Awarded Toys

We're proud to have won awards across all of our collections, for play value, design, quality, safety, sustainability, value for money and educational value. Our biggest reward comes from the fantastic feedback we get from you, our customers.

ABC Wooden Blocks has won awards 3 awards from Loved by Parents, Early Years and The Good Toy Guide. The wooden blocks have 6 different faces, including numbers, letters, illustrations and shapes. Part of our Petilou baby & toddler collection, this classic alphabet & numbers blocks set promotes early learning in a fun environment.

The Classic. In fresh white & rose pink this fully painted and decorated large 3 storey doll's house features a glittery scalloped roof, a front porch, opening and closing shutters and windows, and a floral motif. The house won the Right Start Toy Award, the Top 100 Baby Products and the Toy Talk Award. Sophie's House includes a wooden staircase which plays the role of room divider. Fully painted and decorated, the wallpaper is full of details children love to spot. It also defines room spaces with a colour for each floor and a different pattern for each room.

Who can stack the animals the highest before they tumble down? Discover 9 different forest animals with this wooden animal stacker. Part of our plastic free range, the set is complete with a handy draw string bag to play anywhere. Decorated with water based, chip resistant paints to ensure long lasting play that's safe for your child & kind to the environment.

Inspire the budding building with this exciting wooden tool box, complete with 11 accessories. This set won the Junior Design Award & was approved by the Good Toy Guide. Accessories include: a fabric bag, pliers, a screw driver, a plank of wood with two holes, two nails, a bolt, a screw, wood glue and a hammer. All pieces including the tool box are coloured using water based paints.

Showtime! Create your own home cinema experience with this retro popcorn machine. The Independent Toy Awards, European Product Design Awards and The Good Toy Guide all gave our unique and compact vintage wooden popcorn machine awards. it has features such a "pop handle” hold it down, release, watch them pop! Complete with 5 felt play popcorns to collect from the drawer and a colourful popcorn pot to serve them. Naturally guilt free, this wooden popcorn machine set is perfect for little ones to work on their fine motor skills as well as practice their speech & social interaction skills.

The crème de la crème. A grand & unique 92cm high 4 storey dolls house with floral motif. Each room is decorated differently to define room space. It features numerous window styles including functioning shutters and back windows to allow light to shine through. It also includes chimney stacks and staircases with banisters that function as room dividers. Cherry Tree Hall Dolls House has been given the Made for Mums & Good Toy Guide Awards.

A unique baby walker in a soft cloud shape with 45 rubber wood blocks painted in delightful water stained rainbow colours. The Rainbow Cloud Walker has been given awards by Junior Design & Good Toy Guide as it encourages new walkers to stay on their feet. The sturdy wooden construction offers support to develop their confidence, help with balance and stability as little ones learn to walk. Complete with wooden blocks to stimulate extended learning through play.

A delightfully quirky set of three happy wooden vegetable in their natural wood pots have been awarded best eco toy by Junior Design Awards. The set Includes six detachable interchangeable stacking parts. Mix and match to create a carrot, beetroot and radish. Made from solid and smooth replenish able rubber wood and finished in gorgeous water based colours with beautifully hand sewn fabric leaves.

Doctor Doctor! A vintage style, child sized fabric Doctor’s Bag filled with wooden medical instruments and bottles. 3+ The set includes a toy stethoscope, thermometer, syringe, blood pressure gauge, ear scope, reflex hammer, scissors and two medicine bottles. Winner of the Dr. Toys Award, Slow Toy Award, Junior Design Award, Made for Mums Award & The Good Toy Guide Award

Roll Up Roll Up! A classic barrow style ice-cream trolley with striped fabric canopy. Features a sliding door to the frozen compartment illustrated with classic ice-cream flavours to stimulate imaginative play. The set includes 2 magnetic ice-cream cones. The Trolley has been awarded two Right Start awards ann a Good Toy Guide award.

An extensive set including a wooden basket and more than a dozen solid wood grocery items plus a fun barcode scanner and some barcodes stickers. The illustrated grocery items include tuna can, butter, a baguette, cookies, sweet corn, ketchup, olive oil, spaghetti, chocolate and cereal. Great fun for pretend shopping, counting and language development. Winner of the Absolute Mama & Good Toy Guide Awards

A two in one reversible wooden Shop and Café stall on wheels with 2 stabilisers, exclusive to the Honeybake collection.

Complete with: a reversible chalkboard and a bell. With the Shop & Café Honeybake, children develop their social skills, speech, sharing and turn taking through imaginative play. Compatible with all Le Toy Van Honeybake collection. Won the Right Start Award 2017, Junior Design Award Best Toy Design 3-5+ Bronze 2017, Recommended by the Experts at Fundamentally Children (Good Toy Guide)

A gorgeous robust wooden rocking carousel style unicorn. A modern & unique twist on a traditional piece. Made from smooth solid rubber wood, with beautifully shaped rockers for a great ride. Featuring unique detailed illustrations in soft pastel colours, and finished with golden and glitter paint for a touch of sparkle. The Rocking Unicorn received awards from Good Toy Guide and the European Product Design Awards

A brightly painted café-style drinks making machine. Includes colourful water based painted pods to insert in the removable filter, a 'milk frother', two water based painted cups and a spoon. The pods are neatly stored on the top of the machine. The Cafe Machine is has two awards which includes Made For Mums & Progressive Preschool awards.

