There comes a time in your life when you have to take a deep breath, roll up your sleeves, count to ten and then fix something. I remember my friends saying to me when we were students, “You can’t go through life never having wired a plug!†Well actually, I think you probably can avoid that particular task these days, but every now and then a floor board needs screwing down, a paint job needs touching up or a bannister spindle (it has happened to me) needs replacing. Whenever I am scratching about under the stairs trying to find my tool box, I think about how much I would have appreciated a Melissa and Doug workbench as a little boy. Continue reading
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Ten Perfect Christmas Presents from Melissa and Doug and WoodenToyShop
This week at WoodenToyShop we have been looking through our large range of Melissa and Doug wooden toys and picking out some of our favourites. We think any of these will make wonderful Christmas presents, assuming Santa can fit them in his sack and on the sleigh. Whether they come down the chimney, or through the front door, we recommend the following ten Melissa and Doug to guarantee happy faces on Christmas morning. Continue reading
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Four Melissa and Doug Learning and Development Toys
Recently we have noticed that some of our toys can have unintended benefits. We were contacted earlier this week by a customer who told us something very interesting and incredibly heart-warming about a particular toy which has made us look at several similar toys in a different light. The following learning toys are recommended for their educational and developmental properties as well as – and this is very important to us at WoodenToyShop – the fact that they are, well, fun to play with. Continue reading
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Ten Guaranteed Christmas Crackers
Time waits for no man and indeed for no WoodenToyShopper and as we reach the end of October we have noticed that our wonderful customers have started shopping for Christmas. Yes, we know there is still a full two months to go before the big day, but we beg your indulgence as we show you ten sure-fire wooden winners: ten wooden toys that are guaranteed to be a big hit on the 25th of December. Continue reading