When I was pregnant with my first child, I had all of these notions of what I did and did not want for my first born. One that sticks out the most in my now patchy memory (lol!), is that I wanted him or her to have wooden toys once they were old enough to play with them. I was probably being rather snobby, but I did not like the idea of all those brightly coloured, plastic, noisy toys that would probably get annoying after a very short time. I figured that wooden toys would be made better, and would last for longer and be timeless.
Of course Burton was given a lot of plastic toys in the end – ones which we were given to him as gifts, and some that I bought him, because actually they are colourful and fun and, as we found out later on when we had Jenson as a baby, do not hurt as much when thrown towards a little head!!!
The boys do have a few lovely wooden key pieces like a kitchen and accessories, and they have played with this for 3 years now and it is still as popular now as it ever was. They love to cook me food and serve it in their cafe aka, bedroom with a plastic table and chair set, with some cuddly toys joining me in eating their specialities!
Recently we were sent a gorgeous wooden train set, complete with a table for playing on and storing the set inside. Once assembled, which took about 20 minutes for the table and a bit longer for the train track (LOL! I did the latter myself while the OH did the table, hence the timings!), the boys dived straight in and played with it nonstop for 2 hours!
This train set is still being played with every day and it makes me smile when I hear the narration that each of the boys speaks as they play with it. The table does take up a bit of room, but it is such a beautiful and good quality item that you do not mind it being out on show almost, and it has proved very popular with children who have visited our home since it arrived. I love the fact that the table comes with a drawer, so if you decide to pack the set away you can do so knowing were all the parts are and then the table can be used for other imaginative play, maybe using the table scene for cars or farm animals.
Priced at £75 this wonderful train table and train set is, I feel, extremely good value for money. It is well made and well thought out, and comes with a lot of product for the money. The table did not take long to out together and the instruction were easy to follow. The train track pieces are labelled too, making it easy to follow the suggested track layout to fit the table. This did take me a little while but once it is done, it is ready to play with.
This will make a fabulous gift this Christmas with will be played with for a long time to come. George at Asda have an amazing range of wooden toys for sale – all of which are very good value for money and look as you would expect traditional wooden toys to. Plus the good things is, no batteries are required!!
I was sent the train track and table for the purpose of a review. All comments made are honest and my own.
I love toy train sets – they looks so much fun. Our local toy shop has a track set up with trains moving around a toy town. It’s been there sooo many years – I half remember it from when I was small. We love just watching it.
Your boys look to be having a great time playing here – it reaIly looks like your youngest is actually saying “chew-chew-chew” as he pushes the train along the track – great image.
I’ve seen the Asda wooden toy sets and they look great fun.
Angela x
That set looks so great, and seems really reasonably priced. It looks as though those are the tracks that basically fit together with other sets like Brio, etc., which is also very handy. Though space is a bit of a factor in our little terrace, especially with Number Two on the way. Have to keep the pushchair in the car! 🙂
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