Christmas Gift Guide: Dressing Up

Welcome to the BG Christmas Gift Guide 2011. We love nothing more than a well stocked dressing up box. From princesses, knights and dragons to doctors and astronauts we have something to ignite the imagination for everyone. KIGU are exclusive to Selfridges this season and they have a range of animal dressing up suits. Our [...]

Hot Preview: Muji Christmas Gifts

Here at BG, we’re mega Muji fans and every year I keep an eye out for their always amazing Christmas collection of gifts which are always high quality, well designed, lots of eco friendly wood, and popping with imagination and style. This year, Muji have actually tipped us off early and given us a preview [...]

Ikea Watch: New LEKKAMRAT dolls & outfit sets

It’s that time of year when Ikea starts debuting it’s new treats. Over the last few years they’ve really ramped up their pretend play range and we’re loving their ‘autumn’ and ‘spring’ dolls clothes sets that form part of their LEKKAMRAT collection which also includes three multicultural dolls. Without a doubt, the rainbow trouser and [...]

Mud Pies and other Recipes

Some kids love to create culinary masterpieces for their dollies and teddies, out of petals, leaves, puddle water and mud. I know, because I’ve got one of them – though I suspect that with her, it’s more an excuse to get muddy and stir things with sticks than it is any early blossoming of a [...]

Atsuyo et Akiko Angel Wings

How divine is this plumage?! New York designer Atsuyo et Akiko is behind these feather angel wings which feature little gold stars and ice blue ribbon straps. They’d look stunning for dressing up but would also look great with a party dress for the girl who likes to make an entrance or even for the [...]

Habitat Croquet and Golf Sets

I can’t believe my baby Nia and Lu’s Alfie are two this week – eek! We’re still making up our minds about what to get and on my travels I spotted that Habitat have come up trumps with these stylish wooden croquet and golf sets. I love the croquet set with it’s cutesy Japanese style [...]

Make Your Own: Felted Pasta

Our kids all love their pretend play kitchens so imaginative tactile play food is certainly very appealing. I love these simple tutorials by One Inch World to make felted ravioli and farfalle bowtie pasta. Too cool. Incidentally, these are great birthday gift ideas.   via Artatheart Images copyright One Inch World

Clothkits Wigwam

Behold the hotness that are Clothkits made to order wigwams featuring a retro bird, apple and flower print designed by Brighton based artist Jane Foster. Available in lime green or big red, they’re 1.6m in height and you’ll need to get four 2m bamboo poles from your local garden centre to finish off. Use both [...]

Magical Fairy Dresses by Tutu du Monde

For a delicious, whimsy luxe tutu with embellishments and extra detailing, I’d make a dash to Tutu du Monde. Inspired by Parisian ballerinas, these fairy dresses are really stunning. They’re handmade and hand dyed so each one is a one off, and they have a magical, romantic feel. When Nia (now 23 months) was sent [...]

Howa play kitchen

When we were hunting down a play kitchen for Alfie for Christmas I had two criteria: 1. It had to be wooden. 2. It shouldn’t look too girlie. After much searching and factoring in size and budget, this little beauty from German toy company Howa won hands down. It arrived flat-packed but once put together (thanks [...]

Coming Soon: New Habitat Wendy House

Last year we were in love with Habitat’s wendy house which sold out by Christmas. This is the much anticipated new version which will be coming into stores very soon. Very whimsical, like a cottage tucked away in the woodlands. Loving it! They’ll be £75 each. Updated: It took a bit of digging but here [...]

Summer Love: Beach Playhouse by Win Green

You could convince yourself that summer lasts all year round with this divine embroidered and appliquéd 100% cotton boat (we say beach) playhouse by Win Green. From the gingham curtains and doorway detailing, to the deckchair, sand, sailing boat, and lighthouse on the sides, this upmarket playhouse really is a stunner (and quite different to [...]

Stylish Dressing Up Gear at Nubie

   There’s not much in the way of kids dressing up gear that excites me, mainly because they tend to be a bit lairy in colour or TV character led, so I was quite pleased to see some stylish buys at Nubie, hotspot of modern kids gear. The turquoise fairy wings, £12.99, are wonderfully detailed [...]

Handmade Princess and The Pea Set

When I posted about the rise of The Princess and the Pea as a nursery trend I really wanted to include this beautiful handmade play set but it was not in stock at the time. On reflection it is probably just as well as it deserves a post of its very own. Manda of TreeFall [...]

Make Your Own: Roll Up Kitchen Playmat

After my post about making your own cardboard kitchen, I got tipped off by BG reader Alison about a tutorial for making a roll up kitchen playmat over on Balancing Everything. You could hand stitch or use a sewing machine plus if you want to fancy it up a bit, you could embroider and stitch [...]

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