Games and Puzzles

Jingling bells on an easy-to-grasp wooden handle.

Safe from birth.

15 x 8 x 3 cm approx.

BJ933

This is a good steady-seller in the shop.  Colour-coded shape sorter combined with a clock face. Quietly educational.

24 x 24 x 8 cm approx.

Age suitability: 3 years +

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Eye-catching stacking toy made from food grade silicone, so it's durable, safe to chew and can be put in the dishwasher to clean.

The box contains both the apple and the pear.  Each has five pieces.

Age suitability: 12 months+.

This is a simple wooden shape sorter that sells well in our shop.  We have one on display and both adults and children play with it. Nothing particularly fancy about it but people like it and it's good value.  Comes with six different shapes.  Everybody enjoys slotting them into the correct holes but it's funny how many people can't work out how to retrieve them. (You slide one of the spokes up)

15 x 15 x 12 cm

Age suitability: 12 months +

BB096

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Hop on this metal scooter and just pretend you are cruising along the Italian Riviera.

Sturdily made of steel with solid tyres, this three-wheeled scooter is crafted to resemble a well-known brand of real scooters.  

Suitable in size for children from three to five years old, with a maximum weight of 20kg.

Push-along - no motor involved.

Made in Vietnam. Adult assembly (straight-forward) required to attach the front wheels and the steering handles.  

30 cm x 43 cm x 76 cm and weighs 5kg.

Beautifully decorated board with seven colourful cogs. The cogs come in two sizes so there is a bit of interchangeability but the big ones, at least, are colour-coded.  It's fascinating watching how turning one cog turns them all - appeals to the curious child in me.  From an engineering point of view, please be aware that the cogs, being wood, don't always turn perfectly smoothly as plastic or metal ones would. Our demo one can stick a bit especially if someone has switched the cogs around.

21 x 21 x 4 cm

Age suitability: 12 months+

PL095

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This is a good steady-seller in the shop.  Colour-coded shape sorter combined with a clock face. Quietly educational.

24 x 24 x 8 cm approx.

Age suitability: 3 years +

18593

Gently turn the handle on this tin Jack-in-the-Box to the iconic sound of 'Pop Goes the Weasel' and, sooner or later, the jack will pop out.  It terrifies some children initially but most children love it and want to see it again and again and again.

16 x 14 x13 cm

Age suitability: 18 months plus.  Smaller children may need help locking the jack back in.

Shape sorter where, not only does the child have to work out which hole to drop the block in, but also which key is needed to get it out again.  So the yellow, triangular block goes in the yellow, triangular hole and you need the yellow, triangular key to unlock the yellow door.

Great for shape and colour recognition and hand eye coordination.

26 x 9 x 13 cm

Age suitability: 18 months plus.

Brightly-coloured Noah's ark with six pairs of animals but sadly without Mr and Mrs Noah.  Load the animals up with the ladder or through the shape-sorting holes in the hull.  The end of the boat slides opens up to retrieve the pieces.  Handy carrying handle.

19 x 15 x 24 cm

Made from sustainable FSC™-certified wood with non-toxic paint.

Age suitability: 2 years +

TV212

Cardboard book with five double pages, each with a different night-time scene.  You then have to find specific things, the owls or the streetlights for example. When you've found them, press the button at the bottom of the page and little lights will shine to show where the items are.

1.5 x 19.5 x 23 cm

Two AAA batteries included.

Age suitability: From 2 - 4 years.

Lovely little stacking toy made from FSC® certified wood.

Build the fox and the rabbit with the tree in between.  The poles are on elasticated strings, so if unsteady little hands knock them down, they'll pop up again.

20 cm long.

Age suitability: 12 months plus.

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Soft toy fish, with big teeth, that can be hung from a pram. Lots for a baby to explore : the silicone teether tail with pop-it buttons, the crinkly dorsal fin, the pectoral fins with tassels, the little fish underneath with a gentle rattle and the ring of beads.

Encourages grasping feeling, hearing, teething, hand-eye coordination.

8.5 x 22 x 36cm

Age suitability: From birth.

Cardboard book with four double pages, each with a different farm scene featuring one cow, two pigs, three goats... and six magnets to place on them.

1.5 x 19.5 x 23 cm

Age suitability: From 18 months.

Cardboard book with four double pages, each with a different playground, park and garden scene. In one you have to spot all the red objects, in another all the yellow objects, etc.

1.5 x 19.5 x 23 cm

Age suitability: From 18 months.

Read, touch and feel book in which a baby monkey goes round the jungle asking other animals whether they are also a monkey.

Five double pages.

2 x 17 x17 cm

Age suitability: From 18 months.

Cardboard book with five double pages, each with a different jungle scene.  You then have to find specific animals, the bats or the frogs for example. When you've found them, press the button at the bottom of the page and little lights will shine to show where the animals are.

1.5 x 19.5 x 23 cm

Two AAA batteries included.

Age suitability: From 2 - 4 years.

.An oval of wooden track, a barn with a working crane, level crossing, an engine with two trucks, a tractor and a cow, all made with the usual Brio quality.

20 pieces. 

Layout measures about 55 x 52cm.

FSC™-certified wood.

Age suitability: 3+ years.