We all know how hard it is to cook for the family without making several different meals to cater for different needs. So turn on the printer and follow these easy to follow recipes the whole family will enjoy.Its always a good idea to get your kids used to all sorts of different tastes. Don’t worry if they don’t want to try at first, they’ll find out what they do and don’t like, we all know that the taste buds change over time. Just keep offering the different tastes and chances are what they hated today, they might love in a couple of months time.

We found this great sushi recipe at Kid Spot

Baby sushi

Serving Size:

4

Special Info:

Egg free, Gluten free, Lactose free, Nut free

Ingredients:

• 1 cup sushi rice
• 1 ½ cups water
• 3 tablespoons rice wine vinegar
• 1 teaspoon sugar
• 6 sheets nori (don’t mention it’s seaweed!)
• bamboo mat
• carrot sticks
• cucumber sticks
• cooked beef or chicken
• avocado slices
• soy sauce and pickled ginger, to serve

Method:

Place rice and water in a saucepan, cover and bring to the boil. Reduce heat to a simmer for 10 minutes. Turn off heat and leave for 10 minutes covered.

Spread rice into a container and allow to cool, then sprinkle with combined vinegar and sugar. Stir thoroughly.

Use scissors to cut a sheet of nori in half. Place nori shiny side down on the bamboo mat. Place some of the rice on the sheet, press down with wet fingers to a depth of 0.5cm, leaving a 1cm gap at one end. Arrange fillings on top of the rice.

Start rolling up from the end with fillings. Lift the bamboo mat and roll tightly. Wet the strip at the end and push gently to seal the edges. Slice into six or eight pieces using a sharp, wet knife.

Place on a serving platter, cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate for 30-60 minutes to allow the nori to soften.

Serve with soy sauce and pickled ginger.

Kid Spot is fantastic for recipes, so here’s a few more.

Basic omelette

Serving Size:

Makes 4

Ingredients:

• 8 eggs
• Salt and pepper
• 3 rashers bacon
• 4 teaspoons butter
• 2 tomatoes, chopped
• ¼ cup flat-leaf parsley leaves, chopped
• ½ cup freshly grated parmesan cheese

Method:

Chop the bacon into small pieces, about 1cm square.

Heat a non-stick saucepan to medium-high heat and cook the bacon until brown and crispy.

Transfer to a plate and keep warm in the oven.

Wipe out frypan (I had to wash mine).

Cook the omelettes one at a time.

For each omelette, whisk 2 eggs, a bit of salt and pepper and a sprinkle of parsley in a small bowl.

Heat the frypan to medium heat, melt 1 teaspoon of butter in the frypan until it starts to foam and pour in eggs.

Don’t stir the eggs (some recipes recommend you push the cooked outsides into the middle, but this always ends in disaster for me, see note below!), leave the eggs for about a minute until the base has set, then sprinkle bacon, tomato and parmesan in a strip across the middle of the omelette.

By this time the top of the omelette will be just about set.

Use a spatula to carefully fold one side of the omelette over the filling. Now for the tricky bit… gently push the spatula under the middle of the omelette, tilt the pan a bit and use the spatula to help slide the omelette on to a plate.

Then fold the other side of the omelette into the middle.
Sprinkle some parsley and parmesan on the top.

Serve immediately.

Start the next one!

Homemade muesli bars

Serving Size:

Makes 24

Special Info:

Egg free, Nut free

Ingredients:

• ½ cup (125mL) honey
• ¼ cup caster sugar
• 125g butter
• 3 cups rolled oats (see note for GF)
• 1 cup rice bubbles
• 1 cup sultanas
• ½ cup chopped apricots or dates or choc chips
• ½ cup desiccated coconut
• ¼ cup pepitas (pumpkin seed kernels), sunflower or sesame seeds

Method:

Preheat oven to 180°C.

Grease and line a slice tray (mine is 31 cm x 22cm) with baking paper.

Combine honey, sugar and butter in a saucepan over medium heat.

Cook, stirring, for 2-3 minutes until butter melts and sugar dissolves.

Bring to the boil and cook for 2 minutes or until syrup thickens slightly.

Remove from heat.

Combine remaining ingredients in a large bowl.

Pour over the hot syrup and stir to combine.

Spoon into prepared pan and press firmly to make sure the mixture will stick together.

I wet my fingers with a bit of cold water and press the top to get a smooth finish.

Bake in oven for 15-20 minutes or until golden.

