Handicraft Instructions Mini Grasping Toy

Small is Beautiful: a Self-Made Mini Grasping Ring

A mini grasping ring is a cute little baby toy. With it your baby or toddler can have a wonderful time. Playing helps developing the child's senses of touch and sight.

The mini grasping ring is comparatively quick and easy to make – even for inexperienced tinkerers! The time required is about 5–10 minutes.

Interesting questions and answers about the mini grasping ring in advance

A mini grasping ring is a smaller version of a grasping ring.
A grasping toy is a baby accessory that keeps the child busy. The baby can carefully touch, grasp and look at the grasping ring. Individual elements such as rings or bells make the mini grasping ring particularly exciting.

The mini grasping ring is a cute and useful baby accessory. With it, your child improves its early motor skills as well as its visual perception through touching, grasping, shaking and observing.

Babies from the age of 3 months are very curious. A mini grasping ring is particularly light and handy. This invites the little ones to observe, grasp, shake and touch it with fascination already in their first weeks of life.

Video Instructions for Making a Mini Grasping Ring:

The handicraft material you need for making a mini grasping ring:

handicraft materials for mini grasping rings

The small tools you need:

needle and thread

scissors

lighter

tweezers

Handicraft Material for Mini Grasping Rings:

Step 1: Experimenting With Beads

step-for-step instructions mini grasping ring: arranged beads and wooden ring

Your chosen handicraft material for a mini grasping ring is ready? Great! So let's start!

Place the beads and the ring in the order in which you would like to create the mini grasping ring. At this step you still have the possibility to try different designs and exchange beads.

As each motif bead is different in size, you should also test how many beads you need within the wooden ring by placing it on the table: The inner diameter is 62 mm.

Step 2: Preparing the Stringing

step-for-step instructions mini grasping ring: stringing aid needle and thread

Double the PP-polyester cord so that it's slightly longer than your prepared mini grasping ring design.

Thread a piece of sewing thread into a needle. Knot the sewing thread tightly at the end of the cord's loop. We've just created a practical stringing aid.

Step 3: Stringing the First Two Beads

step-for-step instructions mini grasping ring: safety bead and lens bead strung

Take the cord and use the needle to easily string a lens bead and a safety bead, the latter with its larger hole pointing outward. Double knot the cord at the end. Weld the knot with a lighter and let it disappear into the safety bead.

If necessary, press the knot properly into the opening by using tweezers.

Step 4: Stringing the Wooden Ring

step-for-step instructions mini grasping ring: wooden ring strung

Now string the cord through one of the wooden ring's two holes.

Step 5: Stringing More Beads

step-for-step instructions mini grasping ring: beads inside the wooden ring strung

String all wooden beads as well as the motif bead and the little bell that you want to be inside of the wooden ring.

Step 6: Finishing the Wooden Ring's Inner Part

step-for-step instructions mini grasping ring: wooden ring being completely strung

String the cord through the wooden ring's second hole.

Step 7: Making the Last Bead's Stringing Aid

step-for-step instructions mini grasping ring: stringing aid for the second safety bead

String a lens bead. Cut the loop and remove the needle as well as the thread.

Make a simple knot behind the lens bead. Lightly melt one of both cord ends with the lighter. Press it as flat as possible with your fingers.

Also melt the other cord end with the lighter and weld it slightly offset underneath the other one. Press it as flat as possible as well.

Step 8: Finishing the Mini Grasping Ring

step-for-step instructions mini grasping ring: finished mini grasping ring

Using the upper cord end, string a second safety bead with the larger hole pointing outward. Push the safety bead over the simple knot.

Knot the cord end twice and weld it. Let the knot disappear in the security bead. If necessary you can use tweezers to push the knot properly into the safety bead.

Ready is your mini grasping ring is ready to use! We wish the little one lots of fun with its new companion.

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Important Notes for Using Mini Grasping Rings

Special care should always be taken in regards to baby accessories. Therefore, please observe the following notes regarding the use of your self-made mini grasping ring:

Never leave your baby unattended with the mini grasping ring.
Do not use the mini grasping ring when the child is in bed, in a cradle or in a playpen.
Never use the mini grasping ring when the child is sleeping.
Check the mini grasping ring regularly for safety.
Clean the mini grasping ring carefully with a cloth. Strong detergents or disinfectants are not suitable for cleaning.

Advantages of Using a Mini Grasping Ring

A homemade mini grasping ring is not only a nice crafting activity for in between. The wooden beads' bright colours attract babies almost magically. The beads' rattling and little bell's ringing attract the little ones' attention and promote their mental and motor development while playing. Mini grasping rings are especially light and handy – so they are wonderfully suitable for small baby hands! A mini grasping ring is a nice little birth present for happy new parents.