Spinning chair

Got a cool €1,200, and love those spinning cups you find at the playground? The Spinning Chair was apparently inspired by the Hadron Collider, and claims to be the opposite of a rocking chair. That is, rather than calming you, it energises – which is a shame, because I’d chalked it up as something that [...]

BG Christmas Gift Guide: Hot train sets for toddlers

Train sets are classic toys and the first one can kick start a long standing interest. I’ve taken the highlights from our train guide last year and added in a couple of new finds. From the outstandingly great value starter set by Ikea for £6.99 to the quirkiness of Brio’s My First Darling, to the [...]

BG Christmas Gift Guide: 10 More Hot Stocking Fillers for Babies and Toddlers for Under £10

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

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 [...]

Bambino Goodies Christmas Gift Guide: Soft & wooden blocks for babies & toddlers

Blocks rock and whether you’ve got a baby or a toddler, there’s something to suit all age groups. They’re great for stimulation and encouraging co-ordination, understanding balance and shapes, as well as promoting learning about colours, numbers, the alphabet or even animals. From soft, to wooden, to traditional, to quirky, here are nine hot buys [...]

Bambino Goodies Christmas Gift Guide: Tiny world toys…part one

Pretend and imaginative play is where it’s at in toddlerhood and there are such cool tiny world buys homing in key scenes such as to infinity and beyond up in space with Pintoy’s space series, to BG favourite Plan Toys eco friendly airport series and their garage, to Muji’s fantastic wooden toy buys at excellent [...]

Explain pregnancy to your child with EQD’s Pregnancy Layer Puzzle

I always knew when Kate expanded the toy range at BG favourite The Hedgepig, that she’d get some cool stuff in! Whilst the bambino was too young to even grasp what was really happening when I read There’s a House Inside My Mummy, an older toddler will have fun and get the lowdown on what’s [...]

Swoonage! Muji Christmas Gift Section

   Muji has filled up their Christmas gift section online and I’m still recovering from the palpitation inducing buys in the children’s section. From the North Pole and Safari in a box sets for £8.95 each (there’s also an under the sea version), to the adorable press up toys like the flamingo for £3.95 each, [...]

Wooden Activity Cube from (whisper it) Tesco

Last week in my local Tesco, I could only follow obediently as my shopping trolley took a right hand turn into the toy aisle. Expecting the usual selection of plastic fantastics stacked to the ceiling, I was surprised to discover that Tesco has a line in low-price wooden toys. (After a nanosecond of further thought, [...]

Ubi Changing Table

Brenda writes… Coming from the US is this stylish, hip and very useful changing table which is exclusive to Funky Kids Furniture and already a huge hit stateside. On the deluxe table, its features include a spring loaded dispenser which holds up to 8 nappies and allows the them to be ready in place for [...]