Environmentally Friendly Puppet Craft Kits at kidEstore.co.uk

We have a new range of make your own puppet kits by Crafty Kids that are made from 100% post consumer waste recycled cardboard with a little added wood and string. Simple to make with a little gluing and some threading but no complex knotting is required.We have four Crafty Kids Puppet Kits, the Bear Puppet Kit, the Horse Puppet Kit, the Dinosaur Puppet kit and the Spider Puppet Kit. Each has it's own appeal and of course with the included paints you can create your own look for the puppets - Fancy a pink spider or a vampire bear for Halloween - no problem.

The kits come with everything including paints and paintbrush for you to do the creative stuff. We can also supply 'dry kits' for schools that come without glue and paints as every school has a ready supply of these items.

The kits are priced £11.95 and are suitable from age 4.

You will find these make your own Puppet Kits from Crafty Kids in the Make-It sub category of the creative section at the kidEstore.co.uk educational toy store.

Play Chocolate Fix from kidEstore.co.uk this Chocolate Week

Apparently it is Chocolate Week this week (and I thought it was every week).

What better way to celebrate than by playing Chocolate Fix fromThinkFun. A great fun game where you must run a chocolate factory whilst the boss is away assembling orders for a number of awkward customers.


Chocolate Fix is part of the Thinfun games range at kidEstore.co.uk.

New Groovy Girls home page at kidEstore.co.uk

We have put together a page for all of our Groovy Girls at kidEstore to make it easier for you to find your favourites.

Groovy Girls are a range of delightful soft dolls that are a great alternative to Barbie or Bratz that have a less pushy feel and encourage more imaginative play.

You can find the Groovy Girls dolls in the Roleplay toy section at kidEstore.co.uk

Daisy's Tea Party wooden tea set from Djeco at kidEstore.co.uk

Djeco toys are always beautiful and this wooden tea set is no exception. Beatiful detailing and a lovely green and yellow colour scheme the set somes with two cups and saucers, a tea pot, sugar bowl and cake. It even includes two teaspoons, sugar cubes, candles and tag tea.

What else could be needed for a perfect tea party.

Djeco Daisy's Tea Party is available in the roleplay toy section of kidEstore.co.uk.

TV Advertised Puzzleballs available at kidEstore.co.uk

Puzzleball jigsaws from Ravensburger are being advertised on the Tellybox again and as with all of the best educational toys and puzzles you can get them at kidEstore.co.uk

We have the Puzzleball Illustrated World Map, the Puzzleball Junior World Map, the Puzzleball National Geographic World Map, the Puzzleball World and even the Puzzleball Penguins edition.

You can find Puzzleball in the Jigsaw section of the kidEstore website.

Timetracker in The Independent's 50 Best Back to School Toys

The Independent newspaper published the '50 Best Back to School Toys' recently and made our Time Tracker by Learning Resources their number 10 choice.

Their article read:

A good idea if you want them to do reading for 20 minutes or a timed homework task. Some like to see if they can beat the clock, others just like the reassurance of being in control of their own time. You can choose your warning sound between the colours so there's no excuse for not being clear about how much time is left. And when the homework is done, it's a handy way of regulating how long they can spend on the Xbox or Nintendo. For some reason, they are less likely to argue with this than repeated shouts of "Turn it off" from parents.Where 0870 8745 437; www.kidestore.co.uk How much 24.95