KidStyleFile

Written by Miki

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Hold on to your hats, folks, because today is a big one.  Gifts4Kidz – www.gifts4kidz.com.au – are having the kind of sale that even my wildest dreams don’t dare imagine.

For one week only, take 70% off *all* clothing.  No, it’s not a misprint (SEVENTY PERCENT OFF, PEOPLE!) and yes, it even includes sale items, some of which are already discounted by up to 30%.  And just to make things even more exciting, they’re giving us 25% off all toys too!  The code to use for the clothing discount is SPRING70, and for toys it’s TOY25. Make sure you use them before midnight Wednesday 14 September 2011 when they expire. Note: Both codes can’t be used in the same order.

I know you’ve already got your credit card out of your wallet and you’re itching to get into the action – and understandably, because at prices like this you know the gear is going to fly out the door – but just hang on for ten more seconds while I tell you exactly what amazing goodies you can snap up while you’re there.  G4K has fashion from Bebe, Minihaha, Tahlia, WOOF!, Tommy Rocket & Two Belles, Willow & Finn, Sugar Possum, Flo Dancewear and more, and toy brands include firm favourites such as Pintoy, Janod, Runna Bike, Fiesta Crafts, Micki, Djeco, Wheely Bug and lots, lots more.  Oh, the fun we can have here – why not get all your Christmas shopping out of the way early and relax for the next four months?

I also have to point out the amazing Micki Black Mini Kitchen which may just be the most stylish toy kitchen I’ve ever laid eyes on.  I also love the Willow & Finn Peacock Skirt and the Sugar Possum Knitted Hooded Cardigan for girls, both gorgeous pieces and what a sweet combo when put together.  For my boys I’m coveting the ZACMAC Sam Chunky Knit Toggle Jacket - and at 70% off why wouldn’t I grab it!  Plus the Tommy Rocket 10 Sloppy Joe just oozes relaxed cool.

Okay, okay, I promise I’m done… Go for it!

Discounted prices quoted below are available with codes (please read above) until midnight 14 September 2011 only.

1. Tommy Rocket 10 Sloppy Joe, $74.00 less 70% = $22.20
2. Willow & Finn Gypsy Dress – Tim Tam, $134.00 less 70% = $40.20
3. Willow & Finn White/Silver Party Dress, $130.00 less 70% = $39.00
4. Willow & Finn Peacock Skirt, $100.00 less 70% = $30.00
5. Woof! 5 Pocket Jean, $64.95 less 70% = $19.48
6. Tommy Rocket Sound of Change Tee, $58.00 less 70% = $17.40
7. Sugar Possum Knitted Hooded Cardigan, $52.95 less 70% = $15.88
8. ZACMAC Sam Chunky Knit Toggle Jacket – Grey, $110.00 less 70% = $33.00
9. Tahlia Straight Leg Jean – Medium Indigo, $62.95 less 70% = $18.88
10. Pintoy Noah’s Ark, $97.95 less 25% = $73.46
11. Skwish – Classic, $29.95 less 25% = $22.46
12. Micki Black Mini Kitchen, $321.00 less 25% = $240.00

Brands stocked at Gifts4Kidz include Automoblox, Bebe Clothing, Bebe Jr Clothing, BLOCH, Bobble Art, Books To Wear, Britt Design, Chippie Bags & Accessories, Christopher Vine Design, Cudworth, Custard Pie, Djeco, Jacques Farel, Jarmeez, Le Toy Van, Tin Lid Designs, Manhattan Toy Co, Marquise, Minihaha, Mini Treasures, Missi Missi, Milestone Press, Creative Education, Alperstein Designs, Mini Life, Nana Huchy, Paper Eskimo, Posh!, Pintoy, Seedling Craft Kids, Tahlia, Tiger Tribe, Tommy Rocket, Two Belles, Uttman Kids, Walnut, Willow and Finn, Wheely Bug, Woof!, Zoe Bonbon, Nana Huchy and Mini Life.

Gifts4Kidz charge a flat rate delivery of $9.95 Australia wide and provide FREE gift packaging. For full information, including International orders, please see Delivery and Returns.

Post written by Anna

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Because the terms ‘natural’ and ‘organic’ have become buzzwords of late, it can be hard to know where to begin in your search for products for your baby and family that genuinely embody the standards these words represent. Buxton Baby – www.buxtonbaby.com.au know this all too well, so it is good to know that this supremely sweet Australian boutique has over 5 years experience and serious runs on the board when it comes to delivering stylish, natural, organic and environmentally friendly products. They know their stuff.

Owner and operator Pip is a midwife, mother of two little poppets and all round superwoman! Her team are all parents of young children and they are proud to present products at Buxton Baby that have been tested, tried and proven true to their own strict standards. Yes, Buxton Baby certainly have their finger on the pulse when it comes to understanding the needs, wants and expectations of modern eco-aware families.

Buxton Baby stock toys, natural remedies, cloth nappies, baby carriers and more. They offer products for pregnancy, baby, children and lifestyle – and fashion that is both Australian designed and made. Their brands include Bach, BANG, Beauty & The Bees, Billie Goat Soap, Booroi, Burt’s Bees, Cheeki, Crayon Rocks, Dendelion, Djeco, Dr Wheatgrass, Earnest Efforts, Eco Lunchbox, Eco Stars, Ergobaby, F1, Frankie Small, Glob, Green Kids, Green Toys, Greenpack, H2Onya, Itti Bitti, Keptin, Kids Konserve, Kidz Minerals, Klean, Little Innoscents, Manduca, MD, Nature’s Child, Nuferm, Old Soles, Organic, Organyc, Paul & Paula, Pinkaliscious, PinToy, Pure Bamboo, Radio Flyer, Real Nappies, Roulapic, Royal Doulton, Sandra Cabot, Schussier, Soapnuts, Soleo Organic, Soopsori, Sweet Dreams, Weleda, Vulli and Wotnot.

