous if a child made a necklace out of it and got caught up on something. It is too thick to break away. Otherwise, it is a nice set. My children will continue to play with the beads, but the not the cord.

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Melissa and Doug Classic Wooden Abacus

This brightly colored wooden abacus is a great first calculator for kids to learn counting, patterns, colors and more. The 100 colorful wooden beads slide smoothly on this classically styled, high-quality frame.

User Ratings and Reviews

4 Stars Good product
This product is more educational tool than a toy. I have 3 and 5 years old kids and they love to play with it while they are learning counting, adding, and subtracting. This is a great product.

3 Stars unsteady base
The base on the abacus I got is badly warped. I will have to somehow build up a corner or edge to keep the abacus from rocking too much. I imagine this is not a common problem.

3 Stars Good product
We bought this for our 3 year old, so that he can develop his counting skills – so far he has not shown much interest in using it for counting. But it seems like a sturdy and colorful abacus and we are hoping he’ll soon develop interest in using it.

5 Stars Excellent choice
I bought this for my friend’s daughter for her second birthday. According to my friend, her daughter opened it and immediately played with it for a full forty-five minutes. She loved it so much that before the week was out, she was saying “Good night, abacus!” along with good night to Mommy and Daddy.

3 Stars Not a real abacus
Although many reviewers tout this toy as highly educational, I find that beyond working on color recognition, fine motor skills, and simple counting, this toy is very limited because it is not a real abacus. Yes, it has beads on wires that you push back and forth, but it doesn’t have the right number of beads grouped together. There should be groups of two beads and five beads in a row–not 10 all together.

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Melissa and Doug Primary Lacing Beads

Keep busy for hours with this bright, vividly painted assortment of wooden beads. Each bead comes with oversized holes, and the included laces are longer for smaller hands.

This classic collection of beads and laces helps children with hand coordination, dexterity and color recognition — all while inspiring creativity. Convenient wooden case makes clean-up and storage a cinch. Comes with 30 painted beads. Case measures 8″ x 10″ x 2″.

User Ratings and Reviews

5 Stars A classic for good reason
My two year old son loves everything Melissa and Doug and the lacing beads did not disappoint. This toy has many educational uses; he loves making patterns and stacking the beads like blocks. He is building his fine motor skills and working on problem solving (how to get the string through the hole without it falling out, which even led to a discussion on gravity.) The beads are well made and the wooden box they come in stores everything very neatly. A great product at a great price!

5 Stars Spectacular!
Use beads with typical and special needs children in regular and adapted form. Kids just love them (starting at age 2).

5 Stars Mother of 4
This is great quality and very durable. My son has had a lot of fun using it.

5 Stars Simple toy for young children
This toy is great for young toddlers, large bright colored pieces. Can be used to teach colors, shapes and stringing different pieces together. A good way to entertain an youngster.

4 Stars Great learning toy
My two year old grandson loves these beads. They are great for working on eye/hand coordination. A couple of the smallest beads could be a choking hazard, as is the string, but we just watch him closely while he uses them.

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Melissa and Doug Deluxe Wooden 27 Piece Lacing Beads in a Box

This classic has been reborn with lively graphics, bold colors and new shapes. Your little one will love spending hours piecing together fun shapes, numbers, colors and patterns. Includes 27 solid wood beads and two extra-long laces. Everything comes stored in a handy box.

User Ratings and Reviews

5 Stars great for little ones and durable
Good for about 1 year to 3 years old. I like these wood toys that are essentially unbreakable.

5 Stars String Blocks
We have twin 24 month olds. They really enjoy the colors and shapes. They like to stack them as well was lacing them together.

3 Stars my 2 year old not interested at all
With all the great reviews I thought my 2 year old would be interested in this, but it hasn’t yet captured her attention. I suppose everyone has their own interests, this just isn’t one of hers. Maybe when she’s older. I have also noticed the paint coming off the edges, and they are barely used.

4 Stars Fun Toy
This is a great toy. My 3 year old will sit for 30 minutes stringing the beads and arranging different patterns. My 1 year old also likes to try stringing the beads and has a good time carrying the beads around. Well worth it!

5 Stars simple encouragable fun
Have bought ‘Melissa and Doug’ toys before. They are very durable and colorful. My grand daughter loves to sit and play with these. She stacks them and strings them. They also encourage the use of shapes, colors and numbers in conversation.

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