Le Toy VanWooden Honeybee Market Fresh Fish Crate | Wooden Role Play Toy | Supermarket Pretend Play Shop Food

These little crates that go with the Honeybake market stall are absolutely gorgeous - so well thought-out and carefully made. It's a pity they are so expensive but it would cost in excess of double to the price of the actual market stall to fill all the shelves! Anyway, I have contented myself with supplying the recipient with two extra crates - to make three - one being already supplied with the stall itself.They are sturdy and beautifully made from wood and felt - the wood being the actual body of the item and the felt being the leaves or stalks. This particular crate has vegetables in (carrots, beans, mushrooms and radish) and is a very useful covert way to teach a child about food and where it comes from as some children nowadays have no idea where their food comes from or what it looks like 'in-the-raw'. For a lot of children chips and tinned baked beans are the only vegetable they ever see so this is a good way to teach them, not only about food but about arithmetic as well when they 'sell' their produce on their market stall!There's a whole load of stuff available in this Honeybake range so you can add to the experience by buying more crates for the market stall and also a cash-till and fake money to complete the set, along with weighing scales, a card machine and much, much more - as much as you want to buy - you could go on forever! And, don't forget, you aren't adding to the plastic mountain when the child tires or outgrows this toy because it's all made from wood so it's eco-friendly as well. Have fun and save the planet!

I toyed with giving this a four star review based on the size as they are really small. Even with the stated dimensions it’s not till you have the box in your hands your realise just how small it is. However the quality is exceptional and they are very durable and tactful. I have started to collect Le Toy Van food crates for my little girls Christmas present and I know she will utterly delighted to open these on Christmas Day and the size will be just perfect for her little hands but for the price, I expected bigger.

My daughter has had the Honeybee market for over a year, and this set (along with the sparkly 'fish' crate) completes her stall beautifully. This comes with eggs, a retro cute milk bottle (the top is velcro'd and so can be removed) and the sweetest little wooden 'goats cheese'.I should really mark this down as one of the little wooden slats on the end of the crate fell away during unwrapping its from the cellophane wrapper - but it was clearly just not enough glue used rather than a breakage as such, so it was easily fixed. We love Le Toy Van wooden bits in our house, and they continue to give hours of role play and enjoyment to all who play with it.

Item is great quality, however it is much much smaller than you expect. The crate it's self is smaller than a DVD case. The items inside are well made, but tiny. I don't feel they are worth the money. WOuld not but any further items from this range

My daughter loves to play cook and host little tea parties. I've been buying her wooden food items from Honeybake for a couple of years now. They are always well made, look very nice, durable, and adorable. Even the little wooden crates they come in have survived a 3 year old's daily activities! I'm thinking these will be among the toys I am able to pull back out for my future grandchildren, and they'll be just as nice and fun as they are now.