Cool and then refrigerate until well chilled and cut into 24 slices (about 2cm x 6cm).

Pizza pinwheels

Serving Size:

3

Special Info:

Nut free

Ingredients:

• 3 ½ cups plain flour
• 3 ½ teaspoons baking powder
• ¾ cup milk
• 3 tablespoons tomato paste
• 200g ham, sliced
• 1 cup grated cheese
• 1 egg, lightly beaten

Method:

Preheat oven to 200°C. Line a tray with baking paper.

Place flour and baking powder in a large bowl and whisk to combine.

Make a well in the centre and gradually pour in milk, stirring with a spoon until a dough forms.

Turn the dough onto a lightly floured bench and knead (about 5 minutes) until smooth.

If the dough is sticky sprinkle with more flour, I had to do this 3 or 4 times, but don’t over do it.

Roll dough into a 20cm x 40 cm rectangle and spread with tomato paste.

Sprinkle with ham and cheese.

Turn the dough so the long end is in front of you and roll up.

Slice into 10-12 pieces and place side-by-side on the tray.

Brush with egg and bake for 25 minutes or until a skewer inserted into a ‘join’ comes out clean.

You need to treat your kids now and again, so here’s some great picks for party food!

We found these at taste.

Wizard's cauldron cake

Ingredients (serves 10)

• 85g packet green jelly crystals
• jelly snakes, jelly frogs and cachous, to decorate

• Cake

• 340g packet buttercake mix
• 2 eggs
• 3/4 cup milk
• 60g butter, softened
• 1 tube green Dollar Five sprinkles

Method

1. Make jelly, following packet directions. Pour into a 20cm (base) round dish. Refrigerate for at least 4 hours to set.
2. Preheat oven to 180°C. Grease and line base of a 20cm (base) round cake pan.
3. Make cake: Prepare cake, following packet directions. Before pouring mixture into cake pan, fold through sprinkles (this gives a magical coloured effect once cake is cut). Bake as directed. Stand in pan for 10 minutes. Turn onto a wire rack to cool.
4. Place cake, right side up, on a platter. Using a serrated knife, trim top off cake to create a flat surface. Spoon jelly on top of cake. Press cachous into frogs to form eyes. Decorate cake with snakes and frogs.
5. 

   Chicken and vegetable spring rolls

   Makes 20

   Ingredients

   • 300g chicken mince
   • 1/4 Chinese cabbage (wombok), shredded (see note)
   • 1 carrot, peeled, grated
   • 1 zucchini, grated
   • 2 green onions, thinly sliced
   • 1/2 cup grated tasty cheese
   • 1 egg, lightly beaten
   • 20 (250g) frozen spring roll wrappers, thawed
   • olive oil cooking spray
   • sweet and sour dipping sauce, to serve

   Method

   1. Preheat oven to 200°C. Line 2 large baking trays with baking paper. Place mince, cabbage, carrot, zucchini, onion, cheese and egg in a large bowl. Using clean hands, mix well to combine.
   2. Place 1 spring roll wrapper on a workbench, with 1 corner facing you. Place 2 tablespoons of filling along centre of wrapper. Fold corner over filling. Fold over sides and roll up tightly to enclose. Brush remaining corner with water to seal. Place, seam side down, on baking tray. Repeat with remaining wrappers, filling and water. Spray rolls with oil.
   3. Bake for 25 to 30 minutes or until light golden and crisp. Serve with dipping sauce.
   4. 

      Choc-banana toasties

      Ingredients (serves 4)

   5. 4 slices of raisin bread
   6. 2 tsp Nutella
   7. 1 large banana, sliced

   Method

   1. Preheat a jaffle or sandwich maker. Spread one side of 4 slices raisin bread with butter. Spread the other side of each slice with Nutella.

   1. Place 2 slices of bread, butter-side down, in the jaffle maker. Top with banana. Top with remaining bread, butter-side up. Cook for 1-2 minutes or until golden. Set aside for 2 minutes to cool slightly. Cut into quarters to serve.

