Tag: Plan Toys

BG Christmas Gift Guide: More Hot Stocking Filling Buys for Babies & Toddlers Under a Fiver

BG Christmas Gift Guide: More Hot Stocking Filling Buys for Babies & Toddlers Under a Fiver

| December 3, 2009 | 4 Comments

Following on from yesterday’s roundup of cool baby and toddler buys for under a fiver, here are a load more! Also check out the roundup of hot buys for under a tenner. From wooden, to cardboard, to plasters, tattoo hand puppets, and bathtime fun, there’s plenty to fill up those Christmas stockings.    Pocket Money [...]

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BG Christmas Gift Guide: 10 Hot Stocking Fillers for Babies & Toddlers for under £10

BG Christmas Gift Guide: 10 Hot Stocking Fillers for Babies & Toddlers for under £10

| December 3, 2009 | 0 Comments

The gift guide keeps coming and yesterday I featured the first selection of super wallet friendly cool buys for stocking fillers for under a fiver and this latest selection are all for under £10 and start from birth upwards. Anne-Claire Petit Crochet Rattle Absolutely gorgeous, this soft hand crocheted rattle features a bell inside and [...]

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BG Christmas Gift Guide: 10 Hot Stocking Fillers for Babies & Toddlers under a Fiver

BG Christmas Gift Guide: 10 Hot Stocking Fillers for Babies & Toddlers under a Fiver

| December 2, 2009 | 0 Comments

I’ve been scouring the virtual hotspots for cool stocking filler buys and will be highlighting finds over the next week or so with everything under a fiver or tenner. Here are the first ten starting from just a few months old right up to over 3 years… Brio Rattles We love pretty much all things [...]

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Get 20% off your Christmas Shopping at Dinky Inc

Get 20% off your Christmas Shopping at Dinky Inc

| December 1, 2009 | 0 Comments

    Ahhhhh, it’s December! Woohoo! Time to shop! Bristol based Dinky Inc are offering BG readers a cool 20% off everything bar their furniture and pushchairs. This means Wheely Bugs (as featured in our guide to cool ride on buys for Christmas), Trunki’s including the limited edition Gruffalo one as featured here, eco toy maker [...]

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Bambino Goodies Christmas Gift Guide: Tiny world toys part two

Bambino Goodies Christmas Gift Guide: Tiny world toys part two

| November 26, 2009 | 0 Comments

There are so many tiny world delights out there, we want them all! Following on from part one yesterday, we bring you delights from the best in tiny world toys – Plan Toys, Pintoy, Habitat, Le Toy Van and Muji. From fighting fire, to tending to patients, to sailing the big seas or hanging with [...]

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Bambino Goodies Christmas Gift Guide: Tiny world toys…part one

Bambino Goodies Christmas Gift Guide: Tiny world toys…part one

| November 25, 2009 | 0 Comments

Pretend and imaginative play is where it’s at in toddlerhood and there are such cool tiny world buys homing in key scenes such as to infinity and beyond up in space with Pintoy’s space series, to BG favourite Plan Toys eco friendly airport series and their garage, to Muji’s fantastic wooden toy buys at excellent [...]

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Bambino Goodies Christmas Gift Guide: Ride On Toys for Babies & Toddlers

Bambino Goodies Christmas Gift Guide: Ride On Toys for Babies & Toddlers

| November 24, 2009 | 3 Comments

Ride on toys are brilliant fun and there are some brilliant design led rides to have your little one zooming about on their wheels teaching them balance and co-ordination whilst they’re at it. From eco-friendly buys from Plan Toys including their innovative elephant to old faithful’s like Brio’s Ride On, Hippychick’s famous Wheelie Bug and [...]

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Hot Christmas Buy: Plan Toys Parking Garage

Hot Christmas Buy: Plan Toys Parking Garage

| November 17, 2009 | 1 Comment

We’re big fans of eco friendly Thailand based toy designers and makers Plan Toys. Absolutely fantastic for imaginative and pretend play gear as well as educational toys, they’re also excellent value and really well priced. One of my favourite toys of theirs at the moment is their award winning parking garage. Three floors of fun [...]

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Get the Look…Living Etc’s Kids Playroom

Get the Look…Living Etc’s Kids Playroom

| February 2, 2009 | 0 Comments

Elli writes… Living Etc magazine is a permanent fixture on our coffee table at the moment. We’re at the fantasizing stage of doing up our kitchen where we find lots of things we love but can’t afford and then spend months scaling back our ideas… But it’s a fun way to pass the time! Enough about [...]

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Fab explorer toys by Plan Toys

Fab explorer toys by Plan Toys

| December 15, 2008 | 0 Comments

Natalie writes… Made from preservative-free rubberwood and coloured with non-toxic paint, I’m loving these eco-friendly explorer toys by one of my favourite toy brands, Plan Toys. They’re perfect for your inquisitive toddler! Their adorable mini compass which is shaped like an owl, is a steal at £3.95. Their mushroom shaped kaleidoscopes have me hankering to [...]

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Hot Buy! Plan Toys Wooden Trike

Hot Buy! Plan Toys Wooden Trike

| December 11, 2008 | 0 Comments

Natalie writes… As soon as I saw this trike over at Urchin, I knew it was by Plan Toys even though they don’t mention the brand, and sure enough it is. Everything by Plan Toys is beautifully made and with strong ethical values, using replenishable rubberwood and non toxic paints on their highly distinctive range [...]

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25% off at Yellow Lolly First Anniversary 3 Day Sale!

25% off at Yellow Lolly First Anniversary 3 Day Sale!

| December 5, 2008 | 0 Comments

Natalie writes… Yellow Lolly, one of our favourite stores for delectable goodies from hot European brands, have been open for a year – happy birthday! To celebrate, they are are holding a 25% off 3 day sale which finishes at midnight on Sunday 7th December 2008. Enter the code birthday when prompted. Offer excludes sale [...]

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Chalet Dollhouse by Plan Toys

Chalet Dollhouse by Plan Toys

| December 2, 2008 | 0 Comments

Natalie writes… I am a huge fan of ethical Thai based toy maker, Plan Toys who make brilliant wooden toys, especially for pretend play from sustainable rubberwood, with natural paints and finishes. I’m also a huge fan of dolls houses and have recently become re-obsessed again. I swear I’m looking for the bambino…not me… This [...]

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Hot Toy List for Toddlers – Games

Hot Toy List for Toddlers – Games

| December 1, 2008 | 0 Comments

Vilac Picture Dominoes Dominoes is a classic and a brilliant tool when your little one is learning numbers. As well as numbers these dominoes have gorgeous animal pictures on the reverse. They come in a wooden box which will keep them safe and make for easy storage. Age 2+ (although the seller is saying 3+) [...]

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Louella Toys

Louella Toys

| October 15, 2008 | 0 Comments

Claire writes… Louella toys is a definite one to have a look at when you are choosing Christmas presents for your bambinos. I came across the site when I was searching for something for Son #2′s birthday, and had a hard time deciding what not to buy! The specialise in traditional, handcrafted toys that stand [...]

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