It’s about that time to wish you all a very merry Christmas/Happy Holidays! We’re off to eat, drink, be merry, sleep, and unplug while the children eat, keep raiding the tree of its decorations, and doing heists on what we thought were hidden away gifts. Have a good one and see you in a few […]
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More Free Gift Tag Inspiration & Downloads
Last week Kat featured free gift tags for you to download and print out and I’ve come across some more with sweet feathered delights by Wee Birdy and fifty-two, yes fifty-two pages of gift tag inspiration for both downloading and quickly making your own over at Martha Stewart. I’m loving the felt gift tag baubles […]
Last Minute Gift Inspiration for Us Big Kids
In the last of our Christmas guides, we’ve found a few cool things for some last minute gift inspiration. What with all this weather malarkey, we’ve made sure that a number of the items are easily available on the high street should you have to drag yourself out the house and not rely on the […]
Free Gift Tags to Download
Around this time of year (despite having bought and made everything well in advance) I realise I have a mountain of gifts to wrap and no supplies. Thanks to generous artists I can tick gift tags off the list without even leaving the house. Amongst the many artists who blog two of my favourites regularly […]
10 Cool Christmas Stockings
1. If you want a little more space for gifts then this super big alphabet sack could be the one at 60 x 76cm. Each one is printed to order with the letter of your choice on the reverse. In green, pink and blue for £25 from Helen Rawlinson – order by 12th December to […]
Get 10% off your Christmas Shopping with Lula Sapphire
The shopping fest keeps hotting up and Lula Sapphire have offered BG readers an exclusive 10% discount which will last you until Christmas Eve. The store that let me praise the shopping gods that parents could still be cool with kids and inspired me to start this blog is chock full of temptation and […]
Get 20% off your Christmas Shopping at Dinky Inc
Ahhhhh, it’s December! Woohoo! Time to shop! Bristol based Dinky Inc are offering BG readers a cool 20% off everything bar their furniture and pushchairs. This means Wheely Bugs (as featured in our guide to cool ride on buys for Christmas), Trunki’s including the limited edition Gruffalo one as featured here, eco toy maker […]
Skiing with Kids: The Basics
This winter, alongside our Christmas Gift Guides, we’re going to run a mini series on skiing with children (as eluded to in our round up on polar bear goodies earlier this week). The reason for this is I am taking my family skiing this Christmas! We’re off to Les Deux Alpes in the French Alps. […]
The Story Corner: New November Reads
Bored of bedtime books? Struggling for stories? Help is at hand with our pick of the best new picture books for all ages. The Forest Folk board book by Madeleine Rogers(Button Books, RRP £4.99)Meet woodland dwelling friends in this beautifully illustrated rhyming tale with a strong conservation message. Opposite Thingsby Anna Kövecses(Wide Eyed Editions, RRP […]
The Story Corner: The 50 States
We are huge, ginormous fans of Wide Eyed Editions’ books (you’ll have seen a lot of them in our Christmas Gift Guide) and one of the most popular chez nous at the moment is The 50 States by Gabrielle Balkan, illustrated by Sol Linero (RRP £20). It features exquisitely detailed illustrated maps of the […]
20 Toys Under £20!
OK, it’s November now, so we’re officially talking Christmas! No more whispers or mentions of the C word, we’re unashamedly loud and proud. Make sure you sign up to our newsletter - there will be exclusive content for subscribers and a few cheeky offers over the festive season. But, for now, we’re going to start getting busy with our […]
We’re back!
Hello – we’re back after a short (but busy) break! We hope you you like our new look. Because we’ve got so much (seven years’ worth to be precise) content on the site, we needed to find a way to make it more easily accessible. We hope that our new categories do that. In Wear, […]
Claire’s Top 5 from Shop Bambino Goodies
Shop Bambino Goodies has been open for almost two weeks now! It’s our little store where you will find lots of fabulous things from independents. I’ve mentioned a few of my favourites in Lola and Finn’s Christmas Gift Guides so have excluded those from these picks… DesignosaurYeah T-Rex Glitter Brooch, £11.95 OK. I admit it. I want […]
Festive 10 Best: Pyjamas
One of my favourite Christmas traditions is giving the children a new pair of PJs and a festive book wrapped up on Christmas Eve. This year, Alfie will be opening Gap’s space pyjamas with Enid Blyton’s Happy Christmas, Five!, while Kitty is getting Ava & Luc’s dog print set with Belle & Boo and the […]
Hot buy of the day: Personalised Santa sacks
Hat tip to my pal Lauren for this one. She ordered personalised Santa sacks for her boys and shared a photograph on Facebook and I was all over it! Two are now winging my way for Lola and Finn. They’re natural, hard-wearing sacks you will be able to use year after year and because they’re printed on […]
DINGaRING Rattles
DINGaRING characters like Emma Owl, Gigi Galah, Craig Crocodile and LuLu Ladybird are safe, non-toxic wooden rings with internal rattles making great interactive toys for little ones. Each has their own persona – Emma for example hates visible panty lines and speed cameras! At £15 each from Ollie & Forbes, they’re a brilliant buy for new […]
Stuffed Nonsense plush curiosities
If you saw our Christmas Gift Guides to Dolls and Soft Toys you’ll know we love nothing more than a quirky character. Which is why I was drawn to the creations of Stuffed Nonsense when I visited Craftaganza in Brighton on Sunday. There are small people plushes, aka Human Beans, from £2.50 each, up to […]
The Bright Company sleepwear
We were the first to feature The Bright Company‘s fabulous Slim Jyms pyjamas in our Christmas Gift Guide back in early December. Now I’m delighted to tell you a bit more about this British children’s sleepwear designer and the new goodies they have in stock. The brainchild of ex-fashion industry product developer Alienor Falconer, The […]
New Wilbur tote bag from Donna Wilson
If you’re looking for a great, practical gift, then check out the Wilbur koala printed tote bag from BG favourite, Donna Wilson. It’s great value at just £7.50 and you’ve time to get it before Christmas, orders need to be placed by 12 midnight on Wednesday 19th December (see full shipping info). If you’re looking for inspiration […]
Peggy Poppleton brooches
Inspired by vintage children’s books and mid-century ceramics these delightful laser-cut brooches from Peggy Poppleton are a steal. The perspex ones are available in a range of eye-popping colours for just £9 each, and the walnut or birch are £20.50 each – my favourites are Retro Dolly and Bunny. Desirable for mamas and little ones and a great […]
iWood
My children love to make computers out of cardboard boxes and create offices to work in. Of course there is always hearbreak when the latest computer comes a cropper so when Lucy included the iWood in one of our Christmas Gift Guides I knew it would be a popular choice in our house. The premise […]
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