Cottage Toys

Brand & Trade Names

• ALIMROSE DESIGNS Alimrose Designs is an Australian company creating gorgeous things for little ones. The label was founded by two stylish mothers as a line of dolls in the 1980’s. Over the years Alimrose Designs has grown to include cute hand squeakers and classic toy rattles. Now Alimrose Designs is one of the most sought after Australian brands for beautiful baby gifts and products.
• ARAVORE Aravore is an award-winning vintage-inspired British childrenswear brand that offers a unique line of clothing for little ones. Each piece is beautifully crafted and made from fairly traded organic cotton or organic merino wool. Only the highest quality yarns and fabrics are chosen by Aravore, and harmful dyes and bleach are avoided, so that all of Aravore’s products are kind to your baby's skin and kind to the earth. Every child should have a piece from Aravore in their wardrobe.
• BAGHERA Created in France by a young team of designers, Baghera are a new brand of retro pedal cars. Taking inspiration from vintage vehicles, every model has been carefully designed and features gorgeous detailing. Each Baghera style is a contemporary heirloom and will inspire your little one’s imagination. You’ll soon find yourself wishing that you were small enough to drive one of these dream cars around!
• BIGJIG TOYS Bigjig Toys are a UK based children's toy designer, manufacturer, and distributor. They have been operating since 1985 and specialise in traditional wooden toys that are specifically designed for young children and their creative development. Bigjigs Toys also offer an extensive range of educational toys and baby toys. Cottage Toys have always stocked a large variety of traditional wooden toys from Bigjig Toys because of their high quality, durability, and appeal to kids. In addition to this, Bigjig Toys promote and adhere to a number of ethical and environmental considerations and this is a pre-requisite of all toy companies that wish do business with Cottage Toys.
• CLOUD B Cloud B’s philosophy is every child deserves a sound night’s sleep. Their award winning soft toys with soothing slumber-inducing sounds are created in consultation with an advisory board of pediatricians and specialists. The innovative label has gained a loyal following worldwide and has a line-up of celebrity fans including Gynweth Paltrow, Angelina Jolie and Katie Holmes. Whether you invest in the cute and cuddly Gentle Giraffe or lovely Sleep Sheep, the Cloud B range is essential in helping your little one develop healthy sleep routines.
• Cottage Toys Cottage Toys are a family run, online boutique that specialises in traditional wooden toys and organic baby gifts. Browse our online shop to find the perfect and unique gifts for children of all ages!
• DKL DKL Toys is the UK distributor of the Wonderworld range. Wonderworld is a colourful line-up of traditional and contemporary wooden toys. The label invests in the environment, constructing all of their products from rubber wood sourced only from sustainable forests. The brand has also introduced a Tree Plus Project, where two trees are planted for each depleted rubber tree used in the manufacture of their wooden toys.The eco-approach also extends to thepackaging, 70% of which is made from re-cycled paper. It’s easy being green with gorgeous toys by Wonderworld!
• FIESTA CRAFTS Fiesta Crafts is a UK-designed label that makes innovative toys which are created to encourage children’s learning through creative play. Winning numerous awards for their clever concepts, the brand is loved by both little ones, parents and teaching and nursery professionals alike. Made from fabric and wood and featuring bright colours, their designs immediately capture childrens’ attention and make learning fun!
• FRANCK & FISCHER Franck & Fischer is a Danish design label founded in 2005 by designer Annemarie Franck and Charlotte Fischer. Functionality and imagination go hand in hand with appealing design. Franck & Fischer take an environmental and ethical approach to making their knitted toys. Each product is produced organically wherever possible and all wood is sourced from plantation forests. The label also has a close relationship with all suppliers, so they can vouch for the environmental and working conditions for employees. It’s a label with both style and substance. Here at Cottage Toys we just love Franck & Fischer and we are sure your precious little ones will just love their soft toys and crochet baby gifts too.
• JANOD Janod is a gorgeous French toy company that offer a certain 'je ne sais quoi' when it comes to traditional wooden toys for children. Janod was founded in the Jura mountains of France and is today known for its unique designs and bright colours. The quality of their children's wooden toys is unrivalled and many have been designed specifically with educational play in mind. Cottage Toys stock Janod toys because they are stylish, traditional, and wooden. Janod also an environmentally conscious toy company
• JOHN CRANE / TIDLO John Crane has been operating in the UK for over a quarter of a century now and this is testament to he high quality traditional wooden toys they they distribute into the children's toys market. Prominent brands that they represent include Pintoy, Pin Furniture, Lilliputiens, GoGo Toys, Sevi, Trudi, and B. They have also recently started manufacturing for themselves through the toy brand known as Tidlo Timeless Toys. As stated on their website, John Crane "feel that they have played a part in the growing resurgence in the popularity of quality wooden toys, offering unique collections, which are full of both play value and encourage educational development." This is one of the reasons why John Crane toys compliment the Cottage Toys product offering and are prominently featured amongst our traditional wooden toys and educational toys sections.
• LE TOY VAN Le Toy Van was founded in 1995 as a line of classic children’s wooden toys. Each of their painted wooden products are still designed in the UK, and their head
office is in Surrey. Known for their gorgeous wooden dolls houses, Le Toy Van has won numerous awards for their innovative designs. One of the world’s leading toy manufacturers, no nursery is complete without a piece by Le Toy Van. The company also takes an eco-approach with every traditional wooden toy produced using rubber wood sourced from replanted forests.
• MIYIM MiYim make safe and chemical free eco friendly baby toys and products. All the packaging associated with this brand is made from recycled materials. These environmentaly friendly principles make Miyim the perfect choice Cottage Toys follows and all those environmentally conscious people out.
• PINTOY The Pintoy range of childrens toys has been designed to combine beauty, educational value, enjoyment, safety, functionality and durability. Their toys are manufactured using rubberwood from latex plantations. The trees are cut for replanting when they no longer produce enough latex, and it is at this point that the wood is recovered and made into gorgeous childrens toys. Studies show that rubber plantations can be as efficient as natural forests in removing carbon-dioxide from the air. These plantations then converting the carbon dioxide into rubber latex, soil and wood. This makes rubberwood an environmentally friendly choice, and is one of the reasons that Cottage Toys stock Pintoy products, although they do also make fantastic childrens toys which have won countless awards.
• PLAN TOYS / PLAN CITY Cottage Toys stock PlanToys because of the environmental practices that they employ and the high quality childrens toys that they produce. All of their toys are made with clean, natural rubberwood from rubber trees which no longer produce latex. To keep the rubberwood pure, no fertilizer is added to the soil for three years before the trees are cut, and to strengthen the wood they uses a special chemical-free kiln drying process. PlanToys manufacturing processes are designed to reduce waste and save energy. They reuse materials wherever possible, and they have introduced innovative methods to recycle paper and other products. Indeed, they are always looking for new ways to improve and preserve the environment. Their range of childrens toys are also gorgeous and make perfect gifts for young children.
• RAINBOW DESIGNS Rainbow Designs produce plush toys in the theme of popular and well known nursery characters. At Cottage Toys we use Rainbow Designs for their Beatrix Potter collection. From the mischievous Peter Rabbit to the absent-minded Jemima Puddleduck, Beatrix Potter’s classic animal tales have captured the imaginations of little ones for over 100 years. Bring the author’s magic to reality with gorgeous soft toys inspired by the iconic storybook characters.

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