Felted Play Food - green beans

Hand-Sewn Felt Green Beans

A handful of green beans, tucked into a vellum envelope.

Green beans are the vegetable children get handed to snap, which makes them a natural in the play kitchen. Eight of them come in a bundle, three long ones at 3 inches and five shorter at 2 inches, all hand sewn from wool felt. They're soft enough to squeeze in a fist and slim enough to gather into a bunch. They arrive in a vellum envelope with a handwritten label, the way seeds come from someone's garden, so the packaging is half the pleasure and the set is ready to give without wrapping it.

It's part of the Dear Mother collection, handmade by Denise, Paige's mom. Every bean is cut and sewn by hand, so no two are quite the same. Small variations are the point rather than the flaw.

Ways to Play

• Add them to a play kitchen, market stand, or harvest basket.
• Bundle them, count them, sort them by size, or serve them alongside the rest of dinner.
• Keep the envelope. It's the right place to put them away.
• Spot clean only.

Key Features

Eight Beans Three at 3 inches and five at 2 inches, for a real handful.

Vellum Envelope Hand-labeled and gift-ready, like a packet of seeds.

Wool Felt, No Wire Soft all the way through, with nothing stiff inside.

Handmade by Denise Cut and sewn by hand as part of our Dear Mother collection.

Details

• 8 hand-sewn wool felt green beans: 3 at 3" long, 5 at 2" long
• No wire. Soft throughout
• Arrives in a vellum envelope with a handwritten label
• Recommended for ages 2 and up. Adult supervision recommended
• Each piece will vary slightly due to its handmade nature
• Care: spot clean only

Why We Chose It

We're drawn to toys that reflect real life in a quiet, beautiful way. There's something about a handful of green beans in a labeled envelope that makes a child feel handed something real, which is most of what good play needs.