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Hello and Welcome to Best Years

A small, independent toy company who specialise in knitted toys, especially dinosaur toys.

Any questions please email our friendly team on This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. 

Our fair trade wooden toys are handmade in Sri Lanka by a WFTO certified fair trade producer.

The wood we use is a by product of tea cultivation. The trees are grown to provide shade for the tea plants, but as they grow bigger they need to be cut down as they take the moisture needed by the tea plants from the ground. The wood itself is very light weight making the toys very light.

How wooden toys are made.
Our wooden toys all start life as a plank of wood, and they are 100% handmade.
First the design is printed on to the wood, then it is cut out, sanded and painted, all by hand.
This means that none of our toys are completely the same, and nor are they completely symmetrical as there is no automation involved in the process.

Why are wooden toys better.
Our wooden toys are better than most toys because they are 100% natural. There is no plastic involved in any of the wooden toys so wooden toys can be recycled. Unlike plastic wood can be marked and knocked but again, unlike plastic, it rarely breaks.
Wooden toys are also better because by their very nature they encourage open play. You cannot have flashing lights or wailing noises in a wooden toy so they have no set purpose which makes them open play toys. You can stack them, build them and balance them which is great for hand to eye coordination. 

Which wooden toys?
We think our wooden toys are best because they are fair trade and handmade and the wood is upcycled.
Our wood is very lightweight and the paints which we use are suitable from birth. 
The designs of our wooden toys all encourage open play and imaginative play. 

Wooden rainbow toys.
Probably the most well known of wooden toys are the wooden rainbow toys and we have some fabulous ones. Our colours range from traditional rainbow to contemporary to pastel and black and white rainbow toys.
Wooden rainbows are a great toy for children because they can be played with in many different ways.

 

 

 

Best Years are one of the UK's leading suppliers of wholesale toys and wholesale baby gifts. As a leading supplier to retailers, and as a wholesale soft toy and baby gift supplier we source, manufacture, wholesale and distribute ethical toys, but with a difference.

Established over 10 years ago our huge range of wholesale baby toys and dinosaur toys are available at trade prices to Independent retailers, museums and other tourist destinations. Many of our wholesale baby toys are used in nappy cakes, gift baskets, hampers and other new baby gifts and we also have a wide range of wholesale organic baby comforters, perfect for personalisation.

 

Our wholesale ranges

Wholesale baby toys

All our wholesale baby toys are designed exclusively by Best Years and we are the exclusive UK distributor of Under the Nile organic baby comforters and organic baby toys.

We design and manufacture all our wholesale ethical toys to be suitable from birth and machine washable, and all our toys are tested to UKCA and CE.

Our wholesale organic baby toys are made in India and Sri Lanka by our trusted partners.

 

Wholesale dinosaur toys

As a UK toy company we design and manufacture our exclusive range of wholesale dinosaur toys. Our knitted dinosaur toys are tactile, bright and robust. Designs stretch from T Rex dinosaur toys to Diplodocus to Dodos

 

Wholesale wooden toys

Our wholesale wooden toys are both fair trade and handmade in Sri Lanka. Centred around our wholesale wooden rainbow toys the range is exclusive to Best Years. The wood we use is a by-product of tea plantations so the toys are fair trade, handmade and upcycled.

 

Wholesale organic baby hamper gifts

Our wholesale organic baby toys are perfect for baby hampers. suitable from birth and machine washable they are available in traditional pastels and contemporary tonal colours.

 

How to place a wholesale order

You can easily place orders for our wholesale toys, baby gifts and baby toys on our website by signing in to our wholesale/trade area.

We have no pack quantities, and our online minimum order is £75.

Wholesale delivery is usually just 3 days and there are no delivery charges on orders within UK over £300.

We are happy to supply our wholesale toys to independent retailers of all shapes and sizes but please note that we cannot allow our toys to be sold on EBay or Amazon.

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Welcome to Best Years. Retail toys and Baby Gifts
Wholesale Soft Toys and Baby Gifts

The Best Place to Find Toys for the Best Years of Our Lives.