Wise owl cake

Equipment

You will need 1 large cake board

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Ingredients

• 2 x 600g packets vanilla cake mix
• 250g unsalted butter, chopped, softened
• 2 cups icing sugar mixture
• 2 1/2 tablespoons milk
• 180g white chocolate, melted

• Decorations

• 1 tube Cake Mate yellow writing icing
• 1/3 cup desiccated coconut
• 2 large black jelly beans
• 2 teaspoons chocolate dollarettes
• 6 x 2.5cm-long black licorice strips
• 2.5cm-thick slice banana tip, halved crossways
• 1 blanched almond

Method

1. Preheat oven to 180°C. Grease a 3cm deep, 26cm x 36cm baking pan. Line with baking paper. Make cake batter following packet directions. Pour into prepared pan. Bake for 50 minutes or until a skewer inserted into the centre comes out clean. Stand cake for 5 minutes in tray. Turn onto a wire rack to cool completely.
2. Using owl template as a guide, cut cake into owl shape. Transfer to cake board.
3. Using an electric mixer, beat butter in a small bowl until pale. Gradually add icing sugar mixture and milk, beating constantly, until well combined. Spread butter cream over top and sides of cake.
4. Draw a 20cm square on a piece of baking paper. Spread the melted chocolate over the square. Stand for 30 minutes or until almost set. Using a small, sharp knife, cut four 14cm-long feathers from chocolate square (see note for template). Refrigerate feathers for 20 minutes or until set.
5. To decorate: Using yellow icing, make a heart-shaped outline for the face, leaving a 2.5cm border. Scatter coconut outside the border on the owl’s head, then over rest of cake top and sides. Position jelly beans for eyes. Sprinkle base with dollarettes. Position feathers on cake. Position licorice on base as talons.
6. Position 1 banana piece as the beak. Position almond, pointed end out, at the bottom of the banana piece.

Next week we’re concentrating on fridge things, In the mean time, have a very very MERRY CHRISTMAS!

So yes…we’re talking bathroom accessories, from towels to toys to shampoo and soap. The kiddies room doesn’t have to be the only place for funky extras.

If you browse around Belly Dance Baby you’ll find the cutest hooded towels.

3 sprouts elfie the blue elephant hooded towel

3 sprouts milo the monkey organic hooded towel

Throw away those boring old bath mats and bring in the Frog Bath Safety Mat, it’ll look so much better than the others. You can find it at Where Did You Get That.

Frog Bath Safety Mat - Green

If you’re absolutely loving your child in those hooded towels then you must see the ones by Dwell Studio, they can be found at Babys Got Style.

Hooded towel- choc spots

Hooded towel- Carousel

Hooded towel- Gio Aqua

Also from Babys Got Style get your very cool shower caps by Annabel Trends

Shower cap- panda

Shower cap- frog

Shower cap- pig

Cradle Rock stock some great squirters which will bring hours of fun, just watch out, you’ll most likely be in the firing line!

Squirters for the Tub - Transportation

Alex Squirters for the Tub - Jungle

At Minifashionista we found some organic baby shampoo and some great animal stickers for the tub.

Little Twig Shampoo: Happy

Minifashionista Zoo Animal Bath Stickers

Add a bit of fun to bathtime with this cowboy bubble bath. You can find it at Pokkadots.

Yippee Kai Yay! Bubble-Up Bath

And if you’d like to add a BIT more funk to the bathroom, you can buy this sweet shower curtain, also at Pokkadots.

Ribbit! Shower Curtain

But if you loved the hooded towels by Dwell Studio pictured above then why not get the matching shower curtain, also from Pokkadots.

dwellstudio Gio Aqua Shower Curtain

dwellstudio Chocolate Dots Shower Curtain

At Shop House we found these gorgeous organic soaps by Lark.

Lark Cute Creatures Organic Soap - Deer

Lark Cute Creatures Organic Soap - Bluebird

Alex toys make some amazing and VERY fun toys for the tub. You can find the following at The Hip Infant.

Alex Toys Bugs In The Tub

Alex Toys Draw In The Tub Crayons

Alex Toys Mirror In The Tub

Alex Toys Rub A Dub Fishing

And to finish up, why not grab a luxury duck or two, also available at The Hip Infant!

Bud Luxury Duck Angel

Bud Luxury Duck Hoops

Elegant Baby Bath Duck Stripes Green

So that’s it, we hope you found some little stocking fillers to make bath time easier, next week we’re bringing you some great kids recipes!

The title says it all, we’re bringing you the comfy cushions and the not so comfy…but very cool, big and small, they have one thing in common, they’re all adorable.

New to Sonny Ember this week, we have some amazing Santa sacks and stockings available, they’ll look great under the tree on christmas morning.

