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New Baby Toys Have Arrived In Looe

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We have some lovely new arrivals suitable from birth here in Toyday Looe. Perfect if your looking to pick something for a new baby. The cuddle toys are all super soft. Ellie the Elephant is a cuddly activity toy with crinkle ears, a mirror in her belly and teether feet. If bright colours are more your thing, then you'll love these patterned animal rattles pictured below. They come in elephant, giraffe or bird in six different colourful prints. We have lovely new toys arriving next week as well, watch this space!!

Keep Cool In The Garden and Have Fun With Water

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The sun is finally out so let the fun begin! Unreal the hose pipe and start playing.... There's so much fun to be had with water. Here's my top 5 garden water activities: Slip and Slide - You can buy fancy kits but all you really need is some plastic sheeting on a bit of a hill and position the hose pipe at the top. Water Sprinkler - Pierce some holes in a plastic fizzy drinks bottle and attach a hose to the bottle neck. The water will squirt out of the random holes creating a sprinkler for children to play in. I've even seen them hung up from trees. Paddling Pool - At just £8.99 we sell a basic paddling pool to get your little ones splashing in the garden. Water Fight - Arm your children with water bombs and water pistols, then let them battle it out. Hook a Duck - Fill a big bucket, tub or paddling pool with water and throw in some hook a ducks for children to fish out. This is a great idea for kids parties. If you can't get ducks you

Is Your Child Addicted To An Ipad?

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We often joke with Blake that he is addicted to his ipad and he agrees but is it no laughing matter? Blake is 6 and the ipad is the first thing he looks for in the morning and if we didn't intervene it would be the last thing he looked at before going to sleep. We have noticed that if he has been on it for a long period of time he turns into a monster and after speaking to another parent today I am definitely not alone. Blake starting using the iphone before he's even started school. He would come into our room while we were sleeping, take it off charge and start playing a game. That's when we set our first rule, no iphone before 7am! It's great that kids of today are so good with technology, it will probably be an essential part of life when they're older if it isn't already plus it definitely helped teach him to read. He could read words like 'play' and 'main menu' before he could write his own name. Now though, he definitely has signs o

Taking Toydays Traditional Toys To Morwellham Quay

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Yesterday, Sunday 1st June, we went to visit Morwellham Quay. They held a fun day and we were invited along to show off our traditional toys. They had hand painted up a little sign for us which we were chuffed to pieces with. As soon as you arrive in Morwellham you step back into the Victorian era. The staff are all dressed up in Victorian outfits and the buildings are like time capsules. We love all things vintage and were lucky enough to get time away from the stall to look around all the shops and buildings. I took Blake to see the old school so he could compare it to his and we had a play in the school yard where they have traditional playground games set up. There was skipping, ring toss, various puzzles and other games. Then we found some newborn piglets and set up near by just for the day was a coconut shy. We were rubbish but still managed to win some sweets. Adam loves magic, so he and Blake went off to watch a great magician with a Punch and Judy show. Blake was gi

Gifts Galore!

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Are you finding it hard to decide on what to buy for your kids, nieces, and nephews? Stuck for idea's when your child's been invited to a birthday party and you don't know what to buy? Is Christmas becoming the same thing every year, plastic toys that get played with for a few weeks then tossed into a massive pile of unused toys? If so Toyday Toyshop is the place for you! Not only do we stock some of best toys from yours and your own parents childhood, we have some great creative, learning and imaginative play toys that any child would love to receive as a gift.  Some of my favorites are the Shark Attack game. Aim of the game is to each take a turn in pushing down one of the sharks teeth and see who can go the longest without triggering the shark to close his mouth and attack your fearless finger! These Giant set of chalks are a new product in our Looe shop and I LOVE them! My daughter has lots of outdoor chalk and she has great fun in the garden coloring