In My Garden Kids' Wooden Bead Bracelet Kit

This wooden bead bracelet kit gives children everything they need to thread a cheerful garden bracelet of their own. The charms are wooden shapes taken straight from a flower bed: pink and blue butterflies, a yellow sunflower-style bloom, a pink daisy-style flower, a mint leaf and a little blue bell flower, each printed with simple details. Alongside them sit round wooden beads in soft yellow, pale pink, rose pink and mint, so there is plenty to mix and match. Everything threads onto a stretchy polyester elastic cord with a metal tip, and the whole kit packs into a green slide-open box printed "In my garden" with butterflies and flowers.

It is a lovely quiet-time activity for a bedroom desk or the kitchen table on a rainy afternoon, and the box is small enough to tuck into a bag for days out. Children choose the order of their charms and beads, thread them on and end up with a bracelet they can wear straight away. Because the pattern is entirely theirs, no two finished bracelets need look the same, and planning the order is half the fun. The soft pastel shades and garden motifs suit any child who loves butterflies, flowers and bright colour.

The charms and beads are all wood, light in the hand, with a hole through each so they slide onto the cord. The elastic stretches, so once the ends are knotted the bracelet slips over the hand with no clasp to fiddle with. As general good practice, keep the wooden pieces dry, wipe them with a soft dry cloth if they need a clean, and store spare beads back in the box so none go astray. As a gift, it tucks neatly into a small gift bag, and the bright printed box looks ready to give with or without wrapping.

What comes in the In my garden bracelet kit?

You get wooden charms shaped as butterflies, flowers, a leaf and a bell flower, round wooden beads in pastel shades, and a stretchy polyester elastic cord with a metal tip. Everything comes in a slide-open box.

What are the beads and charms made of?

Both the shaped charms and the round beads are wood. The elastic cord is polyester with a small metal part, so the whole kit is light and easy for small hands to handle.

How does the finished bracelet go on?

The cord is elastic, so once the beads are threaded and the ends knotted, the bracelet stretches to slip over the hand and sits comfortably on the wrist without a clasp.

What colours are the beads?

The round beads come in soft yellow, pale pink, rose pink and mint. The charms add pink and blue butterflies, a yellow bloom, a pink flower, a mint leaf and a blue bell flower.

Does it make a nice gift for a child?

We think so. The bright green box printed with butterflies and flowers looks ready to give as it is, and the finished bracelet is something a child has made entirely themselves.

How should I look after the wooden beads?

As general good practice for wood, keep the beads and charms dry and wipe them with a soft dry cloth if needed. Storing spares back in the box keeps them together.