Let your little one take to the skies on the Kinderfeets Tummy Glider! Made from sustainable bamboo, this active toy helps 24+ month-olds develop gross motor skills, core strength, balance, and coordination. Push, pull, scoot, slide, spin, and race around – and don’t forget to hang onto the contoured handles for stability while you’re at it! With three smooth 360°-rotating wheels allowing for real maneuverability and no streaks on play surfaces, they can take off almost anywhere – from the park to the basement or even gym class – and soar!
Suitable for 2+ years.
- Sturdy, fun tummy glider for toddlers and small kids
- Helps develop gross motor skills, core strength, balance, and coordination
- Push, pull, scoot, slide, spin, and race around
- Contoured handles for stability
- 3 x smooth 360°-rotating wheels for full maneuverability
- Wheels won’t leave streaks on play surfaces
- Versatile and perfect for play almost anywhere – gym class, recess, at home, on the sidewalk, at the park, and beyond
- Made with eco-friendly bamboo that has been sustainably sourced
- 100% bamboo
- Water-based dyes and lacquers
- Safety tested for the European, North American, and Australian markets (CE, ASTM, EN71, and AS/NZS 8124)
- Weight limit of 45 kg (100 lbs)
- Dimensions: 43 cm x 43 cm x 8 cm
PLEASE NOTE: this item will take an extra 1-2 days to dispatch from our standard dispatch time.
About Kinderfeets
Kinderfeets™ is the product of award-winning designer and Netherlands native, Oscar Mulder. Having grown up in the Netherlands, where bicycling is a way of life, Oscar wanted to share this with his then two-year old son, Sebastiaan, in their life in San Francisco.
Oscar searched for the perfect push bike to fit Sebastiaan’s needs, but couldn’t find exactly what he was looking for. The great-grandson of a Dutch bike designer, and a designer by trade, Oscar pursued the challenge himself and created a prototype.
Once he and his son began cruising around their neighbourhood, neighbours starting asking questions about the small push bike and urging Oscar to pursue the creation as a full-fledged business. Kinderfeets was born soon after.
Inspired by traditional Dutch bikes, Kinderfeets is a play on words for the Dutch word “kinderfiets” which translates to “child’s bike.”
Kinderfeets is a small training bike with a low step-through frame without pedals that allow children’s feet to touch the ground–it’s the best way to prepare them for learning to ride a full-sized bike.
The innovative foot pegs Oscar added serve as comfort tools to familiarise children with how and where their feet will be placed when they graduate to a full bike; the pegs ultimately allow them to find their balance, comfortable speed and prepare them for pedals. The bike’s adjustable saddle allows for flexibility and complete comfort.
When Oscar’s twins were born 5 years later, he decided to develop a new push bike to add to the collection; the Kinderfeets Tiny Tot is designed to get little ones riding as early as one year.
Kinderfeets encourages children to live an active, adventurous lifestyle alongside their parents. The award-winning quality push bike models are eco-friendly and feature a whimsical, patented design. The wooden frames are handmade and the bikes come in a variety of chalk-board finishes.
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Kinderfeets’ Environmental Philosophy:
There is a Native American proverb that cautions us to “treat the Earth well … we are borrowing it from our children.” Kinderfeets set out, they wanted to make an investment in their children’s future.
Their balance bikes are made from sustainable birch wood, from a replenishable source. The airless tires are completely biodegradable. They use minimal packaging material made from recycled paper and water based-ink. The chalkboard finish paint (not available on Tiny Tot) is water-based and the lacquer is non-toxic. And with Trees for the Future, Kinderfeets plants a tree for every bike we sell.
Their efforts recently earned the Toy Man® Eco-Recognition Seal, but it’s our children’s children who will benefit from their environmentally conscious efforts.