
House Of Marbles
From the ridiculous to the sublime, we have been manufacturing our unusual range of traditional games, puzzles, toys, marbles and glassware for many years. We are purveyors of fine curios, and you will see when you visit us that our collection of vintage and antique wares are rivalled only by our current range!
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Eye Spy Secret Spyspex
Part of our “Super Secret Spy” range these novelty specs allow you to become a world class secret spy! The outer edge rear view mirrors allow you to see everything that’s going on behind you while you look the other way. So now you can watch every move of the people around you without them even knowing!
Kazoo Counter Display
Possibly one of the silliest musical instruments ever invented, but totally brilliant and easy to play. Kazoos are used as the sound in many a Carry On Film!
Invented way back in the 1840’s so it’s a really classic instrument for any starter collection.
Secret Agent Spy Invisible Ink Pen UV Light
Secret Agent Spy Invisible Ink Pen UV Light
Part of our “Super Secret Spy” range this clever spy pen lets you write secret messages only revealed by the built in U.V. light! Perfect for any budding spy and great for party bags. Comes with a handy hook so you can keep it safely attached to a pad of paper and presented in a uniquely designed counter display to help maximise sales.
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Wooden Jericho
An exciting game of strategy, chance and skill for any number of players. In this classic family game players take turns to remove wooden blocks from the stacked tower while avoiding it toppling over….nerve racking!
Lets Look For Garden Birds Stick & Play
A delightful book that helps introduce children to nature. There’s lots of stickers, fold-out play scenes included too.
Make Your Own Mosaic Art - Sea Life
Make Your Own Mosaic Art - Sea Life
Make your own sealife mosaics
Stick the easy to peel foam tiles to the colour coded pictures to create stunning craft art. Hours of concentration and fun for all ages.
This mosaic art kit contains:
Four sealife card designs
1200+ Colourful sticky foam tiles
Full colour instruction leaflet
The art sheets measure approximately: 18cm x 15cm (7×6...
Baa Baa Black Sheep
Baa Baa Black Sheep Finger Puppet Book, Wiggle the cute puppet and enjoy a well-loved rhyme with your baby or toddler.
Old Macdonald Had A Farm Book
Wiggle the cute cow puppet and enjoy the well-loved rhyme Old MacDonald Had a Farm with your little learner! This adorable board book features a fun finger puppet toy built into the story, encouraging interactive play, hand-eye coordination and language development in your little one.
Rapunzel Wooden Knitting Doll
A lovely new style for one of our bestselling products. The wooden dolly is in the style of Rapunzel so the French Knitting becomes a lovely long skein of hair! The kit includes the wooden dolly, wooden crochet hook, lots of pretty wool and full instructions.
50 Piece Wooden Farm Blocks
50 chunky wooden blocks with a fun selection of farm characters. For stimulating young imaginations, developing hand-eye co-ordination and just for good, old-fashioned fun. Made with sustainably-sourced wood.
Build A Bird Kit
A pop-out and play kit with an assortment of beautiful birds to collect, construct and fly.
Classic Magic Tricks
Become a master magician with these easy to use magic trick sets. The counter display contains a wonderful mix of some of the most famous tricks in a handy pocket size. Includes Exploding Dice, Magic Numbers, Cups & Balls, Pencil Slicer and Rope Trick. Each set comes with easy-to-follow instructions making them perfect for beginners.
Compendium Of Games
This wonderful set contains everything you need to entertain the whole family. Jam-packed with over 50 traditional games, including Jacks, Pick Up Sticks, Tiddlywinks, Ludo and much more!
Games On The Go Travel Cards
36 double-sided cards with lots of super fun games to help make travelling a lot more fun. Games include Mini-Snap, Rhyme Time and Name That Tune! The ultimate boredom-busters for any journey.
Honeybee Net Bag Of Marbles
A bag of fun, yellow ‘bee’ marbles that kids will love to play with. Each bag contains a shooter-sized marble plus lots of little ones for collecting, swapping and playing.
