Friday 18 April 2014

Firm Favourite

Having a small house and being mindful of the environment, we try not to go overboard with toys. We love wooden toys as they last a long time and can withstand knocks and bumps, they are tactile and look great too. We also love the fact they can be reused/recycled and that another family can enjoy them once we are finished with them. It is great to know that they come from an ethically sound source in the first place. I will talk in a separate post about the different ones we have maybe but I just wanted to do a quick one today about the firm favourite in our house, that is the wooden railway. Mr Magoo loves trains and we kicked off his train set with a basic Ikea figure of eight to see whether he would like it. He did, so there started his collection! We have various wooden Thomas the Tank trains with Gordon being the flavour of the month at the moment. We are lucky enough to have a great second hand toy stall at our local market and we got a big bag of track and accessories for £20 which went down well as a 3rd birthday present.
Most of our accessories such as the station, bridges, tunnel etc are all from Bigjigs we love them as they are such great quality are bright and colourful too. I also love the environmental and ethical responsibilities that they take seriously. It is great to buy from a company that cares about where their products are sourced. It is nice to see Mrs Magee actually playing with the trains now as well rather than just bashing them around or pushing her brother's ones off the track! So it looks set to be popular with her too and it will be lovely to see them continue to make up stories and adventures together as they get older. Definitely a set we will continue adding to and will be enjoyed for years to come.

4 comments:

  1. Funny, George had his track out today for the first time in a while. It used to be a permanent fixture!! Now, where the heck is this second hand toy stall?! Can't believe I don't know about it!!

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  2. Wellington market in the inside bit near the butchers stalls. Nice guy that runs it and very helpful. Lots of different things! x

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  3. Great post, Seth and Opeie love their wooden track too. I love that you can make it different every time and its a toy i will hang on to for future generations of the family too. xx

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  4. Thank you. Yes, it is different every time, even though sometimes I start out with a layout in mind it rarely ends up like that!

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