New American Hotrod Automoblox Mini Wooden Cars are the new Bad Boys of the Toy Box

Automoblox Minis are half the size but all the fun of the original Automoblox Wooden Cars. Made to the same high design standards as the originals they use the same high quality European Birch wood with polycarbonate trimmings. Each car can be split down into pieces and the body sections from different models can be combined to make your own personal designs.

The red Automoblox Mini Hot Rod HR1 is a classic American cruiser with a red painted frame, painted grill and fat white-walled tyres.

The Yellow Automoblox Mini Hot Rod HR2 is a hot California ‘Rod with chrome headers and chrome stacks for maximum output.

The blue Automoblox Mini Hot Rod HR3 is the bad boy of the bunch with white walled tyres, lowered suspension and a translucent hood (bonnet) it really looks the part.

Priced at £11.95 and suitable from age 3 these wooden cars are available at the kidEstore.co.uk educational toy store (online or telephone 01727 841400).

The full Automoblox wooden car collection can be seen here.

Wooden Shape Sorters are a favourite educational toy for babies and toddlers

Shape sorters are very popular wooden toys as they are one of the first educational toys you can give to a baby or toddler. At the kidEstore.co.uk educational toy store we have a number of shape sorter toys or toys with shape sorting features.

Shape sorters are very strong educational toys as they are aimed at developing a some very specific skills. As the name implies Shape Sorters are aimed at teaching shape recognition. The shapes are carefully chosen so that no shape will fit in any other hole and children are then challenged to either pick a shape that matches the hole or try all shapes against a hole to learn the match.

Manual dexterity is also a very important skill to develop at this age and handling all of those shapes and moving them into the correct orientation to fit really reinforce this skill.

There are also other educational features to wooden shape sorter toys with differently coloured shapes teaching colours, numbers, and the addition of letters or pictures helping to add little pieces of additional learning to the toy often taking the interest of these toys on for a number of years.

We have a classic Shape Sorter Cube from Melissa and Doug. 12 nice solid colourful shapes that make a good solid clunk as they drop through the right hole. Melissa and Doug wooden toys are always stylish and great value and this one is no exception - lovely bright colours and clean shapes make this a very attractive toy.
Also from Melissa and Doug we have a Shape Sorting Clock which makes an interesting alternative shape sorter toy. Not only are the shapes pretty and colourful but each of them has a number on and the holes make up the face of a clock. The Wooden Shape Sorter Clock then adds early number learning and continues into learning how to tell the time.

Options for teaching children to recognise shapes include the Melissa and Doug Wooden Shape Stacking Train, the Melissa and Doug Wooden Geometric Stacker and Automoblox Wooden Cars.

All of these educational toys can be bought from the kidEstore.co.uk educational toy store.

Berg Moov Featured in the Independent 50 Best Toys

The Berg Moov has been selected by Kate Street in the Independent 50 Best Christmas Toys for 2009.

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Christmas Presents For Children Guide

Over the next few days we are putting together an easy to browse guide to Children’s Christmas Presents. We will post updated as each section is complete so keep watching!

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Berg Moov Street 10 in 1 kit comes to kidEstore.co.uk

The Berg Moov has been a phenomenon since their introduction and the range has now been extended to give more choice to toy buyers. The giant wooden construction set is easy to build with no spanners or screwdrivers required.

Children can build full size ride-on toys such as bikes, scooters, trikes and go-karts that can actually be ridden.

The Berg Moov Street 10in1 kit is the biggest of the new range and comes with over 175 components including 4 wheels. The kit comes with plans for 10 safety tested models but the number of possible models is nearly infinite.

By the Berg Moov is available from the kidEstore.co.uk educational toy store.

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Berg Moov Advanced 7in1 Kit new to kidEstore.co.uk

The new Berg Moov range has 3 models and the Berg Moov Advanced 7in1 kit

is at the heart of that range.

With over 150 components, including 3 wheels, the possibilities are enormous. The Berg Moov is effectively a giant wooden Meccano set comes with instructions for 7 safety tested models but you are free to invent your own too.

 

A great workout for the minds and bodies of children the Berg Moov Advanced 7in1 is unlike any other toy and can be purchased now from the kidEstore.co.uk educational toy store.

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New Circus Skills Kit at kidEstore.co.uk

I’ve always wanted to run away and join the circus so I was really pleased when we added the Circus Skills kit to our range of toys. We have spoken to our supplier and got them to assemble a kit with two of their best items, the Diablo and Spinning plate, into a Circus Skills kit toy to make it easier for you to build some serious entertainment skills.

The kits encourage manual dexterity, concentration and confidence.

Get the kits at the kidEstore.co.uk educational toy store priced £13.95 and suitable from age 3. Just don’t blame us when they run off and join the Circus.

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New Wedgits construction toy at kidEstore.co.uk

We have the award winning Wedgits construction set in stock for the new year at our educational toy store kidEstore.co.uk..

Junior Wedgits is a great set including 14 pieces plus instructions for over 40 designs.

The Wedgits Starter Set is perfect for starting smaller children as it has slightly larger pieces (although all Wedgit sets are compatible).

Wedgits To Go is a great cased set with 35 pieces, a fun keychain, a Wedgits guide booklet and sample Advanced Design Cards all in a sturdy carry case.

The Wedgits Building Board adds another dimension to your wedgit buidling.

For younger builders Wee Wedgits are soft foam wedgit blockswith rounded edges which are suitable from age 1.

Scrunch Buckets - Perfect For Holidays

We have taken the new Scrunch Buckets in as part of our Summer outdoor range.



Not only are these Scrunch Buckets really pretty buckets in 6 great colours but they are made from soft silicone rubber allowing them to be scrunched up. You can scrunch them into your case, the glove compartment of your car or even a pocket when you go out for a walk on the beach or to the duck pond.
You can buy Scrunch Buckets a the kidEstore.co.uk educational toy store.

New Fashion Angels items for Christmas

We have taken two new items from Fashion Angels for Christmas.

The Fashion Angels Desk Set will organise any tweens desk. The set includes 39 pieces, including 12 calendar pages, 12 markers, 10 magnets, tape dispenser, notepad, mousepad, dry erase marker and dry erase desk pad.

The Fashion Angels Magnetic Dress-Up Doll Set is a cool magnetic dressing up kit. It comes with 4 scenes and 80 fashion items so you can dress the Angles to suit your mood. Perfect for travelling.

Automoblox in the Evening Standard

The London Evening Standard newspaper features our Automoblox cars in the ES Magazine Net Gift Guide on Friday 17th Nov 2006.

You can (could?) browse the article here (registration required).