Embrace the great outdoors this winter with cool and colourful rain gear by Overcrawls. We’re quite partial to their funky print rain jackets with a cute double-button swing shape and loads of sweet designs – from scooters and stawberries to Eskimos and owls. Match them up with puddle-busting rubber gumboots in seven delicious shades including cherry red and luscious lime.
Available from Overcrawls – gumboots $39.95, raincoats $59.95
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This competition is now closed.
Congratulations to our lucky winner: L. Cotte of Kincumber, NSW.
Layer up for a day of play in Willy Wagtail’s beautiful Australian Made merino wool clothing.
Mix and match this versatile collection into outfits that are oh-so-cute from top to toe. Team the likes of Pippy Pocket Dress with Carrie Cardie, Terry Long Sleeve with Harry Hoodie and more. Each one is available in a variety of colours making it easy to create a style that suits your child, keeping them warm when it’s fresh outside and cool when they’re on the go, go, go.
Willy Wagtail’s merino wool is a perfect winter staple: it’s so lightweight, soft to touch and durable enough to be worn again and again. Best of all, it’s machine washable (yay!).
One lucky Mum’s Grapevine subscriber will win a $250 voucher to spend on a Willy Wagtail Australian Merino Wool winter wardrobe!
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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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Today is Earth Day and this year’s theme is about documenting the ‘Face of Climate Change’. Find out how you can get involved here. The do your bit with these planet-friendly products that keep our climate top-of-mind.
a. Solar sun jar from Todae – $49.95
b. Aden + Anais organic muslin wrap from biome – $39.95
c. ‘Waterfall’ naturally derived gel hand wash from method – $4.99
d. Earth Greetings notelets from biome – $9.95
e. Recycled silver raindrop and cloud earrings by go gin gin on MadeIt – $60
f. Keepsake Toys umbrella balancing toy from Down That Little Lane – $40
g. Snowflake all-in-one baby bodysuit from Gaia Organic Cotton – $36.95
h. Zoras large wooden rainbow toy from Nature’s Child – $34.95
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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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The heavens open and the sky goes grey, and suddenly your rain gear erupts in to technicolour! Kids will adore these hydrochromatic umbrellas that change colour when wet. The ink is white when dry but turns transparent when water hits, magically revealing the colours underneath. They’ll be begging for a downpour just so they can see the galactic graphics come to life.
Available from Entropy – $19.95
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The magic of childhood happens inside a cubby: starting a secret club, playing house, running shops and cafes, playing mummies and daddies, and hiding from your parents! We love the delicious details that make these Win Green playhouse tents so inviting, like sweet pop-pom curtains, cottagey ‘windows’ and loads of embroidery and embellishments. Your kids can get cosy in their very own beach shack, fix cars in the garage, man the fire station or go girly and glam with a traditional look.
Available from Little Boo-Teek – priced from $390
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
