Product Guide
Rainbow Designs 01329 233700
Location: Gosport, Hampshire
Rainbow Designs has a stunning range of high quality wooden toys available across many of their renowned licenses, as the undeniable home of classic and well-known characters in the wooden toy space. The Illustrated Wooden Blocks sets are the perfect activity to encourage creative building as well as number and letter recognition amongst youngsters. Available in the Peter Rabbit, Guess How Much I Love You and The Very Hungry Caterpillar designs, the 16 wooden blocks feature letters of the alphabet and numbers alongside beautiful brand illustrations that are sure to delight youngsters. Also available in these renowned brands are the fun and educational wooden Peg Puzzles. The puzzles, that feature beautiful illustrations from the classic properties, encourage number and shape recognition as well as helping to hone fine motor skills. There are Wooden Dominoes available for fans of The Very Hungry Caterpillar and Peter Rabbit too. Rainbow Designs also feature a number of pull along toys to keep the little ones entertained, including the fun Peter Rabbit and Flopsy Bunny Pullalong Toys as well as The Very Hungry Caterpillar Wooden Pullalong Caterpillar. Featured product
Peter Rabbit, Guess How Much I Love You Wooden Peg Puzzle Manufacturer: Rainbow Designs
Mattel 01628 500 000
Location: Maidenhead
Toy giant Mattel is no stranger to the wooden toys space, continuing to expand its offering in 2017 with new products from Thomas & Friends as well as Fisher Price's Bing. On store shelves now is Thomas & Friends Wooden Railway, which includes Tidmouth Sheds, which features a working turntable that can hold up to five wooden engines. While Cranky the Crane keeps everything moving at Brendam Docks with his working magnetic crane arm. Elsewhere, children can escape to the Island of Sodor with the Coal Hopper Figure Eight Set featuring a wooden Thomas engine, cargo car, wooden track, coal and bridge. Also in the range is the Battery-Operated Thomas, Percy and James engines, which all connect via magnets to other wooden railway engines including Thomas’ faithful coaches Annie & Clarabel. Gearing up for launch in AW17 is the new Fisher-Price Bing wooden range, with products to enhance role-play and fine-motor skills in preschoolers. The toy range includes Bing’s Lunchbox, recreating the iconic lunchbox from the show while the Balancing Seesaw teaches children about different weights. Finally, the adorable collectable Wooden Figure Packs have adjustable features to express emotions. Featured product
Thomas the Tank Engine, Coal Hopper Figure 8 Set Manufacturer: Mattel Price: £32.99
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