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Toys and Games: It's wonderful watching kids play. And our experience here at GLTC (gltc.co.uk) allows us to spot lots of brilliant toys and fun games to keep children happy: while traditional toys and games such as dressing up outfits, wooden toys, dolls houses, ride-on toys, kids' scooters and trikes are still top of the list when it comes to entertaining children and toddlers, we always stock lots of new and innovative educational toys - but because all our toys are built for fun they still make perfect gifts for kids of all ages!

Great Little Trading Co. particularly search for kids' toys that encourage pretend play and wooden toys that will last a lifetime: our range of children's play kitchens team up beautifully with all our sets of toy food, toy tea sets and toy cooking sets - we even have a soft toy picnic set for younger kids and toddlers to enjoy. We also stock some beautiful, wooden doll's houses; including our beautiful Summer Hill Doll's House, which you can buy any or all of six, comprehensive room sets for a discounted price! Team the dolls house up with our Doll's House Playmat to encourage all sorts of stories and fun. For boys we have our brilliant Modular Medieval Castle - this wooden fortress works fantastically well with a matching Castle Playmat and several sets of handsome toy knights, as well as the Medieval Prisoner Cage and Trebuchet! Or how about our Classic Toy Garage, the Wooden Fire Station and Fire Engine Set, or our traditional Wooden Train Set and Train Table?

We also have particular expertise when it comes to toys for toddlers; it can be hard to find things that are safe but stimulating and entertaining during the early years of childhood. So how about one of our Shapesorter Toys, a Toddler Mosaic or the brilliant Dress up Huggy Dolls?  Other popular ideas to inspire and entertain your kids include Musical Instruments and construction toys: playing and learning a musical instrument will encourage concentration skills and creativity, so have a look at our Electric Guitar for children, or how about the Roll Up Piano, the Percussion Set or  Hand Bells? Construction toys are also a positive toy choice; help your child develop problem solving and technical awareness with our Quadrilla Marble Run game and Design and Drill game. We also offer construction toys at a less complicated, but equally enchanting level - younger children will not be able to resist our Wooden Workbench, Foam Building Blocks or our Forest Stacking Cubes.

A large part of our children’s toys and games range is unashamedly educational - but learning should be fun! We stock lots of kids' learning toys, to help your child understand all sorts of scientific and mathematical concepts; whether it's general Maths, fractions, spelling or handwriting, as parents you can be sure your children are learning as they play with all our educational games and fun learning toys! Children's educational toys, books and games are a fantastic way to introduce new concepts to kids and practise key skills, and many of them are linked to National Curriculum Literacy and Numeracy: we love our Flash Cards for teaching children the alphabet and counting, our Time Teacher Wristwatch, Handwriting Practice Cards and Telling the Time Games, and our Earth & Constellation Globe. GLTC also have plenty of ideas for educational games to suit children of all ages; our range of Orchard Toys games are particularly good for toddlers and younger children, covering phonics practice, fractions, matching skills and understanding money and coins.

Don't forget jigsaw puzzles either. They are marvellous for developing your child's powers of observation and concentration; we particularly love our Great Britain and Ireland jigsaw - they'll pick up a few useful facts as they puzzle it out! Or our Knight jigsaw – in its fun and colourful shaped box! Our activity books are also a great way to help your children learn and have fun at the same time - science books, art books, storybooks, informative books about all sorts of things from Ponies to Princesses – it’s all here, specially selected by our specialist buyer at GLTC for your children.

Our enlightened range of childrens art and craft kits (they make wonderful presents for girls!) means we have everything for your child to enjoy being creative, such as our popular painting easels, paint brushes and paints - and how about making your own cards and labels with our Creative Cutting Safety Scissors? We've got some super big art folders to keep all your children's artwork safe and sound, and lots of fun arts and crafts kits and a variety of Sewing kits, Jewellery Making kits and Make Your Own projects.

Family games are also a wonderful way to keep children busy and happy, especially in the holidays, and they do love playing with Mum and Dad too – our Twenty Games In One Games Table is certain to have something that appeals.

Children love to be on the move from an early age - start your child off with our gorgeous wooden ride on toys and metal trikes, progressing to our running bikes and scooters; top favourites seem to be our Early Rider Running Bike and our brilliant Go Kart and Ezy Roller. But if wheels don't tempt your kids outside into the fresh air, try the old favourites of trampolines, kites and swings - we've also got Netball and Cricket sets for children which might just do the trick. We also have several gorgeous Seesaws for the garden, as well as some wonderful Sandpits and our junior sized Garden Tools for children - you really can't fail to get them bright eyed and rosy cheeked with all our outdoor activities to hand!

For imaginative play in the garden, have a look at our lovely wooden playhouses and climbing centres; our playhouses can be painted and installed ready for immediate occupation, and the climbing frames have lots of activities to keep kids busy - one of our favourites is the Climbing Centre Playhouse, complete with climbing wall and slide - it looks beautiful in any garden and it keeps kids playing happily for hours.

Last but not least we know that another special playtime for children is bath time. Bath toys for kids are always welcome presents (you need something for to keep them happy while Mummy washes behind their ears) so GLTC always have a good selection of games for the tub; try the Bathtime Bubble Maker, the Magnetic Fishing Game or the Dress Up Foam Shapes.

So whether it's bath time, a rainy afternoon, or a sunny day in the garden you can rely on GLTC to have the perfect toys and games for kids, whatever the occasion. Hoorah!

Our six favourite products in toys, games & crafts...

1.		Modular Medieval Castle L1054 £57.00	2.		Retro Kitchen L0781 £120.00
3.		Early Rider G0742 £115.00	4.		Electric Guitar L0455 £72.00
5.		Creative Cutting Safety Scissors L0301 £15.00	6.		Earth & Constellation Globe Night Light L1013 £45.00