HABA Wooden Baby Rattle Magica, Clutching Toy & Teether (Made in Germany) | 2021 Toy Review
Description: Haba Wooden Baby Rattle Magica, Clutching Toy & Teether is a first-grabbing and rattling toy. Made in Germany of sustainable unfinished beech wood from a German forest. This hand-crafted colorful clutching, teething wooden toy is easy to grasp for the baby’s hands. The wooden-shaped balls are threaded on elastic that is suitable for babies aged 6 months and up. HABA uses multiple layers of water-based stains, solvent-free lacquers, and dyes making the surface resistant to wear and tear allowing the toy to be taken from hand to mouth. Measures approximately 4″x 2.75″ in size with multicolored manipulating wooden balls. This clutching toy & teether is a nostalgic classic redesigned in vibrant colors. Haba makes a complete line of infant rattle, teether, and clutch toys including Haba Whirlygig Clutching Toy and Haba Wooden Dangling Figure Bear.
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The Baby Penguin’s Toy Review consists of 5 standardized criteria categories:
Sustainability, Playability, Durability, Longevity, and Versatility.
(Click each category for a detailed description of why it’s important)
Each criteria category has 3 subcategories and can score up to 5 Baby Penguins per category if it’s Outstanding!
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1. Sustainability:
A. Product:
- The teether is made entirely from hardwood beechwood from sustainable forestry in Germany.
- Treated with multiple layers of water-based safe stains and solvent-free lacquers.
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B. Packaging:
- The teether comes without packaging but with a paper tag.
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C. Origin/Company:
- Haba favors the use of wood when making many of their toys as it is best for the environment and for children.
- Their wood is PEFC certified Beech and or Maple which means the wooden toys are made from timbers that are reforested.
- Haba uses only safe, non-toxic, water-based stains and lacquers on its products.
- On their packaging, they use recycled corrugated with as little foam or plastics as possible to package items.
- Learn more about HABA’s sustainable mission at HabaUSA Here.
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2. Playability:
A. Open-ended:
- Often European designed toys are classic, simple, non-gender-specific, and open-ended.
- Haba strives for open-ended play in most of the toys that they produce.
- They want children to be completely unaware of the educational benefits of each toy and to just enjoy the play.
- Beautiful colors and uniform ball shapes promote babies to discover different colors and stimulate senses.
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B. Active Parent engagement:
- Parents can introduce grasping an object for their infant and hand mouth coordination.
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C. Playtime:
- Little ones can practice hand-to-mouth coordination, color differentiation, and object manipulation.
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3. Durability:
A. Craftmanship:
- Haba wooden toys are beautifully crafted.
- When you hold the wooden toy or piece in your hand, you can feel the dense heavy wood with fine details.
- Haba toys all have a lovely finish. The quality is unmatched and is heirloom quality.
- Multiple layers of non-toxic water-based dyes and solvent-free lacquers make the finish flawless.
- Toy quality like this is not common these days.
- Haba toys do not cut corners on craftsmanship and will not disappoint in terms of function or quality.
- The teether is beautiful to look at because of the design, colors, and craftsmanship.
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B. Quality:
- In terms of quality, this is a top-notch toy.
- Most toy companies in my opinion do not make toys of this caliber of quality.
- The teether will be a beautiful addition to your toy collection, lasting for many years to come and able to be handed down.
- The teether is crafted well with a nice weight and is substantial compared to other teethers on the market. The quality stands alone.
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C. Price/Value:
- I am a firm believer that you get what you pay for in most cases and the quality of this toy is in line with the cost.
- This is a German-made toy that sells for around $15 US dollars and for about the same in Europe.
- For my family, I’d rather have fewer toys that are more expensive than more cheap low-quality toys that head for the landfill.
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4. Longevity:
A. Landfill or Heirloom:
- Haba toys are 100% heirloom quality.
- These types of heirloom quality toys are hard to come by.
- This can be handed down to multiple children.
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B. Lifespan of Toy (Age Range):
- Haba toys typically grow with your child so as your child ages they can play with the same toy in a different way.
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C. Multi-age Families:
- This teether is meant for 6+months and is safe beyond that age.
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5. Versatility:
A. Combinable with other toys:
- Not applicable for this infant toy
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B. Creativity Function:
- Not applicable for this infant toy
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C. Storage:
- Small toy easy to store in a basket, bag, or stand alone on a toy shelf.
- Great for travel!
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Final Review for Haba Magica Teether & Clutch:
Overall, I highly recommend this Haba Wooden Baby Rattle for your baby as it is simple, engaging, stimulating, and esthetically pleasing. Haba delivers beautifully crafted high-quality heirloom wooden toys. Haba’s beautiful wooden clutch toy will be a favorite of yours for your baby. The Magica teether will captivate and stimulate your infant. These Haba teethers and clutch toys have a classic, timeless design but in a modern way. Haba toys have unsurpassed quality and this teether doesn’t disappoint. Haba places child safety and craftsmanship above all things. By choosing one of their toys, you can feel confident in knowing that.
Final Baby Penguin Meter: 4.8 out of 5
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