Open & Shut
 

Welcome to Open & Shut

Open & Shut is a small independent shop in Kennet Shopping, Newbury, Berkshire selling a wide range of "fun wooden stuff" including traditional wooden toys, games, puzzles, boxes and puzzle boxes.

Open & Shut has been described as "the place to go to when you don't know what to get them" so if you're looking for a present then have a look through the categories below. Make sure to bookmark this site as my products change frequently!

If you browse through the various categories below you'll find a wide range of gifts to suit all age ranges and all budgets with everything from stocking fillers to the "main" present.

Please be aware that this site is NOT yet fully up to date and I am still adding product details and photos. If you want more details on anything then please contact me.

Note - As I am NOT VAT registered I will NOT be reducing my prices on December 1 Also as many of my products are sourced from, Europe, America and Japan any new stock is going to be more expensive unless the exchange rates improve radically! 


Traditional GamesTraditional Games
This section includes a range of Chess, Backgammon, Dominoes, Solitaire and other games
Wooden Flip Top BoxesWooden Flip Top Boxes
Really attractive wooden boxes with a flip top lid - ideal for knicknacks, jewellry, etc
Wooden Nursery StuffWooden Nursery Stuff
Time to brighten up the Nursery, here are Clocks, Mobiles, Height Charts, Bookends Music boxes and others
Wooden PuzzlesWooden Puzzles
A whole stack of wooden puzzles, loosley based on the "take it to pieces and put it back together again" principle. From pretty straightfroward to VERY difficult!
Wooden Puzzle BoxesWooden Puzzle Boxes
Wooden Puzzle Boxes are (as the name suggests) boxes that are a puzzle to open - like wooden safes really!
Wooden Secret BoxesWooden Secret Boxes
These "secret boxes" are made in the US by Heartwood and are small wooden boxes with a sliding lid - what will you keep in yours?
Wooden toysWooden toys
A huge range of traditional wooden toys for children aged 0 to ???
Other boxesOther boxes
All sorts of wooden boxes that will make a really unique present

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Click here for a videoclip of some of the puzzle boxes in action. Please note that this was a long time ago and the shop has changed a lot since then!

From Alex Lester's BBC Radio 2 website. "We also learned that 'Wood Is Good' with your recollections of much beloved childhood wooden toys which apparently are making a comeback because of the credit crunch"
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