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Bop & Drop Box · Drop & Find · 1 year+

Bop & Drop Box · Drop & Find · 1 year+

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1 year

Quantity
  • Safety-tested to ASTM F963
  • Ships from the US in 2–7 days
  • 30-day returns

PlanToys Punch & Drop Bin. Three wooden balls sit in the holes on top. Tap one with the little mallet, hear it drop into the bin, open the lid and find it again. Then do it again. And again. This is the toy one-year-olds play with the longest, because it answers the question they are asking all day: where do things go when they disappear?

Wooden bin with removable lid, three wooden balls and a wooden mallet. PlanToys rubberwood, water-based dyes.

Safety & age grading

Everything on this page is what we require before a toy goes on sale. It is also what you should ask of any toy store.

The standard we hold to

In the United States, every toy sold for children under 12 must be tested by a laboratory accepted by the Consumer Product Safety Commission and certified with a Children's Product Certificate (CPC). The tests cover the toy safety standard ASTM F963 (mechanical and physical hazards, small parts, cords, magnets, sound), lead in paint and substrate, phthalates in plastics, and flammability. For toys intended for children under three there are additional small-parts and mouthing rules.

We only list products from brands that certify to these standards and hold a current CPC for the product. We keep a copy of each brand's certificate on file and will send it to you on request.

What that rules out

A large share of the toys sold online, especially the wooden and "Montessori" toys shipped directly from overseas marketplaces, have never been through this testing and cannot produce a certificate. We don't sell those. If a product looks like something you've seen on a marketplace for a third of the price, that price difference is usually the testing.

Materials

  • Wood: beech, maple, rubberwood and birch, finished with water-based, non-toxic stains or left unfinished. Unfinished wood is exempt from heavy-metal testing by federal determination and is our preference for the youngest ages.
  • Silicone: food-grade, BPA-free, free of phthalates and PVC. Used for teethers, stacking cups and sensory balls.
  • Textiles: organic cotton or plant-dyed silk, tested for flammability.
  • Magnets: only in products graded 3+ and only where the magnets are fully enclosed and the product has passed the flux and drop tests in ASTM F963. We do not sell magnetic toys for children under three.

How we grade age

Every product page shows the manufacturer's minimum age and our own developmental stage. Where they differ we show the stricter one. A "3+" label is a legal statement about small parts, not a suggestion; we don't put 3+ items in kits for younger children, even when the child seems ready.

Small parts, cords, and anything a child can stand on carry a note in the Safety notes section of the product page. Supervision is always assumed.

If something is wrong

If a product arrives damaged, breaks in use, or you have any safety concern, stop using it and contact us. We replace or refund first and ask questions after, and we report every incident to the brand. You can also report product safety incidents directly to the CPSC at SaferProducts.gov.

Shipping & returns

Ships from the US in 2–7 business days, free over $50. 30-day returns on unused items. Damaged on arrival? Send a photo and we replace it.

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Made for this stage

  • 1 year
  • Cause & effect
  • Fine motor
  • Problem solving

What your child practices

  • Physical · pushing a ball through with the palm, then aiming and tapping with the mallet (12–18 months), opening and closing the lid
  • Cognitive · knowing the hidden ball still exists and looking for it (object permanence, by 12 months), working out the sequence tap, drop, open, find
  • Social-emotional · taking turns "my turn, your turn" (around 18 months), looking to you to celebrate each drop
  • Language · using "gone", "more", "open", "again"; following a one-step request like "open the lid" (12–18 months)

What's in the box

  • 1 wooden bin with removable lid, 3 wooden balls, 1 wooden mallet

Materials & safety

  • Rubberwood (chemical-free, reclaimed)
  • Water-based dyes
  • Non-toxic finish
  • ✓ ASTM F963
  • ✓ CPSIA
  • ✓ EN 71

Made by PlanToys in Trang, Thailand from reclaimed rubberwood with water-based, non-toxic dyes. Tested to ASTM F963 and CPSIA; we keep the manufacturer's Children's Product Certificate on file before a product goes live. Age shown is the manufacturer's grade. Inspect wooden toys regularly and retire any piece that cracks or splinters.

How we check safety →

From Zenia

How to play together

While showing them the box, tap one ball through and say "gone". Pause to give them some time to think and reflect: "what happened here?", "where is the ball?". Open the lid together and say "there it is!". Then hand your child the mallet, or let them push the next ball with a palm, and say nothing; let them work it out.

Keep the lid closed a moment longer than they expect. Watch them look for the ball. Then open it. A new way to play peekaboo, with a ball!

At 18 months, take turns: "my turn, your turn". This is one of the first places turn-taking feels fair to a toddler, because both turns are equally fun.