Chunky, easy-grip buttons. Two laces. Six shapes in six colours.

Button Ninja turns lacing into brain-building play: pincer development, bilateral coordination, shape recognition and colour recognition, one button at a time.

Thirty-six jumbo buttons in six shapes and six colours give your child a chunky, easy-to-grip way into one of the trickiest skills of early childhood, which is threading a lace through a hole with intention. They pick up a button, they aim the lace, they pull it through, and while it feels like craft to them it is the same fine-motor movement their fingers need for buttoning a shirt, zipping a bag, and one day holding a pencil. The jumbo sizing means small hands succeed early and stay hooked, while shapes like hexagon and octagon stretch their shape vocabulary well beyond circles and squares, and every lace they finish leaves them sorting by colour, sequencing by shape, and building creations of their own.

What's inside

• Buttons: 36 jumbo buttons in 6 shapes and 6 colours (square, diamond, octagon, hexagon, circle, triangle)
• Laces: 2 laces

How to play

1. Pick up a button and aim the lace at the hole
2. Pull the lace through and add the next one
3. Sort by colour or shape before threading

Practise for everyday skills

• Buttoning their shirt alone
• Zipping their school bag
• Stringing a flower garland
• Closing their tiffin clips

Parent tip: Ask for a necklace in one shape only, then one colour only, as sorting rules turn free play into logic practice.

Ages 3+ · Screen-free · Designed with educators