Bestest Christmas Gift Guide – LEGO The Hobbit 79000: Riddles for the Ring
Well, there’s not much to go wrong with this set, is there? It’s LEGO, it’s The Hobbit… you get Gollum… ergo, your recipient will love it! If (along with the rest of the parenting world) you missed out on the LEGO Minecraft set – *shakes fist at LEGO Minecraft Gods* – then your next best bet has got to be a Hobbit set, surely? This one, The Riddle for the Ring, is a pretty neat set, and has...
Bestest Christmas Gift Guide – The LeapPad 2
Aah, the Leap Pad. There’s no escaping it – todays children are Digital Natives. They want the tech, and they know how to use it FAR faster than you. It’s true. But really – do you WANT your 6yr old let loose on your iPad? No, me either. (I liked a recent comment I saw on PC Advisor about this; “the iPad is too big for smaller hands; the iPad links to the bad, mad world of the Internet; kids on iPads keep...
Bestest Christmas Gift Guide – The Pabobo Dream Theater Night Light
Finding the right night light is a tricky thing, ins;’t it? You need something soft and soothing – but not too dim so that you can nappy change or soothe a poorly child without additional lighting. And settling a fretful small child is so much easier with some gently moving light to watch for sleepy eyes, I find. The Pabobo Dream Theater is one of the very best I’ve seen – I LOVE this little lamp! Firstly, the...
Bestest Christmas Gift Guide – Peppa Pig Jumping in Muddy Puddles
You just can’t go wrong with Peppa, can you? Tell me who DOESN’T love the show?! And I’m loving this year’s latest Peppa Pig toy – she actually jumps in puddles for real! Well. okay, not actually IN puddles – the puddle water might do her some damag. But she does actually jump! And whilst she’s jumping, she talks to – she has 4 phrases; ‘Oink, I love jumping in muddy...
Bestest Christmas Gift Guide – Sylvanian Families Log House
I think we all love the Sylvanian Families, don’t we? This is a top spot we found on Amazon for Christmas – I’ve not seen the Log Cabin cheaper anywhere. It’s a great little home for the families (no figures or furniture is included, you just get the two hammocks and the hot tub), and it also connects to the Tree House if you want to extend! Naturally it’s sturdily built, with plenty of attention to...
Bestest Christmas Gift Guide – LEGO Hero Factory
Way way back, many centuries ago, my then-7yr old son fell in love with LEGO Bionicles. Remember them? For my LEGO-mad boy, they were the ultimate in amazingness. Big robotic-looking creatures with an entire world created around them. the figures came in tubs, and were magnificent when arrayed along a shelf – and excellent to play with too, having jointed limbs and awesome weaponry involving waving ice swords and actually really...