We're delighted to have won Toy Fair's Best New Toy Award in the 'Games and Puzzles' category for our new animal lotto game Where Do I Live?.
We were up against some strong competition with other fantastic products to win this prestigious toy trade award! The award was voted for by key players...
Orchard Toys’ Managing Director, Simon Newbery and Marketing Manager, Ali Brown visited the Norfolk and Norwich hospital to donate £1,500 worth of games for their toy appeal.
This year the Norfolk and Norwich hospital have generously pledged to give a gift to every patient in the hospital on...
We are delighted to announce that we can now add the Giant Road Jigsaw to our long list of award-winning games and jigsaws!
Our fantastic, multi-functional Giant Road Jigsaw has won a Silver Right Start award in the 'puzzles' category.
Right Start award winners go through a stringent testing...
Thursday 1st October was the day of the nail-biting Go Go Dragons auction, with all profits going to the amazing Break charity! Our Marketing Manager and one of Snap's very own designers April attended this event, watching and waiting to see who would bid on our colourful dragon Snap...
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We're delighted to announce that one of our specialist games, New Baby Lotto, has been shortlisted for a prestigious Mother and Baby award!
The Mother and Baby awards recognise some of the best parenting brands on the planet, and we are so delighted to be included amongst these.
New Baby...
We're delighted to announce that one of our favourite games, Pizza Pizza, has won the 3-5 years Gold award in the Practical Pre-School Awards.
These prestigious awards recognise both play and educational value, as they are directly tested by childcare professionals and of course, children...
Orchard Toys is proud to announce a brand new look for it's bestselling Shopping List game, along with two re-named Shopping List Extras packs!
Don't worry, our most popular game is still played in exactly the same way; however, Shopping List now has 2 trolleys and 2 baskets to choose from, as...
We‘re seeing stars after finding out that Orchard Toys have won a Bizziebaby ‘Silver’ award for New Baby Lotto! We are thrilled to have won this parent-voted award, especially for New Baby Lotto, which is such a unique game.
The concept of New Baby Lotto is to prepare siblings for the arrival...
We are pleased to announce Pigs in Pants has been shortlisted as a Best Toddler Toy in the ‘Best Baby and Toddler Gear’ awards, run by Mummii.co.uk, the online magazine for mums.
Judges from Mummii and carefully selected parents will test and evaluate all the shortlisted products to decide on...
Orchard Toys hope to bring smiles to the faces of young patients and staff at the Jenny Lind Children’s Hospital in Norwich having donated over £400 worth of their games and jigsaws.
Managing Director, Simon Newbery and Marketing Manager, Ali Brown joined staff and patients to present a...
We have just received the exciting news that Giant Road Jigsaw and Pigs In Pants are winners in the 2015 Right Start Awards!
We don’t yet know whether the games have won a Gold, Silver, Bronze or Highly Commended award; but we are very proud to have come this far, and we will let you know as...
Staff bid a fond farewell to ‘Snap’, their colourful dragon, as he left his home at the Orchard Toys headquarters, destined for the Break charity GoGoDragons sculpture trail in Norwich.
Illustrators April Nash and Rowena Cooper have been painting the company’s colourful dragon for the past 12...
With almost 200 dragons of various sizes coming to spend the summer in the streets of Norwich this year, the GoGoDragons! project certainly looks set to brighten up the city.
GoGoDragons! is an exciting project which will be enjoyed by thousands of visitors to Norwich, while raising funds...
After the success of GoGoGorillas to the streets of Norwich in summer 2013, we are very excited to be sponsoring our very own dragon, as part of the 2015 GoGoDragons event to support Norfolk based charity Break.
Like GoGoGorillas, GoGoDragons will bring together a collection of stunning,...
Once again, Orchard Toys is delighted to provide goody bags for children involved in a fantastic production of ‘Peter Pan’, this year’s pantomime at the Theatre Royal in Norwich.
The annual pantomime is always hugely popular with families and groups, and during each performance a few lucky...
For many years now, Orchard Toys has been proud to support East Anglia’s Children’s Hospices (EACH), and we were delighted to collaborate with them on a fun fundraising project with local nursery schools – The Porky Piggy Project.
Orchard Toys distributed little piggy banks to participating...
Once again, we at Orchard Toys are patting ourselves on the back, as our fantastic Rocket Game has scooped another award to add to our growing collection!
The game has been awarded a Gold Award by Right Start Magazine; the annual Right Start Best Toy Awards sees hundreds of toys and games put...
Orchard Toys have done it again! Another winning product – this time our wonderful Alphabet Lotto game has won a prestigious gold award from Practical Pre-School Magazine!
Judged by an independent panel of testers, including childcare professionals and children, each game is marked against a...