Our Miracle Pounding Bench pays tribute to the traditional, classic toy while giving it a modern and vibrant twist. Pound a ball with the wooden mallet and be amazed as a new ball immediately surfaces to replace it. Measures 9" x 73.5" x 6.6". Ages 2 years and up.Made in Thailand by Plan Toys, an innovative green company that emphasizes socially responsible manufacturing. Plan Toys products are made with non-toxic, water based dyes containing no heavy metals. Product packaging is printed with soy or water based inks, and the company integrates alternative energy sources including solar, biomass or scrap wood. Plan Toys' commitment to the environment is so strong that they share their ecologically sound principles with their competitors so as to encourage all to be gentle with the earth. Good for your child, good for the environment; what could be better than that?
Product Details:
Product Length:
3.54 inches
Product Width:
9.06 inches
Product Height:
6.69 inches
Product Weight:
17.64 pounds
Package Length:
11.1 inches
Package Width:
9.29 inches
Package Height:
3.78 inches
Package Weight:
2.25 pounds
Average Customer Rating:
based on 6 reviews
Customer Reviews:
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great interactive toyFeb 10, 2010
Eye hand coordination, predictability, color recognition/order and just plain fun are what this toy is about. I recommend it for 18 months- 4 years old.
This is a keeper...Jan 12, 2010 This toy is pretty cool. I bought this for my 9 month old for x-mas - you have a constant stream of balls to pound and my older son likes it - he's 3 - and he played with it for quite a while. I am guessing the 9month old will grow into it, but he's a little young for it at the moment. It's made out of nice wood and seems like the type of toy you could keep around for future kids (or even your kids' kids someday...) - as opposed to cheap plastic toys.
Get a different hammer & ball toy...Oct 14, 2009 My son was about one when we bought this for him. He had zero interest in using it as it is made to be used. The balls were all over (a couple are missing now) and the hammer is mainly used for other things. We thought he would "grow into it," but at two and a half, he still has no interest in it's real function. For around the same price we could have gotten a more interesting Plan ball & hammer toy that he would have enjoyed more.
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Miracle pounder is a hit! Sep 04, 2008 Okay, so pardon the above pun, but my son has loved the pounder since 6mo of age. We look for quality toys from SAFE companies. Plan Toys provides safe toys free from BPA, phthalates, or lead paint. The balls are stained, not painted, so they won't ever chip! We also look for toys that will grow with our child.
As an infant, he liked to mouth/teeth on the balls and mallet. When he started crawling, he had TONS of fun crawling after the balls on our hardwood floors. They were great crawling incentives. Then, he worked on dumping things out, and now, at 9.5 months, he is working on putting the balls back in. I know the Mallet will eventually double as a hammer for work projects, and someday, it will be great for teaching color sorting/cause and effect and coordination/motor skills. It will be a long time, I think, until he is able to use it for it's intended use. Before they are able to use the mallet to move the balls, the child can press the balls down to make the next one pop up.
It's wonderful! (And the balls fit other Plan ball toys, too.)
16 of 17 found the following review helpful:
More fun as a projectile...Sep 06, 2007 I loved the idea of this toy, so I got this for my toddler. I though that the balls were contained withint the unit, so he could just keep pounding them down, not take them out. In reality the toy was hardly used because my children were mostly interested in throwing the balls around, or hitting other things with the hammer, since the balls are heavy wooden balls, that just wasn't going to work for us. This one ended up in the yard sale 3 months after christmas.
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