Here’s something different! Emma Megitt, a designer from Sweden, created the cute Pee&Poo characters as her graduation project. She tried to create something that could adress the subject of the bodily functions we all use when going to the toilet, in an amusing and aesthetic manner. She ended up with the Pee and Poo characters.

Pee&Poo not only works well as cuddly plush toys and toilet training buddies, they have also been well received by the adult designer plush fans.

Pee&Poo are sold as plush toys, key rings, stickers and clothing. All products can be bought at Pee&Poo, or through a reseller. Resellers can be found here, under “Återförsäljare” in the top menu.

The plush toys duo package, with Pee and Poo, cost USD 32, and the key rings cost USD 7.5 each.

I love wooden toys, especially wooden toys of high quality that can be passed down from generation to generation. Here is a list of a few of my favorite wooden toys.

Pastel Toys

Pastel Toys are heirloom quality wooden toys handmade by disabled adults at their own self-sustaining community, a kibbutz, in Israel. It is quite a special community which manages to make the life of these disabled adults rich and meaningful by giving them work they can manage, somewhere to live and support from a community of people with similar situations as their own. So Pastel Toys are not only beautiful fresh colored wooden toys, but also a product of a community well worth supporting. Many of Pastel Toys products can be found at Giggle. (Enter “Pastel Toys” in the search field.)

Pintoy

Pintoy construction toys look beautiful with their natural and painted wood. There is everything needed to create a great big construction site in this series; a crane, a digger, a dumper truck, loaders, trailers, a set of construction equipments consisting of pneumatic drills, compactor and Compressor, wheelbarrow, pick and shovel, 2 traffic cones and 2 barriers. There is also a set of workers consisting of three workers and a Forman. You’ll find the Pintoy construction toys at Just Playing Toys.

Heirloom Rattles

A nice wooden heirloom rattle, that will last a lifetime and can be inherited by the baby’s own kids, and grandkids, in the future, is priceless. The walnut wood rattle from Nico & Zoe and the handmade heirloom hardwood rattle from A Toy Garden, are both simple, beautiful rattles made by natural wood, with round shapes and smooth surfaces. These are great ideas for baby gifts if you’d like the gift to stay in the kid’s family for generations.

Ostheimer

Ostheimer keeps the feel and look of wood in their toys, by only applying transparent paints and not totally rounding the figures edges. The surfaces of the toys are still smooth and soft to handle. Ostheimer wants kids to use and develop their imaginative abilities when playing with their toys, and this is why the silhouettes of all the figures are simple, and the details are very few. In this way they create a perfect environment for the kids to play in, without giving all the details, so the kids mind will work on creating their own little world for the figures! Ostheimers figures can be found at Myriad Natural Toys & Crafts. The Nativity story figures could make perfect gifts for the advent calendar, resulting in a beautiful Nativity scenery Chritmas eve.

Sevi

The well-known company Sevi has long traditions in making quality toys. Amongst their selection in wooden toys they have series of musical instruments. The instruments are colorful and full of cute details. You can find the Sevi instruments and other toys by Sevi at Au Bois Jouli.

Eco-friendly Wooden Puzzle Toys

The smooth, round edged wooden puzzle toys from Craftbury Kids are so elegant end cute, and will look fantastic on the shelf if the nursery or kids room. The natural wood is beautiful, but if you desire some colors, you could paint the different pieces in different colors of tox-free paint yourself! These puzzle toys are available in Pig, Tortoise, Rabbit, Lion, Cow with calf, Ocean with boat and fishes and Farmhouse with animals and a field with trees.

Skipper Pirate Yacht

Graham And Green has an aesthetic pirate-themed traditional wooden toy yacht. It is made from plantation grown hardwood and sail is made from genuine sailcloth. It is a beautiful toy of fine quality. (Via Notcot.)

Plan Toys

Plan Toys in general are great toys. I love the look of Plan Toys, and the attention the company gives to detail in their toys. They simply make beautiful designed children’s toys with a very modern touch. Oompa Toys has a great selection of Plan Toys.

The Jumping Brain is a cross between a brain and a frog. Boys are going to love it! Especially because you’ll be able to divide the two half’s of the brain.

This brainy toy is designed by Lapolab/Emilio Garcia, and will be available in a few months. There will only be made 12o figures of each color, but they will all be signed and numbered. The Jumping Brains will cost about $45-65 USD each.

Via Vinyl Pulse

The Sharper Edge offers 10% discount of all orders until 18:00 Saturday 9th. Just enter the coupon code “XMAS07″ when you reach the shopping chart and you’ll save money on your Christmas gifts.

The Sharper Edge has lots of cool toys and gadgets and here is a list of my top 5 toys in their shop:

1) Star Theatre 2 - A home planetarium projecting hundreds of stars and constellations on your ceiling and walls.

2) Radio Controlled Dragon Fly - A radio controlled dragon fly that lifts off and flies by flapping it’s wings. Made for indoor and outdoor usage.

3) Stomp Rocket - Make the rockets fly high, or try to hit a target with them, by stamping the pressure pad. Hours and hours of fun!

4) Aquasaurs - Cool looking prehistoric pets and habitat with glowing undersea volcanoes. The pets are received as eggs and will start to hatch when put into the water filled habitat.

5) Bladerunner II Radio Controlled Helicopter - A cool little radio controlled helicopter, with search light and flashing strobe, made for indoor usage. It flies up to 15 minutes from a single charge and can fly up, down, left, right, forwards and backwards.

Zoobie Pets is a new patented concept which is fun for children and practical for parents. A Zoobie is a 3-in-1 plush toy animal, which can be a soft toy, a blanket or a pillow. A perfect traveling companion for toddlers!

There are 12 different Zoobies to choose from, both natural colored animals and brightly colored ones. For instance you have the blue elephant and the pink hippo for color loving children, and the zebra, giraffe and cheetah for those who prefer the more natural look.

Drop by Zoobie Pets for more information and to find a local retailer. Good For the Kids is one of many webstores where Zoobies can be found.

Amongst all the free paper craft downloads around the Internet, there are lots of simple, fun and decorative paper figures made by artists and designers. These paper figures are easy to put together, and the detail is in the graphics. These figures can often be downloaded in several fun and versions, including blank templates, for people to apply their own graphic, paint or draw on. They are perfect for kids (and adults) of all ages.

I have made a small list of some of the very cool and simple paper craft figures that I’ve come across lately. If anyone’s got more of these that they’d like to share, please leave a comment!

• Speakerdog - simple, fun and available in lots of different versions made by different graffiti artists, illustrators and graphic designers.
• Readymech - cool, simple and charming figures.
• Gloo Man - choose sex, hair type, belt buckle and other details before downloading your personal Gloo Man!
• NANA - cool and detailed figure with removable helmet. (Click second preview from the left to see the figure. Click arrow to download PDF.)
• Flicker Monkey’s figures - simple and cute.
• Custom Paper Toys Owwwl - fun, detailed (cool skeleton on its back) with movable parts. Besides the owl there is four other free downloads.
• e440 - Cool squirrel figure. Five versions (at the time being), including a blank template, all are available for free by contacting the blog author.
• Cutnejo - charming rabbit.