Modelling Clay Counter Display
An essential for all young children. Brightly coloured, non-toxic modelling clay that won’t stain.
Oceanic Net Bag Of Marbles
An assortment of lovely marbles to reflect the colours of the ocean. Each net includes a shooter plus lots of small marbles to collect and play with.
T-Rex Net Bag Of Marbles
A bag of nubbly, colourful marbles with a prehistoric feel! One large and lots of smaller marbles for collecting, swapping and playing. Totally roar-some!
Wooden Magnetic Fishing Game
Enjoy catching all the aquatic pieces in this brightly coloured wooden magnetic fishing game. A wonderful and entertaining game to encourage hand-eye coordination.
Vintage Snakes & Ladders
A splendidly vintage version of a fabulous children’s favourite. Players have a fun and frantic race to the finish in this entertaining game for 2-6 persons.
Wooden Cribbage
A very famous and addictive English card game, where a wooden board and metal pegs are used to keep the score. The game apparently dates back to the late 17th century and has been entertaining people ever since. Our set is a handy, pocket-sized version with a folded wooden board, a pack of cards and scoring pegs.
Jacks
A traditional game of skill and dexterity that’s perfect for all the family . This classic playground game includes solid metal jacks stars, a bouncy ball and a cotton bag to take them to school in
Marble Games
A great set of marble games for the whole family. Includes a lovely selection of assorted marbles in various sizes, a miniature wooden archboard, dice and instructions for lots of fun games.
Miniature Kite
Flyaway fun in miniature; the kite in a bag is a bestseller. Easy to fly for the amateur and fun for the expert.
The kite comes in a bright and colourful bag (a choice of orange, blue or green) for easy storage and transportation. One colour will be picked at random for you when you purchase this item, however if you would like a particular colour you can specify this in the comments section of...
Bash A Burglar
A legendary bestseller from House of Marbles which has been relaunched by popular demand! This is a fun marble target game with a gentle comedy twist – wooden burglars in a variety of dodgy costumes plus a ‘swag bag’ of marbles! Shoot the marbles at the burglars and send them spinning to get the highest score.
Giant Wooden Dice
Chunky and sturdy, painted giant dice which are great fun to play with, a great educational aid and also very handy for those people who always lose the dice in their board games!
Kitten Bead Maze Pull Along
A pull-along toy with a built-in bead maze for two toys in one! Young children will love to toddle about with their toy, and threading the bead maze will help them develop hand-eye co-ordination. Made with sustainably sourced wood.
Kitten Wooden Tumbler Pull Along
A big, chunky pull-along toy that turns and tumbles as it trundles. The kitten spins a ‘ball of wool’ shape sorter which contains three different shapes to post and sort. This is a great gift which young children will love. Made with sustainably sourced wood.
Pop Gun Counter Display
Guaranteed to enthral any small noisy child, the Pop Gun is one of our best-loved traditional toys and has been enjoyed by many generations.
With a (very gentle) cork-on-a-string popping mechanism.
Pretty Wooden Bracelets
These lovely wooden bracelets come in an assortment of lovely colours with unique flower shaped beads.
Wind Up Wooden Train
Wind Up Wooden Train
Twist the handle to wind up the little wooden train & then watch it go – like clockwork! So popular with children, these old classic wind-up toys are great for racing.
Please note that the design will be chosen at random however should you wish to receive a specific design, pop a note in the special instructions box at checkout and we'll do our best to accomodate...
Wooden Castle In A Bag
A gorgeous set with 17 chunky wooden pieces to build/stack which will give hours of imaginative play. Blocks vary in size but are all solid wood and made to very high standards. All packed in a drawstring bag with a pictorial label.
Wooden Wildlife Yoyo
Solid wooden Yo Yos in four different woodland animal prints including a fox, hedgehog, owl and badger. A wonderful classic toy perfect for party bags and stocking fillers.