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egoldber
06-26-2004, 09:24 AM
I am looking for plastic animals and insects for Sarah's birthday. I have a few from Target, but they are really small. I am looking for things that are a few inches tall (or long as appropriate, LOL) and are sturdy. Not collector quality, but sturdy.

I am especially in search of "wild" animals and butterflies and bugs.

Thanks!

redhookmom
06-26-2004, 12:02 PM
I know you know about Discount School Supply, no luck there? Or you could try a teacher supply store.

candybomiller
06-26-2004, 02:35 PM
Beth,

If you can't find any anywhere, let me know. We have a store that is local here and I can go pick some up for you.

jadamom
06-26-2004, 04:47 PM
We were at the local zoo this morning, and the zoo shop had sturdy little animal figures. I would check out the local zoo, children's museum, natural history or science museum shops to see what they have.

nigele
06-26-2004, 09:30 PM
Beth,

I saw some sets of safari animals (lions, elephants, etc.) at Marshall's today. They were about 3-4" tall. A set of 6 was $7.99. I've also seen all kinds of animals (not sure about bugs) in a display case at A.C. Moore. Tom plays with them every time we go there!

Good luck!

August Mom
06-29-2004, 10:07 AM
Of course there's always the LP Noah's Ark and extra animals. For insects, Discovery Toys has a Busy Bugs Learning Set http://www.discoverytoysinc.com/toys2b.htm However, I'm not sure if they'll be big enough for you or not. They are a couple of inches long.

lisams
06-29-2004, 05:25 PM
Here's a larger wild animal set for $16 - they are made for preschools so the quality is good: http://tinyurl.com/2556t

We have this store here locally and I got DD the water animal set and she loves to play with them in her sand and water table.

HTH!
Lisa

Momof3Labs
07-06-2004, 10:37 PM
We got Colin a tub o' wild animals for Christmas from Toys R Us. There were probably 10 animals in it (all too large to swallow, a bonus) for about $6. They had it back in their animal planet/educational area, and still had them last time I checked. There were other sets, too, not sure about bugs though.

Hallie_D
07-09-2004, 11:51 AM
When I was at a party store buying paper goods for Elijah's birthday, I noticed that they had tons of plastic animals, dinos, and bugs in the favors aisle--big packages for not too much money. Definitely not collector quality, but they looked sturdy enough. That might be a good place to look.

brigmaman
07-18-2004, 10:12 AM
Oriental Trading has these-

http://tinyurl.com/4btkx
and these

http://tinyurl.com/52jv7

and these are from Martha Stewart

http://www.marthastewart.com/page.jhtml?type=product&id=product1297&site=&rsc=
Yes, they are soap. Maybe they could do double duty? Or they'd melt if your party is outdoors. :(
ETA- We're planning Brig's party as a "Barnyard Celebrebration" so some of my animal searches overlap with yours.

http://www.shindigz.com/catalog2.cfm?pgp=S05402
Shindigz has free shipping over $75 with SHIP75 and you can get 10% through ebates.

August Mom
07-20-2004, 05:51 PM
Beth,

Have you been to T.J. Maxx lately? I was just there today and I think they had the perfect insects/animals for you. The insects were large - 5 inches or so. There were African animals. If you are still on the hunt, I would be happy to send them to you at cost.

egoldber
07-20-2004, 09:13 PM
Thanks all. I found the perfect animals, but they are German and way too expensive for a 3 year old, LOL! So I am making do with the ones from Marshalls/TJ Maxx and the tub of animals from TRU.

If these are a hit, maybe I will get some of the other ones for her later.

Oh, I AM still in search of butterflies. If anyone sees any, let me know!

Thanks!

brigmaman
07-20-2004, 10:54 PM
I'm pretty sure they had them at Party City yesterday.
ETA- Oriental Trading has these

http://tinyurl.com/48hhz

August Mom
07-20-2004, 11:59 PM
There was a large butterfly in the set from T.J. Maxx. Do you have that set?

egoldber
07-21-2004, 03:50 PM
Yes, I have that one. Unfortuately, they used to sell the PERFECT set at TRU (just butterflies), but I think they no longer carry it. Several of my neighbors have it and DD adores it when she ses the other kids with them. I am looking for something like that.

August Mom
07-22-2004, 04:03 PM
I did a quick search and found this site that you might like. There are some butterfly things there. I have never ordered from this site. http://www.thebigzoo.com/store/default.asp

egoldber
07-24-2004, 10:15 PM
I was at AC Moore today and found the Safari plastic animals were on sale for $1 each. So I loaded up. :)

Now I am just still looking out for those blasted butterflies. Sigh.

August Mom
07-25-2004, 09:26 PM
There were monarch butterflies at Michaels (and dragonflies), but they were $3.99 each. They have posable wings.