October 8th, 2009
When it comes to buying wooden toys for your children, there are many advantages over the plastic rivals on the market. Aside from the age-old charm of these preschool toys, the more traditional toys made of wood have a uniquely natural and appealing appearance and feel. Children are automatically drawn to this beautiful material and will hold these toys dear for many years to come.
Wooden toys are much more durable than their plastic counterparts and can be passed down from sibling to sibling. Wood has a naturally anti-bacterial surface which can not be replicated by modern-styled plastic toys.
When using wooden toys in the outdoors, be it in the garden or in the sandpit, these charming classics seem to fit with the natural landscape seamlessly.
Caring for wooden toys is easily done. To keep clean simply wipe them down with a clean, damp cloth using a mild detergent such as washing up liquid. Natural soaps are good to use on wooden sandpits for example without causing the wood to dry out and will avoid leaving chemicals on the wood’s surface.
To make extra sure your wooden toys are germ free, vinegar is a natural cleanser. For a very dirty wooden toy use warm water and a mild liquid soap and scrub gently with a nail brush to remove any grime. Never use harsh ingredients such as bleach or strong chemical detergents as both can damage the appearance of the toy.
By looking after your wooden toys you will have them for generations so that many children can enjoy the magic of the same toy. For more information on a full range of wooden toys, from pull toys to wooden rocking horses, contact us at My Natural Wooden Toys today.
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October 6th, 2009
When you visit a toy store you’ll find two types of toys. Firstly the new innovative toys that beep, flash and vibrate in glorious waves of colours. Secondly, you’ll find the more traditional toys that have lasted throughout the generations and remain childhood favourites today, such as wooden toys.
These traditional toys have been invented in the past and still enchant children across the world from all cultures and backgrounds. They are the classics of the toy world.
These charming toys will whisk you back down memory lane. The first classic is an absolute icon. At some point all children have coveted a wooden rocking horse. Little girls imagine themselves as a beautiful princess cantering on her sleek white horse and little boys wield their toys swords as they charge ahead in their imaginary battles to save the world.
The next classic is the wooden doll’s house and its wooden dolls. The set up of the house is simply magical with wooden doll furniture and tiny wooden kitchen sets. A variation on this is the wooden puppet theatre where kids can really let their imaginations and creativity run wild re-enacting childhood classics or making up their own colourful tales.
Pre school toys that are always cherished by boys are wooden trains. This toy will be a permanent fixture for many years and will be lovingly looked after.
These wooden toys aid the development of children simply and without fuss. The classic wooden block will never fail to occupy the imagination of growing toddlers and no amount gadgetry will surpass it.
Contact My Natural Wooden Toys where we have a wide range of wooden toy classics.
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September 15th, 2009
Values are such an important part of our lives and instilling them in children is a vital part of helping them grow up. Great values are based on great traditions.
Traditions come in such varied forms and toys are no exception. Traditional toys are those that have spanned the ages. The reason for their success is simple. All kids love them. Traditional toys have weathered the other toy fad storms because no matter how long these fads last, traditional toys are and will always be cool. They all make kids happy, they’re built to last and so they keep mum and dad happy to.
A trip down memory lane
We know that each of you parents has had a childhood and that it was instrumental in how you turned out. Cast your memory back as far as it can go and you’ll remember those classic toys that you played with for hours. You remember? The ones that kept you engrossed in your fertile imaginary world for days upon end.
The reliable ones, the ones you always played with when the others bored you a little. Yes, the traditional toys! We make it our business to understand children and have made such a fantastic choice available that not only will you make your little loved one happy, but you’ll find yourself taking a trip down memory lane too.
So whether they be building blocks or cars and trains that travel the world, make a difference to your child’s life by giving them something that will be a favourite for years.
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August 1st, 2009
My Natural Wooden Toys make a marvellous range of natural wooden toys for children to use. The range of toys extends from wooden toys for pre-schoolers, to those for older children to play with around the garden, or the local park.
All the wooden toys are brightly coloured and sturdily built, as we all know; kids can be hard on toys. And being made of wood, if something does break, fixing something made of wood is as easy as buying some glue from the hardware store.
How to do it
We have a marvellous catalogue that can be viewed online to help you make a choice. One of the pre-school toys you should have a look at is the abacus. It’s a sturdy wooden toy designed to help the child make sense of quantities. The abacus comes in different animal forms like a dog or a horse and even a cow making it easy for a child to identify with the animal and reinforce the learning.
Depending on how far the child is advanced, you could also have a look at the wooden puzzles which are designed to help develop the child’s memory.
Have a look at the wooden toy clock, an ideal way to teach your child how to tell the time.
The pull toy range from us is just that, a wooden toy to pull around. You will probably remember them from your own child hood. They are simply that, something to have fun with. All are brightly coloured and in different shapes from cats and dogs to ladybirds.
There is something for every child available from My Natural Wooden Toys.
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