Red Lettering on Striped Santa Sack

Striped Lettering on Red Santa Sack

Christmas Stocking

This little elephant cushion is from Dwell Baby, you can find it at Tiny People

Elephant Animal Cushion - motif blue

or you can also choose from the pig or giraffe.

Pig Animal Cushion Girl

Pig Animal Cushion

Giraffe Animal Cushion

Infact all the cushions found at Tiny People are pretty amazing!

Crow Pillow

Dolly Bird Cushion Set - Yellow

Cocoon couture make some sweet and comfy cushions, you can find them at Shop House.

Cocoon Couture Cheeky Squirrel Assorted Cushion - Pink

Cocoon Couture Gorgeous Giraffe Assorted Cushion - Pink

Cocoon Couture Timmy Tiger Assorted Cushion - Blue

Don’t forget to check out their bean bags and santa sacks while you’re there.

If you’ve ever been to etsy you’ll know  it’s a world of inspiration. We’ve brought you the best of the crop.

Elk Spot Grey Cushion

House pillow, my lovely dreamy reading room

What a Hoot - Retro Owls Pillow Cover

Baby Tate Owl plush toy

Little Red Monster Quilted Cushion Cover

pillow - running hare

At Fawn & Forest you can find a beautiful brand called Estela, they make these wonderful cushions.

estela lugo | animal attraction elephants pillow

estela lugo | animal attraction owls pillow

At Black Wagon they have organic cushions by Amenity, we love their choice of colours.

Amenity Turtle Organic Floor Pillow

Amenity Deer Organic Floor Pillow

Well, that’s all for this week. We’re quite amazed at the quality we found on Etsy and will be bringing you more picks from there in the future.

Next time we’ll be talking all about bath accessories.

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First, what’s new at Sonny Ember. You must check out the new Deglingos comforters and rattles available now!.

Baby ChikosBaby BigBos

Baby Pikos

Baby Poilodos

Baby Ratos

Milkos Rattle

Molos Rattle

Ratos Squeaky Rattle

Ronronos Crinkle Rattle

Pants, trousers,slacks or britches! What ever you like to call them, we’ve found them for every occasion and all sorts of weather.

These houndstooth sweatpants by Mini Rodini were found at Babesta.com.

Houdstooth Sweatpants

Check out these star leggings by Little Horn. You can find them at Babys Got Style (Australian site)

Red lucky legs

They also have some very cute leggings by Minti.

Minti popsicle leggings

Black lightning leggings

Pink lightning leggings

Itch Design have a very cool selection of shorts this summer. You can find them at Cradle Rock.

Itch Design Owls Short

Itch Design Jellyfish Short

Itch Design Jellyfish Short - Sand

Check out the Munster gear available at Dragonfly, a must for a fashionable tot.

Munster - Mad Munster Boardie Multi

Munster - Mooners Short Charcoal

Munster - Stalker Pant Black/White

Munster - Beaten Short Blue

and for the girls, try a little BIG by Fiona Scanlan, also at Dragonfly.

BIG by Fiona Scanlan - Rugby Short Apple

BIG by Fiona Scanlan - Stripey Short Multi

Now we’ll go back to Sonny Ember for a moment to check out the cute Zutano shorts available!

Red Bird Shorts by Zutano

Dino Jungle Shorts by Zutano

Elephant Parade Shorts by Zutano

And to finish, here’s a gorgeous pair of pants available at Frock You by ej sikke.

ej sikke lej Wideleg Vintage Owl Print Pants

Next time we’ll bring you a bit of comfort with the funkiest cushions for your baby’s room.

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Modern kids need modern bedding. Make it a joy to go to bed and chances are they’ll wake up fresh!

Kideko have an amazing selection of modern kids bedding, you can find the following at Kideko.com

Action bed set

Love bed set

Monster bed set

They also sell utility bags, posters, height charts and gorgeous cushions to match!

At Baby Geared we came across Dwell Kids, quite well known for their selection of bedding as well as storage, and cute toys.

Transportation twin/single duvet set

Gio Twin/single Duvet Set

You can also buy Dwell Studio within Australia at Tiny People.

At The Hip Infant we found these wonderfully soft cot sheet sets by Pure Baby.

