AND THEN THERE WAS BIG

We have recently had a delivery of toys from a company called Big. So I thought I would tell you a little bit about them.

The company logo is the Big Buffalo. You will always be able to recognise any Big toy because it will have a black bull with red horns on the box. Reflecting the toys being strong, robust, and resilient. The toys are manufactured at Burghaslach in Germany. On the front of the factory is the buffalo logo which from horn to horn measures 42 meters.

The main raw material used is polyethylene (PE). It is light in weight, very resistant, so your little ones can really have fun on it, and it will not come to harm if it is left outside in the sun ( I'm hopeful) or rain. It is also environmentally friendly. Big toys promote the development of motor skills, balance and imagination. Several years ago Jurgen Kramer, Professor of Orthopaedics at St. Joseph's hospital acknowledged "The Big Bobby Car promotes healthy development of the hips due to the splayed leg position. After treating a dislocated hip with a spica cast, we recommend placing the child on a Bobby Car."

We have a selection of Bobby Cars, trailers, Bobby Bikes, tractors, go karts and a fork lift truck, to mention but a few. As well as those accessories that make playing on a pretend road as real as possible. Including traffic lights, cones, road signs and security gates. These encourage children to be aware of road safety in a fun way. They can fill up with fuel without it costing you a fortune and you can guarantee they will never run out of petrol. By the end of the day they may hopefully have run out of steam and be ready for bed.

I have a combine to catch, will speak again soon, Julie

ADVENTURE TOYS AT THE GAME FAIR

As you can imagine we have been very busy.

Wednesday we squeezed 3 x Little Tikes 8 in 1 Adjustable Playgrounds, 1 Playground, 1 Classic Castle, 1 Junior Activity Gym, 1 Hide and Slide Climber, 1 Activity School Bus, 1 Rocking Horse and 1 Police Cycle Sounds Rocker (all Little Tikes) into our van ready for an early start.Is this the last bit?

Van unloaded and ready to start assembling! Making sure all the parts were there and the instructions were followed, no short cuts! Showers were dodged by eating our picnic in the van, and eventually the creche was completed ready for our young critics.

Here is the after picture of the Adventure Toys Creche

By the time the Fair opened to the public the rain clouds had vanished and the sun had made a welcome appearance. It was fantastic to see so many eager faces ready to put the display to the test and fun was had by one and all. As is always the case, all good things must come to an end and Sunday evening the display was dismantled. The van was packed and pointed north for its return journey up the motorway. Arriving back safe and sound before the van was changed back into a pumpkin at the stroke of mid-night!!!

CLA GAME FAIR...HERE WE COME!

As promised we have returned!

Thank you to all of you who have commented on and off line. Adventure Toys is based on a working farm. Thanks to the good, but erratic weather we have managed to get the hay-time finished.

At the moment we are selecting the toys to take to the Internationally famous Game Fair that is being held at Blenheim Palace, Oxfordshire. From the 22nd to 24th July 2011. We have provided the toys for the creche in the CLA members enclosure for as many years as we can remember (we can't remember!!) Various members of our team will be dotting in and out, if you see us please stop and say hello.

Children giving our toys a thorough testing.

If you have any nice photos that you have taken of us at the Game Fair we would love to see them.

Julie and Philippa

AND SO IT BEGINS; TAKE 2

After receiving the short straw we have been dragged kicking and screaming into the 21st Century. Welcome to Adventure Toys first blog of 2011.

We are a small family business. The majority of us are parents, grandparents or big kids. Among us we have 17 .5 children (more on that at a later date)!! This puts us in a good position to test out and comment on the toys we have. We will share with you our honest opinion. Through the blog we will keep you updated with what's happening here at Adventure Toys, and some great deals for those of you who can visit the shop - we would love to see you.

At the moment we are running a voucher scheme for our local registered Play Groups, Child Minders and Nurseries. If you spend £20 in the shop you will collect one voucher. Once your playgroup has collected 10 vouchers before the 1st of September they can collect a Little Tikes Cozy Coupe car!

First post done!! That wasn't as bad as we thought. We'll aim to be blogging every week or so, and we look forward to your comments.

Promise to write again soon, Philippa and Julie