Our story
Pip began in 2016 as a tiny toy shop on Kite Lane in Bristol, opened by a former primary school teacher who was tired of toys that broke by teatime.
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Every toy in the range is played with by the Pip play panel, thirty local families with children from newborn to eleven, before it goes on sale. Only the ones that are still loved a month later make it onto the shelf.
We favour wooden, card and organic cotton toys, plastic-free packaging and makers who test to UK toy safety standards. Today Pip ships across the UK from Bristol and runs two shops, in Bristol and Bath.
The play panel
Our panel of thirty families tells us what gets played with and what gets forgotten. Their notes appear on every product page.
Our makers
We choose solid FSC certified wood, water-based paints and organic cotton, and ask every maker to test to UKCA and EN71 safety standards.
Every toy meets UKCA and EN71 toy safety standards before it reaches you.
Thirty Bristol families play with each toy for a month. Only the favourites stay.
FSC certified wood, water-based paints and organic cotton wherever we can.
Recycled card and paper tape, so the box can go straight in the recycling.
Shop by age to see what our play panel loved, from first rattles to tricky marble runs.