Pure Baby Organic Cot Sheet Set Red Stripe

If you’d like something colourful, you’ll find it at Pokkadots, we love this 6 piece crib set by Nurseryworks

Nurseryworks Blocks 6 Piece Crib Set

Nurseryworks Pumpkin Macaroni 6 Piece Crib Set

They also stock some superb organic bedding by Pixel Organics

Pixel Organics Lions Tigers Kittens Oh My! Toddler Set

Pixel Organics Supercharged Twin Set

Kido Store stock a majestic brand called Kragh Rosenberg, they have some really interesting prints.

KRAGH ROSENBERG - PINK BLOOM COT QUILT SET

KRAGH ROSENBERG - SKY BLUE MING COT QUILT SET

KRAGH ROSENBERG - SKY BLUE MINGUS COT QUILT SET

Whilst browsing through Cradle Rock we came across the delightful bedding by Itch Design.

Itch Design Crocodile Rock Quilt Cover & Pillow Case

Itch Design Amanda Panda Quilt Cover & Pillow Case

You must check out their clothes while you’re there…..very funky!

When we thought the search was over, we came across some amazing bedding by Boodalee, you can find these at Black Wagon.

Boodalee World Collection in Pink

Boodalee Space Collection

Black Wagon also stock a cute brand called Kukunest

Kukunest Sub Adventure Bedding

And last of all, this one is for only $39 from IKEA, although it you can’t buy it online, you’ll have to go to a store near you.

Next week’s blog……pants/shorts.

They all wear them and we love it when they change in to them cause it means it’s close to bed time! So sit back with a glass of wine once the kids have gone to bed and shop for their next pair of p.js!

You can imagine your little toddler running around with just these boxer shorts on before bedtime. You can find them at little piggy.

Piggy Organic Baby Boxer Pant-giraffe fur

Piggy Organic Baby Boxer Pant- giraffe

Piggy Organic Baby Boxer Pant- black and white toile

Piggy Organic Baby Boxer Pant- green piggy faces

Snugglebum make some lovely and soft sleepwear, the following were found at The Hip Infant

Snugglebum Romper Beachside Stripes

Snugglebum Romper Vintage Planes

We found this cute little spotted nightie at Ten Little Indians, right now they have 20% off for christmas, that’s 20% off storewide!

Books to Wear Spotted Nightie

Kit + Lili make some gorgeous rompers, you’ll want your baby in them during the daytime as well! We found these at Fawn & Forest.

kit+lili | little circles in navy romper

kit+lili | apples in cherry romper

Check out the Little Horn jumpsuit found at cradlerock, i bought one for my son, at first they are tricky to figure out, but once you get them on they look fantastic. On sale for $19.95!

Little Horn Punk Pin Jumpsuit - Red

Little Horn Punk Pin Jumpsuit - Blue

Cool pajamas are harder to come by than we thought, however we managed to find some cute p.js by Ouch at Babys Got Style.

Gorilla pjs- grey+blue

Turtle pjs- khaki

Turtle summer sleepbag

Tiny Tribe have some simple and practical summer pieces, also found at Babys Got Style

Soft spot sleep wrapsuit-white

One of our favourite online stores; Baby Goes Retro have an amazing selection of rompers, feast your eyes on these:

Baby onesie - Big C

Summer Romper suit - Yellow mushrooms

Summer Romper suit - Pink Giraffe

And to finish off, a couple of out there pieces found at Babesta!

Pink Dot Stripe PJ

Black Star Stripe PJ

So there you have it, next week the funkiest doona covers and cot sets.

There’s a new trend everywhere for our kiddie’s bedroom…it’s sweeping the world really…..in vinyl, canvas or the little critters very own pieces of handiwork that seems never ending, we love it all…but do we keep every last little piece???? Here’s a collection of some cute, quirky and fantastic wall art.

These gorgeous Jeeto canvas wall hangings can be found at Belly Dance Baby, our favourite is the hippo.

jeeto blue hippo wall canvas

There are quite a few of them to choose from

jeeto brown giraffe wall canvas

jeeto monkey wall canvas

jeeto treehouse wall canvas

Next on the list are the fantastic chalkboard stickers, they come in so many shapes and sizes and are a great space saver for changing art, you can ditch the bulky easel! We found these at Where Did You Get That.

Hippo -XL Blackboard Stickers

Elephant -XL Blackboard Stickers

Black Wagon have some great wall decals by Wall Candy.

WallCandy Arts Seasons wall decal by notNeutral

WallCandy Arts Deerly Beloved wall decal

Wall Candy is also available at Ekidna Kids, you can buy these gorgeous Pilot’s Planes that’ll look great in any boys bedroom!

