Christmas Gifting / 1 December, 2021 / Ellie Thompson

Shop The Christmas Craze: Wooden Balance Boards For Kids

Wooden balance boards are one of the latest crazes when it comes to kids’ toys this year, and we love the sustainable collection available at Capikooa. Capikooa’s balance boards are both beautiful and affordable and made to last generations, providing hours of imaginative fun.

Choosing a wooden balance board

Why buy a balance board for your child? Well, quite simply, they offer hours of open-ended play, all while supporting your child’s development. Balance boards are a playful product that stimulate creativity, imagination and movement. They can be a great source of exercise, and equally, a place to rest and read. The options really are endless.

Capikooa’s wooden balance boards are handmade with premium quality beech wood and finished in a child-friendly lacquer. Choose from the Explorer, the Adventurer or the Pioneer; there’s a board to suit each age group from baby to 8+ years.

Capikooa’s NEW Smart Colours Balance Boards

The Smart Colours Balance Boards have launched in time for Christmas, and they promise to offer an improved sensory experience. Colours include Tangerine Orange (picture right), Lime Green, Fossil Grey and Sunshine Yellow, with each surface finish adding a visual and tactile element as well as a timeless look for any playroom.

Capikooa’s Smart Colours Balance Boards offer superb strength and extreme durability, they’re excellent for heavy wear and tear and are highly resistant to scuffs. They’re super easy to clean, and their coloured side is stain resistant, antibacterial and hygienic.

Capikooa’s Smart Colours Balance Board colours have achieved the Greenguard™ Certification, the premier mark for low-emitting products. With a commitment to reduce carbon emissions they’ve also been awarded the Carbon Trust’s Carbon Reduction Label.

Fossil Grey

Lime Green

Sunshine Yellow

Special Edition Smart Magnetic Balance Boards

Get creative with the Capikooa Smart Magnetic balance board!

You use chalk and special board markers on this special edition wooden balance board, so it’s brilliant for kids who love to doodle. Its strong magnetic effect means it’s ideal for communication and display and would be brilliant in any fun and functional space at home or at preschool.

The board’s magnetic side is stain resistant, antibacterial and hygienic, and finished with a child-friendly, clear environmentally friendly water-based lacquer.

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Capikooa’s balance boards are available in three sizes, catering from baby to adult.

Explorer: up to around 4 years of age

The Explorer balance board is designed for children aged 1-4 years. It’s lightweight and sleek so little ones can pick it up, move it, and explore to their heart’s content!

Adventurer: for 4-8 years old approx.

A balance board provides endless options for open and active play. It will also support physical development, help advance gross motor skills and strengthen their growing bodies.

Pioneer: 8+

The Pioneer is made for children 8+ and can be used by adults up to 200kg! The Pioneer can be pretty much anything you want it to be. A ramp, a slide, a see-saw – the sky’s the limit when it comes to your child’s imagination.

Which colour will you choose?

In The Spotlight

Nala's Dream by Taylan Kurtul

Nala’s Dream is a magical children’s story with an incredibly poignant story behind it. It was first imagined by five-year-old Taylan Kurtul, who dreamed up an adventure in which his real-life kitten, Nala, travels into space. Taylan sadly died in February 2024, just eight months after being diagnosed with a medulloblastoma brain tumour. His mum lovingly brought the story he created to life as a book in his memory, celebrating Taylan’s wonderful imagination while raising vital funds for Brain Tumour Research. A beautiful legacy filled with adventure, love and a little boy’s magic.

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