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Travelling is tiring at the best of times, but with children along for the ride it can be even more taxing. Fear not! Weve looked into it for you and come up with some great ideas for keeping kids entertained on long car journeys.

From games to play, to snacks and rest time, this infographic shows you just how to keep those young minds occupied. So youll hear less of the dreaded Are we there yet?

Theres even a list of some essential items you wont want to travel without. Read on for top advice and tried and tested tips.

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We’ve added lots of fabulous new toys to the WoodenToyShop.  Here are some of our favourites that we know you'll love!

Bigjigs Construction Vehicles Set	Bigjigs City Vehicles Set
This Bigjigs Construction Vehicles Set has a crane, tipping truck, digger, dumper & a front loader.	This fantastic City Vehicles Set incudes a black cab, fire engine, bus, police car & even a tug boat!
£14.50	£10.50
Stacking Truck Play Set	Stacking Tractor and Animals
This Stacking Truck from Vilac features a big red truck with 6 beautifully painted vehicles.	Have fun stacking & counting with this wonderful Tractor & Animals Play Set from French toy maker Vilac.
£26.50	£26.50
Mini Pirate Ship Playset	Noahs Ark Shape Sorter
This Pirate Play Set may be mini but it’s packed full of accessories ready for pirate adventures!	Our Wooden Shape Sorter Play Set has 16 pieces. Some of the animals have magnets & can be attached to the side of the Ark.
£21.95	£22.95
Little Red Riding Hood Nesting Dolls	Goldilocks & The Three Bears Nesting Dolls
Children will enjoy these hand painted Little Red Riding Hood Nesting Dolls.	These stylish unique Goldilocks Nesting Dolls  forms a beautiful set of wooden ornaments when not in use.
£25.95	£25.95
Shop Scales	I Learn Counting and Vegetables
Weigh your play food or ingredients with our Wooden Shop Scales. A great addition to any of our Play Kitchens.	I Learn Counting Vegetables is a fabulous toy that is perfect for children aged 18 months & above who are just learning to count.
£13.50	£26.95
Magnetic Pirate Puzzle	Buccaneer Pirate Ship Set
This 7 piece Magnetic Stacking Pirate Puzzle has wooden pieces that all connect to each other with magnets.	Made of solid wood, our Buccaneer Pirate Ship has everything youngsters need for an awesome pirate adventure!
£10.50	£42.95

Despite being tiny, babies can get themselves into big trouble. Yet many of us aren’t confident in our ability to help our children when they are injured or hurt.

The statistics to support this are frankly staggering, and a little bit frightening. With over 500,000 children per year needing to go into casualty, only 10% of parents are confident in their first aid skills.

Here at Wooden Toy Shop, we thought we’d try and do our bit to spread the word about first aid so parents can learn to help their babies when they are injured. We hope that by reading about some of the first aid techniques you can use, many of you will be spurred onto to go to specialist first aid courses. If that’s you, then you can use the links below to find a course for you.

The techniques we cover in this piece are to help you in some of the most common ways babies find themselves in trouble. This includes what to do when your child is choking, unconscious or not breathing, has been burnt or scalded, or has been cut, bruised or bleeding.

Find a course today

British Red Cross

Daisy First Aid

St John’s Ambulance 

First Aid for Life

St Andrew’s First Aid

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