WallCandy Pilot's Planes

Blik make some fantastic wall graphics, you can find them right here in Australia, selling at Cradle Rock.

Blik Race Ya Re-Stik Wall Graphics

Wee Gallery Wall Graphic - Jungle

Blik Insomnia Re-Stik Wall Graphics

Blik Giant Robot Wall Graphics - Large

And we couldn’t go past the Blink Design Babooshka wall plaque also at Cradle Rock.

Blink Design Babooshka Wall Plaque - Black

At Fawn and Forest we found these wonderful and very unique pieces of canvas art by Anna Joyce. Each piece is completely hand made, very inspiring.

anna joyce design | deer + tree

anna joyce design | bird

Also at Fawn and Forest, Olli & Lime make some amazing wall murals.

olli & lime | little billie wall mural

olli & lime | little george wall mural

And we’ve never seen anything like Matthew Carden’s art work, here’s a few, there’s alot to choose from!

matthew carden | chocolate print

matthew carden | broccoli crown

So the last two might be a little bit more for the adults, but could be a good way for the kids to eat their greens!!

Vinyl Wall Art are a site completely dedicated to wall art, so to finish off, here’s a great selection of what they have to offer!

Robot Decal

Cuckoo Clock Decal

Nesting Doll (Set of 3) Decals

Tree Decal

Owl Decal

So that’s it, hope you enjoyed the art, canvas’s and bit and pieces, till next week, bring on the best Pajamas, it’s bound to be choco block!

It’s almost christmas time….so i thought i’d try and make things a bit easier.

If you have a child, chances are toys are on the christmas list, so we’ve found the best we could, both affordable, and …..well the toys you may need to save for……either way they are a mix of cool and very cool! enjoy!

If you haven’t already, check out the Baby Deglingos available at Sonny Ember, there’s a new range of these gorgeous plush comforters arriving soon!

Baby Lapinos

Baby Milkos

Baby Molos

Baby Ronronos

The Yoozzoo plush collection are made in New Zealand and are filled with virgin wool, these quirky characters would be great to collect. Find them at yoozzoo.

Foo

Gooloop

Oodle

Booh

Jooniper

Hooper

The one thing we all look for in a toy is one that can give our children hours of play, with the least amount of adult help possible…you know it’s true!

So if you’re in the kitchen trying to cook dinner, why not send your child to their own special market stall to buy you all the bits and pieces you may have forgotten.

The Djeco Market Stall is a great toy for hours of play.We found it at Peanut Gallery.

If you were born somewhere in the 80’s and before chances are you’ll remember Brum, i found this gorgeous Air Flow-Brum ride on at NoMi Boutique.

Air Flow-Brum

But if Brum isn’t quite for you, they have a great range of airplanes as well.

Air Flow - Sport Racer

Air Flow - Corsair

Air Flow - Pink Princess Trike

The little chipipi fridge magnets are great, ditch the old magnetic numbers and bring on these funky and strong magnets.You can find them at Kids Gift List.

Little Chipipi Fridge Magnets

Introducing the step 2 Rollercoaster…..WHAT?..YES we know you’ll need a bit of room for this one, but looks like alot of fun! It’s available at Toyxperts

Step 2 Roller Coaster

Dwell studio have some gorgeous products including toys. These soft blocks are great for baby.

SOFT BLOCKS - SET OF 6

The Finger Puppets are also worth a look, made from such funky modern fabrics.

FINGER PUPPETS - SET OF 5

Our favourite from Dwell studio would have to be the magnetic animals, pull them apart and swap them round, followed by the stacking rings.

MAGNETIC ANIMALS - SET OF 3

STACKING RINGS - SET OF 5 RINGS

Anamalz are gorgeous bendy wooden creatures, we found them at Petit Baby

Anamalz Black Ram Wooden Toy

Anamalz Cow Wooden Toy

Anamalz Elephant Wooden Toy

we also love the crocodile,Gorilla and Hippo, plus there’s lots more!

Help to develop hand eye co-ordination with this pounding tower toy by Plan Toys found at Bebe Online.

Pounding Tower

That’s it for this week, hopefully we helped with the tedious christmas shopping! Till next week…we bring you the best wall art.

Summer is almost here so we thought we’d bring you the trends of the season!

First off the ranks is VOLUME. Whether it be in the form of pants, skirts or dresses. We’ve found the cutest pieces with maximum volume without your little one tripping over themselves.

