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Kids Instyle Feb 2010: Part Two

Kids Instyle Feb 2010: Part Two

Here are some more of our favourite picks from today at Kids Instyle. I have also updated the opening night post with information about each brand.

The toys at Earth Tribe are gorgeous. All toys are hand made and crafted by tribes and communities around the world.

One of my all-time favourite products, the Milkdot lunch bag … [Read more.]

Pink Olive

Pink Olive

 

The shelves in the handcraft section of my local bookshop are groaning under the weight of all those craft projects waiting to happen. Much like cookbooks for me, if handcrafts are your scene, then you can never have too many books. Even if you don’t actually use them, looking through books is enough to provide inspiration, … [Read more.]

Needle Noodles – the greatest knits collection

Needle Noodles – the greatest knits collection

Looking at my daughter’s bookshelf recently, it occurred to me there’s nothing I love more for children than old-school toys such as cloth dolls and wooden blocks. A simple yet gorgeous toy can do so much more for a child’s imagination than most of the electronic things available today.

I guess that’s why I love … [Read more.]

i golfini della nonna Handmade Stacking Cone – for playing softly

i golfini della nonna Handmade Stacking Cone – for playing softly

A sweet departure from the usual plastic stacking rings, this beautiful hand knitted alpaca and cotton Stacking Cone from
enfant terrible
will amuse your baby or toddler whilst developing essential skills. Playing softly with these squishable, chewable rings, baby can have fun
manipulating the rings into different shapes. And there will be
no abrupt noises as the rings drop … [Read more.]

Style and sustainability

Style and sustainability

It’s what Enfant
Terrible are all about — helping the eco-minded parent find the good
amongst all the bad when it comes to children’s products. A great
sentiment we should all keep in mind, but I somehow don’t see my little
man giving up his new plastic electric guitar, no matter how much of a carbon
footprint was left behind … [Read more.]

Introduce your baby to vegetables at an early age

Introduce your baby to vegetables at an early age

There are so many reasons we love these hand-knitted vege rattles from Lark Designs.
Maybe because they are all hand-made from 100% cotton yarn, they only use child-safe dyes, are machine wash and dry-able and very inexpensive.
You can pick from a cauliflower, carrot, aubergine, tomato or a whole bunch!
If vegetables don’t excite you, how about a … [Read more.]