Educational Toys from kidEstore.co.uk featured in Sunday Times Christmas Gift Guide

We are very pleased that the Sunday Times Christmast Gift Toy Guide has chosen a number of items from the kidEstore.co.uk educational toy store.

You can read the full article here.

The Berg Moov wooden ride on toy, Horrible Histories Beastly Body Kit and the Fashion Angels Make-up Sketch Book were all featured in the article.

Educational Toys from kidEstore.co.uk featured in the Independent 50Best Toys feature

We are delighted to have been included in the Independents 50 Best Christmas Toys feature. In all 7 of the top fifty are available from kidEstore.

We have the Beastly Body Bits Kit, Logimen and Logiblocs, the Green Science Dynamo Torch, Wild Science Big Strange Nasty Plants, the Junior Puzzleball, and Serpentiles from Thinkfun.









You can read the 50 Best Christmas Toys for Children here

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

New card games from Djeco at kidEstore.co.uk

We always expect great fun and stylish toys from French toy company Djeco. This is certainly true for their new range of games that we now stock at kidEstore.co.uk.

Djeco Happy Family is a cool version of the classic Happy Families game with quirky illustrations and animal families representing each of the trades. Fun and simple Happy Family is suitable from age 5 and costs just £4.95.
Naviplouf from Djeco is a magnetic version of the classic 'battleships' game that is a perfect travel game. Toe make things simple for younger players the rows and columns are named after colours and sea creatures - so 'Red Starfish' is used instead of 'A9'. Great for concentration and learning strategy. Sutable from age 5 and costs £9.95 .

Djeco Katuvu is a version of the classic i-spy game where players each get a card with a number of objects depicted and the first player to spot all of their objects wins. Great fun for travel and suitable from age 4. Priced £6.95

All of these items can be found in the Djeco range at kidEstore.co.uk

New Superstructs page

We have now created an page to bring together all of the excellent Superstructs construction sets at kidEstore.co.uk.

See all of the construction toys from Superstructs here http://www.kidestore.co.uk/superstructs-m-35.html

New Automoblox Minis at kidEstore.co.uk

Everyone loves Automoblox cars - the combination of exceptional style and educational features make them a double winner. Now the Automoblox style is available in a smaller package - the new Automoblox Minis.

Priced at just £8.95 the Automoblox S9 Mini, Automoblox C9 Mini and Automoblox T9 Mini are all 12cms long and pieces of the cars can be mix and matched. There is also a three pack of the Automoblox Minis available at £24.95.

Wild Science at kidEstore.co.uk

We have a great range of Wild Science kits at kidEstore.co.uk that will suit both girls and boys.

For scientists that love to explore nature we have Wild Science Ant World and Wild Science Worm World allow children to study these fascinating creatures up close and understand the vital role they play in the natural workd. For children with a horticultural bent Wild Science Grow a Bug, Bee and Butterfly Garden and Wild Science Grow Big Strange Nasty Plants do pretty much what they say on the tin.

For budding archaeologists Wild Science Dig and Discover Egyptian Treasures and Wild Science Dig and Discover Viking Bounty allow kids to dig their own artifacts, use real chemicals to clean them, learn about their discoveries and then use the information they have gained to solve a mystery.

Wild Science Heavenly Incence and Wild Science Luxury Soap, Wild Science Perfume Lab are aimed more at getting girls to participate in science, which can only be a good thing.

All of the kits are great fun as well as building brains and available in the Wild Science section of the kidEstore.co.uk educational toy store.

New Kid K'Nex construction sets at kidEstore.co.uk

Kid K'Nex is a great fun construction set for smaller hands. Bigger chunky pieces are easier for little fingers and the cool extra special pieces make the models great fun. KidK'Nex Puppy Pets come with eyes, ears and paws so you can make your own faithful friends.

Kid K'Nex Penguin Pals includes webbed feat, wings and eyes for really 'cool' creations.

View more K'Nex construction sets at the kidEstore.co.uk educational toy store.

Wooden crossbow from kidEstore.co.uk featured in The Telegraph

Our wooden crossbow, complete with arrows and target was featured in the Retail Therapy pages of the Telegraph magazine on Saturday 14th June 2008.

A perfect present for kids looking to recapture outdoor pursuits from yesteryear.

The Independent features Moov Construction set from kidEstore.co.uk

The Moov Go Kart, Scooter, Trike, Carver construction set was featured in the Insider section of the Independent newspaper on the 14th June.

Guardian features Automoblox A9 Wooden Cars from kidEstore.co.uk

The Guardian featured the Automoblox A9 from kidEstore.co.uk in Annalisa Barbieri's artice on 'retro' toys on Saturday 7th June.

You can see the full Automoblox wooden car range here.

