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Get Musical With Looe Music Festival

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This weekend, Looe has been host to Looe Music Festival for the third year. This event turns the street of Looe into buzzing, music filled street were everyone - local or not - come together to have fun at this amazing festival. Here at Toyday we have plenty of music themed toys so that your children can rock out at home.  Accordion - £22.99 Animal Castanet - £1.99 Baby Xylophone - £12.99 Child's Toy Guitar - £18.99 Harmonica -£4.99

Fun Facts About Famous Toys!

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 Fun Facts About The Toys We All Know And Love-  Ever think about the toys you used to play with as a child and wonder how they came about? Who invented them? How were they created? Well here's a few facts about the best selling toys in the past 100 years: 1- The game 'Twister', that uses all your limbs and body parts to win the game, was originally called 'Pretzel' 2- Mr Potato Head was the first ever toy to be advertised on TV. 3- An African lady. Leslie Scott, created the game 'jenga' which means 'to build'. 4-The slinky toy was created from an incident when Richard James (the inventor) dropped a torsion spring and it tumbled end-over-end across the room. He then decided to make it a fun toy! 5- Silly Putty was discovered by a scientist trying to find a rubber substitute during World War II, when rubber was in very short supply. 6- Barbara Millicent Roberts is the full name of the original Barbie Doll. The Barbie Doll was modeled

Autumn Bucket List

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Autumn never used to be a time of year I particularly enjoyed. For some reason, this year, it's becoming my most treasured and appreciated season.  I'm loving the idea of wrapping yourself up in blankets, having the fire on (for those of you lucky enough to have a real fire, you understand it's particularly special), drinking cups of tea, hot soups, hot baths, wearing patterned wellies, walking in the leaves. Last week I went for a walk in the woods and it made me truly appreciate how the seasons change and how nature changes with it. It's almost slightly magical. This week I found these 'bucket lists' for autumn on places like Pinterest etc. A lot of them are American and from all different parts of the world. I thought I would write a blog especially dedicated to an autuumn 'to do list' for the times that you can really let go of the stress and just enjoy the parts of life you never have time for.   Here are a few ideas- Tell storie

'Everybody UNO, Everybody Play'

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 UNO was my all time favourite game as a child! When I got a little older, the second UNO game came out which had a button you could press and cards would shoot out (!!!)  Whenever we went out in the caravan or had a rainy day at home, the UNO cards would be ready to play with. I also remember the 90's advert for UNO that even had it's own song- 'Everybody UNO, everybody play.'   I managed to find an old 80's advert for UNO and I thought it was hilarious! Here's the link- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UU0xQtgheh8 So, here's a step by step guide to 'How To Play UNO' : 1) Have the deck of UNO cards in front of you. Make sure you have up to 2-10 players sat in a circle, ready to start. 2) Deal out seven cards for each player and the remainder of the cards go in the middle of the circle (the players must NOT look at other people's cards!) 3) Turn over the top card of the draw pile and place it next to the draw pile to start the gam

Night Lights

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Many children who have grown out of sharing a room with mum and dad haven't yet grown out of sleeping with the light on. That's why at Toyday we have provided you with the prettiest night lights. Woodland Rabbit - £4.99 Woodland Owl - £4.99 Woodland Mushroom - £3.99 These nightlights would be prefect for any child as it will make them feel safe in the darkness. They are also very pretty and sweet so are not an eye saw in your children's rooms. They would look especially good in a woodland themed room.

The fun of playing 'dress up'!

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 Do you remember when you were small and you opened your box full of different princess dresses, fairy wings, cowboy hats and aprons? Suddenly you could be absolutely anything you wanted to be. You could have any career you wanted- astronaut, vet, nurse, chef, fireman, princess, cowboy. It never seemed to get boring throughout your childhood. It really was such a special part of growing up and using your imagination!  Here at Toyday we sell lots of different costumes for children between the ages of 4- 12 years. They range from characters such as a Nurse , Mermaid , Fireman , Cowboy , Ladybird , Indian , Knight , Policeman , Bee and Cheerleader . So whatever they fancy being, they can be it with our selection of costumes! They are particularly good for children with fancy dress parties or for birthday/Christmas presents. Have a look on our website for all costume and fancy dress-related products! www.toyday.co.uk

Retro Rag Dolls

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Check out our new range of Rag Dolls which are selling like hot cakes! Aren't these just the cutest things you've ever seen!?! These are beautifully hand made in the UK using 100% cotton and hollow fiber filling. On close inspection the attention to detail is the undeniable proof of the level of quality craftsmanship. The kids absolutely love them, just goes to show that some things never change, the classics are always the best. There is a large Rag Doll which sells for £20.99, she measures approx 60cm she has blond bunches made of 100% wool. She is wearing a white dress with a delicate pink floral pattern.        We also have 3 kinds of medium rag doll which retail at £11.99 and measure approx 40cm. One has also got blond high bunches and she is wearing a white cardigan over a pale pink dress with patterned patchwork butterfly's embroidered on. She has pink shoes and pink gingham bows in her hair.         Another type has her blond bunches in low plaits

Toyday's Top 5 Board Games

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Our top 5 board games at the moment are.... 5. Retro Grand Prix Race Game £6.99   Take in turns to roll the dice to move your racing car around the track. The winner finishes first. A family board game based on an 1930's game in lovely vintage packaging. 4. Steeple Chase Game   £6.99   The aim of the game is to get your coloured wooden horse to the finish line on the board first by rolling the dice and avoiding the fences on your way. - See more at: http://www.toyday.co.uk/shop/games-puzzles/games/steeple-chase-game/prod_4101.html#sthash.oVqVsMbi.dpuf The aim of the game is to get your coloured wooden horse to the finish line on the board first by rolling the dice and avoiding the fences on your way. The aim of the game is to get your coloured wooden horse to the finish line on the board first by rolling the dice and avoiding the fences on your way. - See more at: http://www.toyday.co.uk/shop/games-puzzles/games/steeple-chase-game/prod_4101.html