How Promoting Family Fun Will Help Your Business

There is an emergence of renewed family time occurring across the nation. With this trend, also, comes the need to shower loved ones with gifts. Plush and novelty toys are wonderful gifts given through out the year and a potential for increasing your sales. As with any merchandise you sell, understanding and knowing your market is essential to success. In this FGmarket Newsletter, we will look at the different categories of plush and novelty toys as well as how you can capitalize on family friendly products with younger members and special occasion emphasis.

PLUSH TOYS - Pleasing The Young At Heart

Plush toys fall in to several categories: play plush, collectable plush and complimentary plush gifts. Each category or style can appeal to wide consumers base and enhance other existing product lines. It is important to understand your market as well as the categories and how you can pump up sales for each of these types of plush types through out the year.

Play Plush refers to toys that children can play with, hold and carry around. These toys can be interactive like Fiesta Toy Company’s plush puppets with sound. In fact, interactive toys are great for young children. While, ever popular teddy bears are considered the staple of the play plush toy market, stuffed animals (puppies, furry little kittens, frogs, etc.) are great items for those looking for children’s toys.

Plush Collectibles refer to toys that are given or bought because they are a series in a collection or commemorate special memories, such as a graduation plush toy or a school mascot. Holiday collections are a another form of collectible. Easter plush toys and Christmas decorating plush toys are holiday collectibles that are very much in demand.

Plush Gifts refer to items that customers will want to give for special events, such as valentine plush toys, or birthday bears and even plush baby toys for welcoming baby home.

As you can see even though these plush toys fall into different categories, they all work together and can make great add on sales to your other product lines. A flower for Valentines day is great, but add a stuffed animal and it’s is extraordinary. Using wholesalers that carry a wide array of plush toys in all the categories can save you time. Plus, they already have a good idea of what items sell best.

Novelty Toys and Gifts - Making Family Time Entertaining

Novelty toys and gifts are diverse items. Puzzles, board games, as well as books, all of items that fall into the novelty toy and gift category. Patrons who buy these items do so for birthday’s, parties, as well as for family fun time.

Puzzles come in many styles and designs ranging from simple puzzle for toddlers to elaborate puzzle meant to be pieced together by friends and family’s as a project.

Board Games refer to the type of novelty games with participatory interaction among a group of people. Interest in board games especially unique or educational are on the rise. In fact, board games such as the FamilyLore Game, where players have to answer family questions, is a really great type of game for engaged couples, helping them learn about each others family in an entertaining way. Board games that ask fun facts about the great outdoors or science, are great for schools, families and even camps, on a rainy day. Board games offer varitey and loads of family fun, as kids toys they can’t be beat. They make great gifts and have an impulse buy quality for a parent needing some family time.

Books and Educational Toys are great baby shower gifts, children’s gifts, and birthday gifts. Books are also good impulse buy items and educational toys appeal to parents and grandparents. You may have a customer pick up a flower arrangement or gift who may stop and browse through the books you sell. This often leads to an extra sale, as they can purchase a book that they can read to their niece when she visits. Children’s books aimed at toddlers and elementary school children are excellent additions to gift baskets and coordinate well with other gifts like plush toys. Hint: Always carry items that can play off one another in sales situations or create an impulse buying reaction.

A nice mixture of plush and novelties sparks fun and oohs and aahs. More importantly providing customers with family friendly items will boost your sales as well. Promoting and selling novelty and plush toys isn’t hard. Most likely you carry a few for Valentines day, so why not carry more for each holiday season, Christmas, Easter, and Halloween. Board games, teddy bears, puzzles, books all things that can be sold separately or bundled together in a gift basket can help you increase your holiday gift sales. Keeping these products all year long can also increase your everyday gift sales.

Look to the wholesalers at FG Market for the right mixture of novelty for family fun with fuzzy fantastic plush and unique toys. Your customers will be entertained and you’ll be successful.

“Play. Sleep. Love.”

If there could only be one amazing plush toy that parents and children would both want for themselves, it would be Zoobies®. This 3-in-1 patented design makes each Zoobie® pet a fun plush toy, snuggly blanket, and soft pillow all in one! Any parent, babysitter, or teacher will love this great plush toy and be thrilled to find it in your store!

