Toy Story 3 – The history of Toy Story

Did you know that Toy Story was the first fully computer animated film ever to be produced? The film was released in 1995 featuring the voices of Tom Hanks and Tim Allen. It's an amusing film suitable for all ages that tells the story of a group of toys that come alive when there are no humans around.

Toy story was the highest earning film of 2005 beating Batman Forever and Apollo 13. The film has gone on to become one of the best selling films of all time. The sequel to the original film was even more successful than the first. Toy Story 2 was released in 1999 with some new characters to add to the film.

Due to the success of the first 2 films , we now have Toy Story 3 scheduled for release on 23 July 2010. Toy Story 3 will be a 3D film and has been showing teaser trailers since May 2009. Toy Story 3 is set to be another fantastic hit with even more new characters being introduced into the story line.

Great for kids

Toy Story is great for kids and just as funny for the grownups to watch too! Toy Story really lets your children's imagination run wild with the possibilities that their toys could be plotting mischievous activities whilst they're out of the room and not looking!

It's also a really easy watching film that suits all ages. The films are cleverly created to include suitable jokes for all kids (and enough for the adults too!). The story lines are also really easy to follow so even the younger kids in your family won't get distracted and wonder away from the films plot!

Toy Story is one of the very few films whereby the story line is enjoyable by any kids no-matter what their interests are. Some kid's films are focused on just boys or just girls, or on certain types of children. Toy Story is a very universal film with a wide captive audience.

Toys and merchandise

Why not bring the film to life! With merchandise your kids can reenact the film and create their favourite moments from the film. All your favourite characters from the film are available to purchase as suitable kids toys for all ages.

But the fun doesn't stop there. There are different types of toys all with varying prices. For example, you can get a simple 12" action figure of Buzz Lightyear for around £20. Or how about the ultimate Buzz Lightyear programmable robot at £200 for some real-life fun!

The fun doesn't stop with merchandise toys, you can also get dress-up costumes and sets for your kids of all ages. If your kid is a budding actor then why not let them dress up and act out their favourite toy story characters. Dress-up costumes provide great entertainment for the whole family.

So why not celebrate the release of the new Toy Story 3 film with a range of Toy Story merchandise to impress your children. You can even make lunch time a fun time with Toy Story themed lunchboxes and flasks!

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Toy Story 3 – The history of Toy Story

Did you know that Toy Story was the first fully computer animated film ever to be produced? The film was released in 1995 featuring the voices of Tom Hanks and Tim Allen. It's an amusing film suitable for all ages that tells the story of a group of toys that come alive when there are no humans around.

Toy story was the highest earning film of 2005 beating Batman Forever and Apollo 13. The film has gone on to become one of the best selling films of all time. The sequel to the original film was even more successful than the first. Toy Story 2 was released in 1999 with some new characters to add to the film.

Due to the success of the first 2 films , we now have Toy Story 3 scheduled for release on 23 July 2010. Toy Story 3 will be a 3D film and has been showing teaser trailers since May 2009. Toy Story 3 is set to be another fantastic hit with even more new characters being introduced into the story line.

Great for kids

Toy Story is great for kids and just as funny for the grownups to watch too! Toy Story really lets your children's imagination run wild with the possibilities that their toys could be plotting mischievous activities whilst they're out of the room and not looking!

It's also a really easy watching film that suits all ages. The films are cleverly created to include suitable jokes for all kids (and enough for the adults too!). The story lines are also really easy to follow so even the younger kids in your family won't get distracted and wonder away from the films plot!

Toy Story is one of the very few films whereby the story line is enjoyable by any kids no-matter what their interests are. Some kid's films are focused on just boys or just girls, or on certain types of children. Toy Story is a very universal film with a wide captive audience.

Toys and merchandise

Why not bring the film to life! With merchandise your kids can reenact the film and create their favourite moments from the film. All your favourite characters from the film are available to purchase as suitable kids toys for all ages.

But the fun doesn't stop there. There are different types of toys all with varying prices. For example, you can get a simple 12" action figure of Buzz Lightyear for around £20. Or how about the ultimate Buzz Lightyear programmable robot at £200 for some real-life fun!

The fun doesn't stop with merchandise toys, you can also get dress-up costumes and sets for your kids of all ages. If your kid is a budding actor then why not let them dress up and act out their favourite toy story characters. Dress-up costumes provide great entertainment for the whole family.

So why not celebrate the release of the new Toy Story 3 film with a range of Toy Story merchandise to impress your children. You can even make lunch time a fun time with Toy Story themed lunchboxes and flasks!

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We're football crazy, football mad!

It's that time of year, and football is all around - you can't fail to have noticed a certain World Cup happening, and here at Little Sunflowers we want to help you to get into the action!

The fabulous Molo have come out with a football themed range of clothing, from rompers to tops, and we want to give YOU a chance to win not only £60 of Molo gear, but also a fab limited edition kids Football!

All you have to do is answer a REALLY easy question, to go in the draw - and you have until midnight on Saturday 10 July 2010!

Enter the competition here

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41 Years of The Very Hungry Caterpillar!

In 1969 Eric Carle produced a book which would become a huge hit worldwide. Even today "The Very Hungry Caterpillar" sells one copy every 30 seconds worldwide.

Now, our friendly caterpillar is 41 and it's still just as popular, if not more so. It's a great children's book with fantastic illustrations and imagination taught throughout.

Eric Carle was born in the United States and then moved to Germany at the age of six. Eric's father would take him on walks through woods and across meadows. His father would lift a stone and underneath it Eric would see an amazing world of creatures and things that lived underneath.

As a child Eric found these adventures with his Father to be quite magical and inspiring. He then went on to re-live these happy and fond memories in his illustrated books. Eric started off his career as a graphic designer. He then later become art director of an advertising agency before then moving into publishing.

Great for children

The Very Hungry Caterpillar is a great book for children because it has full page, brightly coloured illustrations to accompany the text. The text within the book is also easy to follow making it ideal for children that are learning to read. The book contains 225 words which are in large text accompanied by colourful illustrations.

It can sometimes be difficult to get children to read books because they might have no interest in reading. Many children's books don't come with that many pictures or the pictures are a bit dull. Children need images and colours that are inspiring and magical.

If you give a child a book that's bursting with full-page, bright and vibrant colours they'll want to look through it again and again. Pictures really help children to explore their imagination. The Very Hungry Caterpillar uses images that are perfect for children's imagination. The images are very artistic and slightly child-like. Not just your normal every-day caterpillar!

The book

The book itself follows the story of a caterpillar that munches his way through a variety of things such as ice cream, salami, watermelon, one slice of Swiss cheese, and a lollipop. The caterpillar then finally emerges as a beautiful butterfly towards the end of the story.

The story teaches children to count to 5, the names of the days of the week and also about some types of food the caterpillar eats. Although the caterpillar's choice of foods in the book is fictional, it does teach children the basic concept of the metamorphosis from egg to caterpillar to butterfly.

The book is widely regarded worldwide as one of the best children's books ever written. It's easy to see why when your child becomes fascinated by its colours, words and humour. If your child is learning to read and you want to find a suitable book that's not going to intimidate them; this is the perfect choice.

We do love what is possibly the world's oldest caterpillar and butterfly, and are delighted to stock a whole host of Hungry Caterpillar goodies – click on the pictures throughout this blog to find out more!

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