Dinosaur Growth Chart Busy Board

The wall they grow against, and play with

A wooden dinosaur that hangs flat on the wall: the long neck carries the height scale, and the body at the bottom is a busy board. Down there, within reach from the floor, sit real latches, a bolt and chain, wooden gears that turn, a buckle strap and a zip. So the board is doing something on the ordinary days between the two times a year you mark a new height on it. No batteries and no screen, just wood, metal fastenings and a pencil.

Why parents love it

• It earns its wall space twice: a growth chart, and something to fiddle with every day.
• The activity panel sits low, so a small child reaches it standing on the floor.
• Real hardware: sliding bolts, hinges, gears and a buckle, not printed pictures.
• Marks stay where you wrote them: the scale is on the board, not on a wall you will repaint.
• Nothing to charge, nothing that beeps.

Good to know

• Wooden wall-mounted growth chart with a built-in activity panel.
• Printed height scale in centimetres along the dinosaur's neck.
• Activity panel: latches, bolt and chain, turning gears, dial, buckle strap and zip.
• Sanded edges, matte paint.
• Wipe clean with a dry cloth.
• Contains small moving parts. Keep an adult nearby while your child plays.