The Zoobie® pets begin as cuddly plush toys. These cute little animal toys range from zoo pets to safari pets. Elephants, lions, monkeys, bears, hippopatomus, tigers, alligators and more are available from the Zoobies® safari and zoo collections. Picture yourself running into a wild animal during an African safari. Whatever that animal is, you can probably …click here to read How You Can Have The Most Fun 3-in-1 Plush Toy Ever…

There’s nothing more cuddly than plush products, and Douglas Cuddle Toys is very enthusiastic about sharing their unique plush animals and products with your store! Certain that your customers will run to these plush wonders with open arms, you might want to keep one or two cuddly plush animals back for yourself!

Everyone knows how wonderful the luxurious sensation of plush is against the skin. Protective parents wanting to give baby toys that they can trust often turn to plush animals and baby blankets to keep baby warm and snuggly under the non-scratchy material. As children grow, the security blanket makes way for the gentle plush stuffed animals that children cuddle as they dream sweetly after a long school day.

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There is no shortage of fun plush products at Creature Comforts Toys. No matter what your customer’s age, there is something wonderful for him or her to enjoy. There has to be something in it for your store also, right? As the “plush specialists for over 60 years,” you can rest soundly knowing that you’ve hit the plush jackpot for your customers and you.

Your customers will enjoy the variety of luxurious and unique plush toys from Creature Comforts including such great novelty gifts as plush golf club head covers, alien plush stuffed animals, a zooful of wild animal plush toys and more. Nine or ninety, there is a fun and unique stuffed animal or other creative plush product for everyone. …click here to read The Wholesale Plush That Everyone Trusts…

Better than action heroes. Better than super heroes. Better than any tiny plastic figurines for kids are the incredible animal figurines from Furry Animal Kingdom. Almost lifelike with amazing detail, these furry animal figurines are perfect imitations of the real deal!

Inventive customers have thousands of clever uses for animal figurines such as the jackalope figurines, rabbit figurines, dog figurines, cat figurines, and many more. Customers needing a very interesting gift idea need look no further  than your store thanks to the many fuzzy furry creatures at Furry Animal Kingdom.

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Every parent wants stimulating and educational toys for their children. However, busy parents often need to be able to leave their young child momentarily unattended with their toys. Play Clay is the solution for busy, proactive parents everywhere.

Many parents struggle with other types of clay and play dough toys because of the flaky mess that these products leave behind. Play Clay is the toy that parents will love because it leaves no mess behind! This flake-free formula cannot be matched in quality so parents trust Play Clay for a variety of fun activities. …click here to read The Smell-Good Feel-Good Clay Toy For Kids…

For many parents, the learning experience begins at a young age. Developing tiny minds into today’s Albert Einstein begins with unique educational toys. Enlightened Play has set the stage for a truly unique experience with eco friendly and educational toys.

Children have been playing with building blocks since the dawn of toys. The fun giant building blocks and pattern blocks from Enlightened Play deliver hours of fun and safety. These toys are great ways for your customers to start their children in learning basic math skills.

Provide your customers with the tools that they need to have hours of fun playtime while enhancing the development of their children. Appreciative customers will remember where to turn for new ideas and great educational toys.

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It’s finally a great time to have some DITZ in your life! Ditz Designs by the Hen House Inc. provides beautiful, unique plush toys for the whole family to enjoy! Want to give your customers a quirky laugh with unique products that fly off of the shelf? Ditz Designs is your place to go when your customers turn to you for great plush animals, toys, and cuddly plush products.

Even the mention of plush toys immediately brings to life sweet memories of comfort, softness, cute and cuddly warmth. The delight of an adorable creature to love and treasure is beloved by children and adults the world over.

Much like a comfort blanket, stuffed animals and plush toys become a valuable item with a sense of security that is cherished from a young age even into old age. Plush animals are among the special few, and now your store can be among the special few to provide customers with quality plush animals and toys.

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Few young children look upon educational toys in the same way as their parents. However, the FamilyLore Game brings parents and children together for a night of learning and entertainment that everyone will love!

What better way to get to know your closest family members than by playing a fun family board game together? The FamilyLore Game encourages family members to learn more about each other while exploring their family histories, genealogies, and traditions.