We love toys. We love how they help imaginative play, and help cement friendships. We love how children create worlds around their toys and this is why we feel that toys should be as special as the children who play with them.

So we spend our lives searching for the best possible toys and the people who can make them. We like to work with people who share our values which is how we came to partner with Pebble and their network of fair trade cooperatives. We also work with small producers in Sri Lanka and Egypt. Talented people who make the most gorgeous toys

Not only do we think that we have the cutest toys around but they are uniquely suited to the needs of young children. Knitted and crochet toys bring a tactile quality to baby toys which is great for helping sensory development. They are also robust enough to stand up to even the most active of toddler play. And it helps that they are machine washable too!

Our dinosaur toys have it all - fun, engaging, loads of play value, tactile, bright, practical and handmade. What more could you ask?

About Us

Best Years have been specialising in making toys for well over 10 years and were the first people to introduce knitted dinosaur toys to the world!  Best Years now offer a wide selection of knitted dinosaur toys and have something suitable for everyone from babies to young children to dinosaur mad adults!

Having young children ourselves the appeal of knitted and crochet toys was instant as it offered a great alternative to the ubiquitous soft toys found all over the high street.

We are an ethical company and ethical sourcing is at the core of all our products so we found a great factory to make our first knitted toys for us, and now we have hundreds, still working with the same people we met all those years ago.

This interest in ethical sourcing also led to a 10 year partnership with the Pebble fair trade cooperatives who hand make knitted and crochet toys in rural Bangladesh creating thousands of fairly paid and flexible jobs in the process.

And since knitted and crochet goes hand in hand with cotton it was a natural process for us to find the organic cotton Under the Nile ranges we which we now offer.  We have also expanded into handmade Natural Rubber Bath Toys and Teethers including our bestselling natural rubber rubber dinosaur toys, as well as fair trade handmade wooden toys.

So whether you are looking for a great toy for your child, a knitted dinosaur toy or specifically for a fair trade and/or organic toy we have a great selection for you to choose from.

Safety 

  • All our toys are tested to CE, All our toys are tested to UKCA, All our toys are suitable from birth and All our toys are machine washable

It matters to us that our toys are not only well designed, but well made and safe which is why we spend so much time making sure that quality stays at the core of our designs. Its why we don’t have bead eyes or any small parts on our toys.

We are an ethical company and our ethics extend from the people who make the toys through to the people who play with them and we never take shortcuts with safety.

Contact Us

If you are a retailer looking to stock a great range of popular toys please email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

If you are a consumer looking for a particular toy or wanting more information about our toys please email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. and we will be very happy to help

If you are a journalist looking for more information about our retro soft toys please email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

If you are a fairtrade producer or handmade cooperative looking for someone to sell your toys in the UK please email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Best Years are a baby gift wholesaler, a toy wholesaler and a baby gift and toy retailer who have been specialising in knitted and crochet toys for over 10 years. We were the first people to introduce knitted dinosaur toys to the world!

Having young children ourselves the appeal of knitted and crochet toys was instant as it offered a great alternative to the ubiquitous soft toys found all over the high street.

We are an ethical company and ethical sourcing is at the core of all our products so we found a great factory to make our first knitted toys for us, and now we have hundreds of ethical toys but we are still working with the same people we met all those years ago.

This interest in ethical sourcing also led to our 2009 partnership with the Pebble fair trade cooperatives who hand make knitted and crochet toys in rural Bangladesh creating thousands of fairly paid and flexible jobs in the process.

And since knitted and crochet goes hand in hand with cotton it was a natural process for us to find the organic cotton Under the Nile ranges we which we now offer.  In 2019 we introduced a new range of fair trade upcycled wooden toys and we plan to grow the range over the next few years.

So whether you are looking for a great ethical toy for your child, or specifically for a Fair trade and/or organic toy we have a great selection for you to choose from.

Safety.

