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Take a stroll through Great Little Trading Company's new Autumn range featuring woodland wonders, intergalactic accessories, and lots of exciting treasures to help you create a happy home
First look at NEW arrivals for Autumn
Take a stroll through Great Little Trading Company's new Autumn range featuring woodland wonders, intergalactic accessories, and lots of exciting treasures to help you create a happy home
Great Little Trading Company's (GLTC) small, passionate, UK based design team have been working hard over the past few months to bring you plenty of new delights to help spruce up your home this season and tick those extra special Christmas gifts off your list. Read on for a taster of GLTC's latest arrivals, from adorable playroom furniture to space-themed decor and great little ideas for gifts guaranteed to spark smiles and laughter.
BRING THE OUTDOORS IN
Meet GLTC's new four-legged friends, Fox and Deer, from the enchancted forest. These sturdy toddler chairs have a double-sided design, featuring a Fox or Deer, and are built to last thanks to their solid birchwood legs.
Team Fox & Deer up with the new Dandelion Toddler Table to create a snack station or craft corner. This nifty play table features a hidden storage compartment for squirreling away crayons or small toys - you could even incorporate it into a fun touch & feel game. As always, all of GLTC's furniture designs are thoroughly tested for safe use by children.
Pull together a play space as calming and fun as a walk in the woods with more new additions from GLTC's woodland range. The Hedgehog Book Cart is ideal for wheeling around their favourite books and teddies, and the Wooden Fox Walker is the just the ticket for little'uns learning to toddle. New storage pieces to compliment a woodland theme include the Loxley Storage Cupboard and the Greenaway Freestanding Bookcase. They both have a Bright White finish and accents of natural wood - ideal for a cosy, neutral look.
5, 4, 3, 2, 1, BLAST OFF!
GLTC's new Space Explorer collection has launched! Moon walk your way over and discover out of this world wonders that wannabe astrosaunats will adore. Set against a galaxy blue backdrop, the bold and eye-catching Space Explorer print features planets, rockets, and constellations. Not only is this print fun to look at, the whole range is great for learning about our solar system. Kids can play name the planet and become space experts in no time.
GLTC's mini tester, Sam age 5, loved the new pure cotton, Space Explorer Bedding and thought it was like "floating to sleep in outer space!"
The range also includes a Play Teepee, the perfect launchpad for epic adventures; Canvas Cubes for storing supplies on space missions; the Shoot for the Stars Reward Chart to keep little explorers on track with chores; a textured, pure wool rug depicting a realistic scene of our solar system; and a Rocket Book Cart for transporting much-loved books about science and aliens!
GREAT LITTLE IDEAS
Top up their pocket money and their numeracy skills with these new money boxes. The Hungry Dinosaur Money Box features an inticing slide-in feature - simply pop a coin at the top of its head and it'll roll all the way down into its belly. Kids can also slide and save with the Over the Rainbow Money Box and keep watch as their pot of gold at the end of the rainbow mounts up, thanks to its clear viewing window.
Hungry Dinosaur Money Box, £22 Over the Rainbow Money Box, £22
Also new to GLTC's range is the interactive Children's Daily Calendar. Encourage independence with this clever calendar made from wood and illustrated with heaps of engaging details. Stand it up on a desk or shelf and make it part of your child's daily routine to plan for the day ahead. There's a weather dial, thermometer, handy ledge for storing days of the week tiles and lots more.
These great little ideas make for exciting birthday or Christmas presents with a side of educational fun squeezed in too.
Right: Children's Daily Calendar, £26
TOYS TO DELIGHT
GLTC's Toy Designer, David, has been super busy this year conjuring up smile-inducing toys to refuel playtime on Christmas Day and beyond. Make Christmas 2020 special with GLTC's brand new range of toys made from responsibily sourced wood; highlights include the First Class Toy Post Office and the A Job Well Done Tool Set.
The First Class Toy Post Office play set includes letters and postcards with velcro stamps, parcels, working scales, a post box, and even a card machine to pay for all that postage. Children can step into the role of customer, as well as postie and go on their rounds delivering post each morning, all while developing their imgaination, communication, and literacy skills.
A fun twist on a classic play set, GLTC's A Job Well Done Tool Set puts kids in the van driver's seat! The tools come in a colourful wooden van that little makers and menders can push along to jobs around the house, and even screw the nuts and bolts on to. It also features a useful carry handle and is perfect for developing their problem solving and fine motor skills.
First Class Toy Post Office, £65; A Job Well Done Wooden Tool Set, £40
Browse oodles more new arrivals at gltc.co.uk, including personalised gifts, wooden toys, furniture, book storage, and room accessories.
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