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Unlock a Sales Potential with Wholesale Toys.

With a twinkle in their eye and a desire in their heart, customers are drawn to toys. Carrying baby toys, discovery toys and educational toys will attract a diverse customer base. Toy sales have a vast potential. Unlocking that potential depends on finding the right wholesale toy distributor and offering a variety of unique childrens toys. Incorporating learning toys and discovery toys with trend toys will help you as a retailer stay on the cutting edge of what is desirable and popular. This FGmarket newsletter highlights some unique educational and discovery toy wholesalers. With these toy vendors and others from FGmarket Wholesale Toys directory you can find the products you need to capitalize on toy sales.

Promoting imagination with educational toys.

What little girl doesn’t dream of being a princess and love to play dress up? Fairy Finery offers beautifully made princess costumes and accessories, such as dresses, skirts and capes in an array of sizes and colors. Wands (like Star and Flower), hats and wings come in a variety of colors and shapes. Any little princess will be delighted with their Juliet caps and ribbon garlands, which are versatile and fit all sizes. Fairy Finery wings slip on like backpacks and are exquisitely made with ribbon, flower and butterfly embellishments. To complete the princess look, their dresses and skirts come in a variety of styles: Tulle, Princess Dream, Fairy Flutter, Fairy Flower, Fairy Sparkle and Fairy Dance.

Fairy Finery doesn’t forget about little boys either. They want to encourage little boys to go beyond the latest cartoon character, super-hero or villain. Fairy Finery Knights collection, which includes kings, Robin Hood and pirate costumes with accompanying swords and shields appeal to boys of all ages. Their caps, robes, hats and other accessories inspire the imagination of little boys in a fun and healthy manner. Fairy Finery products are deceptively educational toys promoting imagination and creativity through costumes.

Big hits with children still today, puppets have been around for generations. Folkmanis Puppets offers a variety of puppets that stir the imagination and create hours of fun for children. With their finger, character, animal and baby puppets, along with their award-winning Folkmanis puppets, these educational toys promote imagination and creativity.

Kids will discover the world of animals with the multitude of animal hand puppets, which include alligators, woodpeckers and bears. Children are drawn to the character puppets: ballerinas, pirates and angels. Folkmanis finger puppets are sold individually, as well as in sets like the African Wildlife playset which comes with four finger puppets - an elephant, lion, giraffe and zebra. Folkmanis hand puppets are great educational toys serving as tools to teach children about the environment.

Kids toys that make learning fun.

Remember as a child spending hours looking through kaleidoscopes and finding endless pleasure with all the shapes and colors? Occupying the attention of little ones like very few toys do, kaleidoscopes are a fantastic kids toy. Gemini Kaleidoscopes has everything from traditional to magic marble to liquid kaleidoscopes, and everything in between. Some of their newest products include ice cream cones, magical glitter wands and nature scopes.

For a more educational toy approach, their activity kits are great ways to show kids “how things work”. Kids can make scopes from objects found in nature to popular candies. This is a wonderful activity for a birthday party where every kid can take home a Kaleidoscope as a birthday party favor. Timeless toys for children of all ages, Kaleidoscopes are also excellent stocking stuffers for enhancing Christmas sales.

Learning toys for special needs kids.

Bill & Bud, Inc. exist to bring fun to the world through exciting educational toys. With their line of PlayAbility Toys and games, children learn, laugh, play and grow. Bill & Bud have a special interest in kids with special needs; designing learning toys to help children with visual, mental and emotional needs. Buddy is an animal specifically designed to help children with low vision.

Their Rib It Ball and Bizi Ball both stimulate children and encourage them to explore. See It & Sign It is a game that teaches American sign language in an easy-to-learn way. This Bill & Bud toy has been endorsed by a child development specialist as being a useful educational toy for children with special needs. Realize a new opportunity for toy sales with special needs toys.
Whether you are a toy store, florist or gift shop, toys can and should be an integral part of your product mix. While browsing FGmarket Wholesale Toy vendors, you will see many wonderful toy products each with their own special market. Children and adults love toys. Think outside of the box and you’ll find the right toy niche for your store.
Contributor: Jill Evans