Stacking Rings

Sometimes you see a product which blows your socks off. These Stacking Hoops from Play to Z are one such product. Taking the classic stacking rings toy and mixing it up with treasure basket principles a brand new sensory toy is born. There are twenty different stacking hoops made of diverse tactile materials including banana [...]

From A Tree Blocks in a Box

I fell in love with these blocks when I visited MADE, Brighton’s Craft and Design Fair, in November last year. From A Tree is a furniture-making company and the blocks are made from offcuts. Hand-crafted from maple, oak, walnut and cherry wood, they come in beautiful boxes made from reclaimed beech (large) and satinwood and [...]

Heimess Cars Wooden Pram Chain Toy

Kat writes…When you’re out and about with your baby it’s good to have some on board entertainment for them. Heimess are a German company who make gorgeous wooden baby toys. The pram chain is 40 cm long and attaches to the sides of your pram using concealed clips. Suspended on the springy string are coloured [...]

Hot Soft Toy for Toddlers 1-2 Years – Blabla Kids

Natalie writes… I am a huge fan of hot US brand Blabla Kids. They have a stunning range of unusual soft toys that are made from natural Peruvian cotton and hand knitted by Peruvian artisans. They’re fair trade and utterly fabulous and considering the size of some of these soft toys, excellent value too! They [...]

Hot Toy List 08 – Under 1 Years

Natalie writes… In another installment from our Hot Toy List for Christmas 2008, I round up my favourite buys to wow your tot from the day they’re born! My selections are cool, stimulating to help develop their motor skills amongst other things, and there are even toys to kickstart your bambino’s love of pretend play [...]

Hot Toy List 08 – Soft Toys for Birth to 1 Year

Totally perfect for wowing a bambino (and their discerning parents), the range of Deglingos are visually stimulating with their eclectic mix of fabrics – Can you believe that over fifty different every day fabrics have been used across the range?… Puglee, Tray Secret Mission, and Jeero are all £15.99 each at I Want, I Want , the official UK site for Ugly Dolls where they are also doing free delivery on their large selection.

Zid Zid Cushions

I love Zid Zid designs and ToddlerGeek has a couple of their birdy cushions in her room. I am finding myself seriously tempted by the sale section over at Luxeville if only I were having another baby… Made from 100% brushed flannel cotton and hand embroidered they are much more than your average cushion. My [...]

Anne-Claire Petit Crochet Monkey

Kat writes… I bought a cheeky Anne-Claire Petit Monkey for ToddlerGeek which is most certainly one of the most popular toys in our house. His wide smiley face and crazy long limbs make him loveable as well as playful. Anne-Claire Petit toys have an undeniable charm and simplicity which has them at the top of [...]

Rusian Girl Bell Toy from Three Potato Four

When ToddlerGeek was in the Doctor’s office last, she made a beeline for the toy box dug to the bottom and pulled out this fantastic wobbly doll. PapaGeek questioned its beauty but I was already trying to work out how to get it out of the surgery unnoticed. This Russian lovely stands at 9.5″ and [...]

Yes! SuperBaby (TM) Music Scarf

The cool mamas over at Babygadget have found this fab little newborn toy; the Yes! Superbaby TM Music Scarf. Yes…that’s some name… A stimulating toy that’s designed to entertain your baby with the vibrant colours and patterns, and hidden treats inside the coloured squares like squeaks and music. It has two straps that enable you [...]

Only in the US: Present by Design

Natalie writes… If you’re looking for a fun and quirky sock gift to give to a baby, you have to check out these Fortune Tootsies. Each set has 3 pairs of socks, 2 white, one red, with fortunes printed on the bottom, plus a couple of fortune cookies for mama and papa. An example of [...]

Anne-Claire Petit Hand Knitted Stripey Telephone

Natalie writes… Ah…it’s Anne-Claire Petit time again! This time she’s only gone and made a fabulous knitted phone! Personally, I want one of these to adorn my desk just so I can look like a bohemian work goddess! Anyway… Like all of her gear, this stripey telephone has been hand knitted in 100% cotton in [...]

Funky Bambini Ride-on Toys

Claire writes… What boy (or girl) wouldn’t love these fantastic ride-on toys? I think even my hubby would love one of these! Funky Bambini has a range of stunning vintage cars, tractors, planes and trikes – with eveything from replica Noddy cars and Postman Pat vans to vintage tractors and fire engines, there is bound [...]

Poppet and Me Bubbles Gift Basket

Kat writes… Oh yes, pregnant friends are on the hot list which means we will soon be buying newborn gifts aplenty. I think gift baskets are easy to get wrong because the balance is so hard to strike. Poppet and Me make fabulous gift baskets and know how to pack them full of perfectly chosen [...]

Whoozit Photo Album from Fabulous Kids

If your bambino spends time away from you, it is nice for them to have photos of you and your family. This Whoozit photo album from Manhattan Toy is perfect for giving your bambino family photos. It is a bright soft book with five 4 x 6″ pockets for photos, a chewable handle which can [...]

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