Happy Returns

How many toys can we cram in one small shop? THIS MANY.
It’s a little awkward having to make sure your bag isn’t knocking things over or doing the tango with the third mummy with the buggy down the other isle. But otherwise there is a lot of selection in this place for all sorts of children’s toys. Educational and otherwise. And some costume accessory things as well.
And they have a mini party section in the back with plates and cutlery and goodie bag stuff and a helium tank! Convenient for if for instance your husband forgot to get some balloons, even though you reminded him like 6 times and it’s the only thing you asked him to friggin do that day…
I think this is new but they also added an extension of store space down the stairs in the back corner. Mostly the bulkier stuff like board games and puzzle and model kit things.

Quite a small toy shop on Hampstead High Street. I went into this place with vague Christmas present ideas but was immediately intimated by lots and lots of pushchairs and other customers of a much more child rearing age than me. I thought for a while that I was getting suspicious looks of the sort men on park benches get but maybe not? I think it’s because I was wearing so much black. Pastels are better for toy shops I think.
Anyway, once I’d got over that I realised I was in rather a nice place. There are all the usual brands of toys here, Crayola, Fisher Price and Leapfrog I remember. They also have plenty traditional toys: soldiers, police cars, little plastic animals and lots of stickers. Good stock but remember to smile and wear soft colours.

This is a great village style old school toy shop packed full of great toys. If you’re like me and have no idea what to buy for kids of certain ages then this place will help you out. They have a wide range of traditional wooden toys as well as the toys I remember from my childhood like Sylvanian Families and Playmobil as well as cuddley toys and various games. This shop has a really warm and welcomming atmosphere and the prices are typical of the types of toys in store.

This is sweet little toy shop, and an ideal place to pick up a last minute pressie for a birthday party. There are cute cuddly toys, arts and craft sets, games, and of course, Playmobil. I’m rather partial to old fashion wooden toys (especially for younger children) and Happy Returns does a good line in these. I’ve also picked up some fun party invitations and party ‘bits and pieces’ here. Around Halloween, you’ll find all sorts of paraphernalia to decorate your kids and home — from masks to spider webs. The local Hampstead families are lucky to have such a great toy shop on their doorstep.