Inflatable Globe!

Originally uploaded by Sharon Pavey

Place an order before 7pm today (Wed 30th June 2010) and get a FREE £4.99 inflatable globe!!! Don’t miss our 20% OFF EVERYTHING END OF CATALOGUE SALE AT http://www.tishtashtoys.com

We’ve got a fabulous Friday offer today – free postage on all orders on www.tishtashtoys.com

Whether you need some party bag toys from our affordable gifts section or there’s a new baby coming into your life and you need to look through our baby toys, or you’re looking for children’s furniture, you’ll had oodles of choice on the Tish Tash Toys website.

The code you need for free delivery today only (Friday 23rd April) is fdf2304 – simply use this code at the checkout to get the £4.95 postage taken off. All orders take up to 7 days but if you need something urgently just drop us a quick email at sharon@tishtashtoys.com or tweet us @tishtashtoys

And if you can’t make your mind up today – why not order a copy of our gorgeous catalogue and enjoy browsing over a cuppa! Click here to order your free catalogue.

We are always on the lookout for new agents, a job ideally suited to stay at home parents – so if you need to earn a bit extra – find out more here today.

One of my twitter followers @kikicomp up in Norfolk has tweeted “need something for a 3 yr old boy as its my lads bday on the 13th & granny needs ideas”. So here’s some ideas for Granny….or anyone else looking for wonderful birthday or Christmas present ideas and inspiration for three year old boys – or girls.

One of my favourite toys for boys aged 3 has to be the Carpenter’s Belt, pictured above at £12.99 and you can’t go wrong with the little kids cricket set at only £4.99. Or you could build a Teifoc terracotta castle with your little boy – we have them on special offer at the moment!

Looking for something more educational – check out our beautifully patterned magnetic wooden letters at £12.99 or the wooden calendar clock which can help little one learn how to tell the time, dates and months – also at £12.99. If you can afford to spend more – the £49.99 Branching Out Oldfield Farm (below) from John Crane is amazing. We sell the animals too, and farm people, tractor etc.

As the weather gets better, you can’t go wrong with a space hopper (£12.99) or how about a first bike? We have the latest craze in first ride-ons – wooden bikes without pedals, at £58.99. You also can’t go wrong with a £4.99 robot pincer hand, extremely popular with all little boys aged 3, 4 or 5. My four year old son loves his and even uses it to help tidy his room (result !)

If your little boy likes cars, how about the London Car Set (above) from Le Toy van at £16.99. We also do lots of cheaper stocking filler pocket money type toys like little wooden play cars, delightful wooden sailing boats, a mechano type build your own tractor and some really snazzy red, silver and blue pull back (and whizz forward) racing cars.

There are lots more toys on www.tishtashtoys.com – pop over and have a look around and if you like the toys and would like to earn extra selling them to mums and dads in your area, then get in touch info@tishtashtoys.com

Don’t forget you can follow us on twitter. We are @tishtashtoys.com and we do special competitions, giveaways, discounts and more. Tweet us if you’re looking for a better price, we’ll see what we can do!

All wooden toys will be biodegradable (on the landfill site/tip) unlike plastics so automatically a better choice for the environment. Well made wooden toys last a long time and can be passed down to generations, given to charity shops etc extending the life of the toy. Tish Tash Toys chooses toys from several suppliers so here’s some info on the environmental qualities of each one:

John Crane/Pintoy (toys which start with the code JC in the catalogue and on the website). Click here for more info on this supplier – http://www.tishtashtoys.com/blog/2008/09/john-crane/

I’m Toy are a leader in wooden toys in Germany & Holland since 1987. I’m TOY incorporates fine craftsmanship, colourful design and intrinsic learning values for children 3 months and above. All their toys are made from replenishable woods and natural materials.

BJ coded toys are from the supplier Bigjigs. Their toys come from different toymakers for example Hess-Spielzeug makes the pacifier chain:

The award-winning German toy manufacturer Hess-Spielzeug have been producing high-quality wooden toys since 1991. With its extensive collection of colourful‚ innovative and child-friendly designs‚ Hess-Spielzeug has grown to become one of the leading European manufacturers of quality wooden toys for babies and toddlers.

All Hess toys are made in Germany under environmentally friendly conditions and using only carefully selected materials. The toys are made from high-quality European wood (such as beech and maple) from renewable resources. All paints and stains are water-based and 100% non-toxic and saliva-resistant. All other materials used such as strings‚ elastics and glues are also non-toxic and child-safe.

Heimess use native, renewable woods, such as beech and maple. Our traditional wooden baby teether is from Heimess. More info here

SANTOYS – classic WOODEN toys made from sustainable plantation trees and coated in non-toxic PAINTS.

Happy Valentine’s Day from all of us at Tish Tash Toys.

Our Valentine’s gift to all our customers is this pretty children’s heart necklace! Simply place your order betwen now and Monday 15th February 2010 and receive this adorable wooden gift worth £3.99 absolutely FREE!

Don’t forget we are looking for more agents too at the moment so please click here to read more if you are looking for a part-time job.

Winner has now been drawn (@irenestrange) – no more entrants please!!!

Be nice to get from 1350 twitter followers to over 1400, so let’s do a CHRISTMAS GIVEAWAY!!!

Please recommend your friends to follow us @tishtashtoys, then post a quick comment on here, below to say you’ve RT (re-tweeted) our message on twitter. Don’t forget to include your own twitter name.

