Games and Puzzles

Wooden cube puzzle with nine cubes giving six puzzles of farmyard animals.

10.5 x 10.5 x 3.5cm

Age suitability: 10+ months

BJ536

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Memory Game to encouarage healthy eating.

Spread all the healthy eating cards out face down on the table.  Each player takes a turn at choosing one.  If it matches an item on his lunch box card, he keeps it. Otherwise it is returned face down to the table.  The winner is the first one to fill their lunch box.

2-4 players

Age suitability: 3-7

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Orchard Toys is a Norfolk-based company designing and making their games in-house. They have been going for years and have a reputation for producing good, honest games which are both fun and educational.  All the games are fully tested by teachers and of course by children so they are totally safe and dependable.

Most of the games are aimed at the 3-6 year olds.  To an adult the games will inevitably seem somewhat simplistic but they really know that age group so I never have any hesitation about recommending them.  Obviously children develop at different rates so some children may not be able to follow the instructions at first but that doesn't seem to matter as they enjoy playing with the colourful cards.  As the child develops, it isn't long before they fully appreciate the game and they benefit from the educational aspects whilst having fun.

7 piece skittle set.  One wooden ball and six smiling pirates.

Pirates are about 8 cm tall.

Age suitability: 2 years +

BJ853

7 piece skittle set.  One wooden ball and six smiling fairies.

Fairies are about 8 cm tall.

Age suitability: 2 years +

Small  wooden jigsaw of a sailing boat with four large pieces.

Age suitability: 10+ months

15 x 15 x 1.5cm

34059

16 piece wooden puzzles showing Mother and Baby of various animals:  Horse and foal, cow and calf, duck and duckling, pig and piglet, rabbit and kit, sheep and lamb.

Each puzzle measures about 18 x 18 cm.

Age suitability: 2 years +

Wooden cube puzzle with nine cubes giving six puzzles of friendly dinosaurs.

10.5 x 10.5 x 3.5cm

Age suitability: 10+ months

BJ513

 A first matching and memory game.

Each person was a monster game board and then has to find its matching wellies.

2-4 players

Age suitability: 2 - 6 years

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Orchard Toys is a Norfolk-based company designing and making their games in-house. They have been going for years and have a reputation for producing good, honest games which are both fun and educational.  All the games are fully tested by teachers and of course by children so they are totally safe and dependable.

Most of the games are aimed at the 3-6 year olds.  To an adult the games will inevitably seem somewhat simplistic but they really know that age group so I never have any hesitation about recommending them.  Obviously children develop at different rates so some children may not be able to follow the instructions at first but that doesn't seem to matter as they enjoy playing with the colourful cards.  As the child develops, it isn't long before they fully appreciate the game and they benefit from the educational aspects whilst enjoying themselves.

Fun 50-piece jigsaw for children aged 4+.

Lots of facts about dinosaurs printed on the back of the box.

58 x 40 cm

Large 15-piece jigsaw suitable for 3-6 year olds

62 x 42 cm, 24x16.5 in

Chunky cardboard pieces.