New Superstructs construction set at kidEstore.co.uk

The Superstructs construction sets are proving popular at kidEstore.co.uk.

Superstructs are an award winning rod and connector type construction set that come with some great characters and safe EVA foam panels that pop in between the rods. Each kit comes in a cool drum (made from cardboard) for easy, neat storage.

Superstructs Big Builder is a 126 piece set with everything for building construction vehicles such as fork lift, a dump truck, crane or utility truck. Suitable from age 4, priced £29.99.

If you are more into planes than trucks then the Superstructs Flight Set is what you need. 134 pieces can be used to build a rocket, a biplane, a helicopter or a spaceship. Suitabel from age 3, priced £39.95

Superstructs Makin' Tracks is a 160 piece set with everything to build a train, an outback explorer, tow truck and much more.

A smaller set, suitable as a tester, is the 70 piece Superstructs Rolling Fun set. This comes with everything for cool cars, trucks and even motor cycles.

New Crocodile Creek Jigsaw Puzzles at kidEstore.co.uk

We have some brilliant new jigsaw puzzles from Crocodile Creek in our Christmas 2007 toy range.

Each comes packaged in its own little suitcase for neat storage.

We have the Go Puzzle Horses, Go Puzzle Natural World, Go Puzzle Vehicles and the Go Puzzle World Map all proced £14.95 suitable from age 4.

Buy them at the kidEstore.co.uk educational toy store now!

Logiblocs come to kidEstore.co.uk

Logiblocs are a great electronic kits that look cool, are easy to use and tesch children about the principles of electronic circuits in a simple, fun way.

The main Logibloc kits contain a series of modules in an attractive translucent plastic that easily slot together in various combinations to form useful circuits. For instance, link a battery, a pressure sensor and a sound module and you have a simple alarm.

We carry the Logiblocs Alarm Tech, Logiblocs Spy Tec, Logiblocs Logirobot and the Logiblocs Super Inventor kits which range from £14.95 to £54.95.

Logimen are a bit more fun yet still keep keep kids learning! LogiMan Criminal, LogiMan Agent, LogiMan Civilian and LogiMan Policeman range from £4.95 to £9.95.

You can find them all in the Technology toy section at kidEstore.co.uk.

Great new wooden pirate ship

We have just taken delivery of a great new wooden pirate ship - the Paragon Pirate Ship.



It comes complete with captain & crew of five, canons, wooden steps, anchor, wooden barrels and of course a treasure chest! At 59cms long (that's 2 feet in old money matey) it is the perfect size for big adventures.

The Paragon Pirate Ship is £34.95 at kidEstore.co.uk.

Great Wooden Shape Sortin Cube from Melissa and Doug

Wooden toys are always popular and wooden shape sorters are one of the most popular wooden toys. This fantastic wooden shape sorting cube from Melissa and Doug is just great. At £11.95 it also represents great value.

Time Tracker helps kids manage time at kidEstore.co.uk

Our kids love the new Time Tracker and use it to time everything from brushing teeth to turns at batting in cricket!

The time tracker has three coloured lights on its' lighthouse shaped body - green, amber and red. You can configure the countdown to move the light from colour to colour after set times. For instance you could set it for 7 minutes on green, 2 minutes on amber and then just 1 final minute on red - a total of 10 minutes. As the light moves from section to section you can configure it to play one of a library of noises.

You can program it quite complicatedly or just use a default setting and enter your own total time for a simple countdown.

All of this helps children focus on the amount of time available for a task (homework anyone) and better plan their time to finish on the deadline. They actually enjoy working against this timer instead of having a parent telling them 'just one minute left'.

Great fun and a really good homework aid - also widely used in classrooms.

Time Tracker is just £24.95 at kidEstore.co.uk

New Shiny Pink Car at kidEstore.co.uk

Lady Penelope from the Thunderbirds drove one of these great pink cars when she was little (probably)

The Pink Speedster is a cool pink car in the old skool style. Suitable from age 1 it is available from kidEstore.co.uk priced just £59.95

Richard Hammond in new crash

We think he should stick to something more sedate like the Didicar!

K'Nex is 15 Years old - celebrate at kidEstore.co.uk

K'Nex is 15 years old this year and is the biggest non-block construction toy on the block.

To celebrate they have released the K'Nex 15 Year Anniversary Tub get it at kidEstore.co.uk for just £29.95

We know Kid K'Nex is one of the most popular K'Nex ranges and your little ones will be able to join in the celebrations with the new Kid K'Nex Lots of Pals bucket. A great big tub of chunky pieces for smaller fingers plus great special pieces like feet and faces for extra fun.

