Following our stocking fillers for under a fiver and stocking filler inspiration guide, here are nineteen more delights starting from £2.25. 1. Designed and sized for small hands, they can shake it shake it shake it with these wooden maracas by John Crane. £3.50 a pair at Nubie. Get 15% off with the code XMAS15 […]
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Stocking Filler Inspiration for Cool Babies, Toddlers and Preschoolers
1. Giant animal erasers that will no doubt be played with on adventures through the jungle. £9.95 each Pedlars 2. Shake it up and make a lot of sound with this set of four egg shakers in primary colours. £5.89 Dolphin Music 3. These stroller cards by the wonderful Eric Carle feature animals with textured, […]
Stocking Fillers for Babies, Toddlers & Preschoolers Under £5
We all love the magic of finding a filled stocking on Christmas morning and diving in to discover the treasures within. We have been busy hunting out our favourite treats for under £5 as well as highlighting our favourite stocking filler sections where everything was so good we simply could not choose. 1. A life […]
Hot Aeroplane Buys for Babies & Toddlers
With a pilot grandfather, there’s no way my little one can avoid a love of aviation, so I’ve made it my mission to seek out the coolest aeroplane buys on the market. Prepare for take off… I’m still (rather heroically, I think) managing to avoid all things garish and plastic, so I’m seriously loving Global […]
Luxe Factor: Alpaca Knitted Hut by Lucky Boy Sunday
All this cold weather has me dreaming of taking up residence in this knitted alpaca cabana by Danish designers Lucky Boy Sunday. Alpaca is a lightweight, eco-friendly fiber with insulating properties, that has a similar feel to cashmere. If you haven’t balked at investment pieces like the popular embroidered and appliqued playhouses by Win Green, […]
Hot Toy List for Toddlers – Dolls
Moulin Roty – Ninon Ninon is a soft bodied doll with vinyl limbs and head. She is like the dolls I had when I was little but with a serious injection of Parisian style. She comes in her own sturdy carry case and you can buy extra outfits for her. Height: 26 cm, no age […]
Five Fab: Hot sale buys!
Lu and I are officially on go-slow until the New Year, we are recovering from pulling together the gift guides, but when we see some hot buys we just have to share them, and this little lot is currently worth flexing the cash card for… Play Loud Tee, £10 (was £15), Disko Kids Because kids […]
Peel the Sprout Advent Game
I can’t believe I didn’t spot this beauty for our advent calendar round up! Whether you’re a sprout lover or hater you are sure to find this one just brilliant. Peel the Sprout Advent Game from Talking Tables allows you to count down the days until Christmas by unraveling the 25 layers of crepe paper. […]
Hot buy of the day: YO2 Delta Yo-Yo Half Price
We featured the [YO]² Delta in our gift guide last Christmas, and they are still as cool now as they were back then – they’re a fusion of a traditional yo-yo and a spinning top! We’ve just spotted them half price in the Toyella sale, normally £17 now just £8.50. Totally worth stashing a few for […]
Sales at Herbert & Stella and Boys & Girls
Just a quickie to let you know that there’s 50% off lots of Molo at the moment over at Herbert & Stella and up to 50% off at Boys&Girls. I just ordered the sweater on Finn’s Christmas list for £16.80, saving over £12! Winner!
BG Goes To… LaplandUK
The weekend before last we were lucky enough to be invited to check out Santa’s local base, aka LaplandUK. My sister-in-law took my nieces last year and they raved about it, so we were all (with the possible exception of Harry) excited to check it out. It’s based in Berkshire, so wasn’t too tricky a […]
Over 100 stocking filler ideas for children aged 0-7
Hey, what you doing here? This is the 2013 Gift Guide – hop over to the latest Gift Guides now! It’s the little things that make Christmas really magical, so we’ve tracked down one hundred fabulous buys for children for under £10 that span all of our age ranges from birth to seven years. Stocking fillers or […]
This Kid Loves… Amber & Betty, 3.5 months
Today on This Kid Loves, twins Amber and Betty, 3.5 months, from Warwickshire, ask their mummy to answer our questions. What’s your favourite toy? Amber: My big blue octopus – we hang it on the activity arch and I chat to it. Betty: I love my sheep book and bat it around on the Tripp Trapp’s toy […]
Scootrix Noise Maker
We’re all a tad Micro Scooter obsessed here at BG and have become rather partial to customising ours with accessories – see our scooter accessories gift guide from last Christmas. Nia, 4, has been riding around with a Scootrix Noise Maker which features the sounds of a police siren, turbo boost, horn and laser zap. […]
Almost 90 stocking filler ideas for babies to 5-year olds from just 40p
Well… it’s been emotional and we have finally reached the last of our gift guides where we’ve combed the internet in search of almost 90 cool stocking filler buys starting from just 40p! With inspiration for newborns right up to savvy five-year olds, we’ve got it covered, with £1 and under, £5 and under, £10 […]
ABC Bilingual Flashcards by Deuz
We’re weak for flashcards here at BG and these ABC Bilingual Flashcards by Deuz, the French duo behind Tapikid playmats are right up our street. Featuring beautiful illustrations of everyday objects and animals on recycled cardboard, they include both lower and uppercase letters and the name in both English and French. They’re that lovely, you’d […]
Les Anim’odulos
We’re just getting started on tracking down super-amazing goodies for our seasonal gift guides so, naturally, my mind has turned to my own Christmas shopping. I’m a big fan of giving creative toys and books as presents, so I immediately loved the look of Anim’odulos as soon as I spotted them over at Whippet […]
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The Handpicked Collection
I did a little gift shopping earlier on this week at the The Handpicked Collection, an online gift boutique which as a well edited collection of gifts that have been handpicked by a panel of twenty influential trendsetters including journo’s from the likes of the In Style and Harpers, and the peeps behind the Mr […]
Mini Giveaway – 3 prizes of Rosie Flo Colouring Books & Posters to be won
When I was at Top Drawer (a cool retail trade show) a couple of months back, the very lovely peeps at Rosie Flo sent me home with a few colouring books and posters which I’ve been saving up until now for a mini giveaway. One of my favourite stocking fillers (included in my stocking filler […]
Hot Roundup! Modern Advent Calendars for Cool Kids
This is a post from 2009. Check out our latest gift guides – you’ll find advent calendars there, too! I’ve been on the hunt for cool advent calendars, both paper and reusable. They’re all decorative in their efforts to count down to the big day, with some great for role-play and story telling, and others that […]