Explore the big city with this classic London bus. This wooden bus is brightly painted in red with London livery, and has space for a further 11 Budkin passengers (sold separately). Features include an opening roof and top floor to allow easy access and real rubber tyres too. Won the Right Start Toy Award and the Junior Design Award 2011.

Cool down with this set of 6 ice lollies from our Honeybake collection, complete with holder. These unique ice lollies are great for imaginative role play in groups or individually, and compatible with all Honeybake products including the Ice Cream Trolley. Gold winner in the Loved By Children awards 2018.

A multi-functional compact wooden petit activity cube, beautiful and complete little wooden activity centre for toddlers. Activities include: door to open, spinning wheel, ABC/123 flaps, a xylophone, three gears in a flower motif to spin round and two birds sliding across an autumn tree. Winner of the Right Start Award 2018.

A truly palatial doll's house, fit for royalty. The grandest house ever designed by LE TOY VAN. With four floors plus an attic room, there's plenty of space for extensive play. An array of window styles and a regal double front door add to impressive appeal.- Let you imagination run riot in this magnificent mansion. A touch of gold paint adds to the luxurious finish of this delightful doll's house. Winner of the Junior Design Award 2019.

A wonderful wooden first activity walker, a perfect development tool for growing toddlers. A beautifully balanced multi-functional walker decorated on the theme of nature with garden, woodland and rainbow motifs. The front features 10 different play activities and the sides have 1 play activity each to maximise play value. A handy fabric sling provides additional play value. A durable toy made from rubber-wood and finished with water based colours. Winner if 2 x Loved by Parents Awards 2019.

Perfect for any play market, this card machine has won awards from Right Start and the Good Toy Guide as it helps children improve numerical skills whilst providing lots of fun being in charge of their own world. Painted to fit with the Honeybake role play collection, mix and match sets together and see where their imagination takes them! Complete with one machine, one receipt and one payment card. Extra receipts designs available to cut out from the colour box for extended play value.

The wooden doll pram has been awarded the Loved by Parents Award. The pram has been designed in a classic traditional & aesthetic style with pretty, delicate detailing. Featuring soft pastel pink, cream and fresh white colours with heart and lace motifs. Its strong structure, soft padded mattress and unique retractable hand-seen canopy makes it the perfect pram to take soft toys and dolls on a walk. Its solid natural Rubberwood wheels and rubber grip allows the pram to roll smoothly over floors and carpets. Complete with a hand made removable changing bag.

An exciting three storey wooden garage with 2 spiral ramps and a working lift. The garage includes a car, helicopter and a petrol pump. Recommended by The Good Toy Guide Experts 2016.

A stylish wooden shopping trolley with 2 internal compartments and a fabric storage level underneath. Special feature: a detachable high quality fabric shopping bag and a mini chalkboard. An addition to the Le Toy Van Honeybake role play collection. This shopping trolley is great fun and helps children developing their social and speech skills through play. Won the Loved by Parents Best Wooden Toy 6+ GOLD 2017, Loved by Parents Best Toy Design PLATINUM 2017, Recommended by the Experts at Fundamentally Children 2017.

Let’s go on an adventure! Made from solid natural wood, these children’s pretend play binoculars feature two spinning kaleidoscope lenses. Made from solid smooth rubber wood and finished in bright water based colours they feature a ladybird motif. Inspire the young explorer! Winner of the Good Toy Guide Approved Award.

Featuring a window with gingham curtains over a butler's style sink. A substantial oven fitted with shelves and with a clear door, a hob stove with turning knobs. Plus an integral wall mounted dresser and a handy curtained shelving storage area. Winner of the Good Toy Guide Approved Award.

Home sweet home. The Blue Bird Cottage is a fully painted and decorated wooden doll's house on the blue bird theme, using soft pastel blue, pink and fresh white colour palette. Features include opening and closing shutters, windows, roof and door. Detailed interior with upstairs/downstairs colour division, different wallpaper and fine illustration in each rooms. The doll house comes complete with a 37 piece furniture & accessory set. Winner of the Absolute Mama Award 2018

Pull 'em Back & watch 'em go.
Pull-back propulsion cars for whizzy fun. Won the Independent Toy Award 2015.

A wooden chicken made of solid Rubberwood finished in water-based colours: composed of 5 pieces attached by velcro patches, complete with 4 vegetables pieces (carrot, onion, mushroom and tomato), a toy knife and a wooden tray. Compatible with all our Honeybake collection, this set encourages role play and social interaction. Winner of the platinum Loved by Parents 2017 award.

Time for Tea! The winner of the Good Toy Guide Recommended Award, the Tea & Treats Trolley is Bedecked in a rose with a white striped fabric canopy and featuring a secret drawer. A classic barrow style trolley with two wheels and handle. Unique artwork adorns the trolley, including delightfully illustrated drinks and cakes menus on both side panels. A flourish of golden paint adds a ritzy style to afternoon tea.

