Hello, and thank you for visiting Treasured Toys – my independent online shop selling toys, games and puzzles, and Ireland’s leading reseller of pre-loved toys.
The idea to start a small business took hold during the Covid pandemic. I realised that the hamster-wheel of my social care management job was costing me my sanity, not to mention my life balance and quality time with my young family.
My children were 6 and 2 at the time, and a couple of years later they couldn’t have been more excited with my decision, of all things, to open a TOY SHOP! Granted, it’s *only* online, it stocks puzzles and games too, not to mention all the pre-loved toys destined for their next adventures… But when I thought about it, it turned out that the entire concept behind Treasured Toys was actually not that new to me at all.
My parents, and my husband’s parents, brought us both up in a very sustainable, waste-minimising way. Of course, we were encouraged to play with and enjoy our toys, but we were also taught to look after them, and cherish them. These values have been strong foundations for our own family, in our approach not just to our children’s toys, but to many other aspects of our lives too.