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Sequin Art has added to its range with the introduction of the Focus series. Focus Teddy, Focus Sunface, Focus
Flower and Focus Cupcake are the launch products.
Each pack contains a framed
polystyrene base, a coloured picture, coloured sequins, pins, paint, brush and full instructions. A sparkling picture is created by painting the polystyrene frame and
ASOBI
Asobi is now the exclusive UK and Irish distributer for Seedling – a New Zealand-based company that has developed a unique collection of creative kits. The Seedling range appeals
to a variety of ages and interests and the products encompass an array of interests and skills from drawing, gardening, sewing, science, imaginative play, painting, model building and more. With an old-fashioned edge, Seedling products also encourage kids to spend quality time with adults in their lives, learning communication and relationship building skills. Each kit is assembled by hand in
New Zealand and created using sustainable materials. Thierry Bourret, Asobi’s owner and founder, has commented: “Seedling is
LEARNING RESOURCES
Smencils are scented pencils made from 100 per cent recycled newspaper. Smencils come in a range of scents including watermelon, bubble gum, cinnamon and many more. Designed to make the mouth water, these pencils are available in sets of five, sets of ten and buckets of 50 and all come at affordable pocket money prices. Point of sale displays are available across the Smencils range.
CARDDIES
Carddies ranges contain appealing characters made from quality card which children can colour in, give names to and use in imaginative play.
Each brightly designed, robust
box contains 12 double-sided characters to colour in and keep, 12 high quality colouring pencils, stands to arrange each character, and a background scene. Carddies are sturdy and portable. New sets include Carddies London
and Carddies Sports, which are timed to coincide with the unique British occasions taking place this year. Carddies London features iconic and
familiar symbols and characters of the city. A Queen and corgi, a London Bobby, a Grenadier Guard, a Beefeater and others, as well as a London backdrop.
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pinning the colourful sequins on to the pre-printed colour picture. Also new for 2012 is Zoom. Each kit has a close-up of the face of an animal, allowing the artist to zoom in on the detail. Animals in the launch series are a Cheetah, a Husky, a Dalmatian and a Kitten. Packaging and boxes are designed to make Sequin Art an attention grabber on toy store shelves.
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Best Years’ range of fair trade craft kits are designed and made in the UK from components sourced from fair trade co- operatives.
Designed for children aged three and
up, the kits are designed to create something the child can be proud of once finished without being too difficult to complete. The USP of Best Years’ boxed craft kits is that the child uses everything, including the box and even the instruction leaflet in order to make up the kit. The ranges comprises of Make You Own Theatre, Aquarium, Space and
MARBEL
a significant addition to our unique range. It will not only keep us up to speed with the current craft trend, but will also provide the UK with a superb collection of top quality, ethically sourced kits to inspire fun and to set creativity and imagination into motion.”
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Smencils’ graphite and coloured collections include licensed Fruit Shoot Smencils from Britvic Soft Drinks, with five scents including tropical, apple, summer fruits, blackcurrant apple and orange.
Each Smencil is stored in its own
biodegradable tube, guaranteeing freshness for two years. Also available are Smens scented ballpoint pens.
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Makedo is a connector system – re-clip, lock- hinge and safe-saw – that enables materials including cardboard, plastic and fabric to easily join together to form new objects or structures. When kids are done playing they can simply pull it apart to reuse over and over again.
The Find and Make
Robot encourages children to find materials from around the home and make their own robot using guided
CHEATWELL
Developed in association with Aardman Animations - the creator of Wallace & Gromit, Shaun The Sheep – Animate it! (£29.99) is a do-it- yourself, create-your-own stop animation game featuring Morph.
Each game comes complete with animation software, that is suitable for both Windows and Mac operating
GALT
Galt Toys has launched Sensational Sequins (£5.99), a range of sparkly craft pictures. The kits use wax crayons to pick up individual sequins before placing them in position on a sticky backing board. Available in popular ponies, kittens or puppies themes, the kits come with two jazzy templates to create a pair of pictures. Galt Toys has launched two additions
Carddies Sports includes a rower, a basketball player, a show jumper, a wheelchair racer and more. The other Carddies sets are: Ballet,
Fairies, Football, Cavemen, School, Knights and two Families.
to its Fairy Friends range. The Fairy t- shirt set combines fairies with fashion, as children create their own t-shirt
using fabric crayons and transfers. Once the
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instructions. Stickers are included for decoration. There are five products in the Find and Make series ranging from £6.99 to £12.99. The FreePlay range
consists of two kits; the Kit for One includes 65 different reusable parts and using the materials around them. The kit contains enough bits to make the basics or to top up another makedo kit. The Kit
for One retails for around £9.99. The Kit for Three contains 170 reusable parts and retails around for £19.99.
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systems, flexible moulds and clay to create a Morph clay character, a ‘green screen‘ background to enable animators to drop in their own choice of pictures and also an informative, fun ‘get-you-
started’ DVD featuring Ricky the Animator. Also included are 26 episodes of Morph animations for inspiration and entertainment.
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picture is coloured in it is then simply ironed onto the cotton t-shirt provided. The Fairy Jewellery Set is the second addition to the range. The craft set encourages children to make fairy bracelets and necklaces using beads. The kits also contains jewellery tree to display their creations. The wooden jewellery tree can be decorated with acrylic paints and stick-on gems for an individual look.
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Flower Picture. Also in the UK-made range are the impulse purchase bagged kits including make your own magnets, finger puppets, fish decorations and pictures all for £2.55 each.
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