Awards our toys have received…

Now on to the Brands...

Casdon are in the business of replicating 'in miniature' the adult world that surrounds a child. Children learn through imitation, and Casdon specialise in reproducing products that children see daily, mostly in the home environment or through children's television programmes.

They endeavour to be innovators of fun and play. Their goal is to be ever more creative while producing high quality value for money products. Casdon make and market a range of products that are unique in concept, style, design and packaging, and reflect the growing demands of children in the 21st century. Their development team are constantly seeking opportunities using state of the art technology and basic mechanics, but applied in an innovative way. Casdon work to and meet the ICTI (International Council of Toy Industries) code of business practices.

Fiesta Crafts Ltd is a UK based company who manufacture quality soft toys and gifts for fun and learning. All Fiesta Crafts' toys are CE marked and are safety tested to European standards. Hand embroidered words and designs ensure that toys will remain bright and good looking. Fabrics can be surface-washed. Fiesta Crafts toys have been designed to help children develop core learning skills. These include phonics, letter & number recognition, numeracy skills as well as improving hand to eye coordination. Many of these unique educational products are multi-award winning and widely used in pre-schools, nurseries, playschools, and schools through out the UK.

George Luck have been supplying the best gift shops, schools and nurseries for nearly 30 years. Their designs brim with humour and expression and they are best known for original multi-layered puzzles with up to five layers! George Luck puzzles use non-toxic materials and wood from renewable resources. The colours are mixed exclusively on premises and remain vibrant for generations. They comply with all European Toy Safety Standards.

Why George Luck Puzzles help your child learn.
From the moment a small child starts to use their hands, their development takes off in leaps and bounds. Everything within sight and reach feeds the hungry mind. George Luck puzzles are an important ingredient. They may be colourful and humorous, but they have the serious purpose of developing a child's shape recognition, manual dexerity skills and hand-eye co-ordination. Conventional printed and cardboard puzzles encourage children to look at the picture but not the shape of the piece. This means they miss out on the skill of shape recognition. Shape recognition is the pre-requisite to learning the alphabet and learning to read. Manual dexerity and hand-eye co-ordination are vital when learning to write. The familar animals and vehicles stimulate a child's imagination and improve their vocabulary.

George Luck puzzles are used extensively in UK and European schools. Many parents recognise the importance of supplementing school activity with home-based learning.

I'M Toy

I”M Toy have been creating wooden and fabric toys since 1987. All the toys have been carefully designed and produced from environmentally friendly materials and sustainable rubberwood. The toys are finished with non-toxic and preservative free paint. All I”M Toy products are made and tested to comply with international standards; European Standard En-71 and American National Standards ASTM-F963-96a.

All I”M Toy baby products are wonderful to stimulate baby's hand eye co-ordination and development. They use bright colours and tactile fabrics and sounds to hold baby's attention.

For over two decades John Crane Ltd have been selecting toys for distribution throughout the UK, based on their stringent criteria of high quality, value for money, innovation and safety with design flair. John Crane have played a part in the growing resurgence in the popularity of quality wooden toys, offering unique durable toys, which are full of both play value and encourage educational development. John Crane distribute the Pintoy and Tolo toy brands which are detailed below.

Melissa & Doug® are one of the leading designers and manufacturers of educational toys and children's products. Melissa & Doug® started in 1988 in Doug’s parent’s garage but their philosophy has remained the same over the years, which is to make each and every customer a happy and a permanent member of the Melissa & Doug® family, while offering products with tremendous value, quality and design. They have always welcomed customer suggestions and are continually striving to make improvements to their products.

PINTOY produce a wide range of products for children and families: games, toys, baby products, children's furniture and gift items. These products are made from replenishable rubberwood which is harvested from replenishable forests when the rubber trees have finally reached the end of their natural cycle. PINTOY® is proud to have obtained the environmental Thai Green Label award. They are designed for their beauty, educational value, enjoyment, functionality and durability, and they meet the stringent quality and safety standards of our customers. Pintoy toys provide children from all over the world with the opportunity to play with traditional toys made from natural material, while protecting the environment.

PlanToys® practices the "Three R”s" of green living: Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle. Their manufacturing processes are designed to reduce waste and save energy. They reuse materials, and have introduced innovative methods to recycle paper and other products. They are always looking for new ways to improve and preserve our environment. They create toys that inspire children”s imagination as well as promote their physical and intellectual development. Plan Toys are also proving that it is possible to maintain superior quality standards while steadfastly following a path of environmental and social responsibility.

Every single toy in the award winning TOLO® range of high quality nursery toys both in plastic and plush is designed with maximum safety, durability and play value in mind, suitable for babies from birth. The primary aim of Tolo is to ensure that all their toys stimulate and encourage young developing minds whilst they are having fun.

The Tolo range of products is designed with safety and durability at the forefront of their minds. They only use the highest grade materials whilst manufacturing, and rigorous testing procedures ensure that quality standards remain consistently high. Tolo are committed to the development of an exciting range of products, which above all, offers excellent play value, along with fun and excitement during a child's formative years

K's Kids are an original series of adorable, fun and educational toys, specially developed for the young hands and minds of babies and toddlers. K's Kids toys focus upon stimulation of children's development at their different stages of growth. Sounds for hearing, textures for touching and colours for seeing, are all very important elements of our activity toys. From a small rattle to a big activity play mat, there are different sensory activities for a child to explore, to learn and to play with.

The collection boasts a number of award-winning activity toys, including the Hungry Pelican which has been awarded "TOY OF THE YEAR" by parenting Magazine in the USA. Other winning items include Toy House Play mat, School Bus with finger puppets and many more.

Smart toys that inspire learning, creativity and delight are what the Manhattan Toy company is all about. Their beautifully crafted toys are steeped in the latest developmental research and manufactured with durability in mind. What's more, they support growth by offering playful challenges, and they invite exploration through their ingenious fabrics and details. Manhattan Toy develop toys that have style and substance. In addition to being fun, they encourage creativity, provide opportunities for independent and interactive play, and stimulate the development of valuable learning skills. Manhattan Toy's loveable characters, companions and accessories are the products of the latest developmental research and outstanding craftsmanship. The high quality fabrics and imaginative detail truly set them apart.

Manhattan Toy's baby toys blend research-proven development that infants can't resist. There are lots of new ideas for every house of a little one's busy day - from cuddly blankets, play mats and soft toys, to exciting activity books and toddlers first trucks with blinking lights.

Selecta toys are genuine natural beauties. The Selecta designer team can rely on decades of experience - they began to produce wooden toys for nursery schools over 35 years ago. Names such as Fröbel and Maria Montessori are some of the role models who they keep in mind when it comes to shapes, colours and the fashioning of a product. Selecta toys are immediately recognized from their characteristic design and illustration together with their outstanding functionality. The many awards received from independent commissions, prove that Selecta toys are the very best you can give your child.

Since wood is a natural material, you don't have to worry if your children put it into their mouths. Only environmentally friendly water-soluble varnishes and colours are used by Selecta to emphasize and enhance the unique natural beauty of the different woods. The colours are completely non-toxic and are also used in food production. A special heat transfer printing process gives the pictures their particularly endearing look. An additional beeswax finish is applied to the surfaces of the baby toys. This gives Selecta toys a soft, velvety seal which allows the warm golden tones of the wood to shine through.

Everything needed to make prize-winning toys grows in the forest: maple, birch, beach and pine are the natural raw materials that make Selecta toys attractive and robust, with long lasting value. The wood is obtained mainly from suppliers who guarantee sustainable management, i.e. where a tree is felled, a new one is already growing so that the ecological system of the forest is maintained.