Bestest Christmas Gift Guide – The Ladybird Wheelie Duffle *meep!*
Oh what child wouldn’t want one of these to truck off on their holidays with? Whether it’s a weekend at Granny’s or leaving on a jet plane for sunny places, having such an awesome suitcase has to make the travelling jsut that bit more fun. And, because they are made by LittleLife, they’re far more than just pretty faces. Oh yes. These are real life proper grown up cases made smaller (and more fun). You get a...
Bestest Christmas Gift Guide – Lottie Doll
My daughter loves imaginary play with her soft toys and animals, and this year 9she’s almost 6) she’s been yearning for a doll. But… I hate them. I do. I don’t mind the baby type dolls – but we simply have no room for the baby paraphernalia which will naturally grow with it. And the alternative? A whole array of adult-shaped dolls which cater to a hideous gender stereotype I don not want to plant in my...
Bestest Christmas Gift Guide – LEGO Lord of the Rings
Hooray hurrah hooroo! I cannot tell you just how long we waited for this little plastic square of happy to land on the doormat. We are HUGE fans of the LEGO computer games franchise, but combining that with lord pf the rings has simply leaped the excitement into overdrive. Could it possibly deliver when we expected so much? Why yes. Yes, it could. And some. Lord Of The Rings just works when it’s in the LEGO format –...
Bestest Christmas Gift Guide – Finger Printing Art Set
Brilliant gift idea – this tin would keep my daughter busy all afternoon! Inside the tin are three coloured ink pads, 12 rubber stamps and 10 colouring pencils – make your finger prints and then make them into creatures, flowers and characters!. Hours of fun to be had with this creative gift – and perfect as a stocking filler. Spotted in All Things Brighton Beautiful shop over on Not On The High Street, the kit is...
Bestest Christmas Gift Guide – Skylanders Giants. You know you want to.
Oh, we do LOVE Skylanders. I admit – I was wary at first, thinking this was a ploy by yet another toy manufacturer to suck you in to spending more and more and more… but actually? not so. Of course you can go ahead and collect all the figures if you want to – but you don’t HAVE to. And this new game, Skylanders Giants? It works with the old figures too. HURRAH for Skylanders! So – first up, what do you...
Dinosaur shoes – Raarrrr!
When Joe first opened the box to reveal a red dinosaur eye looking up at him, he shrieked and threw the box on the floor. I showed him the dinosaur footprint on the sole, the T-Rex on the other side, but he just kept insisting the shoes were too scary. It was only when he noticed that the eyes (both the eye of the T-Rex and the “scary” eye) flashed red – I think he discovered this because he was throwing the shoes on...