The Errand Basket: small flocked animal playsets

Small sets, under twenty pieces — one shelf of the Honey Bee Acres line of flocked animal family playsets, with 5 boxes on it.

Camping, gardening, lemonade, birthdays — and one bag that keeps its secret.

Small sets do the work that big ones cannot: they give a figure something to do. The Errand Basket holds the camping trip, the garden, the lemonade stand and the birthday party, each with its own miniature doll figure and a tidy count of accessories.

The Mystery Bag sits here too. It holds one of nine smaller flocked characters — a cow, a pig, a bunny, a lion, a puppy, a kitten, an owl and two more — and you do not find out which until the bag is open. It is the cheapest way into the line and the easiest party favour we stock.

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  S'mores & More Camping Trip
  $11.874.8 out of 5 · 153 notesIn stock

  Jules sleeps under the stars.

  
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  Time to Garden
  $9.974.8 out of 5 · 145 notesIn stock

  Dottie has the green thumb.

  
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  Sweet & Sour Lemonade Stand
  $12.544.6 out of 5 · 170 notesIn stock

  Mia's secret recipe.

  
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  Birthday Wishes Party Set
  $8.974.6 out of 5 · 215 notesIn stock

  Ava's party, fifteen pieces deep.

  
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  Mystery Bag Surprise Figure
  $2.974.4 out of 5 · 10 notesLow stock

  One of nine, sealed.

  

Small playsets, accessories and one flocked animal surprise

The small sets are the accessory layer of the line. A tent, a grill, a watering can, a stack of paper cups — objects at the scale of a three-inch hand, which is the detail that makes a figure look like it is doing something rather than standing near something. Piece counts stay under twenty, so nothing here takes over a shelf or a floor.

Each of these boxes arrives with its own figure, and that figure is a full member of the village: same flocked coat, same poseable head, arms and legs, same removable clothing that any other household in this animal toys world can borrow. Buy one of these for a child who already owns a family and the new character joins the cast the same afternoon.

The Mystery Bag works differently and is the only blind box in the line. One of nine smaller flocked animal characters is inside, sealed, and the point is not knowing — which makes it the cheapest way in, the easiest party favour, and the one item here that collectors buy more than once on purpose. The nine are sold only this way, not individually.

Small boxes are also where a lot of households in this flocked animal toys world actually begin. The line is made and distributed by Sunny Days Entertainment and, like the Japanese flocked animal families that collectors have been buying for years, it is built so the village can start anywhere — a watering can and one figure is a legitimate first purchase, and the furniture and the big buildings can wait until somebody asks for them.