Christmas Gift Guide - The Children's Edition

With the Christmas countdown truly underway, it's time to pick up and purchase all of the lovely gifts you will be popping under the tree for your little ones to open this December. Whether they prefer beauty and dolls or construction and crafts there is something to put a smile on any face with my ideas below.

Easter Alternatives - Gift Ideas For Kids

It's more than likely that your little ones will receive plenty of sweet treats from friends and family this Easter, so you may wish to avoid any extra E numbers by purchasing chocolate-free gifts!

Whether your child is 2 or 10 these ideas should help you pick the perfect present.

• Frizzie the Lamb and Diva the Canary are part of the 'My Blue Nose Friends' collection, featuring a blue nose and patches, and they are arriving in stores just in time for Easter! They are seriously soft to the touch so ideal for plenty of hugs and with their own unique character they are lovely for role play games and more. Frizzie is forever getting lost as she is a curious little creature whereas Diva loves to be the centre of attention! At £5 these are perfect for play this April - and even great for grown ups that collect them too.

• Yellow Moon is a firm favourite when it comes to crafts and their Easter product range is bound to please any creative child. With Scratch Art Egg Decorations, Suncatchers, Daffodil Wreaths and Easter Sprinkles galore they will certainly help to keep your kids entertained until they return to nursery or school. There are even Bunny Cards to make and send to loved ones! The Mini Mes really like these items, especially Minxy.

• The kids can enjoy a colour-in eggstravaganze this April with a table cloth, bunting and Easter egg hunt clues to doodle on from Eggnogg. Colouring is not only ideal for rainy days indoors, it has endless benefits for children when it comes to concentration, imaginative and coordination skills - they can learn while having fun without evening knowing it! The bunting will decorate the garden nicely and the table cloth keeps little ones busy while waiting for their Easter feast. The Mini Mes have really liked colouring a different section each mealtime and finding how many eggs and birds there are in total.

• You might worry about your child's sweet intake but you can feel guilt-free with Goody Good Stuff with their all-natural gum range. They are free from fat, meat, dairy, alcohol, gluten, egg, nut, soy and gelatine so ideal for allergies too. We really like the Strawberries & Cream and Tropical Fruit flavours in particular but there are 8 varieties to choose from something for every taste. A great food gift without the chocolate.

• With Eggling you can grow your own plants at home this Easter, inside an egg - its fun and educational for kids! The egg already contains peat mixture and seeds so it's as simple as cracking the top with a spoon, adding a splash of water and then popping in some sunlight to create your indoor garden. The kit comes complete with a terracotta tray and extra seeds to use. Once your plants have grown for as long as 5 months within the egg you can place it directly into soil to continue flourishing! There are three herbs, three flowers and four special edition Egglings to collect. 

What gifts will you be buying this Easter?

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Sibling Friendship - Family Funny

Most of half term was spent at home due to my back injury but this meant we enjoyed lots of baking, crafts, indoor den building and duvet days with movies -
I really don't mind that at all and we had lots of fun.

WIN a personalised book from Penwizard #ChristmasGiftGiveaway

Imagine your little ones face when they receive a book filled with cute blue nosed bears, their name printed throughout and even their photo with a message from Santa! A personalised Me to You book from Penwizard would make a lovely gift for a child this Christmas.

Ordering is really straight forward and the book arrived just 2 days after creating it online.
It is perfectly proportioned for smaller hands and it is therefore ideal for stockings too!
It has 24 colour pages and features lovely imagery of Tatty Teddy plus there is the chance to upload a photo of your choice on the first page.

I chose to create this book for my friends daughter and fingers crossed she will adore it - I certainly do and Minxy thought it was lovely too. It is great quality with pretty festive style font.

*** WIN ***

For your chance to win a personalised book from Penwizard you can enter via the Rafflecopter entry form below.

The giveaway closes on 1st December 2013.

Good luck!

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Make sure you return tomorrow for our next #ChristmasGiftGiveaway!

You can find out more here: 

http://www.theminimesandme.com/2013/10/christmas-gift-giveaway-2013.html

Meet your favourite characters!

The Mini Mes love meeting their favourite characters and if your little ones do too you won't want to miss out on these special character appearances in The Entertainer stores....

Tatty Teddy will be appearing between 10am and 4pm in:

Bury on January 19th 

Arndale on January 26th 

Meadowhall on February 16th 

Lalaloopsy Bea Spells-a-Lot will be appearing between 10am and 4pm in:

Stockport on January 19th 

Metrocentre on January 26th 

Solihull on February 16th

Katsuma will be appearing between 10am and 4pm in:

Chelmsford on January 19th 

Stratford on January 26th 

King’s Lynn on February 16th

Poppet will be appearing between 10am and 4pm in:

Staines on January 19th

Kingston on January 26th

Amersham on February 16th