New Playmobil Fairies Range – Christmas Gift Guide
My 7yr old daughter is a small paradox – she loves to wear a frou-frou skirt, have her her long and free, and desperately wants to paint her nails (yeah, like I let THAT happen…). BUt while she’s wearing her fluffy tutu, she likes to be armed with a sniper rifle, or climbing a tree, or chasing her big brothers across a windy hilltop. It’s one of the things I like most about her, actually – she’s...
Have you got an old-fashioned Cassette player for your child? Pre-Christmas Shopping
Any child of the 70’s or 80’s will remember these… Oh the hours I’d spend, recording songs off the radio, wearing out tapes as I hit pause/play/pause/play line by line so that I could write down all the lyrics to Rick Astley. I have a couple of precious tapes of my sister and I singing as she practiced her guitar, and the mix tapes… Oh, the memories that are spooled onto those mix tapes! But...
Disney Princesses porcelain tea set – Half price at £10! Christmas Gift Guide
Just fabulous for every princess tea party with your friends or teddies. Make a lovely cuppa, pour from the tea pot into a cup then stir with one of the spoons. This 30 Piece Disney Princess Tea Set is so amazing – every piece is also made of high quality porcelain. And best of all – if you hurry the 30 Piece Disney Princess Porcelain Tea Set half price at House of Fraser right NOW, and it’s a total steal at just...
Mandy Gurney’s Top Ten Tips to Help your Child Sleep Better
Good sleep habits can not only take the stress out of bedtime, but can also help to make it a special time for you and your child. With lights out leading to weekly tantrums from one in five (20%) children aged between three and six, most children’s sleep struggles can often be addressed with a simple yet practical solution. Recent research from Dream Lites*, the cuddly bedtime toys, reveals that the average three to six year old...
Sylvanian Families Camper van. We LOVE. Christmas Gift Guide.
We all love Sylvanian Families, don’t we? And having spent the Autumn driving 4,000 miles in a motor home, I can’t think of anything more perfect than the Sylvanian Families Camper Van set for my girl this Christmas. It’s just TOO perfect! Everything you need for the perfect Sylvanian holiday – and just like a real life motorhome, this camper van holds a lot more than first meets the eye. There are pull down...
Jellycat, the very Softest toy kitten who proved that yes, I am a bad mother
This is Star. She’s a ‘caffuffle cat’ by Jellycat, she’s soft and silky, utterly delicious and supremely cuddlable. She’s also proof that I am a Very Bad Mother. My daughter is incredibly lucky – thanks to my job, she has been gifted and sent an enormous array of amazingly fabulous soft toys over the years. Some really really great ones – soft, luxurious, amazingly cute, perfectly...