Buy your K'Nex st kidEstore.co.uk.

New Wooden Heritage Playsets at kidEstore.co.uk

We have some great new playsets in from Heritage Playsets.


Rose Cottage is a fully furnished wooden doll's house with family.

New Rose Petal Cottage Play House at kidEstore.co.uk

We have the most beautifull play house for children - Rose Petal Cottage. This really is pretty in pink with lace trim and mesh windows - any girls delight. The house even comes with a great wooden cooker made from MDF.

The house is not just the prettiest thing ever, it is really practical too. The house can be played in closed, or opened out to make an open plan play area. Also one half is slightly larger than the other and so the two pieces can be stacked for storage.

Buy Rose Petal Cottage at kidEstore.co.uk

Viloette's Birthday tea set

The lovely new Violette's Birthday tea set from Djeco is a purple version of their best selling pink Birthday Tea Party in a beautiful purple colour. We like choices - but which one will you get?

Buy Djeco Violette's Birthday from the role play toy section of kidEstore.co.uk educational toys.

Win $2M Dollars with Eternity II

Eternity was the fastest ever selling game, Eternity II looks set to break those records.

There are thousands of possible solutions to this puzzle so how hard can it be? All you have to do is place all of the patterned pieces on the board so that touching sides have the same pattern. Complete the board and submit your solution today before everyone gets Eternity 2 for Christmas and start their solutions.

All submitted solutions will be held in a vault until Christmas 2008 when they will be opened in date order and the first correct solution found will win the $2M. Then it's the high life all the way!

Buy Eternity 2 at kidEstore.co.uk today for just £34.95.

New Djeco Tubulo construction set at kidEstore.co.uk

Tubulo is a cool new construction toy which is simple enough for 3 year olds but attracts much older kids. We love the way it leaves space for kids imaginations to run wild and seems to create such flowing structures.
You can buy Tubulo for just £19.95 at the kidEstore.co.uk educational toy store.

Djeco Patisserie and Boulangerie Wooden Food Sets

We have new play food with a certain French style from Djeco.

The Djeco wooden Patisserie Set is a box of six beatiful cakes to add a touch of decadence to tea parties.

Breakfast takes a Parisian theme with the Djeco Boulangerie Breakfast Set. Milk, croissants, orange juice, bread, yoghurt & pastries - just the thing to set you up for a day of serious play.

The Djeco Patisserie and Djeco Boulangerie sets are available priced just £6.95 at the kidEstore.co.uk educational toy store in our Role Play section.

Logiblocs come to kidEstore.co.uk

Logiblocs, the great modular electronics kits, are coming to kidEstore.co.uk.

Our toy testers have given the kits a thourough road test and think they are cool! Brightly coloured translucent blocks, reminiscent of the old iMacs, are used to build a circuit by simply plugging them together.

We are stocking Alarm-Tech, Spy-Tech, Logi-Robot, Super Inventor and Buzz Kit.

Want to build an alarm - connect a few modules and take the jack plug lead and tape them so they will brush against a door as it opens. Use tin foil to create a contact pad on the door which will touch the wires as the door opens. You now have a contact alarm! Want a light detector, replace the wires with the light detector. Want a light beam alarm, add in a NOT block! There are 12 separate projects in the Alarm-Tech module and you are free to create your own too!

Logiblocs are available from the kidEstore.co.uk toy store!

PlayFoam in stock

The new magical modelling stuff PlayFoam is in stock at kidEstore.co.uk.

Flexible Hexabits are in at kidEstore.co.uk

Hexabits are a new cool building toy for children.

The pieces are small hexagonal (hence the name) plastic mats which can be interlocked to form cool pictures and patterns.

We stock three sets, Hexabits Mini Projects, the Hexabit Theme Pack and Hexabits 3D Critterz.

Hopscotch from Alex

Hopscotch is a classic game for children and has been played in streets and playgrounds for hundreds of years. But I bet you didn't know it originated in Britain during the early Roman Empire and was devised as a method for training soldiers!


Hopscotch from Alex is suitable for indoor and outdoor use and is a great way to get children to do some exercise without even knowing it!

The Hopscotch game is priced £19.95 from the kidEstore.co.uk educational toy store.


You can find more information on the origins of Hopscotch in Wikipedia.

