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Melissa & Doug Primary Lacing Beads - Educational Toy with 8 Wooden Beads and 2 Laces

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Features

  • BRIGHTLY COLORED WOODEN BEADS: The Melissa & Doug Primary Lacing Beads set is composed of 30 brightly colored wooden beads in a variety of shapes, 2 colorful laces, and a wooden storage case.
  • EASY TO ASSEMBLE: Our wooden bead play set includes beads in five distinct shapes that are easy for little hands to grasp. The laces are thin enough to allow the beads to fit seamlessly.
  • HELPS DEVELOP STRONG SKILLS: This Melissa & Doug kids beading set helps children develop strong fine motor, cognitive, and visual perception skills, while promoting hand-eye coordination.
  • GIFT FOR AGES 3 TO 5 YEARS: These beads set makes an exceptional gift for kids from 3 to 5 years. Add the Melissa & Doug Lace & Trace activity set to round out the hands-on play experience and give kids another engaging option for screen-free fun.
  • THE GOLD STANDARD IN CHILDHOOD PLAY: For more than 30 years, Melissa & Doug has created beautifully designed imagination- and creativity-sparking products that NBC News called the gold standard in early childhood play.
  • 100% HAPPINESS GUARANTEE: We design every toy to the highest quality standards, and to nurture minds and hearts. If your child is not inspired, give us a call and we'll make it right. Our phone number is on every product!

Description

Thirty wooden beads in six vibrant colors and five distinct shapes combine with two extra-long laces to kick off many creative activities. Stringing the easily grasped beads promotes hand-eye coordination as well as fine motor, cognitive, and visual perception skills. This Melissa & Doug beads and laces set allows adults and children to explore multiple playing activities. Parents can ask their child to sort the beads by color, identify each color of bead for the child, and repeat the activity until the child can identify all of the colors independently. Parents can also encourage kids to develop counting skills by asking their child to count the number of beads in each color along with them, repeating the activity until the child has mastered counting one group of beads. The Primary Lacing Beads set makes an exceptional gift for kids from 3 to 5 years. Add the Melissa & Doug Lace & Trace activity set to round out the hands-on play experience and give kids another engaging option for screen-free fun. For more than 30 years, Melissa & Doug has created beautifully designed imagination- and creativity-sparking products that NBC News called “the gold standard in early childhood play.” Today, Melissa & Doug is proudly partnering with the American Academy of Pediatrics to foster early brain development and help children build important life skills through play. From the Manufacturer From classic wooden toys to crafts, pretend play, and games, Melissa & Doug products provide a launch pad to ignite imagination and a sense of wonder in all children so they can discover themselves, their passions, and their purpose. Since the company’s founding more than 25 years ago, Melissa & Doug has consistently delivered innovative products that inspire open-ended thinking, encourage kids to see new possibilities, and offer Countless Ways to Play. It’s part of a bigger vision to Take Back Childhood. Because by giving children a true childhood with the space and freedom to explore their world, we give them a path to realizing their full potential!

Product Dimensions: 8.85 x 7.3 x 1.3 inches


Item Weight: 1.41 pounds


Item model number: 544


Manufacturer recommended age: 36 months - 5 years


Is Discontinued By Manufacturer: No


Release date: December 14, 2023


Language: English


Department: unisex-child


Manufacturer: Melissa & Doug


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Top Amazon Reviews


  • Great product for 2 year old
We love Melissa and Doug products! This is great! My daughter loves making necklaces and testing her motor skills. Great value and very durable as she throws them around too. Safe for her to use and easy to clean.
Reviewed in the United States on April 9, 2025 by Andrew K.

  • Great quality, great motor skills activity for kids!
This solid wood beading set is a great activity for preschoolers! It is great to help them practice fine motor skills, and you can also help them practice colors, shapes, and patterns. Great value!!
Reviewed in the United States on November 21, 2024 by Ells

  • Kid loved them!
My kid loved them. Very fun for him. Very cute. Perfect weight. Very durability
Reviewed in the United States on July 6, 2025 by john

  • Fantastic toys
I gave this set to my 17month old grandson for Christmas. He loves them! The are sturdy, solid wooden pieces. The paint is deeply coated (I don't think they will ever have paint chips coming off) and the hole in the middle is just the right size. The beading strings are sturdy with long enough good plastic ends to lace the string. There are one color of each different shape. (1 blue: square, circle, oval etc....) I think these are a great way to teach children both color and shapes at the same time. As well as helping them to develop their fine motor control skills. We sat on the floor for a long time stringing bead after bead and then emptying the lace, which sounded great on my son's hardwood floors - lol My daughter-in-law sent me a video of my grandson going on a walk through the house dragging his string of beads behind him noisily on those hardwood floors!! Bonus use!! (I was banned from getting a popping popcorn vacuum cleaner for him to push - hahaha) I think these beads will last for generations, they are really well made. All in all it turned out to be a great gift he truly loved and grandma snuck in way for it to be educational too. (They weren't all that too noisy! Just right!!) ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on January 10, 2022 by Karen B.

  • Get one
Would get a 5 if it had a cover (storage needs improvement), it's like they want you to lose it. Very colorful & weighty. Good build. Safe as long as they don't hurt it @ things. Great educational value, helps fine motor skills g problem solving.
Reviewed in the United States on March 11, 2025 by Kola Champagne

  • Perfect
I didn't expect much, because I don't like Melissa and and Doug puzzles and I've found a lot of their other toys to be cheaply made. I was pleasantly surprised by this bead set. The colors are vibrant. It's pretty and durable. I got it for my almost 17 month old, who learned to string beads from the Lovevery bead toy. Even better, these beads fit the Lovevery string! I actually prefer the Melissa and Doug beads, but I like that we can use them together, since my daughter still has trouble with the shoelace string. She also immediately put the beads in her mouth, but I expected that and supervise her. Some of the pieces are smaller than I'd like, but I've seen worse from toys that didn't recommend 3+. Her fingers are too large to get stuck in the holes, so that's not a concern either. I also like that beads can be used as loose parts. Overall, it's a great toy for the price that will grow with her. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on May 16, 2024 by Emily

  • Waiting for christmas
Looks nice and I feel like it will be a beloved toy. M AND D never let me down.
Reviewed in the United States on June 8, 2025 by MelodyGrant

  • OT approved
CHEAP price, AWESOME fine motor toy!
Reviewed in the United States on July 22, 2025 by Just guessing!

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