I Want A House With A Pink Roof!

Advantages: excellent price, comes with furniture and doll's, good quality for what you pay!
Disadvantages: tiny hinges make assembly a bit faffy.

...of furniture, 30 pieces all together. I ordered it and it arrived a few days later. The Toy My daughters is slightly different to Ciao's picture. It's a 3 story double fronted doll's house for children aged 3+ with a removable pink roof and doors, and a carry handle at the top. The house is made of light coloured MDF and the the front section opens on both sides to reveal a living room, kitchen, bathroom and bedroom. Under the removable roof there is a huge attic room. All rooms are undecorated. The doll's house comes with 4 wooden doll's, a mum, dad, boy and girl all dressed in basic but pretty gingham clothing. It also comes with enough furniture to fill each room, including appliances for the kitchen and facilities for the bathroom. These are also made of wood. I bought mine from the Studio catalogue for £39.99 which included...

Rhiana 26.08.2009 · Read review
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Review of Chad Valley Wooden Dolls House

Wooden food for lunch ?

Advantages: durable , good toy
Disadvantages: none

...the filling . Ohh look there is fruit too a banana and a pear the pear is already cut in half its stuck together with velcroed together so you can pretend to cut it with your knife . Now do you want a drink? There is a wooden carton of orange juice too. Yummy yumm yumm Teddy thinks his lunch tasty. It?s a healthy lunch isn?t it? I have seen many children play happily with this toy enjoying preparing and serving the food to dolly teddy other children and me. This food set is suitable for children aged 3 and over This toy is available at several places on line at http://www.amazon.co.uk £12.49 or £11.00 at http://www.edirectory.co.uk I am sure it is available through school suppliers catalogues too. This wooden crate with the munch ingredients is really good, it is very durable will last many, many play hours. The food in...

mumsymary 23.09.2009 · Read review
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Review of Bigjigs Toys Wooden Lunch Box

Meanwhile, down on the farm!

Advantages: wooden, sturdy, no batteries
Disadvantages: none!

...Chad Valley is a brand of toy made by Woolworths. They tend to have a reputation of being good quality and durable and the Funtime farm is no exception. My daughters received this farm from their grandparents for Christmas after a little guidance from me! I had noticed it on the shelves in Woolworths, but had already bought enough presents from us, so I was quite happy when Granny asked for a suggestion! The first thing that struck me about the farm is that it is wooden. So many toys we buy these days are plastic, and although there is nothing wrong with this, there is something quaintly old fashioned about wooden toys. Therefore, I thought this was quite appropriate for a toy as traditional as a farm set. Children, of course, have been creating and playing with farms for years and I am really pleased that my girls have...

kingfisher111 04.01.2007 · Read review
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Review of Chad Valley Wooden Funtime Farm

A smart way to tidy the toys

Advantages: Excellent quality, looks great, safe for children
Disadvantages: Maybe a bit expensive but it is quality

...This review is a bit of a departure from my usual shower gel, lip saver and travel reviews. Since my niece gave birth to her son and made a great aunt of me I have been looking at gifts and toys ? I didn?t realise there was so much choice! One thing that I did find was a lovely toy chest called the Four Friends Toy Chest which is made by John Crane Pintoy and sold by John Lewis amongst others and it is ideal for all the toys that young children seem to accumulate from birth (and before!) This chest is made from solid rubberwood and measures 64 x 40 x 37.5 cm and is available either as a plain, natural toy chest or with pictures already painted on it. The one we got had brightly painted pictures on each of three sides of the chest; on one end there is a red mouse, on the other end there is a blue cat and on the front there is...

SusanLesley 11.09.2009 · Read review
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Review of Wooden Natural Toy Chest Pintoy

A good quality toy but not quite hen shaped!

Advantages: Good quality, hardwearing, bight colours, helps dexterity
Disadvantages: None

...which are arranged various wooden rings. The widest red one starts the process at the bottom ascending with each subsequent ring being slightly smaller than the previous one as the colours change through orange to the smallest yellow ring at the top. The white hen?s head is then placed on the top making a colourful cone shaped hen measuring 13.5cm by 15cm ? yes I know it isn?t very realistic but bear with me it does help with the child?s development. The placing of the rings onto the spindle helps the child develop dexterity and it also helps with both colour and shape recognition and of course it is fun as well! John Crane Limited who distributes the Pintoy brand is a leader in the manufacture and distribution of traditional wooden toys and they are celebrating 25 years of British ownership and great customer service this year...

