Nearly 100 last minute gift ideas for kids under five for under £10!
December 16, 2011 by Natalie · Leave a Comment
Brace yourselves peeps, for plenty of bargain inspiration in the last of our gift guides! If like me, you love buying lots of little gifts or are still on the lookout for stocking fillers, or are even stocking up your presents bag (jaysus who knew you’d be constantly dipping in your pocket for parties and [...]
BG Christmas Gift Guide: Last minute inspiration for £1-£5 for kids under five.
December 15, 2011 by Natalie · Leave a Comment
We’re almost at the end of this years gift guides, so it’s time to look at gorgeous, great value buys to fill stockings or to gift to the increasing list of children we all have to gift each year. Lu has already featured the under £1 gift guide and here are our favourites for £1-£5 [...]
BG Christmas Gift Guide: Last minute inspiration for £5-£10
December 15, 2011 by Natalie · 2 Comments
Well it’s been emotional but this is the last of our gift guides, and what better way to top off the shopping extravaganza with cracking, design led and high play quality buys that won’t break the bank! Following on from the under £1 gift guide and £1-£5 gift guide, here are over thirty cool [...]
Stocking Fillers: Smellies
December 12, 2011 by Kat · 2 Comments
Remembering the obligatory bottle of Matey which seemed to be the stocking filler du jour of the 1980s I have collected some of the nicest bath and skincare gifts for babies and young children. All of our selections are free from SLS, parabens and the other nasties too often found in mainstream products. It’s all [...]
BG Christmas gift guide 2011: stocking filler ideas under £1
November 11, 2011 by Lucy · 4 Comments
Welcome to the BG Christmas Gift Guide 2011. Austerity measures may be in place for Christmas this year, but that doesn’t mean you need to forgo the traditional stocking. And cheap needn’t mean nasty. We’ve trawled the web to find a myriad of mini treasures for less than a pound. Bookmark and refer back when [...]
More Cool Stocking Filler Inspiration for Babies, Toddlers, and Preschoolers
December 16, 2010 by Natalie · 3 Comments
Following our stocking fillers for under a fiver and stocking filler inspiration guide, here are nineteen more delights starting from £2.25. 1. Designed and sized for small hands, they can shake it shake it shake it with these wooden maracas by John Crane. £3.50 a pair at Nubie. Get 15% off with the code XMAS15 [...]
Stocking Filler Inspiration for Cool Babies, Toddlers and Preschoolers
1. Giant animal erasers that will no doubt be played with on adventures through the jungle. £9.95 each Pedlars 2. Shake it up and make a lot of sound with this set of four egg shakers in primary colours. £5.89 Dolphin Music 3. These stroller cards by the wonderful Eric Carle feature animals with textured, [...]
Stocking Fillers for Babies, Toddlers & Preschoolers Under £5
December 13, 2010 by Natalie · 4 Comments
We all love the magic of finding a filled stocking on Christmas morning and diving in to discover the treasures within. We have been busy hunting out our favourite treats for under £5 as well as highlighting our favourite stocking filler sections where everything was so good we simply could not choose. 1. A life [...]
The Handpicked Collection
I did a little gift shopping earlier on this week at the The Handpicked Collection, an online gift boutique which as a well edited collection of gifts that have been handpicked by a panel of twenty influential trendsetters including journo’s from the likes of the In Style and Harpers, and the peeps behind the Mr [...]
BG Christmas Gift Guide: 10 More Hot Stocking Fillers for Babies and Toddlers for Under £10
December 7, 2009 by Natalie · 2 Comments
The hunt for cool gifts under a fiver and a tenner for babies and toddlers continues and here are ten more exciting buys starting from just £2.99. Don’t forget to check out the Christmas gift guides featured so far including stocking filler ideas. Melamine Dinner Sets by Cloth Ears I love cool melamine dinnerware and [...]
BG Christmas Gift Guide: More Hot Stocking Filling Buys for Babies & Toddlers Under a Fiver
December 3, 2009 by Natalie · 4 Comments
Following on from yesterday’s roundup of cool baby and toddler buys for under a fiver, here are a load more! Also check out the roundup of hot buys for under a tenner. From wooden, to cardboard, to plasters, tattoo hand puppets, and bathtime fun, there’s plenty to fill up those Christmas stockings. Pocket Money [...]
BG Christmas Gift Guide: 10 Hot Stocking Fillers for Babies & Toddlers for under £10
December 3, 2009 by Natalie · Leave a Comment
The gift guide keeps coming and yesterday I featured the first selection of super wallet friendly cool buys for stocking fillers for under a fiver and this latest selection are all for under £10 and start from birth upwards. Anne-Claire Petit Crochet Rattle Absolutely gorgeous, this soft hand crocheted rattle features a bell inside and [...]
BG Christmas Gift Guide: 10 Hot Stocking Fillers for Babies & Toddlers under a Fiver
December 2, 2009 by Natalie · Leave a Comment
I’ve been scouring the virtual hotspots for cool stocking filler buys and will be highlighting finds over the next week or so with everything under a fiver or tenner. Here are the first ten starting from just a few months old right up to over 3 years… Brio Rattles We love pretty much all things [...]
Animal Hands
November 10, 2009 by Natalie · Leave a Comment
Kids love puppets and the bambino finds it particularly funny when we use our hands as makeshift puppets. For added silliness with the cool factor, Animal Hands are temporary tattoos that turn talking hands into animated, colourful animals. £3.95 for a set of 8 from Colloco. You could use these to go into party bags [...]
Waddle! A Scanimation Picture Book
September 24, 2009 by Kat · Leave a Comment
Both Natalie and I love the crazy technology behind Scanimation the moving picture books. They use ”persistence of vision’ and a patented state-of-the-art multiphase animation process’ or magic as it is more commonly known, to make the pictures race across the pages. The latest book in the series is Waddle! I had a sneak preview [...]

































