February Half-Term – Get Creative with Galt Toys!

It only seems a few weeks ago that it was Christmas and yet here we are again – February half-term!  And you dread hearing the words – “I’m bored, there’s nothing to do!”  So the creative team at Galt have put together a few suggestions to entertain the kids….

Make your own Origami Boat

Make & Dos – our Activity Zone is packed with them! Everything from Slimy Slime, Origami Boats  to a Papier-mâché pig and photo frames, you can make it all for free, by downloading the instructions off the website. Do remember to upload your Make & Do photos to our Facebook page….we’d love to see how you got on!

Board games at the ready – who doesn’t love a good board game? From the traditional Snakes and Ladders, to the utterly new Ants in Your Pants and Whatever Next;  board games are simply ‘great fun’ for all kids of all ages. They develop skills like concentration, counting and coordination increasing a child’s cognitive development.

Fairy T-Shirt

Design your own T-shirt – we have a fantastic Fairy T-shirt set, which is super cool for any little princess. They’ll be able to design their own T-shirt with the fun fabric crayons and transfer paper, by colouring a picture on the front and two small ones for the sleeves. Plus their own fairy wings for the back to complete the look and fly through the rest of the half-term.

Cinema trip – set aside time to treat the kids to a trip to the cinema, great for you to relax for a while too, while they are glued to the big screen. There are plenty of films out, or set to be released, over the coming days! But make sure you pick the right movie to take the little ones to see….think we’d pick The Puppets (PG)

Cooking – make the most of your time together by getting creative in the kitchen. Cook some yummy cookies or cupcakes – anything they’d enjoy eating later – plus licking the big wooden spoon is always a lot of fun! The brilliant thing about baking together is you are teaching your children some valuable skills, like maths, reading and team work, plus you get something scrummy to eat together at the end!

Hope you have a fantastic half-term, and whatever you are up to, we would love to hear about it…..

Cake Car Driving into Toy Fair 2012!

Cake Car Driving into Toy Fair 2012!

We all love a bit of cake, whether it is chocolate, vanilla or coffee and walnut; when it is about everyone wants a slice. So naturally when we had a chance to have a gigantic cake within our reach, none of the Galt Team said no!

To celebrate the launch of our Playnest® Car, we commissioned a life-size replica of the fantastic new car for Toy Fair 2012, complete with dashboard and mirrors. The edible car made from vanilla sponge measured 3ft wide x 2ft 6” length and 10” high, and was created by award winning sugar artist Michelle Wibowo of Michelle Sugar Art.

As you can see, the Galt Team couldn’t resist temptation and devoured the boot!!

 

 

 

 If you would like to have a go at baking the Playnest® car, you can download the FREE instructions from our Activity Zone – it’s just a LOT smaller!

The big red Playnest® Car is the latest addition to join our awarding winning Playnest® range for 2012. It’s a self-contained play area for safe and secure imaginative play, the detachable electronic dashboard gives babies a fun driving experience complete with engine start-up sounds, honking horn and radio. It provides the perfect environment to simulate a child’s cognitive development.

Happy New Year!

Hope you all had a lovely Christmas, we sure did. Our Christmas survey revealed that 50% of adults still have a Christmas stocking and 63% of adults get toys to play with on Christmas Day – so if you were lucky enough to be given or gave your child any exciting toys this Christmas, especially a Galt one, we’d love to hear about it and why is it so great.

We are madly planning for Toy Fair 2012 (we are on Stand E9, if you want to visit us!) at the moment and with new product launches on the horizon things are extremely busy this month…. But our special team of toy judges have been making their way through all the Face of Galt entries, so we will be announcing the four winners in the next coming weeks – Good Luck to everyone who has entered!

As most of you are probably aware we have a fantastic Activity Zone on the website, full of free Make & Dos and creative inspiration. Our toy development team are currently putting together the activities for the year ahead such as valentine cards, papier mache downloads and origami designs, but if you have any creative ideas or suggestions you’d like to add we’d loved to hear about them – just fill in the comment form below or upload your suggestions to our Facebook page or tweet us at @GaltToys.