Gluckskafer, Wooden Dummy Chain with Ladybird Clip — Rainbow

Thirteen rainbow-coloured wooden beads on a red cord, fastened to a little clothing clip painted to look like a ladybird — a dummy chain that earns its place on any pram.

The Gluckskafer dummy chain keeps the dummy where it belongs while giving young hands something worth holding. The 27cm cord carries 13 smooth wooden beads in the full run of rainbow colours — blue, green, yellow, orange, red — graded in size and satisfying to slide between tiny fingers. The clip is wooden, shaped and hand-painted as a ladybird, and fastens securely to clothing or a pram strap. The beads are turned from European beech and maple and finished with water-based paints that are certified safe for contact with saliva — so mouthing, as it will, is not a concern. A genuinely lovely object as well as a practical one.

Chain only — dummy not included.

• 13 rainbow-coloured wooden beads on a red cord, total length 27cm, width 4cm
• Wooden ladybird clip secures to clothing or pram strap
• Beads: European beech and maple, water-based paints safe for saliva contact
• Made in Czech Republic; meets EN71 toy safety standards
• From 3 months — chain only, dummy not included

Glückskäfer was founded in southern Germany in 1950 by Manfred Käfer — a father of six whose guiding principle was that toys should be "use-oriented and good." In 1985 the brand made the further commitment to ecological production, using only FSC/PEFC certified European beech and maple, water-based paints that are safe even if mouthed, and fully recycling all wood waste on site. Now part of the Nic Toys family, Glückskäfer continues to be made in Germany and Bosnia and Herzegovina under the same strict environmental and safety guidelines. All products meet EN71 toy safety standards.