Little Shop, the one-stop kids’ clothing and accessories brand, has now launched its first exclusive toy shop, at Forum Mall, Elgin Road.
Spread across 3,000sq ft, the sprawling store comes right ahead of Christmas, leaving the city spoilt for choice for their kids’ Christmas presents.
The store located on the ground floor of the mall houses a huge variety of toys for all age groups, starting from infants to the older kids.
It is divided into different sections as per the category of the items and the age groups, making shopping experience easier for the kids and their parents.
The wide variety includes fun toys as well as games and toys that can be used for the kids’ educational or growth purposes.
What: Little Shop Toys
Where: Ground floor, Forum Mall, Elgin Road
Timings: 11am to 9pm
Decorated pretty with colourful streamers, the huge variety of items housed in the store are categorised into different sections like stationery, dolls and accessories, pre-school, remote control vehicles, action figures, guns and accessories, battery-operated toys, feeding essentials, and games and puzzles. Being spacious, it allows kids to try out their toys before purchasing or even play around with fellow kids while their parents shop for them. “We will also keep playpens inside so that the kids can be parked there until the parents complete their shopping,” said Shiv Daswani, owner. Pabitra Das
“We started the Little Shop journey from Forum Mall. This is the beginning of a long journey. In the last one-and-a-half years, due to the pandemic and the kids stuck at home, parents are trying to keep the kids entertained a lot more with toys. So, thinking of that we came up with this new concept of an exclusive toy store. Since we got the know-how and have been dealing with toys in our previous stores too, we thought of dedicating an entire store to toys. Forum is a tried and tested mall and we are at an accessible location on the ground floor. We have a huge stock of Indian as well as international toy brands catering to various purposes,” said Shiv Daswani (inset), owner.
The store has a few dedicated sections for school stationery items, including a separate art and craft section, which has pens, pencils, crayons, colour pencils and lots of other items from Faber-Castell. There are varieties of paints and craft activity kits for kids to pick up for their art and craft hobbies. Pabitra Das
The preschool section is dedicated to toys that stimulate mental growth of the child, and encourage them to discover new things through touch and feel. It has battery-operated toys for infants up to two years age from brand Chicco, a large collection of stacking and nesting blocks from Fisher-Price, Funskool toy train, aeroplanes, pulling ducks, snails and various other animals in various shapes and colours. Pabitra Das
The soft toy section has stuffed teddies of different sizes, cartoon stuffed toys of popular figures and animal stuffed toys like duck, elephant, panda and others, which is a fun way of introducing the animal kingdom to the kids. Pabitra Das
Inaya Bose, aged three-plus, was busy riding on a battery-operated yellow bike around the store. Rs 7,499. Pabitra Das
Indira Singh, who is two-and-a-half years old, was captured filling her shopping bag with some colourful balls. Rs 195 for each. Pabitra Das
Three-year-old Naisha Bose was making the most of her playtime at the store riding a Green LED light scooty. Rs 2,495. Pabitra Das
Ayaan Hasan, aged three-plus, was trying his hands at the wheels of a blue battery-operated four-wheeler with music. Rs 5,999. Pabitra Das
If your kid is a Barbie fan, this new line of 13 Barbies can add to their collection at home. Rs 799 for each. Pabitra Das
This Rack-a-Stack toy designed for the age group of infants to toddlers is for improving their visual and initiating their thinking ability and problem-solving skills. Rs 349. Pabitra Das
If you want your kids to engage in meaningful activities during a play date while having fun, this solar system multi-player puzzle board game is an ideal option where they get to learn about the planets while playing. Rs 749. Pabitra Das
Designed with the child’s safety during playtime in mind, the air-football (left) is made of soft foam, priced at Rs 900. The football is made of non-toxic material, priced at Rs 399. Pabitra Das