{"product_id":"vilac-wooden-cutting-fruit-vegetables-set","title":"Vilac Wooden Cutting Fruit and Vegetables Set","description":"\u003ch2\u003eFive things to chop, and a kiwi among them\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA carrot, a kiwi, an orange, an onion and a banana. Not the usual apple-and-tomato line-up, which is the first good thing about this set — a two-year-old who has cut an onion in half in the playroom is a two-year-old who has a word for an onion. The pieces halve cleanly under the wooden knife and press back together, so the whole thing resets in seconds and starts again.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003e🔪 Chop, rip, press, repeat\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe satisfaction is in the sound. Each piece is held together with velcro, so cutting through gives a proper tearing rip and the two halves fall apart on the board — the sort of small, repeatable, wholly controllable event that toddlers will do forty times running. Pressing them back together is the quieter half of the game, and it takes more coordination than the cutting does.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003e🥝 Five you don't usually get\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMost first cutting sets are strawberries and cake. A kiwi and an onion are far more useful, because they're things that turn up on a real chopping board and get talked about at the table. If you're in the thick of trying to widen what your toddler will look at, never mind eat, a play version they've handled first does no harm at all.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003e🧷 Velcro, honestly\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eVelcro is what makes the rip so satisfying, and it's also the part that ages. Over a year or two the loops go fluffy and collect carpet lint, and the halves hold together a little less crisply than they did on day one. You can pick them clean with your fingernail and they carry on working. We'd rather you knew that now than discovered it in eighteen months.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003e🇫🇷 Designed and imagined in France\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eVilac have been making wooden toys from the Jura in eastern France since 1911. This set is designed and imagined there and manufactured in China. It carries UKCA and CE marking and has been laboratory tested to the EU Toy Safety Directive 2009\/48\/EC.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat we like about it\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFive pieces, and an unusual five — carrot, kiwi, orange, onion, banana\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWooden knife and board both included, so nothing else is needed\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA clean velcro split and a proper rip, endlessly repeatable\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePressing the halves back together is the harder, quieter half of the game\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDesigned and imagined in France by a toymaker going back to 1911\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eUKCA and CE, laboratory tested to EU Toy Safety Directive 2009\/48\/EC\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eSpecification\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSuitable from:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2 years\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eContents:\u003c\/strong\u003e 5 pieces to cut — carrot, kiwi, orange, onion, banana — plus a wooden board and a wooden knife\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFastening:\u003c\/strong\u003e velcro (hook and loop)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSize:\u003c\/strong\u003e 23cm x 20.5cm x 5cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eMaterial:\u003c\/strong\u003e wood, with velcro fastenings\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDesigned in:\u003c\/strong\u003e France. Made in China\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSafety:\u003c\/strong\u003e UKCA and CE, laboratory tested to EU Toy Safety Directive 2009\/48\/EC\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCare:\u003c\/strong\u003e surface wash only\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003e❓ Frequently asked questions\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eVelcro or magnets — which is better?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nThe honest answer is that they're different rather than one being better. Velcro gives you the rip, which is most of the appeal, and it holds firmly enough that a piece won't fall apart in a toy box. Magnets snap rather than tear, never go fluffy, but they also snap back together on their own, which some children find less satisfying. This set is velcro. In a year or two the loops will pick up carpet lint and want cleaning out with a fingernail — that's the trade-off, and it's a small one.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIs the knife safe?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nIt's a blunt wooden knife with no cutting edge — it works by pulling the velcro apart rather than by cutting anything, so it won't cut skin, paper or anything else. It's a toy shaped like a knife, and worth a word about not using real ones, because a child who has learned to chop will want to help.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat age is it for?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nThe box says 2 years and up.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWill it get my toddler eating more vegetables?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nWe're not going to promise that, because nobody can. What handling a play carrot does is make a carrot familiar and give it a name, and familiarity is where most food acceptance starts — but it's one small thing among many, not a solution to a fussy eater.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHow do I clean it?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nSurface wash only — a damp cloth, and don't soak it. 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