Parents 'Not Playing With Their Children Enough' - Hobbies offer a Solution

Recent News reports have suggested that most parents of young children worry that they do not spend enough time playing with them, according to a survey.
More than 6 out of 10 parents say they play with their children only occasionally, and 1 in 6 fathers say they do not know how to.
The survey of 1,600 parents of children under the age of ten was conducted for toy company Playmobil.

It found that more than 9 out of 10 parents buy electronic toys for their children, but a third of mothers admitted to being baffled by children's high-tech gadgets and games.

Hobbies offer the perfect solution for parents who are looking to spend quality fun & educational time with their children.

The latest Hobbies 2014 Handbook offers Great Value Model Trains, Cars and Planes to build and play with, as well as Dolls Houses to furnish and decorate.

Take the children to the local Boating Pond to sail a traditional wooden yacht

or in the back garden with a Ready-to-run Remote Control Tank with Battle Effects and which can fire BB Pellets.

or to the park to fly a Balsa rubber-powered model plane that you've constructed yourselves. Watch these incredible planes soar into the sky.

Come Fly Away! with Guillows Balsa Wood Model Airplanes

A great favourite with Hobbies customers is our extensive range of Guillows Balsa wood model Airplanes
The Guillow model airplane company was founded by Paul K. Guillow, a World War I US Navy Aviator. His experience as a Navy pilot kindled in him a great interest in aviation and eventually lead to the creation and marketing of a line of small balsa wood, shelf model construction kits of famous aircraft. From the Fokker triplane to the Sopwith Camel of WWI to the P-51 Mustang and P-38 Lightning of WWII.

Balsa airplane models appeal to both the young and the “young at heart”. Everyone will remember the shiny red propellers of their favorite toy airplane!

The most popular kits are surely the Balsa World War II Models with a 16½" wing span - approx 1/30 scale. These easy-to-build balsa airplane kits contain die-cut balsa parts, plastic cowls and canopies, decals , plastic prop, wheels, tissue and a 24-page model building booklet.

The range includes planes such as the Messerschmitt BF-109- the best known German Luftwaffe World War 2 Fighter, and the Supermarine Spitfire Mk-1 - Britain's greatest World War 2 Fighter.

For those with an interest in the History of Flight - Don't miss out on constructing a true piece of Aviation History !! -

A replica of the first powered, heavier than air machine to achieve pilot controlled sustained flight. Guillow's has produced a Museum Quality scale replica of the 1903 Wright Flyer.

This amazing model kit has a 24" wingspan and over 150 laser cut parts.