What’s New - fresh launches that you need to get your hands on

WHAT’S NEW

Get creative!

Great Gizmos Limited

01293 543221 www.ggtrade.co.uk

New additions to the ever-popular Mould & Paint range from 4M are two new 3D Mould & Paint styles: Glitter Unicorns and Dinosaurs. Children can use the ranges to mould, paint and design their very own colourful characters.

Sweet dreams

Bebies

sales@bebies.co.uk www.bebies.co.uk

Bebies is a baby sleep aid - disguised as a plush toy - which is designed to send little ones off to sleep calmly and easily thanks to its soothing sound system.

Combining a teddy and comforter in one, it comes with a hidden sound unit that allows parents to record settling words, sounds or songs in their own voice to help get babies back to sleep if they wake in the night. The system also offers a choice of the Bebies lullaby, or white noise. The built-in sensor is activated as soon as the baby wakes or stirs, and Bebies starts to work. There are three volume settings, and the recording can be set for 15, 30, 45 or 60 minutes.

The soft toys are available in a choice of four animal friends: Milo the Monkey, Dusty the Donkey, Hettie the Hippo and Felix the Fox. Designed to be an all-in-one sleep toy, they can be played with and used as a comforter, so are perfect for parents on the go.

Maché away!

Tomy

01932 281 928 uk.tomy.com/toomies

New for this summer, Tomy is adding to its ever-growing arts and crafts category with the launch of Maché Magic.

Combining the fun of DIY papermaché making with the ever-popular gifting trend, children will love making their own unique creations to give to their friends and family.

Designed for six to nine-year-olds, Maché Magic couldn’t be easier to use, requiring only toilet paper and water - meaning no messy paste and no batteries required as the product runs simply on kid-powered creativity!

The Maché Magic kit has everything included, complete with a heart-shaped and egg-shaped mould, glitter glue pens and decorative sticker sheets, alongside the Maché Magic Craft Maker.

More for Novelmore fans

Playmobil

01268 548111 www.playmobil.co.uk

Fans of the Novelmore Season II series can discover Sal’ahari Sands and its warriors from this month. One of 12 collectable skeleton warriors can be found in each Skeleton Surprise Box. These reusable boxes have a cool lenticular label with a changing display on the lid and come with various accessories. The highly detailed Skeleton Army Temple houses a mysterious energy source, which has a special induction feature that charges the eyes of fi gures included in the set with a spooky glow when they are nearby!

WHAT’S NEW

High-voltage fun

Thames & Kosmos UK

01580 713000 www.thamesandkosmos.co.uk

Thames & Kosmos is strengthening its STEM range with the arrival of Easy Electric Circuits this month. Children aged eight-plus can explore and deepen their knowledge of the science of electricity in a fun, hands-on way with this kit, by building 20 electric circuits and motorised devices. Through conducting experiments, young scientists can learn about many electrical components and physical science principles fi rst hand.

The building system allows kids to easily piece together the circuits by sliding the connectors together and then sliding them apart when it’s time to build the next circuit. This is a great kit to learn through play and let knowledge grow!

Tasty treats

Hancocks

0330 2020903 www.hancocks.co.uk

Confectionery wholesaler Hancocks has introduced new products to its novelty range for children including novelty eggs, robo grabbers with tasty treats and sour fl avoured candy. Each 3D Surprise Egg includes a collectable fi gure, candy and stickers. Eggs and fi gures include the Dino Hunt 3D Surprise Egg,

Shark Attack 3D Surprise Egg and Snake Hunt 3D Surprise Egg. The Robo Rex Grabber is a toy robot dog grabber with strawberry fl avour candy sweets in the handle. The Robo Hand

Grabber is another novel choice with each robo hand containing strawberry candy. Other fun launches include Crazy Candy Factory Chaos Floss which is a sour fl avour candy fl oss which paints the tongue blue, and Crazy Candy Factory Unicorn Light Pop. This fun treat consists of blue raspberry, grape and strawberry fl avour lollipops with a light up unicorn head.

Tonies gives voice to a rebel role model

Tonies

sales@tonies.com www.tonies.com

Children’s audio system tonies will launch its new Pippi Longstocking Tonie character fi gurine in the UK this autumn, voiced by award-winning presenter, comedian and writer Sandi Toksvig.

The fi ctional redheaded nine-year-old Pippi has become a role model for generations. The Pippi Longstocking stories are among the most translated children’s books in the world, with more than 70 million copies sold in 70 languages to date.

Pippi will be making her way to the Toniebox with the new ‘Pippi Longstocking’s Adventures’ Tonie that will be released on 14 October. It features the 11 stories of the fi rst volume of Pippi Longstocking’s adventures and is suitable for children aged four and up.

Pippi, who lives in a house with a horse, a monkey, a suitcase full of gold, and no grown-ups to tell her what to do, was created by Swedish author Astrid Lindgren to entertain her daughter during World War Two. Pippi was ahead of her time: a free-spirited girl with superhuman strength, who uses a powerful mix of anti-authoritarian thinking and kindness to challenge the status quo and bring joy to the lives of those around her.