Skip Hop melamine plate & bowl sets

You know we’re weak for some cool melamine here at BG and combined with our love of all things Skip Hop, it’s taking serious restraint not to add this to our burgeoning collection of dining gear. Embracing the characters from their Zoo lunchies and backpacks, I think it goes without saying that while all are [...]

Win 1 of 4 Mini Moderns Picnicware Sets worth £24 each

If you’ve been reading BG for long enough, you’ll know we’re near obsessed with Brit design duo of cool interior products for kids, Mini Moderns. They’ve kindly given us four of their plastic picnicware sets which include a plate, bowl, beaker, and cutlery hand screen printed in their signature pear green colour with their famous [...]

The Food Face

There’s a bit of Elmer Fudd about the man on this Food Face plate. Another product aimed at keeping kids engaged and inspired to eat at mealtimes, the idea is that both of you can get a little creative with food and create food art, with the end game obviously being that they actually eat [...]

Hot Picks from…Zara Home Kids’ Spring/Summer 09 Collection

Zara Home obsessive that I am, I’ve been eagerly anticipating their new arrivals. With no doubt more to come, the collection so far stays on the right side of floral cool, has seen a new crop of patchwork products, plus there’s metallic’s, and lots of basics in warm and neutral colours. As always, unless you [...]

Review: Salmon Luke Me-Feed-Me Dinnerware

Natalie writes…Last May I featured Me-Feed-Me Dinnerware by Salmon Luke, a British design with clever features that seeks to help toddlers feed themselves without the food ending up everywhere and frustrating you both. We received a set recently and have been trying it out for the past couple of weeks. Testers: The boyf, the bambino [...]

Best New Product at Top Drawer Spring: VKB Puzzle Dinner Tray

Brenda writes…This was one of the first things that caught my eye at Top Drawer on Sunday, and when I managed to catch up with Natalie and started enthusing about what a fab gift idea this was, she just looked at me and said she had already featured that months ago on BG! We’re clearly [...]

VKB Puzzle Dinner Tray

Natalie writes…Ooh I am in lust over this VKB Puzzle Dinner Tray! An ergonomic design, it enables children to learn the correct table setting from an early age as everything sits in it’s own moulded, shaped, space. Made from melamine, it’s a very playful design and includes a big and small spoon, knife, fork, cup, [...]

Bodum Kids Dinnerware

Natalie writes… I was in Heals on Saturday and I spotted these kids dinnerware sets which feature a chunky porcelain bowl, plate, and a mug, although you’ll have to accessorise with your own cutlery. There is a green crocodile version although the yellow is my favourite. £15 from Heals

6 piece dinner and cutlery set

Brenda writes… This set has been specifically designed for children. The cutlery has ergonomic handles for ease of use, it’s robust, and comes in cheerful colours. It is all dishwasher friendly as well. The set includes: Spoon, fork, knife, small spoon, plate and beaker. Available from Funky Moose for £32.50.

Me-Feed-Me Dinnerware by Salmon Luke

It’s definitely a problem when your baby wants to feed themselves with a spoon but it ends up anywhere but their mouthes and you both end up frustrated, and Me-Feed-Me by Salmon Luke is another attempt to resolve this issue…. They’re the only products that use this material and the bacteria fighting performance is unaffected by repeated washing, scrubbing, or even scratching, which is probably music to the ears of any parent who has been scared by recent scaremongering stories about plastic.