Mr and Mrs K's New Journey to a Debt Free Life.

AlexLK

Mara_uk7 wrote: »

Ps .. Theyre only meant for the kids !

Mara_uk7 wrote: »

All they need is a small sweet, like a kinder egg which has plastic junk inside, maybe some crayons, a mini colouring book, how about a nice wooden yoyo ... Look at Orange Tree Toys .... We stock their products in our shop and wooden toys really go down well nowadays .

I'll definitely have a look at Orange Tree Toys. In fact you've just gave me another idea.

Mara_uk7

Oh dear, ideas at this time of night are not always good .... What have I done !

Rosepetal1701

Mara_uk7 wrote: »

Oh dear, ideas at this time of night are not always good .... What have I done !

LOL Too true

AlexLK

Mara_uk7 wrote: »

Oh dear, ideas at this time of night are not always good .... What have I done !

:rotfl: I was thinking of using some spare wood to make some mini jigsaw puzzles for the kids party bags.

Had a look at the Orange Tree Toys brochure, some nice stuff there; I especially liked the toy soldiers, dragon money box and the trains. However, some of it was the kind of thing easily made at home. I did notice at the end of the brochure it said "Designed in UK" which implies not made the UK? How much do some of the smaller toys retail for, Mara?

patanne

Mini Jigsaw puzzles - what a fantastic idea. Much, much better than throwing money at the problem.

patanne

Have you found yourself yet another job making toys now? You are definitely on a roll. I am now even more impressed - just hope that you are impressed with yourself now too. You should be.

AlexLK

patanne wrote: »

Mini Jigsaw puzzles - what a fantastic idea. Much, much better than throwing money at the problem.

I think I might be getting the hang of this money saving lark.

Seriously though, I like old fashioned toys (probably comes as no surprise), we've got quite a few toys dating back to even my father's childhood in the house.

patanne wrote: »

Have you found yourself yet another job making toys now? You are definitely on a roll. I am now even more impressed - just hope that you are impressed with yourself now too. You should be.

:rotfl: I don't know about another job!

I just hope that the other parents won't cringe at the mere thought of home-made toys. Son will probably have fun "helping" Mrs. K. and I make them though.

At times, I do this whole austerity thing well and in my own style ...

patanne

They won't cringe, they will think look at the thought that went behind that.

Mara_uk7

Will have a look for you on Monday , i think we retail the yoyo at about £3 , cant remember other things right now ... I just loved that yoyo ! Lol we dont carry a huge stock, but it does go down well with the littlies. Very well made and painted.

dawnybabes

I always bought asset of books off he book people (think its currently free delivery over £10) and split them and popped hem in the party bags, with a freddo (prefer chocolate than jelly sweets full of nothing) some crayons / pencil and a piece of birthday cake.