Recommended Toy Makers and Retailers

Following many years of therapeutic work with children and families, it is inevitable that I have a growing list of resources and ideas that become well loved and respected. This can include toys, books, games and specific therapy tools. In recent years, I have made a focused effort to support UK based businesses who make/supply eco-friendly, handmade toys, enabling me to reducing the amount of new plastic toys purchased.  Any painted toys will have non-toxic paint. I will only recommend those creators and suppliers whose toys have been found to be both robust and marvellous enough to sustain life in my Play Therapy Kit.  Great customer service is also a must, as is competitive pricing and availability of stock.  

Recommended UK Toy Makers

• Blacks Toys is a Lancashire based business, who have designed a really creative set of wooden stackers.
  

• Eric and Albert Craftsis a Kent business, who create beautiful handmade wooden animals and figures.
  

• Peepul is an Oxfordshire based brand, who make Waldorf-inspired wooden peg dolls.
  

• Rudi and Bear is a Cornish business, who create the wonderful Ned The Robot Range.
  

• Tiny Land is a Sussex business that sells natural, eco friendly, gluten free and vegan friendly art materials such as playdough, paints, crayons, wood dyes and glue.
  

• Wee Woolly Wonderfuls is a Yorkshire based business that sells crochet patterns and full crochet kits for toys. The complete beginner kits are supported by some great YouTube instructional videos.

Recommended UK Retailers

• Babipur is a Welsh retailer, who supplies a wide range of goods including toys, baby products and health and beauty items.
  

• Conscious Craft is a retailer based on the border of Ashdown Forest, who supplies a range of toys and non-toxic art and craft materials.
  

• Eco Tots is a Lancashire based retailer, who supplies a range of eco-friendly toys, baby products, beauty items and household products.

• Little Brown Dog is a Staffordshire based retailer, who supplies a wonderful range of unpainted wooden toys, such as peg dolls and hearts.
  

• Myriad Natural Toys And Crafts is a Hampshire based retailer, who supplies a great range of toys, books, games and home products.
  

• Yes Bebe is a Coventry based retailer, who supplies a wide range of toys, baby products and home products.

Recommended International Brands

These particular brands have been purchased via the recommended UK Toy Suppliers.  No links have been created here to avoid bias to any particular supplier.

• Erzi is a German brand, who have a lovely range of wooden food and produce toys.
  

• Grapat is a Spanish brand, who are well loved by Marvellous Resources due to their 'Mandala Pieces'. They also have a fabulous range of other small world play items.
  

• Grimms is a German brand, who are particularly well known for their highly colourful and creative range of stacking toys
  

• Haba is a German brand, who make a wide range of wooden toys. Marvellous Resources Ltd has purchased some amazing wooden food toys from their range.
  

• OkoNorm is a German brand, have a lovely range of eco-friendly, high quality art materials, from crayon and glue to modelling clay and finger paints.