SusanLesley 26.03.2009 · Read review
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Review of Pintoy Stacking Hen Wooden Toy

Finally a noisy baby toy that isn't incredibly annoying!

Advantages: Robust, bright colours, fun noises
Disadvantages: Animals don't stay in their slots

...seems pretty safe for a young child. It also seems very robust as it is constantly getting bashed and dropped by my son yet it is still working. I imagine this toy was bought from Woolworths originally which is obviously no longer a shopping option. However Argos have taken over the sale of Chad Valley toys and it is currently available from them priced at £14.99....

Clayeree 12.10.2009 · Read review
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Review of Chad Valley Musical Tractor & Trailer

Six or Half a Dozen Great Either Way!

Advantages: cheap and fun
Disadvantages: none

...Chad Valley - Sorting Eggs???? These Chad Valley sorting eggs is a toy that Jack has had for nearly a year now and it is only recently that he is really getting the full use out of them. Now he is able to use them how they are meant to be played with I thought I would write a quick review on them. The sorting eggs are basically half a dozen (six) eggs which come housed in a egg tray type box. Each egg can be taken apart giving a top and bottom part of the egg. The bottom part of the egg is fixed into the egg tray where as the top half of the egg can be taken away. Inside the egg, there is a different colour and a different shape. The shape is made to stick out on the part of the egg that detaches and this can then be fixed into the shape hole in that remains in the tray On top of each egg there is a picture...

newby2 15.12.2008 · Read review
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Review of Chad Valley Sorting Eggs

BEEP, BEEP!

Advantages: good price lots of fun
Disadvantages: Daddy plays it too much

...Chad Valley Super Garage I do believe that I get far more excited about Jacks toys than he does himself. When I see something I had as a child I feel I have to get it and my partner is the same. I feel however that we are going to end up with a rather spoil child on our hands! Jacks Nana sent down an Easter card and a £20 note instead of chocolate for him this Easter so we decided to get him yet another toy. This time it was my partners turn to get excited as when we popped in Woolworths we saw this Chad Valley Super Garage, and although it didn't look much like the one he had as a child it was the same sort of thing, we just had to buy it. The original price n this garage was £39.99p although I cannot think who would pay that price for it. It had been reduced down to £24.99 pence and then again to £17.99 pence. I...

newby2 30.04.2008 · Read review
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Review of Chad Valley Super Garage

Balltastic

Advantages: fun
Disadvantages: can be bought cheaper

...Chad Valley Play Balls....... Chad Valley is brand of toys that are made for the company Woolworth's. Woolworth's is a popular store around the country and has been going for a long time. The Chad Valley product range is very large and included in this range is these 100 Play Balls especially designed for children. The Play Balls come held within a plastic carrier container and the 100 balls fit nicely inside (even if it does take a long time to get them al back in the bag!). The price is £4.99 pence, which is about right for this type of product, although I have since seen 100 balls available from Tesco for exactly £4 and the balls themselves are slightly larger in size. The balls come in a variety of colours and they are blue, green, yellow, red and orange. The balls are made of plastic and have the age range of being...

newby2 16.09.2008 · Read review
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Review of Chad Valley 100 Play Balls

Queen of the Valley

Advantages: Interesting, very interesting!
Disadvantages: The most famous tomb is now closed.

...Day 1 in Egypt, site number 2 (and it is only 09:30), so let's do away with the babble and launch right in.... ~What's this place all about then?~ The Valley of the Queens is the burial site for the Queens & children of the Pharaohs of the 18th, 19th & 20th dynasties (1550 - 1070BC). It is said that there are about 70 (some claim as many as 85) different burial sites in the area. Probably the most famous tomb here is that of Queen Nefertari*, which is the largest and most spectacular in the valley. Unfortunately, this tomb is now no longer open, we were told by our guide that a couple of years ago there was some rain in the valley, which caused some damage to Nefertari's tomb. The Egyptian Government went about restoring the damage, and spent roughly a cool million on it. To recuperate the funds they opened the tomb, but...

tazzywazzy 06.02.2007 · Read review
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Review of Valley of the Queens