The sight of a young baby or toddler crawling on the floor pushing his or her favourite toy along is familiar to us all. Most of us will even remember pulling something along by a string as we wobbled around the house in our jimjams with a wet Farley’s rusk crumbling through our fingers and onto the carpet. If you have a little one that would love something bright, colourful and fun to play with this Christmas, we recommend one of the following wooden push and pull along toys.
traditional wooden toys
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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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Slow Toys and WoodenToyShop
We were very encouraged earlier this week as the Slow Toy movement was given national newspaper coverage when the 2012 Slow Toy Awards were announced. Although we were disappointed that none of the toys we stock won any of these awards, we were heartened to read about a movement that celebrates the enduring properties of toys that are made to stand the test of time and to educate and entertain children as they grow up. So we decided to take a look at the criteria used by the judges of these awards and see if they could be applied to the wooden toys we sell at WoodenToyShop.co.uk. 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