Lanka Kade Wooden Skipping Rope - Minibeasts

Hop, skip and jump with this Lanka Kade Minibeasts Skipping Rope - a fair trade traditional children's toy with hand-painted wooden handles featuring a colourful design of a ladybird and snail. Lanka Kade skipping ropes are perfect for encouraging children to get active, develop their co-ordination and play together with friends. Sustainably made under fair trade conditions, this eco wooden toy will be a hit with adventurous children and green parents alike. This Lanka Kade skipping rope makes a fun affordable gift that's perfect for party gifts and popping into a Christmas stocking.

This traditional skipping rope will promote children's counting skills - how many jumps have they made? - as well as developing gross motor skills and hand-eye cor-ordination as they learn to jump higher and faster. Singing songs as they skip will encourage communication and memory skills.

Sensory play: co-ordination, gross motor skills, communication.

Schematic play: trajectory schema

Ethically made with sustainably sourced alstonia wood and painted with non-toxic colours. Wipe clean only.

The rope measures 225cm long. Each handle measures 13cm long.

Suitable from age 3 year . Warning: this toy is not suitable for children under 3 as the rope presents a strangulation hazard.

Lanka Kade's beautiful handmade toys and dolls bring joy to children around the world as well as providing sustainable, fairly paid employment to over 200 Sri Lankan families and supporting schools across Sri Lanka. Their colourful wooden toys are handmade from sustainably managed rubberwood and painted with eco paints, and the gorgeous dolls are made from fabulous fabric, produced by an expert team of weavers. Children and parents alike will love the wide range of fair trade, eco toys that are built to last and provide years of fun. From chunky jigsaws to vehicles, blocks, play sets, rag dolls and a whole lot more besides, there's a Lanka Kade toy for every child at Babipur.