All the buzz surrounding Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland has put us in such a spin here at Babyology HQ that we’re fighting a terrible urge to head out to the garden and paint all the white roses red. Or is that red roses white…
Posted by Nikki Tandy on March 16, 2010
in Fashion, Misc, Nursery, Out And About
Also tagged art, decorations, dresses, hair accessories, kids clothing, kids decoration, lunch boxes, parties, stationery, wall art
When I was very young, I was so jealous of my schoolmate’s tutu, I ripped it apart and hid it. It was voluminous with plenty of sparkles and made my plain two-tier pink one pale in comparison.
Chasing Fireflies is one of those stores that has so many cool things it’s hard to know where to begin. Actually, that’s not entirely true. Chasing Fireflies is organised into ‘theme’ shops so you can narrow down things that will interest your child. They go beyond the standard ‘fairies’ and ‘farms’ themes and have a … [Read more.]
Any designer that comes up with a dress that little girls think is for ‘dressing-up’ and parents deem as acceptable to be worn to the supermarket is on a winner. Combine that same dress design with the exceptional quality of Eeni Meeni Miini Moh and I may have just discovered an outfit that no one … [Read more.]
Kids don’t generally need an excuse to dress up, but parents might need one in order to splash out on a new costume! With Halloween around the corner, your thoughts may be turning towards all things creepy, kooky and spooky.
My kids have hit the age where they love dressing up. Fairies, princesses, kings, brave knights, scary skeletons, wicked witches, race car drivers, doctors, nurses, chefs and even a Stormtrooper – we’ve built up quite a collection of costumes, silly hats and other accessories already. The only real drama is our overflowing dress-up box. It’s … [Read more.]
I love buying that perfect birthday gift and dress-up capes would have to be up there in the top 10 gifts for kids. These new ones from Mahar Drygoods feature the child’s birthday number on the back so they can `fly’ around as their favourite superhero, proudly advertising how many years they have lived on the planet… … [Read more.]
In my opinion, dressing up is one of those things that’s absolutely necessary in childhood. Not just ‘fancy dress’ dressing up but dressing up to feel pretty, dashing or, as my daughter would say, ‘like a princess.’ It’s simply good for the soul.
Italian-based children’s clothing company Il Gufo make clothing that is perfection for dressing … [Read more.]
My good friend Tina has been an invaluable source of cool things for us to write about. One of my favourite articles about the Chrysalis Kit was suggested by her and here we have another we know you’ll just love.
Remember those homemade forts we used to make as kids? We’d move some furniture and … [Read more.]
Jabberwock, Cheshire Cat, tea parties, croquet with flamingos and hedgehogs, rabbit holes, the Queen of Hearts, Tweedledum and Tweedledee…. if these things make sense then you’ve probably been to Wonderland or through the looking glass.
Alice is my favourite storybook character and although we most commonly see her portrayed in a blue dress and white pinny, when … [Read more.]
My boys adore dressing up and capes are a hit in any chid’s wardrobe. With just one swoosh of the cape, your child is transformed instantly into a superhero of powerful proportions and launches straight into imaginative play.
We’ve all seen a child dressed up at the shops and exclaimed "Oh my goodness, it really is … [Read more.]
I’m not yet fully up to speed with girls’ dress-ups, however I’m fairly certain that they follow the same theme as mainstream girl’s fashion – lots of pink, frills and frippery.
So what to do if you have a little girl who wants to be a fairy or a ballerina, but just not a pink one?
Butterbean … [Read more.]