Vespa style Skipper Scooter in The Independent

The Skipper Scooter is beautiful and now comes with the sheepskin seat cover as standard rather than as an optional extra. The Independent featured the Skipper Scooter from kidEtore.co.uk in the Insider shopping pages.

We believe that as the Skipper Scooter is a balance scooter it provides children wit a better introduction to riding than they get from a normal bike with pedals. On a balance bike or scooter they get to learn how a bike moves without the pedals which are much simpler to learn at a later date.

New Alex Cafe Set at kidEstore.co.uk

We love Alex Toys for their excellent styling and the new Alex Cafe Set of childrens table and chairs is a perfect exmple.

The table top and chair seats are wooden with beautiful scren printing whilst the legs and frames are metal for durability. The perfect set up for tea with a friend.

Suitable from age 3 the Alex Cafe Set is £99.95 from kidEstore.co.uk

More Wedgits goodness at kidEstore.co.uk

Wedgits are a great construction toy for younger children andare proving very popular.



We have added a number of items to our range includingthe Wedgits Deluxe set which includes double the number of pieces inthe Junior set at just £34.95.



For those that like more inspiration for their constructions we have the Wedgits Junior Design Cards and the Wedgits Starter Design Cards which are designed to work with the Wedgits Junior/Deluxe sets or the Wedgits Starter Set respectively.



Everything you need to turn your child into full fledged Wedgiteer!



See our full Wedgits range at kidEstore.co.uk

Moov to be featured on Paul O'Grady show?

We are reliably informed that the Moov may well be featured on an upcoming edition of the Paul O'Grady show.

You can see more details and a video of the Moov here.

The Moov can of course be purchased at the kidEstore.co.uk educational oy store.

Moov at kidEstore.co.uk featured on Pocket-Lint

The Gadget blog Pocket-Lint has just featured the Moov in their Dad section.

The Pocket Lint team has an eye for the latest and greatest gadgets and we are really pleased they have picked up on the Moov which will be available in June priced £189 from kidEstore.co.uk.

Build your own Go Kart with the Berg Toys Moov at kidEstore.co.uk

The new Moov from Berg Toys is a fantastic new full size construction set that allows you to build real ride on vehicles suitable for ages 5-12 to ride. Made from durable plywood sections and clever plastic bars and ring joints the kit is simple to build yet very tough.

We think building the Moov will be a great fun father-son project for a rainy afternoon. As soon as the sun comes out Moov becomes a superb way for kids to burn off energy and have fun outdoors.

As soon as you have had enough of one Moov model simply dismantle it an build something else. The Moov comes with clear instructions for four different modes - or you can simply create your own. The four models included in the plans are the Moov Go-Kart, the Moov Scooter, the Moov Trike and Moov Carver.

The Berg Toys Moov will be available in June from kidEstore.co.uk edutcational toy store.

You can see more images of the Moov and a promotional video at http://www.makeitmoovit.com/

Skipper Scooter featured on bambingoodies blog

We love the feel of the bambingoodies shopping guide for hot mother and baby products so we were very pleased to have our Wooden balance Scooter from Skipper featured there today!


Natalie has an eye for good quality products that are both high quality and come with a bit more style than your run of the mill mother and baby products. You can read her blog here http://www.bambinogoodies.co.uk/

Wheelybugs now at kidEstore.co.uk

Wheelybugs are wheely great so we have added them to the kidEstore.co.uk toy range.

We have the Large Mouse Wheelybug, the Large Bee Wheelybug, the Small Bee Wheelybug, the Small Ladybird Wheelybug and the Large Ladybird Wheelybug.

New ride on Kiddimoto motorbikes for toddlers at kidEstore.co.uk

At kidEstore we have taken on some great new lines for the summer from Kiddimoto. These ride on bikes for 2-5 years old have great motorbike styling and real pneumatic tyres. The lack of pedals and only two wheels actually helps children learn to balance and move on two wheels without the complication of trying to pedal - this can be added later. Many people believe this is a much better way to learn to ride than using stabilisers on a pedal bike.

The Kiddimoto Scrambler comes in a natural finish with Motocross styling and takes me back to the days of 'Kick Start' on the telly with Dougie Lampkin.

For fans of James Toseland the Kiddimoto Superbike will be just the ticket for your little champ!

Groovy Girls come to kidEstore.co.uk

We love the range of soft fabric dolls from Groovy Girls and have added them to our Role Play toys section.

We have Groovy Girl Belissima Ballerina, Groovy Girl Zadie, Groovy Girl Raelyn, Groovy Girl Princess Bubblegum Bella and Groovy Girl Lycia.

Suitable from age 3 Groovy Girls are available from £9.95 at kidEstore.co.uk educational toy store.