ISO: plastic animals and insects

[egoldber]

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]

I know you know about Discount School Supply, no luck there? Or you could try a teacher supply store.

[candybomiller]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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.jh...297&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
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