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Musings on the Spring Fair 2020

Posted by Karen Dorn on Feb 06, 2020

Spring Fair is one of the largest trade fairs of the year for retailers, with a very wide range of exhibitors. Armed with my entry pass, my list of suppliers I wanted to see, notepad and business cards, I set off filled with anticipation to the NEC just outside Birmingham.

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Tags: exhibitors, nec birmingham, new product ideas, products, retailers event, sourcing, spring fair, suppliers, trade fair, trade show

National Children's Day UK

Posted by Karen Dorn on May 04, 2019

On Sunday the 12^th May it is National Children’s Day UK. This day is all about the importance of children, focusing on their rights and freedom of childhood that will help them grow into happy healthy adults.

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Tags: childhood, events, freedom, happiness, health, National Children's Day UK 2019

5 Gift Ideas to relive those childhood memories

Posted by Karen Dorn on Apr 25, 2019

Most people think that when they grow up then they can’t enjoy toys anymore. This is not true. Toys and games are great for any age to play. And what’s great is teaching the younger generations the games we you used to play.

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Tags: childhood, children, classic, family, forgotten, fun, game, games, history, hopscotch, humming, knitting, laughter, marbles, memories, nostalgic, old fashioned, outdoors, pastime, play, playground, products, snakes & ladders, spinning, top, top 5, toys, traditional

Making a String Phone

Posted by Karen Dorn on Apr 09, 2018

One thing I remember doing as a child was making string phones with my friends. They were so much fun and could never work out how they managed to get the sound from one cup to the other along the string. Obviously now a days phones are all cordless so the very thought of something having string or cord to make it work is alien to the young generation. So on this wet miserable Monday I decided to show Zach how to make a string phone. What you need: 2 empty paper cups or if you have 2 empty tin...

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Tags: adventures, children, forgotten, friends, fun, games, history, imagination, laughter, life, nostalgic, old fashioned, outdoors, pastime, phone, play, string, telephone, tin can phone, toy, toys, traditional

What’s your favourite children’s film?

Posted by Karen Dorn on Apr 07, 2017

It seems that our chief toy tester, Zachary, has a favourite film already at the age of 1, and I have to say he has chosen a real classic. What is the film I hear you ask? It’s the wonderfully supercalifragilisticexpialidocious Mary Poppins. As soon as the opening credits start he is hooked. I think it’s the music mainly that he enjoys but he gets so excited when he sees Bert (the fantastic, even with his terrible accent, Dick Van Dyke). He claps along with the 'A spoonful of sugar' song, laughs along with 'I love to laugh' song and...

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Tags: children's film, classic, mary poppins, memories, pastime, supercalifragilisticexpialidocious