Prepare for the bake-off with the Honeybake mixer with detachable bowl. Play ingredients include; an egg, milk, flour and sugar. Winner of the gold award by Loved by Children 2017.

A fun first wooden tool bench with toy power tools, featuring a drill and turning saw. This comprehensive set includes a clamp, saw, hammer, screwdriver, spirit level, right-angle ruler, spanner and chalkboard .Plus a handy storage shelf and two planks with nuts and bolts. Awarded the Good Toy Guide Approved award.

A delightful wooden bird house shape sorter with 6 pieces to post, each in a different colour. Helps to develop pre-reading skills through shape recognition and matching. This toy encourages manual dexterity and hand eye co-ordination. Winner of the Gold Junior Design Awards 2016.

A wonderful wooden rocking ark with 10 wooden animals. Encourages children to sort and match by finding the 5 pairs of animals. Young children will love seeing how high they can stack the animals balancing on the ark before they tumble down. Winner of the Good Toy Guide Recommended Award.

A vintage style high chair with 'turned' wooden legs to give immense charm. Scaled for dolls and soft toys up to 30 cm. Winner of the Good Toy Guide Recommended Award 2019.

The wooden egg cup won the Independent Toy Award in 2017. The Egg Cup includes hand stitched felt wings, a wooden egg with magnetic top, two hand painted solid Rubberwood 'soldiers' and a painted wooden spoon.

Très Jolie ! A fully painted and decorated doll's house with hearts and flowers motif and opening shutters, windows and door. Glitters on the roof. The house comes complete with a 32 piece furniture & accessory set. Won the Loved by Children Award 2015.

A wooden sensory toy for lots of fun activities to stimulate young minds. The set encourages colour and shape recognition to sort into the matching tray. Plus each of the 9 blocks presents a sensation: shake to hear a jingling bell, look through the kaleidoscope, touch the fluffy fabric. Discover them all with this multi sensory toy. This toy encourages manual dexterity and hand eye co-ordination. Winner of the Good Toy Guide Recommended Award.

A delightful market stall featuring a striped canopy and integral bell. Includes a canvas shopping bag and a crate of apples and pears. The winner of the Grand Prix De La Presse Award.

The classic black painted wooden pirate ship with a skull and crossed swords motif on the fabric sails. Features include; a crow's nest, a 'walk-the-plank', rigging, a spring loaded firing cannon with cannonballs, a wind-up anchor, a deck trap-door, a helm, a Barbarossa figurehead and a rear opening stern for access. Won the Right Start Toy Award.

This magnificent castle is the largest in the Le Toy Van range and features an impressive turn-lifting drawbridge, a pull-up portcullis, turrets, towers, prison ramparts, a winch, a ladder and flags. The castle sits on a detailed painted wooden baseboard. Winner of the Good Toy Guide Recommended Award.

The working crane can swivel around and move the lifted load forwards and backwards with its 3 steering mechanisms. Scaled to Le Toy Van Construction Set, cars and garages. Winner of the Dad's Choice Award & The Good Toy Guide Recommended Award.

A bright & beautifully illustrated gear set on the bees & flowers theme. Complete with 7 removable gears and 3 bee handles, this set enables little ones to understand the mechanism of the cogs and gears. Supports cognitive development and colour recognition. Winner of the Junior Design Award & the Good Toy Guide Award 2017

A delightful solid baby gym, made from natural rubber wood with smooth rounded edges. Decorated on the cloud and mountain theme, with colourful exciting hot air balloons jingle rattles. Finished in soft pastel and bright colours. Winner of the Independent Toy Award 2019

A sturdy Firetruck with extendable ladder and accessories. Complete with posable Budkin Fire Chief. Won the Slow Toy Award 2014.

Beautiful retro car transporter. The top ramp can be lowered for cars to load .Complete with 4 racing cars. Good for learning colours and hand / eye coordination. Comes together with a sheet of 36 colourful stickers featuring car numbers 1 to 4, cars & road illustration. Won the Right Start Best Toy Award 2016.

Head out on the Highway.A brightly painted red and yellow wooden garage. Featuring 3 storeys, spiral ramps, a car & a working lift. All presented on a detailed baseboard. Dino's Garage won the Right Start Best Toy Award in 2013

Classic vehicles in soft pastels colours. Scaled to our garages and play-mats (train track compatible). Won the Independent Toy Award 2016.

Part of your 5-a-day and a great accessory to any wooden kitchen toy. A comprehensive blender set complete with a detachable jug, 6 sliceable fruits, a play knife and 2 wooden tumblers with removable toppings. Chop, cut & count your way to a healthy lifestyle. Skills: Encourages creative, social and imaginative role-play. Won the Independent Toy Award Best Role Play Toy.

With 4 chunky wooden pieces to stack onto the sturdy wheel base to make a fun fire engine truck with articulated ladder. Sort , stack and roll ! Highly commended by Dad's Choice Award.