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Charity Toys – Octopus
We’ve seen these charity octopus posts lately and its all rather safety vague, So I thought a clear guide on making them safe may be helpful. I know its all rather boring and we don’t mean to sound a killjoy more »
Cords
All the technical info for the cords is described in our loops and lengths wiki (for members only) However its come to our attention that we need to clarify a little on the cords front to be clear. I’d like to thank more »
International Toy Safety
We quite often get questions asking about selling outside of the EU, so hopefully this link-fest will help with this 🙂 The CE mark enables you to legally sell your toys in the EU, but outside of the EU there more »
Peg Doll Problems
Peg dolls are wonderful personalise-able little things, they’re so fab* that they have their own little section of the EN71-1, called Play figures. *by fab, I mean difficult. Being wood, first of all they need to pass a host of more »
Equipment – what is needed, and where to find it
Physical and Mechanical testing The first steps into testing is finding the things you need, thankfully most things needed for soft toy testing can be found fairly easily by raiding your cupboards and sheds! However testing fancy dress does get more »
Fabric certificate types and how useful they are
Quite often when you’re seeking out certificates for your files, you may come across a multitude of other certificates which get you excited and then swiftly disapointed when you realise they are not what you need! This is a rundown more »
‘Flash’ Testing – quick guide to when and how
‘Flash’ testing It’s important to note that toys that a child can enter (teepees, tents etc) and Costumes have their own version of flammability testing, and this is aimed for soft toys only. What is it? Flash testing has often been more »
Buying safe handmade toys – a quick guide
Buying toys that are handmade is a lovely thing, you’re helping out the little people instead of big companies, you’re getting something personal with love put in, its likely different to whats available anywhere else! whats not to love? Of more »
Raising CE awareness (avoiding CE rage!)
Many many toy makers out there are still unaware of the law and what they need to do to CE mark their toys. This can be frustrating for the toy makers who go through the tests of CE, as CE more »