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Beautiful Nuchi Wooden Trains

I stumbled upon this fresh wooden train set at a small toy store in the area and wanted to share it with you all. What I like besides the cool simple designs is the fact that the makers of these Nuchi Trains made them compatible with existing wooden tracks (ex. Thomas the Train tracks). Really adorable, simple and easy designs, I like them.

$15-20 bucks at the Little Little Little Toy Company (*good prices at Amazon, too)

Roadkill Plush Toys

Splodge comes with a brand new death certificate, and an ‘I love Roadkill’ bumper sticker. The first 500 Splodge characters are all limited edition and are the same price as the regular toy, so it is first come, first served. Each one has a personalized toe tag, handwritten by the creator. All of them have limited edition numbers.

Check out the whole family, they’re hilarious!

£25.00 [+shipping] at Roadkill Toys

Teddy Bear Redux

Tedde is giving the traditional teddy bear a makeover with updated designs, mischievous personalities and even a new spelling. Tedde believes that a teddy bear should not look and feel like it just fell off an assembly line and its mission is to rid the world of factory-made bear clones.

The Tedde collection includes Teddes, Tedde Gold, Bear Food and Tiny Teddes for your pocket. Teddes are limited production and constructed by hand with textiles like mohair, felt, wool, hand spun yarn, vinyl, silk, canvas, recycled cotton, linen and cashmere.

Average cost about $35 bucks (+shipping) at Tedde.Com

DIY Dad – Make Your Own Plush Toys

What a great opportunity for you and your kid to create a custom plush toy! Consider this a “secret weapon” for those dreaded rainy afternoons or snowy winter mornings. This is a great opportunity for dads to see their kid’s imaginations in action.

Use this as an opportunity to stretch your kid’s storytelling ability (when they’re down with their little masterpiece, prod them for the character’s “back-story.” What planet is the plush character from, what do they eat, etc.) and their artistic flair. Sure it doesn’t look like much straight out of the box, but that’s the whole idea, the sky’s the limit!

Create your own plush monster or precious pal with Shawnimals 9-inch, DIY Plushform. Comes primed with a water-based solution so you can get to it with acrylics, oil paints and markers.

$20 (+ shipping) @ KIDRobot.Com

Toy Slings For Kids

Of course they are not for carrying a real baby but they’re darn cute. A Maya or Moby wrap just like mom’s! This ring sling is the perfect size for your little one. Oh yeah, they have a full selection of baby slings and wraps for mom as well.

($15-16 bucks @ The Sling Station)

MUNNY White DIY Toy Car

Scholastic’s Parent Child Magazine’s 2007 TOP PICKS FOR TOYS PROMOTING LEARNING AND CREATIVITY featured our very own super cute mini MUNNY Mobile! Just like the original, you can draw, paint, use ketchup, or anything you can think of to decorate MUNNY.

Mini MUNNY fits into the 8-inch long car with real rolling wheels and comes blind packaged with 4 mystery accessories to deck out MUNNY’s ride. Also inside, a giant roadmap by iLovedust to color, treasure, eat off of or just plain enjoy!

(Via KidRobot.Com)