These trousers are by Gold and you can find them at Tiny People

biko trouser - aluminium

They’re also available in white.

I came across the Brigit Owl Dress at Babesta..these owls just keep on coming, they’re everywhere!

http://www.babesta.com/products.php?id=1281

You must see these gorgeous shorts by Paper Wings found at Tiny People, they’re all about volume!

wide leg shorts - denim

Also at Tiny People, a cute and colourful party dress by Chalk n Cheese.

party dress - balloons

Ruffles and frills are also on the cards this season, with bows and tiers and any little add-on possible!

This gorgeous wrap Romper by Bebe is just too adorable! You can find it at Ten Little Indians

Bebe Poppy Short Sleeve Wrap Romper

At Tiny People you can find these gorgeous frilled leggings by Paper Wings

frilled leggings - red/cream

The frills don’t stop there…i know i’m about to fill the entire post with clothes from Tiny People, I found this by Black rabbit, followed by some more gorgeous skirts!

Daisy Skirt by Black Rabbit

reversible print skirt - cream/pink

doily print skirt - cream/black

Sonny Ember have some cute ruffle pants by Kumquat

Ella Elephant Polka Dot Ruffle Pant by Kumquat

and this little Mass Baby Wrap Top from Little Piggy is so beautiful and unique.

Little Mass Baby Wrap Top

Leggings are in…..all colours and prints to go with the cute summer dresses, of course they might be a bit much on those really hot days but perfect for spring.

These idaT Animal Leggings were found at Little Piggy.

idaT Animal Legging

idaT Animal Legging

red hippo animal leggings

Then there’s the T2 Love Leggings also at Little Piggy

T2 Love Multi Heart Legging

I just couldn’t resist these perfect printed leggings found at Tiny People, by Mini Rodini.

mermaid leggings

robot leggings - green

Pink or ivory and dusty aqua are the colours this season, everything feminine!

You can find these cute ballerina shoes by Baby Bloch at Tiny People

patent ballerina - pink

Then send her to the party in this very classic dress by Little Mass found at Little Piggy

Little Mass Baby English Rose Dress

These Tiny Mammoth Cloud Pants are sure to impress, found at Kido Store.

TINY MAMMOTH CLOUD PANT - AQUA

Another great trend which goes for girls as well as boys is all things sporty, it’s pretty easy to use your imagination here…pretty much anything goes as long as it’s comfortable!

Try the Striper Boardies by Cried Wolf found at Tiny People

striper boardie - black

And the Barnyard Boardies by Cried Wolf are even cuter!

barnyard boardie - black

Sonny Ember have the cutest printed lightweight hoodies, perfect for a cool spring day or summer evening. Made by Kumquat.

Blue Puppy Love Printed Pullover by Kumquat Edit this product

Choo Choo Printed Pullover by Kumquat

Check out the sporty Charity Swirl Dress found at The Rocking Horse.

Moppit: Charity Swirl Dress – Grey Marle!

The Nano French Terry Hoodie, a great basic for summer, found at Little Piggy.

Nano French Terry Hoodie

I found the sweet Racer Back Romper by Pure Baby at Ten Little Indians, great for a day at the beach.

Purebaby Red Stripe Racer Back Romper

The Ulitimate Addiction Shorts……really are the ultimate in sporty wear this summer! They’re by Little Red, you can find them at Ten Little Indians.

Little Red Ulitmate Addiction Short Red

And my favourite are the Bats Track Pants by Mini Rodini found at Kido Store

MINI RODINI BATS TRACK PANTS

Also huge this season are the checks…you’ll see them everywhere on the big people so why not give the little ones a go as well.

These cute Laut Long Pants by Cried Wolf can be found at Tiny People.

laut long pant - red

or if you’d rather some shorts you can go for the Checkered Boardies.

checkered boardie - red

Or you can always hit two trends at once with these check shorts by munster, the pleated shorts are in as well! Found at Ten Little Indians

Munster Banner Walkshorts

For a bit more funk you can try the check out shorts, also by munster.

Munster Check Out Short

The Boo Foo Woo Cowboy Shirt found at Cradle Rock would be great for a special occassion.

Boo Foo Woo Cowboy Shirt - Blue

And these Toms Check shoes from Babesta are gorgeous!

Plaid Canvas Shoes

Well that’s it, i know…a huge post …..next time i’m looking into the best toys for 3 years and under..