Monkey McCoy

Online boutique Monkey McCoy is a cool little spot full of gift ideas and stylish ‘essentials’ for your tots wardrobe. Founded by mama of two Kerrie McCoy, it’s a mix of fun and funky brands from a host of well known brands. Why we love it: BG loves a gift spot, and Monkey McCoy is [...]

The Gruffalo Live – Tickets now on sale!

If like us you’re one of the many parents who have a child not only obsessed with The Gruffalo but also watching the excellent short film again and again and again, you’ll be just as excited as we are at the thought of the The Gruffalo Live – check out Kat’s previous review of the [...]

10 best: gardening goodies for kids

Gardening goodies for your green-fingered little ones.

Party Inspiration: Nia’s Gruffalo Themed Birthday Party

   Last week my baby Nia turned two and we celebrated with a Gruffalo party because she is, along with Saria, obsessed with the book and the short film. While I’m not keen on much character led stuff, the Gruffalo is a story loved by so many and I gave myself a brief of coming [...]

15% off at Juicytots – new exclusive discount code

Online boutique Juicytots features cool clothing, accessories, homewares, gifts, and party gear by brands including Angel’s Face, Toby Tiger, Molo, Smafolk, Katvig (velvet jacket shown), and Charlie and Lola, The Gruffalo and scrumptious bunting by Betty Bunting. Get a cool 15% off until 31st May 2011. Use the code Bambino15 at the checkout when prompted. [...]

Child-friendly festivals

With the UK summer shaping up to be a scorcher and more and more parents deciding to take their offspring along to festivals rather than leave them with the grandparents, we thought it was about time we did a BG round-up of the most child-friendly options. We would have featured Green Man and Beautiful Days [...]

Get 20% off your Christmas Shopping at Dinky Inc

    Ahhhhh, it’s December! Woohoo! Time to shop! Bristol based Dinky Inc are offering BG readers a cool 20% off everything bar their furniture and pushchairs. This means Wheely Bugs (as featured in our guide to cool ride on buys for Christmas), Trunki’s including the limited edition Gruffalo one as featured here, eco toy maker [...]

Retro T-Shirts by Fabric Flavours

I don’t really like character driven stuff and yet…a few months back I discovered Fabric Flavour s who have a range of kids tees and tops that are focused on nostalgic and retro characters from books, mags, and TV shows that we loved back in the day. From Mr Men and Little Miss, to Sesame [...]

Limited Edition Gruffalo Trunki

No doubt many of you will recognise the face on this latest limited edition Trunki – The Gruffalo. The original book is a humorous tale told in rhyme of a mouse making his way through the ‘deep dark wood’ looking for a nut and dealing with the intimidating and much bigger animals en route by [...]