Scrunch Ball Featured in Independet 50 Best Outdoor Toys

The Scrunch Ball has been featured in the Independents guide to the 50 Best Outdoor Toys.

We think it makes the perfect beach set with the Scrunch Digger and the Scrunch Bucket.

DMOZ Listing

Kidestore has been included in the DMOZ educational toys page.

New Wooden Pizza Party and Birthday from Melissa & Doug

We have two great new wooden food items from the super Melissa and Doug range.

Melissa and Doug Pizza Party has 6 thick slices, 50 interchangeble toppings, a wooden rolling pizza cutter and a serving slice. It all comes in a wooden box for easy storage.


The Melissa and Doug Wooden Birthday Party has 6 slices, 19 toppings, 7 candles, a wooden cake slice and a serving plate. Again it all comes in a wooden box for easy storage.

Bothy can be found in our roleplay toys section.

New Tin Tea Set From Alex

What could be nicer then tea in the garden for you and your closest friends? A nice drink, a slice of cake and good conversation.

We thnk the new Tin Tea Set from Alex is perfect for a sunny afternoon in the garden with a friend and your favourite teddy bear. A lovely floral green and pink design and a great carry case mean you are ready to picnic just about anywhere.


The set contains four cups, saucers and plates and a serving tray.


Find the Alex Tin Tea Set in our Outdoor toy section.

New Chemistry Set and Crystal Growing Kit

As a child there was nothing I liked more than mixing up a test tube of cobalt chloride and then boiling it dry over a methylated spirit burner. That is why I am pleased we have managed to find a great new Chemistry Lab set to add to the Science range at kidEstore.co.uk. The set has everything needed for over 100 experiments.



In the same vein we also have the National Geographic Crystal Growing kit. The kit contains everything you need to grow 12 kinds of crystal and a National Geographic booklet to explain the formation of crystals during the formation of the Earth millions of years ago.

Explore the mineral world with the National Geographic Rock Tumbler

New from the National Geographic toy range at kidEstore.co.uk is the new Rock Tumbler.



The tumbler has a great, hard edged technical design with a window so you can observe the rocks during polishing. Once you have created your semi-precious stones there is even a craft kit for you to make jewellery and gifts.



We also stock the genuine National Geographic Rock Tumbler Refill Kit to keep you going!



Both of these items can be found in the Science toy section.

Zoob and QuickChess featured in the Guardian

Zoob was featured in The Guardian newspaper as a dishwasher safe toy for use in hospital environments. We figure this also makes it suitable for nurseries and primary schools.

Also featured was QuickChess the chess learning system. This was featured as it comes shrink wrapped and is therefore good for taking in to a hospital as the game inside the wrapper should be hygienic.


Read the full article here.

Horrible Science Kits at kidEstore

We have a great range of science kits for children and this now includes the Horrible Science Kits based on the bestselling Scholastic Horrible Science books such as Really Rotten Experiments

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Our kits include Horrible Science Deadly Dinosaurs, Horrible Science Scary Sight, and Horrible Science Space, Stars and Slimy Aliens

Bananagrams Featured in The Independent newspapers 10 Best Travel Toys

Banagrams was featured in The Independent newspapers 10 Best Travel toys feature on Monday 21st May.






Of their top ten we also sell Airport Traffic Control (for £3 less than their retailer) and Thinkfun Rush Hour Deluxe.

Toys for kids that love Space

In our 'I Love' section we have created a new section listing toys and games for children that love space.


In here we have collected our items related to the solar system, rockets and space.


We have the Build It Space Explorer and Build it Rocket kits from Little Experience, Horrible Science Space, Stars and Slimy Aliens and Horrible Science Smashing Solar System Jigsaws and a World and Solar System Jigsaw from Ravensburger.


We also have a number of kits form Kidzlabs - the Cosmic Rocket, Night Sky Projection Kit, Solar System Mobile making kit and Solar System Planetarium kit.

Plenty of ideas for budding astronauts and space explorers but keep watching as we will be adding new items all of the time.

Toy & Games for children who love dinosaurs

To make it eaasier to find toys on a them on our site we have created the 'I Love ...' category which includes a collection of our toys on a single theme.

The 'I Love Dinosaurs' section is perfect for boys or girls who love their dinosaurs.

In it we have collected our Dig-a-glow Triceratops, Atomic Blox Gamma Rex, Horrible Science Deadly Dinosaurs jigsaw and Kid K'Nex Dino Pals.
New Dinosaur fun will be added as it joins our range.