DoodleBot BeadBoard™ — Wooden Magnetic Maze | Colour Sort & Pixel Art for Kids | Travel-Friendly | Ages 3+

Three games. One wooden board. Hours of quiet.

BeadBoard™ is the screen-free toy your kid will choose over the iPad — and the one you'll actually want them to choose. A beautifully crafted wooden board with three games built right into the surface: a winding maze, a colour-sorting challenge, and a mini pixel-art bead grid. Your child uses the included magnetic pen to drag, sort, and place the embedded beads — no loose pieces, no lost parts, no mess.

Designed for ages 3 and up. Built for parents who want the toy aesthetic in their lounge to match the rest of the house.

Why parents love it

• The screen-free win parents actually look forward to — quiet, focused, calm play. No noise, no batteries, no flashing lights. Pull it out and the room goes still.
• Three games in one — never gets boring — when they master the maze, they move to colour-sorting. When that's solved, they tackle the pixel-art grid. One toy, months of fresh challenges.
• Teaches the exact skills schools assess — fine motor control, pencil grip, sequencing, planning, colour recognition, and pattern matching. Pre-Grade R parents in particular: this is the school-readiness toy.
• No pieces to lose — every bead is sealed inside the board. Tip it upside down, throw it in a backpack, drop it from the couch — nothing falls out.
• Travel-perfect — slim enough for a backpack, durable enough for road trips, silent enough for restaurants. Road trips to the coast just got easier.
• Loadshedding's quiet best friend — when the power goes out, this comes out. No batteries, no chargers, no Wi-Fi required.
• Pairs perfectly with Doodlebot™ — Doodlebot™ teaches creativity. BeadBoard™ teaches focus. Both screen-free, both magic.

How it works

1. Pick a game — start with the maze, the colour-sort, or the pixel-art grid. Three play modes, one board.
2. Pick up the magnetic pen — touch the pen to the surface and the bead underneath follows it like magic.
3. Drag, sort, solve — guide beads through paths, sort them into matching channels, or recreate the pixel pattern shown on the reference card.

Most kids work it out in under a minute. Most parents take longer.

What's inside the box

• 1 × BeadBoard™ wooden magnetic board (with embedded coloured beads)
• 1 × magnetic drawing pen
• 1 × pixel-art reference card
• Gift-ready retail packaging

The details

• Ages: 3+
• Material: Solid wood frame with sealed acrylic top layer
• Beads: Multi-colour magnetic beads (permanently sealed inside the board)
• Magnetic pen: Lightweight wooden body, child-safe grip
• Power: None required. No batteries, no charging.
• Board size: Approx. 30 × 30 cm — fits inside most school bags and travel totes
• Weight: Light enough for small hands to carry