Everytime we go to the doctors surgery my youngest daughter who is 2 makes a bee line for their table which is like this toy, knowing how much she loved the table my Mam decided to buy her this from Ikea for her second birthday. The toy is one of Ikeas own creations and so can only be bought from there however you can buy very similar in many different places, the toy in Ikea is £10 which is reasonable in my opinion. The toy cames packaged in a flattish box which was quite a surprise which may just me being a bit dim but I just expected it to come ready built. The packaging is a simply open topped cardboard box with cellophane wrapped around it ...  Read the complete review

I picked up one of these bead frames in IKEA when I first moved into this house 7 years ago, alongside a wooden train set. This was before we had kids ourselves, but I wanted to have a couple of items at our house that were hard wearing that my nephews could play with when they visited, or any other children to come to the house. Then we had our own children who also played with it. Bead frames are really popular toys with kids. Although they are not that special in terms of they don't make a noise, and all you can do is make the beads follow the shape of the curved wire, there is something that makes you keep wanting to touch it and move the beads along the ...  Read the complete review

Whenever you go the doctors, hospital, dentist they always seem to have these style toys and my son at a young age seemed attracted to them. They are lovely old fashioned style toys with no electrical components and fiddly little push buttons to be seen. It consists of some large wooden frame, large beads and strong bendy wire made into fun loops. You can't go wrong with this simple yet wonderful toy. I came across this version in Ikea. You can pay quite a bit for these toys as I had previously looked. I found they ranged in price and style. One of this size could set you back around thirty pound. This Ikea version is a great price of £8.99! I had to add it to ...  Read the complete review

We have had our bead frame for just under a year now, my friend bought it for my daughter for her 1st birthday. The frame is good value for money and costs £10 in IKEA. It comes in a flat box and requires some minimal assembly, this consists of the base of the frame, two wooden slats, the bead runners and beads as well as the screws. You also get the alan key needed for the screws. To assemble the frame you simply need to line up the bead runners and then thread the beads. You can place the beads on however you like, I just chose different shapes and colours to go next to each other. You then need to screw the screws in tightly and it's ready to go. IKEA ...  Read the complete review

There are various versions of this style of toy available at many different toy stores. I went and got various toys from IKEA for my son and nephew and this was one of them. The products comes flat packed in true IKEA style. I found it really easy to put together although the coiled red wire does ping open when you pull the tags off which is a little dangerous. Also you choose the pattern in which the beads go on which is great for someone like me who has mild OCD! It is marketed for children aged 18months plus. I bought this for my nephew as he turned 13 months and my son was around 10 months when he got his. Both of them found the chunky and ...  Read the complete review