October 1, 2009
Disney recently announced that it would buy Marvel Entertainement in a deal worth around $4 billion. The comic giant’s portfolio consists of over 5000 characters including Captain America, X-Men and Hulk with Spiderman probably the most famous.
Disney president and chief executive Robert Iger said “We believe that adding Marvel to Disney’s unique portfolio of brands provides significant opportunities for long-term growth and value creation.”
Also Stan Lee who created Spiderman plans a new project with Disney – an animated comic book to be made available online and on mobile phones. The (young) 86 year old will voice the head of the organisation that the super hero works for and has high hopes of its success. The name of this new venture is ‘Time Jumper.’
September 11, 2009
With a brand new movie eagerly awaited for June 2010 it’s hard to believe it has been 14 years since the first Toy Story hit our screens.
In the first movie we are introduced to Buzz Lightyear, Woody and the gang who make up Andy’s toys and the rest as they say is history.
The continued success of Toy Story with another movie spawned a range of merchandise from character toys to a bedding range to backpacks (I remember queuing one Christmas for a Buzz toy for my nephew).
Recently we’ve added some backpacks, a swim bag, a wheeled bag and junior bedding to our range with more to follow soon.
We have two sizes of back pack, one to suit the younger space ranger featuring Buzz, Woody and the gang.
A larger backpack for older children in black with orange piping features a large image of Buzz Lightyear.
For swimming trips we have a fab swim bag and for holidays and sleepovers a cool wheeld bag.
A brand new range of bedding made especially for cot/junior beds is also now available. More items to follow soon.
August 30, 2009
With the summer holidays fast becoming a distant memory we’ll soon be turning our attention to……. Christmas! I know, I’m sorry to mention it but there you go.
At Rest And Play we’ve introduced a gift wizard on our home page. Simply select boy or girl and price range and we’ll provide you with some fab ideas at great prices.
Ever popular is our range from fair trade company Lanka Kade. Their selection of bright, colourful jigsaws make excellent stocking fillers. Children love to play while they learn the alphabet or numbers. These jigsaws also look great on a shelf or window sill when not in use.
Fiesta Crafts supply wonderful quality educational wall hangings in various themes.
For the festive season take a look at the Christmas Presents wall hanging. It comes in the shape of a christmas tree and doubles as an advent calendar and has 24 moveable embroidered stuffed toys. Pieces or treats can be placed in the pockets and removed daily to make this a great nativity advent calendar.
April 23, 2009
If you’re looking for fun, educational toys for your child or maybe as a gift have a look at our fantastic range from Fiesta Crafts.
From fun games to creative play to wall hangings these toys give hours of enjoyment and are made to last. Fiesta Crafts toys have been designed to help children develop core learning skills such as letter and number recognition, phonics, numeracy skills as well as improving hand to eye co-ordination.
Fiesta Crafts have been recognised with a string of industry awards over the years from some of the toughest judges around – the kids!!
Paint, Make and Play Craft Kits come in five designs Fire Station, Castle, Fairy House, Nativity Scene and Princess Castle. Prices range from £10.95 – £11.95. Simply paint colours onto the outlines and fit together to create your own exciting scene. Easily packs away ready to be played with again.
creAtiles is a fabulous, brightly coloured construction kit using velcro style fasteners that’s soft and safe for little fingers. Create a new toy every day just add imagination and you’ve got a boat, car, garages and much, much more. An ideas booklet is included. Prices start at £24.95 for the starter kit and £49.95 for the full kit.
Wall Hangings are a great way of rewarding and encouraging good behaviour as well as learning the time for instance or the day, date and season. We stock an impressive range of wall hangings at competitive prices – have a look here to see the full range.
Fiesta Crafts have a great range of games that are both fun, enjoyable and educational for all the family. With prices ranging from £5.95 for 3 for me a game of noughts and crosses turned on its head to Discover the World Map Game an entertaining game to help learn about where countries are in the world at £27.95. See our other games here.
Last but not least see our colourful range of fabric childrens height charts in four super designs Dragon, Giraffe, Rocket and Fairy.
February 26, 2009
New at Rest And Play are the wonderful FunToSee Room Make Over Kits and to celebrate the occasion we are offering free shipping on these amazing products.
These fantastic easily removable wall stickers can create magical spaces and can transform a room instantly. These jumbo sticker kits come in several fun designs – Jungle, Funky Flowers, Outer Space, Funberry Farm and Undersea Adventure – just peel and position each giant sticker to create a spectacular themed room.
Take a look at our Disney Character ranges featuring Pixar Cars, Fairies, Winnie the Pooh, Princess and Hannah Montana. With bedding and bedroom accessories to compliment, great prices and quick delivery a perfect themed bedroom can be created in minutes!
Click here for the full range and take advantage of our free shipping offer.
February 23, 2009
High School Musical is one of the most successful Disney programmes in recent years. With a massive fan base, smash hit movies and a best selling album High School Musical looks to be around for a while.
Rest And Play are pleased to stock a fantastic range of bedding, curtains, bedroom accessories and wall stickers. In addition we have umbrellas, swim and trainer bags, suitcase, despatch and organiser bags.
We offer competitive prices and fast delivery – most of our orders are despatched the same or next working day coupled with an easy to use website providing a safe secure shopping experience we hope to make your online purchase a pleasure.
Click here to check out the full range.
February 17, 2009
FREE SHIPPING ON ALL WALL-TASTIC WALLPAPER MURALS!
To mark the recent addition of this amazing range to the Rest And Play website we are currently offering free shippng on all Wall-Tastic wallpaper murals.
A whole new concept in room makeovers! With several stunning designs this must be one of the easiest most cost effective ways to transform a bedroom, nursery, playroom or games room.
At Rest And Play we have recently added Wall-Tastic to our growing range of products. These highly detailed 3D computer generated images are a great way to create a feature wall – we currently stock Car Racers, Dinosaur Land, Fairy Princess, Football Crazy, Hore and Pony Stables, Jungle, Nursery Rhymes and Sea Adventure.
Click here to view the complete range and to order.
February 15, 2009
No bedroom or playroom is complete without a fun bean bag or chair featuring your favourite character or football team. Highly popular our filled bean bags and chairs suit children ideally aged 3 to 10 years.
We stock lots of designs for both boys and girls and with most orders despatched the same or next working day you won’t have to wait long to chill out in your favourite room!
Click here to view our full bean bag range.
January 21, 2009
Rest And Play now have a wonderful range of Star Wars Clone Wars merchandise availabe.
Star Wars takes on a brand new look in this first ever animated feature film. The action centres around a galactic civil war. Jedi knight Anakin Skywalker starts a mission against crime boss Jabba the Hutt and Asajj Ventress.
When Rotta the Hutt is kidnapped Anakin Skywalker and Obi-Wan Kenobi set out to find out who is behind his disappearance. More battles are fought between Count Dooku’s Confederacy of Independent Systems and the Galatic Republic.
Currently available at Rest And Play are a great range of Clone Wars bedding and bedroom accessories along with an excellent range of lunch bags and drinks bottles.
November 8, 2008
We have a great range of games and toys that would make excellent Christmas gifts and stocking fillers. The full range can be seen here.
In stock now we have brightly coloured animal themed jigsaws made by a Fair Trade Company called Lanka Kade which are suitable for all ages. See the range here.

Games are always a popular choice at Christmas and we stock a range for all ages some new such as Fish N Spell to old favourites Draughts and Snakes and Ladders. Have a browse here
All these items are in stock now and can be despatched the same or next working day depending on the time you place your order.