Make your own super-cute chick for Easter with Cupcakes for Clara
Looking at the long range weather forecast this morning, I realised that I need to Take Steps, and ensure I have proper crafty activity-type things in the house for the holidays if I’m to avoid the 10hr Xbox sessions that threaten with every rainy cold school holiday. As luck would have it, the next place I went to I saw these little babies. How bloody gorgeous? I’m going to have to buy more than I need, just so that the...
Spotted! Soft Play Magical Castle
I think this little soft play set is absolutely brilliant – enough characters for some perfect role play (with a seriously happy looking witch), and all soft enough for young toddlers to love spending time with. We Spotted the Soft play Magical Castle in Roobub & Custard’s NOTHS shop, this adorable set can come live at your house for a princess under £39.
Spotted! The Perfect Child’s Baking set (that they can actually USE!)
My children have all loved to help out in the kitchen – and I’m much better at baking with them than I am with the endless imaginary play (sorry, but I get a bit, y’know, BORED with it…). But obviously to be able to do it properly they need proper equipment that is sized perfectly for small hands. They don’t want to struggle with grown up big stuff, and they really don’t need to struggle with a...
Spotted! Pillow Pets under £10!
If your child is anything like mine, they’ve seen the TV adverts for the plush and achingly-snuggly Pillow Pets and *neeee-e-e-ded* one. Now. So just look at the 3 Hugs of Happy we found for you today, all with over 50% and ready for you to snap up at under £10 each!
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 –...