When we get over 50 new followers we’ll randomly choose a winner from the comments below.

….and the prize is to spend £15 on the Tish Tash Toys website – FREE postage too!!! Start browsing and choose what you’d like now – add it to your comment too – I’d love to hear which toys catch your eye. This cooker below is one of my favourite things (and if you like it, you can use the £15 as a money off voucher).

Best of luck – how exciting !!!

Sharon x

Article by Beth Hodge – agent for Tish Tash Toys

My daughter, 18 months old and I were over at friends for a play date last week with her two boys aged 3 and 18 months also. Daisy has recently taken a shine to frogs, and likes trying to jump like one – so she was in ore of the Bigjigs frog skittles my friend’s children had.

It was lovely watching both the younger children interacting with the game – they helped pick up the green wooden skittles for William. He then decided to show them how to count the frogs, which he lined up ready for a special edition of ‘6 little green speckled frogs’.

Daisy was particularly interested in practicing rolling the brightly coloured wooden balls to try to knock the frogs down after watching William do it; they are the ideal size for little hands to practice rolling and control. As she rolled the ball she then hurried behind them to see what they would hit, occasionally helping knock down the skittles with her hands and then applauding herself!

From this one first skittles game only costing £12.99 three children of different ages were able to engage with a fun activity suitable for the whole family to play together and utilise the toy in different ways to learn and play more! What looks like a simple game that could be finished in ten minutes can be so much more to feed their little imaginations and even more fun to use again and again.

Also in this range are the yellow wooden Duck skittles for kids, had Daisy seen these then I don’t think there would have been a moment without quacking noises for the rest of the day, they are on her Christmas list!

Click here to see the skittles and other children’s games on Tish Tash Toys

My favourite toy at the moment is the Touch and Feel Farm Animals from John Crane’s Branching Out Collection. I was chatting with a Mum at the Upottery Christmas Market on Saturday, as she was looking for a first shape sorting game suitable for a 12 month old baby – her Goddaughter. I showed her our gorgeous Tish Tash Toys catalogue focusing on the Dexterity, Shapes and Colours toys within the ‘Learn’ section. The Touch and Feel Farm Animals is a great choice for anyone looking to buy something a bit different for either their own little one or as a gift.

There are actually three of these touch and feel shape sorting toys in the range and they are all perfect for one year olds, either for Christmas or birthday or a special treat! The Touch and Feel Farm Animals board measures 20cm and is made of a lovely smooth wood (from replenishable sources). There are four friendly farm animals – a cow, pig, sheep and duck which can each be slotted into their different shaped holes. However – the unique and clever part of this toy is the interesting textured part of the board which each animal shape sits on. For example the circular sheep sits on a lovely lambswool type fabric. A literally touchy feely toy!

The other two texture toddler toys in the range are the Texture Puzzle Bugs (pictured above) – a ladybird, frog, snail and bee all with tactile fabric pieces attached to the wooden shapes. There is also the Touch and Feel Safari (see below) another great first puzzle for children from John Crane.

Click here to order your own copy of the Tish Tash Toys catalogue or see the website www.tishtashtoys.com

Article by Cherie Spicer.

We all love wooden toys. They are beautiful, classic, durable, naturally environmentally responsible – but most of all – safe for our children.

After years of plastic toys that unfortunately are more likely to get broken, wooden toys are coming back, and in style!!

To name just a few that Tish Tash Toys supply, we have the unique wooden retro honey bake set with wooden play food designed and manufactured by Le Toy Van based in Surrey. This gorgeous play food set features a pretend food mixer with a rotating whisk, and all the accessories that your budding little baker will need to make the most delicious looking wooden play cakes.

Also in our range of wooden food play sets we have the wooden vegetables set, wooden fruit set and tea for two set by BigJigs who are based in the Garden of England – Kent. These sets are fantastic for inspiring imaginative play for boys and girls alike. In addition to these wonderful children’s food play sets, Tish Tash Toys also offer the wooden pizza and ice lollies sets. All these sets are Velcro sliceable to be enjoyed again and again.

Toy manufacturing is a huge industry today and although wood is no longer the main material used to produce children’s toys, wooden toys are still popular and that is because they are beautiful, safe, environmentally friendly and naturally made to help your child learn through play.

So, why opt for wood over other materials?

We are all trying to do our bit to help the environment, wood is a natural product and it is biodegradable. Manufacturing wooden toys does not cause as much pollution as manufacturing other toys made of different materials.

Children’s wooden toys are more opposed to shocks than other toys. Some children damage toys frequently even if not intentionally. Because wooden toys can’t be damaged that easily, their life expectancy is bigger and may ever last to see your children’s children!

Wooden toys look amazing. Wooden child toys are usually handcrafted, meaning that parents that like handmade objects can consider these toys works of art, as well as toys.

Most importantly, they are safe. Most wooden child toys aren’t made of small pieces, consequently being safe even for younger children. The paint that protects the wood is made of, tested and confirmed non-toxic paint. The materials used are not only safe to children but are also quite often earth friendly.

So why not treat your kids to a new beautiful wooden toy from Tish Tash Toys knowing that it will last and that you are also helping the environment.

http://www.tishtashtoys.com/image.htm?tttid=BJ018 – lollies

http://www.tishtashtoys.com/image.htm?tttid=BJ750 – pizza