  • All our toys are tested to CE
  • All our toys are tested to UKCA
  • All our toys are suitable from birth
  • All our toys are machine washable

It matters to us that our toys are not only well designed, but well made and safe which is why we spend so much time making sure that quality stays at the core of our designs. Its why we don’t have bead eyes or any small parts on our toys.

We are an ethical company and our ethics extend from the people who make the toys through to the people who play with them and we never take shortcuts with safety.

Contact Us

If you are a retailer looking to stock a great range of wholesale toys or wholesale baby gifts please email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or come and see us at the trade shows (please email to find out the nearest show to you that we will be attending).

If you are a consumer looking for a particular toy or wanting more information about our toys please email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. and we will be very happy to help

If you are a journalist looking for more information about our retro soft toys please email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

If you are a fair trade producer or handmade cooperative looking for someone to sell your toys in the UK please email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

‘Best Years’ est un des principaux grossistes de peluches en tricot et en crochet dans le domaine des accords de réciprocité des transactions commerciales internationales (Fair Trade) jouets en Europe. Nous possédons une large gamme de jouets de bébé en gros,  en gros et des couvertures de bébé en gros y compris des jouets de bébé organiques et des hochets. Nous portons aussi des doudous en crochet.

Ballerina

En tant que grossiste de jouets, nous nous spécialisons dans les peluches bien conçues de haute qualité, ainsi que les hochets de bébé au prix abordables.

Nous fournissons les magasins détaillants en Europe et en Scandinavie avec des jouets en gros à des prix abordables, et nous sommes fiers de nos dessins originaux et de la flexibilité de nos services.

Nous n’imposons pas d’ordre minimum lors du placement de vos ordres de nos produits. Nous sommes aussi heureux de vous fournir avec des images des produits que vous avez achetés.

Notre choix de produits en gros est exclusif à Best Years et comprend les jouets et hochets suivants :

• Les jouets tricotés et les hochets Best Years en gros y compris le tout populaire T Rex, symbole de la société

 

 T Rex

• Les jouets tricotés organiques Best Years en gros

Galets de fair trade et des jouets et hochets faits à la mainGalets de fair trade et des jouets et hochets faits à la main

 Galets de fair trade, couvertures et chapeaux faits à la main

Galets de fair trade, couvertures et chapeaux faits à la main. Galets de fair trade, couvertures et chapeaux faits à la main

Des jouets en tricot fabriqués au Pérou

. Des jouets en tricot fabriqués au Pérou

• Jouets faits à la main, de fair trade provenant de Sri Lanka

 

Jouets faits à la main, de fair trade provenant de Sri Lanka

 

• Des trousses d’artisanat de commerce d’échange

• Des jouets organiques en gros de commerce d’échange du Pérou.

Non seulement nos produits sont extrêmement attrayants en tant que conception et matériel, ils passent par les plus strictes examens de sécurité pour assurer qu’ils conforment à toutes les lois courantes de sécurité. Nous possédons beaucoup d’expérience dans les statuts de la Sécurité des Jouets, ayant travaillé dans l’industrie de gros des jouets pour une période de plus de 10 ans. Toutes nos peluches de gros sont examinées au EN71 et CE et sont lavables par machine.

Nous travaillons avec des fabricants de jouets suivant les accords de réciprocité ainsi qu’avec des fabricants de peluches, et avons visité leurs usines et sommes satisfaits que les conditions dans ces usines excèdent les exigences imposés par les groupes de haut niveau d’influence.

Tant que possible, nous achetons des producteurs du Fair Trade.

Cherchez-nous au www.twitter.com/bestyearsltd et au Facebook

Nous tenons des exhibions dans maintes foires commerciales. Prière de nous contacter pour plus de détails concernant les foires commerciales en gros à venir, et consulter notre site au www.bestyears.co.uk

Vous pouvez de même nous contacter par courrier électronique à This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., ou en composant le +44 1327 263504 ou en écrivant à : Best Years, BP 6898, Northants, NN11 3WG

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  • Monday - Friday........9:00 - 17:30
  • Saturday........closed
  • Sunday........closed