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Little ones 1-3 years, who get a thrill from hide and seek games, will be entranced by this adorable story app about mummy animals looking for their babies. Read the story, match the animal pairs, learn animal sounds and sing along with the catchy song. Bright graphic animations make for fantastic, engaging, farmyard fun. Compatible with iPad only.
Available from iTunes - $2.99
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Whether Mums love them or loathe them, kids love temporary tattoos! Like sherbet straws and glo-bracelets, they’re a childhood experience to be enjoyed. But have you ever noticed the designs are a bit … lame? Not anymore! Tattly Designy Temporary Tattoos are motivated by a sense of fun and a belief in using art and design to make people happy. One look at the fabulous Tattly designs is enough to put a smile on anyone’s face and we’re sure you’ll be picking out a few for yourself as well as the kids.
Available from Tattly – from USD$5 for a set of two, plus $2 international shipping
From the moment they’re born, there is nothing more special than holding your baby close. The benefits of baby wearing are unquestionable and in winter even more so! Snuggle together and keep cosy with the Ergobaby Winter Edition Carrier featuring quilted lining, luxurious faux fur trim and hand muff. Best of all, the winter lining is removable so when hot weather rolls around again, your carrier transforms into an all-white lightweight beach babe.
Ergobaby Winter Edition Carrier and Hand Muff available from Babes in Arms – $269
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There’s construction toys and then there’s the real deal. Forget blocks, what a budding builder wants is bricks! Junior Tradesman construction kits include everything to build your first house including real bricks, mortar, trusses, windows, roof and doors. Even the tiniest tradies don’t miss out, with dough house kits for little kids. It’s fun and educational now and may turn out to be a very wise investment into your future by developing a very useful tradie son or daughter!
Junior Tradesman toys available from Coccinella – priced from $29.95
Think outside the (plastic) box and store, freeze, heat and serve baby and toddler food in glass. Safety meets convenience in Littlelock storage containers made from strengthened glass and topped with cute coloured snap-lock lids. From baby purees and toddler meals to park snacks and lunchboxes, the BPA-free, phthalate-free, PVC-free and lead-free containers provide a safe and environmentally friendly alternative to plastics. No nasties will leech from the container into your baby’s food and because glass is non-porous, it won’t absorb odour or stains either. This is old-school packaging given a modern, practical twist for today’s babies.
Littlelock glass baby food containers – from $29.95 for set of three\
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Make the ordinary extraordinary with an artistic take on the world of children. Created by Scandanavian textile designers with backgrounds in art and fashion, Lucky Boy Sunday knitted art toys and soft furnishings suit a child’s space … or not! Each piece straddles the world of adults and children with appeal that is certainly not confined to the playroom.
Available from Little Pie Street – priced from $39.95
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Spaghetti wriggling round and round, spaghetti wriggling round and round, be careful you don’t get it on your chin … and the floor and your brother and your clothes! One genius invention is putting spaghetti back on the menu. This fun fork makes handling the trickiest of pastas a cinch, with a clever little lever to ‘wind up’ your noodles. Now, if those clever folks at Donkey Products could just invent a spoon to get their weetbix in their mouths rather than on my floorboards …
Available from Shop Until - $14.95
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Finding products that little girls and their modern mums can agree on is not the easiest of tasks! A world away from princess and fairy cliches, Pocchari Poodle and Penelope Octopus are the latest adorable characters in the Beatrix New York bag range and are sure to appeal to the girliest of girls while maintaining a contemporary sense of modern design and style. Choose from backpacks, lunch boxes or wheelie suitcases. Mums will love to buy them and kids will love to carry them!
Available from Urban Baby – priced from $39.95
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The best toys are the stayers. Traditional toys like kaleidoscopes, spinning tops and puppets are as much fun today as they always were. Creative toymakers Londji are bringing vintage toys back in to vogue for a new generation. Many old favourites have been reinvented with a modern twist and beautiful design, including dominoes, puzzles, piggy banks and more. Revitalised vintage art and nostalgic themes have never looked so current or so much fun!
Londji toys available from Outliving and Dragonfly Toys – priced from $8.95
If you’re dressing a growing bump this winter, check out Oksa for functional and fashionable maternity wear. Their new winter collection is sleek, simple and very current with pieces to suit your winter lifestyle; from snuggling on the sofa to hitting the town. Add a hint of sexiness with panelled leather-like maternity leggings, keep comfy in a stretchy maxi skirt or rug up with draped knits. Elegant and classic garments flatter the female form while being comfortable and versatile for pregnancy, breastfeeding and beyond.
Winter Maternity Collection – available from Oksa – priced from $79.95
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