BG Christmas Gift Guide: Big People

Welcome to the Bambino Goodies Christmas Gift Guide 2011! If like us, you’ve spent spent oodles of time investigating gift ideas for children but have forgotten about yourself or another ‘big kid’ in your life, we’re here with more than fifty ideas for everything from stocking fillers to a few splurge items starting from under [...]

Ladybird Classic Me Books app

I’m more than a little obsessed with Ladybird books. I have a few saved from my own childhood that I’ve topped up with eBay and junk shop finds, a mix of practical learning tomes and nursery stories (although not The Three Billy-Goats Gruff – that troll still gives me nightmares!) So it was encouraging to [...]

Shape-O! iPad app

Fantastic shape, colour and alphabet learning iPad app.

Plic Ploc Wiz iPad app

Eagle-eyed Kat turned me onto this little gem. As a new iPad owner and fanatic I’m always on the lookout for cool, designy apps and Plic Ploc Wiz (how cute is this name?) fulfils all the criteria. Subtitled ‘funny illustrations’, it’s essentially a colouring and ‘sticking’ app based on the quirky designs of Pepillo, aka [...]

Crayate iPad colouring app

We’re embarking on the (terrifyingly) long-haul trip to Australia in November, so I’m stocking up on anything and everything that might keep Alfie entertained. Unfortunately, (like all us BG ladies) I’m really picky and every colouring pad/sticker book/iPad app has to have a design element as well as being creative or educational. Which is why [...]

Cool iPad Apps for Kids: Will and Kate – A Love Story

Royal wedding fever seems to be upon everyone but me, but finally with only three days to go, I’ve found something commemorating the occasion that has drawn me in. Will and Kate – A Love Story is one of those apps that reminds you of the greatness of the iPad for expanding storytelling into an [...]

Weekend Reading: Timbuktu iPad Magazine

A few nights ago, I should have been reading The Girl Who Played With Fire but I was actually thoroughly enjoying the first kids magazine specifically designed for the iPad, Timbuktu. With a remit to deliver news and stories for children in an engaging, imaginative fashion, the Italian publisher delivers in spades. Featuring bold graphics [...]

Cool iPhone Apps for Toddlers: Peekaboo Forest

Since it was launched 2 years ago Peekaboo Barn has been played 12 million times. It is a firm favourite around these ways and regularly buys me some peace and goodwill from the kids. The latest app to join the Peekaboo series is Peekaboo Forest. Peekaboo Forest is a little different from its predecessors Peekaboo [...]

The Heart and The Bottle for iPad

I had wondered how having books on an iPad could enhance the experience. Then I saw this trailer for the iPad version of Oliver Jeffers’ The Heart and The Bottle and am utterly convinced by the concept. Somewhere between book, game, animation and audio book this release looks magical. The book is voiced by Helena [...]

Bunny Ears

BunnyEars.tv is an online TV station for children aged 3+. Founded by Judy Blumstock who grew up in Hungary where the only cartoons were shown at bedtime. When faced with her own sleep-resistant child she set out to bring back some of the cartoons of her childhood to see if that would help. Each Wednesday [...]

What to Expect When You’re Expecting: Free iPhone App

I am a bit of an information junkie and since finding out I am expecting our third child I have download one or eight free pregnancy apps on my iPhone. Out of all of the apps I have tried the hands down champion is What to Expect a spin off from Heidi Murkoff, Author of [...]

Cool iPhone Apps for Toddlers: Paper Town Friends

You know that a kids iPhone app is pretty cool when you look around surreptitiously to see if anyone can see you playing it. Yes that would be me… Anyway Paper Town Friends is a visual crafty delight. It’s a dressing up game done to wonderful collage effect. The creation of graphic designer and illustrator [...]

Cool iPhone App: Pregnancy Companion

With so many of my friends announcing they are expecting their first baby I have pregnancy on the brain so when I saw that the Pregnancy Companion iPhone App was available for free download over the weekend I snapped it up. Developed by two practicing obstetricians, the Pregnancy Companion aims to be a one stop [...]

Cool Site: Mila’s Daydreams

In the last couple of months Mila’s Daydreams has become one of the most talked about blogs in babyland. While baby Mila naps her Mama Adele creates daydream scenes for her using clothes and objects from around the house. I love this idea and eagerly wait for each installment on the blog. With close to [...]

5 Cool iPad Apps We Love for Toddlers

We’ve have the ‘cumbersome’ task of checking out several iPad apps which are focused around creative and educational play. Much like the iPhone which we’ve featured several apps for and are currently compiling a chart and ‘researching’ even more for, the iPad I have to say, is really intuitive and brilliant fun for children with [...]

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