Alex Little Hands String and Beep Kids Toddler Art and Craft Activity

Toddlers will love this… Great for a dexterity, while having fun

This toy looks nice and I liked that it comes in its own storage box/crate. Sadly the wooden crate was broken right out of the packaging. One of the wooden sides fell right off. My kid was excited to see the toy but after stringing all of the vehicles onto the string he was over it. The string is way too long and unwieldy I think. It would be more fun to more easily hold up the complete train of vehicles but the string is so long that when he picked up one end the wooden beads were still on the ground. Not worth it for us, especially since the storage box was broken. Returned.

Great wooden product, the size is perfect for little hands, and needle is easy to use, and they are still like new....have had them for about 4 months. This is a great learning toy and I would recommend them to anyone with a 10+ child. My grandson is 16 months and still plays with them.Update...I just answered a question presented to me via email, and decided to read back thru the reviews and questions. One of the biggest concerns seemed to be if the toy material was toxic. This is what I found on the company website..Non-toxic/BPAAll ALEX products are designed and intended for use by children. We subject all of our products to rigorous safety testing and evaluation using ASTM standards. Your assurance that they are safe for use, by the age group specified on the package, is the printed statement that reads either “Conforms to D4236”, or “Conforms to ASTM F963”. This means that a comprehensive Toxic Risk Assessment (TRA) of the product ingredients has been performed by a certified toxicologist and confirmed to be non-toxic to the user. Our products carried in Europe are tested to the European Union Toy Safety Standard EN71 and carry the CE mark. We do NOT use BPA in our manufacturing processes. Our Art Materials including all crayons are tested to conform to LHAMA D4236 which identifies a product as being NON-TOXIC.In addition to that info...I still want to comment that this toy, and the farm animal version are an excellent learn and play toy. With supervision they can start to learn how to string the beads when they are sitting and supporting themselves while playing. I chose not to wait to age 3, and now at 19 months, my grandson can string all the beads without hesitation. Like other reviewers, he also groups by colors and types. We also use them when we stack blocks...to add cars on our roads and animals outside our towers. He had put the toys in his mouth from time to time, but for his age, that is normal. We just offer other ideas of how he can play with them and he stops.Great toy, great price. Lots of fun!

I love Alex products and this is no exception! They are made of good quality wood, have nice, bright colors, and I love the wooden dowel to help kids string the rope through the beads! Only one thing to be aware of - I would not submerge them in water (Ex: to clean them). Rather, gently wipe with a damp cloth and dry immediately, or even better, use a UVC light! I highly recommend this toy!

My son will be 3 in a couple of weeks. This product was an Easter basket gift...so he's had it a little over a month. He will begin preschool in the fall, and I know stringing is fine motor skill that he will practice on in preschool. I chose this product because the "beads" are larger and fun car shapes. He has lots of toys, and I feared I would have to "make" him play with this...WRONG! After one demonstration, he could string and remove the cars himself. He really enjoys playing with this toy. It's a great product. The cars are brightly painted in fun colors. Some are recognizable (police car, fire truck, ambulance, etc.) vehicles, and some are generic cars and trucks. The string seems sturdy and resistant to snags, and the stick on the end makes stringing less frustrating. Age suggestion says three, but I definitely think a much younger child could string successfully. I wish I had gotten it sooner. Great introduction to stringing; highly recommend.

I got this toy for my 21 month old and he loves it! He played with it for 20 minutes straight on a plane ride. The cars are very durable and made of wood. It even passed the chew test that my toddler gave it-no paint even came off. My son loved stringing the cars, I helped him get started and showed him how to do it since it was a new skill and after a few minutes he was doing it on his own. I have seen other stringing sets but this one is the best because it has a stopper on the end (very cute a little stoplight). The other great thing about this set is that they are little cars so even when my son isn't stringing them he still likes to play with the little cars. He has even started identifying them by name of the different cars (car, firetruck etc.) I would buy this again and plan to buy it for gifts in the future. Alex Toys Wooden Stringing Sets - String and Beep

I am torn about this one! This is one great toy and my kid (15 month old ) took an instant liking to it.It is a good activity toy, helps with hand -eye coordination. As the next step, we can teach them to identify the cars, truck, school bus etc.Good size for tiny hands.Now what's the down side of this one? Well, not a handful of weeks have gone by and the paint's disappearing pretty fast. Thankfully, my kid isn't putting these in his mouth but if he were, I would be very worried.Otherwise, the construction itself is not too bad/no sharp edges and all. Just wish they did a better job with the paint.

Cute. The paint's coming off only after 4-5 uses (just the edges where they touch eachother), so it doesn't look new long. She still likes lacing them though. She played with them more at age 1. They blocks are large and heavy enough not to fit into her mouth. They are also large and heavy enough NOT to make a necklace. So you lace it and are done. Tada! 30 seconds of playtime. She doesn't unlace them. It takes longer for me to find them, then for her to play with it. Even when we name each car. Or try to find them on the road and add a bead etc. Just not a lot of playtime. But it's cute and well made. I have no idea what the paint is made of.

Fun toy that trains finger dexterity and fine motor skills for my toddler. Although the box says for 3+ years and up, my 18 month old had no problem stringing all the cars at one go.The sturdy and colorful wooden blocks can also be used as a tool for teaching counting when not used for stringing. I get my toddler to count them from 1 to 12. It is also great for imaginative play when associated with cars in a carpark, on a road, difference between the utility and emergency vehicles..etc.Great value for money!

I was impressed with this find for a car obsessed boy. They are quality and worth the money. My 2 year old loves threading them on and taking them off. I also like how it includes emergency vehicles, so you can get you child to name them.

My 2 year old has autism and it’s difficult to find toys that he can play functionally with. He loves anything car or trucks so I thought he would like it. I had to teach him how to thread the rope through but he got it fairly quickly. We do communication sessions with this activity (find the blue car, lets put the yellow ones together, etc). He also likes to play with the cars on the ground (even if the wheels don’t turn). Hours of fun with this kit if you are creative (which you have to be when you have a child with special needs). Enjoy!

Lovely pieces for fine motor skills development. Wood and paint not as hard wearing as I expected. Not for tiny tots or hard floors.

This is worth the money, my little girl (2) LOVES this. Very good quality and it's a good thing to have in the car to entertain:-)