Tag: Pretend and Imaginative Play
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 [...]
Make Your Own: Cardboard Pretend Play Kitchen with Fortytworoads
Tis the time of year for cardboard to be mounting up like there’s no tomorrow and if you fancy putting it to good use and crafting what will no doubt be a well used piece with your own bare hands, you should check out Fortytworoads on Etsy where they sell the plans and a guide [...]
Bambino Goodies Christmas Gift Guide: Cool Tea Sets for Toddlers
Tea sets make wonderful gifts that will inspire tea parties and teddy bear’s picnics whilst encouraging creative play and helping emotional and social development. I’ve tracked down nine stylish buys, from soft fabric, to wooden, ceramic, stoneware, crochet, and tin, and all starting from just £7.99. 1. Retro Polka Dot Tea Set These sweet ceramic [...]
Bambino Goodies Christmas Gift Guide: Tiny world toys part two
There are so many tiny world delights out there, we want them all! Following on from part one yesterday, we bring you delights from the best in tiny world toys – Plan Toys, Pintoy, Habitat, Le Toy Van and Muji. From fighting fire, to tending to patients, to sailing the big seas or hanging with [...]
Bambino Goodies Christmas Gift Guide: Play houses for toddlers
Play houses are an integral part of early childhood, providing dens to let your child’s imagination run wild as they play act at life with their toys and their pals. We’ve rounded up our absolutely most favourite ever play house buys to include eco friendly cardboard options, to teepee’s, to Habitat’s amazing contemporary update on [...]
Zid Zid Kids Masks
These exotic, arty masks by Marrakech based company Zid Zid Kids are certainly a step up from your typical kids masks. The beautiful, exotic illustrations are by Julie Klear, one half of the designer couple behind the brand that’s become known for its striking, imaginative products. Taking inspiration from Morocco, they’re made by Moroccan [...]
Chelsea Pretend Play Kitchen from GLTC
I’m a tad partial to pretend play kitchen’s and when one finally makes one into the house (the boyf has put his big foot down and said the bambino must wait till she’s three…killjoy…), I will probably play with it just as much! Until then it’s lusting research, and Great Little Trading Co (GLTC) have [...]
Make Your Own: Dressing Up Clothes
I’ve been taking Milla to an amazing dancing class called Twinkletoes (if you live anywhere near Winchester you have to come along – the teacher is outstanding). All of the children in the class love wearing their fancy dress outfits and after only one class Milla was angling for her own. Without the budget for [...]
Preview: Habitat’s Wendy House
Wendy houses were central to my early years and they’re back were a se-ri-ous bang with this stunning buy by one of my favourite stores, Habitat. Forget character covered stuff – retro prints on cotton canvas mix with plummy borders on the doors and windows is the way to roll. After a spate of teepees, [...]
Etsy & Folksy Finds 26.06.09
Now here’s a bit of classic nostalgia with these little pillows made from vintage fabric featuring the old rules of the road. Perfect for a little chair at 17cm square respectively, they’re also brilliant value at a fiver! From Raggedy Rose on Folky where there are even more whimsy vintage prints that look like they’re [...]
Ikea’s Duktig Pretend Play Kitchen
It was inevitable really and I had wondered when it would happen, but Ikea have launched a mini version of their APPLÅD kitchen as part of their supercool mini-me Duktig range. There are people who love hacking Ikea products and we featured a pretend play kitchen hack a few months back, but if you’re not [...]
Louella Toys
Claire writes… Louella toys is a definite one to have a look at when you are choosing Christmas presents for your bambinos. I came across the site when I was searching for something for Son #2′s birthday, and had a hard time deciding what not to buy! The specialise in traditional, handcrafted toys that stand [...]
