It is easy to understand why wooden train sets are among the most popular wooden toys chosen as presents at WoodenToyShop.co.uk. Many adults fondly remember their own wooden train and how they spent hours ‘choo-chooing’ around the track, passing over and under bridges, through tunnels and stations, stopping at little level crossings to let livestock and traffic pass and blowing their toy train whistles as often as harassed grownups would allow. Children love building track layouts, which would explain one of the most common questions that we are asked by customers: which sets of extra track can we use to expand our train set? We hope that this WoodenToyShop Guide to Wooden Train Track will be helpful to anyone who wishes to add even more excitement and adventure to their set. Continue reading
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Back to school with WoodenToyShop
As the summer holidays finally come to an end and as parents across the land look forward to the peace and quiet that September brings, here at WoodenToyShop we have been remembering our first days at school all those years ago and putting our minds to recommending some toys that will help Mums and Dads teach their children some basic numbers and letters as well as one or two other things that may help the little ones get a head start when they go into school for the first time. Continue reading
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Create Your Own Olympic Legacy
With the wonderful music from the spectacular London 2012 closing ceremony still ringing in everyone’s ears – not to mention the fireworks! – you may be wondering how best to make the most of the much talked about legacy that has been promised as a result of the games being hosted in London. While concentrating on getting all of our wooden toys in order ahead of the autumn shopping season, the WoodenToyShop team, much inspired by the brilliant efforts of the athletes from all nations, has been considering how best to harness the feel good factor that is buzzing around the office and indeed the country. Continue reading
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Win a Le Toy Van Lavender House
This week on Wooden Wednesday we are celebrating achieving our 2000th follower on Facebook. As promised to our Facebook friends, we are giving away one of our beautiful wooden dolls’ houses. After lots of feedback on our page and also directly to us by email, we are pleased to announce that the most requested dolls’ house is the utterly gorgeous Le Toy Van Lavender House. Continue reading