New Brainbites at kidEstore.co.uk

We love stuff in tins, stuff that builds brainpower and stuff that is fun. Imagine how happy we were to get the new Brainbites from The Green Board Game Co.. They occupy that tiny little triangle at the centre of the fun/brainy/tins Venn diagram.
Each Brainbites tin contains everything you need for a fun quiz. Choose to answer easy, medium or hard questions to earn varying numbers of braincells. The first one to fill their Brainbites Brain Card with braincells is the winner!
We have six sets so you can choose your favourite subject, or a subject that you need to improve. Pick one or more from BrainBites - Dinosaur , BrainBites - Landmarks , BrainBites - Myths & Legends , BrainBites - Safari , BrainBites - Shakespeare and BrainBites - The Tudors. Why not complete the whole set for a whole lot of Brainbite fun.

With everything coming in a neat tin they are perfect as a travel game, for use in restaurants or just for keeping in the car in case of sudden boredom attacks.

Brainbites are suitable from Age 8, are priced at just £7.95 and are available at the kidEstore.co.uk educational toy store.

New Travel Card Games

Card games are great fun, take up next to no room and can be played anywhere from the beach to the departure lounge.

Backpacker the card game allows you to enjoy all the fun and unpredictability of world travel and try to return home with the most photos. As you visit different countries you get the chance to experience a number of aspects from beaches to wildlife.

The Maponimoes card game is a great fun way of learning about geography. Each card features a single country and names the other countries it shares a border with. You play the game in a similar way to dominoes but join cards based on shared borders.

Each game is great fun and can be found in the Card Games section of the kidEstore.co.uk educational toy store.

The Perfect Bucket and Spade at kidEstore.co.uk

With the holiday season fast approaching thoughts turn to fun on the beach and THE essential equipment - a bucket and spade. You need a good looking bucket, preferably in your favourite colour, and a shiny spade that is great for scooping out large castles.

The Scrunch Bucket is the ideal bucket for travel as not only does it come in a range of great colours but it is made from a light and flexible silicone rubber and can be squished into the corner of a case.
The Scrunch Digger has a unique claw design, similar to a JCB scoop and this makes it ideal for large scale sand scooping. It also comes in a range of bright colours but is not squishable for obvious reasons.
The Scrunch Bucket is priced £5.95, the Scrunch Digger is just £3.95 and the accompanying Scrunch Ball is £5.95 all from the kidEstore.co.uk educational toy store.

Qb word game is great for travel

Qb is a great new word game which can be learned in minutes and enjoyed for years.

Qb uses 48 colour coded dice that have vowels, consonants and combination letters (e.g ch, st, in ) on each face. The object of the game is to form words that can be linked in a crossword grid formation. Think of it like Scrabble without the board. The unique 2-letter combination cubes in Qb are phonic sounds and with the single letters it is easy to form words.

Qb is a stimulating game for players of all ages and abilities to enjoy at their level of skill. Qb can be played in several ways, both multiplayer and solo. There are even competition rules for enthusiasts! With experience, players will be able to increase their score by forming several words on the word-grid, both horizontally and vertically.

The game comes with a cloth bag making it ideal as a travel game.

Qb costs £12.95 from the kidEstore.co.uk educational toy store.

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.

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.

MathShark hits kidEstore.co.uk

The MathShark makes maths cool!



It will quiz players on on addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, fraction, decimals, and percentages with eight skill levels in each category. Test can even be done against the clock for an extra challenge. There is a help key to give e little prompt when you get stuck.

The game is a perfect for travel - keeping them concentrating and amused for hours.

MathShark uses lights and sound to keep kids engaged and importantly the sounds can be turned off so you don't need to listen to it for the whole length of the M1!

The MathShark is also a full function calculator.

New Bilibo Mini

Bilibo has been such a success that we now have a 'mini-me' version.

Meet the Bilibo Mini all of the cute, colourful fun in a smaller package. Great for bathtime, beach time, the sandpit or just keeping your popcorn in whilst watching a DVD.

Suitable from age 1, the Bilibo Mini costs £5.95 from http://www.kidestore.co.uk/

Award Winning Tumba Game

We have added the new award winning wooden strategy game Tumba to our range.

You can play Tumba on your own or with others. Each player takes a multi-coloured wooden block from the bag provided, then must match the colour and stack it on the plinth. There are millions of combinations and each Tumba game is different from the one before - be careful though - if they crash you are out.

Tumba can be stored in the cloth bag, it is quick and easy to set up and can be played by all the family. It makes a perfect travel game.

Tumba is just one of the many great educational games available at kidEstore.co.uk.

New Scrunch Ball is the perfect Beach Ball

Summer is coming and children's thoughts turn to playing in the garden, or even on the beach.

What you need to practice throwing and catching skills is a soft ball, not too big or too small, which is easy to grip, bright and attractive. The Scrunch Ball is the perfect ball for the garden or beach - it can be deflated for easy storage and carriage and easily inflated again once you are ready for the fun to start.

Kids will love the Scrunch Ball's bright colours and the soft 'sticky' feel, you will love your children playing outdoors, running, catching, kicking, throwing...

The Scrunch Ball is available from the kidEstore.co.uk online educational toy store.

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.

Don't Ban Anagrams - get Bananagrams!

BananaGrams is a great new fast & fun word game that is just perfect for travel.

The game consists of 144 ivory coloured letter tiles (similar to Scrabble tiles) and a set of instructions - that's all you need to play this game. No pencil or paper, no board - just any flat surface.

In the basic game each player builds their own set of interconnecting words - just like a crossword puzzle. The first person to get rid of their share of letters wins.

There are multiple variations though (we frequently make our own up), including a version specifically for play in restaurants whilst waiting for service.

Environmental Blog Lists Pandabo

Environmental blog treehugger has listed the environmentally friendly Pandabo bamboo toy from kidEstore.co.uk.

Read the article here.