PREFACE: Please, please, PLEASE do not base my current work on my son's Zadyball. This is the original, experimental, not for sale, made just for him. This was made nearly four years ago, and has been VERY loved. Zadyball has evolved and improved greatly since this one was created.

When my son was about 6 months old, he had a toy giraffe with a knotted string for a tail. He loved playing with the string, and would rub it to help him fall asleep. He had a few other toys that had one or two strings and he just LOVED to rub them.He loved it so much, that I thought it would be great to create something for him that had lots of strings for him to play with. So, that is how the Zadyball was born -- out of love for my son. He is now four years old and still sleeps with that original Zadyball - although he has several others that he has begged me for since I started making them to sell.

When he was younger, he carried that Zadyball with him EVERYWHERE we went. I'd have to sneak into his room while he was asleep and try to pry his fingers off of it, just so I could wash it. Now that he has a younger sister, he keeps it hidden in his room so that she can't get a hold of it. I had to beg him just to let me get a picture of it.

What it used to look like

What it looks like today