When my wife and I started Mulberry Bush twelve years ago our aim was to build a collection of traditional toys and games that Grandparents would want to buy for their grandchildren. Lots of wooden toys, not too much plastic, nothing to do with computers, and none of those character or film related toys that are the “must have” one Christmas and gone the next. The only slight snag was that we weren’t grandparents ourselves, nor indeed did we have…
January and February are the months in which we go to the Toy Trade Fairs, sourcing new toys and games for our autumn catalogue. Always a bit depressing to be thinking about next Christmas when we’ve hardly recovered from the last one. This year we knew there would be added uncertainty because of the likelihood of significantly increased prices, resulting from the weakness of Sterling. In fact we were not as unsettled as we had feared. Some of our suppliers…
We’ve just received from the printers our great new catalogue of toys gifts and games for children. There are lots of new toys and a focus on outdoor and summer. Perfect for birthdays and summer holidays. We don’t believe many of our competitors will be mailing a catalogue this spring, so we’re doing our bit to lift the doom and gloom! If you’ve bought from us recently there should be a copy coming to you in the post very soon….
Here’s a new bath toy that we at Mulberry Bush think will be a winner. Pull the cord, pop her in the bath and Mummy duck’s flipper feet go like the clappers as she paddles away and chases her baby around the bath! Don’t worry Mums – she catches him eventually! The paddling duck – just £4.99 from Mulberry Bush The paddle duck is a great way to encourage your child to have a bath. The hard part will be…
Take a look at this lovely set of rainbow bells just come into stock. A full octave of musical bells, each in a different colour so children can “read” the music provided simply by sounding the correct colour handbell. They’re not too big, so they’re not too heavy but they do make a lovely sound. We think they’ll be hugely popular – and a great introduction to music. And at £12.99 great value too! We hope to get some more…