Other Gifts for Children Reviews

Gifts for children? You've got to be kidding, these bottomless wells of material envy get quite enough as it is and it shouldn't need me to tell you any more about it.... Okay, rampant hysteria time over and let's have a vaguely serious view on the matter from the dave27 Big Book of How to go about Life... This is ...  Read the complete review

Early learning have some great toys for all children. Its always a task to buy the right gift for christmas but with early learning you know that you are on the right track. Whilst shopping for a christmas present for my son who is 6 months old I came across the perfect gift and at a great price too. I wanted something that was made ...  Read the complete review

Have you ever seen those lovely painted wooden letters, which come in a number of different varieties, such as clowns and animals? They are about three inches tall and painted in so that the clown or Giraffe or whatever looks like it is forming the shape of the letter. They usually cost about a pound each, but I recently found some in a mail ...  Read the complete review

This might not be just for the children, it might give me some peace as well. The New hip really happening single from that mega star of pop music "Bob the Builder". I have two reasons for buying this for my children. First they have a cd player in their bedroom, therefore I should get a few minutes to tidy up ...  Read the complete review

Every little girl should have a jewellery box. A young lady at the age of sixteen, in possession of a pretty collection of jewellery. What could be nicer? Earrings and charms are normally the cheapest items, because of their diminutive size. Other items available for consideration are necklaces, bracelets, rings, brooches, hair ...  Read the complete review

Last year my 7 year old couldn't really think of anything major that he wanted for Christmas (except for Pokemons, which I really didn't want to go overboard on). We thought long and hard and couldn't come up with much, until I saw an advert in our local paper to have the night sky painted on his bedroom ceiling. The painter ...  Read the complete review

My young niece suffers with bad dreams, nightmares even. This seems to be quite a common problem with children around five or six years of age. I am making up a Christmas stocking for Laura but, as a very special present, I have bought her a very beautiful North American dream catcher. A sort of spiders web shape on a circle ...  Read the complete review

I have a son who is 15 years old and he enjoys the outdoors.He's been a active hunter since he was 13.Well, yesterday he shot his first deer.I have never seen my son this excited before.He was the happiest little guy in the world.He called and went and showed everybody his first deer. What he always looks forward to is hunting ...  Read the complete review

My two boys are five and seven so one of them still believes in Father Christmas but the other is not quite so sure. I hit on an excellent way for them to make their Christmas lists out. I picked up two Index catalogues (Argos would do) and gave them each a pen and paper. I told them to list everything they would like then to go back ...  Read the complete review

As we approach December I am faced with an ever increasing list of must have christmas presents. Only yesterday my 6 year old son presented me with 4 A4 sheets of presents, both sides. I can no longer turn on the telly without being bombarded with adverts and the shouts of "I WANT THAT". Even escaping to the shops to browse is not an ...  Read the complete review

Every year I spend at least £100 on each of my 2 children and wonder what I have got for the money. Ok thay have had the normal things being lads such as skateboards, bikes and plastic weapons over the years but that with cars and vehicles are quickly going out of fashion and aged too young. Then last year after buying my eldest ...  Read the complete review

My daughter is not really 'a child' any more at the age of 17, and this gift is for the older child of, say, 13 and upwards, and especially girls. Last year, my elder daughter asked my younger daughter what she would like for Christmas. Alex said that she would really love a mobile phone. This she very kindly received from Kelly and has ...  Read the complete review

I have two children and each year try to find something a bit unusual as a stocking filler and last year found a gift for only £6.00 that is still in daily use and has produced millions of tiny babies! Sea Monkeys. The Sea Monkey is a tiny Shrimp like creature that grows from eggs no bigger than a pin head,they grow long ...  Read the complete review

Delight your young relatives, and plenty of the older ones with a purse from Tula - especially if you put some money in as well. Shopping for a new purse today I found several quality leather purses in really gorgeous designs. I bought a horse one for myself, for £9.50, form a local department store. It is about five inches long, and ...  Read the complete review

Well it seems christmas for me is all things Pokemon. The craze has got out of hand, i've managed to persuade my daughter not to get the Pikachu Nintendo just because it has him on the front, she has no intention of playing the Nintendo but wanted it because of Pikachu. Pikachu skateboard, Pokemon soft toys, cards, quilt set, even ...  Read the complete review