It’s just a delight to be on the site because it’s so easy on the eyes and really user friendly, making it a relaxing way to shop for all the organic products you need for you and your baby. Oh and I love this initiative: all Buxton Baby orders are eco-packaged including packing tape made with a renewable and biodegradable plant based adhesive, plus mailing satchels that are fully biodegradable. Cool.

Buxton Baby are pleased to offer all KidStyleFile readers a lovely 15% off *storewide*. Make sure you stop by their Sale Page with items up to 30% off.  Put your discount to work on some delightful products including the super cute Crayon Rocks and H2Onya Sippy Bottle pictured below. You will need to use discount code KSF15 at checkout to redeem this great offer which must end midnight 31 July 2011.

Discounted prices quoted below are only applicable with code KSF15 until 31 July 2011.

1. Crayon Rocks 16 Colours in Red Velvet Bag $12.95 $10.95 less 15% = $9.30
2. Burt’s Bees Bubble Bath $21.95 less 15% = $18.65
3. PinToy Wooden Shopping Cart $99.95 less 15% = $84.95
4. Green Toys Bath Tug Boat $24.95 less 15% = $21.20
5. Djeco Geoform Shape Set $59.95 less 15% = $50.95
6. Glob Paint Packet Set $14.95 less 15% =$12.70
7. PinToy Ute Trike $139.95 less 15% = $118.95
8. Traditional Ice Pack $13.95 less 15% = $11.85
9. Rainbow Blocks $49.95 less 15% = $42.45
10. H2Onya 350mL Sippy Bottle $15.95 $12.76 less 15% = $10.84

BuxtonBaby ship Australia-wide via the Australia Post eParcel for the flat fee of $7.50 and ship all orders over $150.00 FREE Australia-wide. International shipping is not currently available. For full shipping information, please see here.

Today’s post written by Angela

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If you’re in the market for some of the finest toys in the land, then I recommend taking a trip over to Send a Toy – www.sendatoy.com.au - who stock some of the coolest local and European brands out.

“Who?”, you ask, well try An Angel at my Table, Automoblox, Bajo, Brio, Cocoon Couture, Deglingos, Djeco, Dumpling Dynasty, Educo, EEBOO, Fiesta Crafts (my girls received this gorgeous puppet theatre/shopfront from Santa last Christmas), Folkmanis, Green Toys, Haba (don’t miss the Petit Fours), Heimess, Honeysticks, Janod, Kaloo Baby Gifts, Kathe Kruse, Lark, Le Toy Van, Mamas & Papas, Melissa & Doug, Moulin Roty, Nici, Pintoy, Plan Toys, Quadrilla, Rosie Flo activity books, Sevi, SIGG Bottles, Trudi Soft Toys, Vilac, Voila Toys, Wheely Bug (one of the best deals on the web for these iconic ride-ons), and WonderWorld!

To sweeten the Send a Toy experience, they are having a fab sale with selected items up to 50% off while stocks last. Check my hot picks below, and keep an eye out for new additions to the sale category – they are regularly popping new goodies in.

Send a Toy postage charges start at $9.90 for standard post (less for those in Adelaide, and for small single-item orders) and $11.90 for Express for orders up to 3kg, Australia-wide, excluding bulky items. Free gift-wrapping applies on most items. International orders are also welcome. Please see the Send a Toy Delivery Guide for full details.

Today’s post written by Miki

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I don’t know how Sanja at Gifts4Kidz – www.gifts4kidz.com.au – does it, but every time I visit her beautiful online children’s gift store her range seems to have tripled from what it was at the previous visit.  And it was already big to start with!

Not only is there a lot more to drool over – ahem, I mean look at – but every piece is fantastic.  There are loads of my favourite brands represented, such as Pintoy wooden toys, Books To Wear pyjamas, Rush and Wheelybug – and, believe me, that’s the barest sampling!

Sanja also has a knack for finding fantastic new brands and products. SunnyLIFE is one such example – I hadn’t seen their products ’til I browsed G4K – but now I’m a big fan of their beach-themed gifts for slightly older children, and Posh Pyjamas who do stunning sleepwear for teenage girls and adult women.

Sanja is also just about to introduce new lines of clothing including Minihaha, Bebe, Woof!, Marquise and Little Leona.  These will mainly be sold in sets to take all hassle out of buying clothes online – keep your eyes peeled!

The G4K homepage has also been updated with new features such as Show & Tell, featuring a new product each week, and What’s On 4 Kidz which will list up and coming events for kids and families throughout Australia.

What makes Gifts4Kidz so easy to use is that no matter what age the child you’re buying for, whether newborn or teenage or somewhere in between, there’s a whole category of thoughtfully selected presents to choose from.

This of course makes it super-easy to buy for other people’s children – I never do know what to buy for five year old girls! – but also for your own child. You don’t need to wade through a vast array of fluffy toys if you’re buying for a 12 year old boy, but you also don’t need to look at all the cricket sets and skateboards if you’re buying for a toddler girl.  See, easy!  You may *want* to look at everything though, as it’s all so cool!

Gifts4Kidz is offering KSF readers 15% off store-wide until the 10th of April 2009:  just enter ‘KSF09′ at checkout. Please note that this discount cannot be used with any other offer.

You can take 15% off all prices below with the code ‘KSF09′ until 10 April 2009.

1. Roller Surfer Pro, $199.95
2. SunnyLIFE Beach Paddles, $19.95
3. Books To Wear ‘My Fire Truck’ Pyjama, $34.95 $26.25
4. Read With Me Book Set, $32.95
5. Pintoy Teaching Clock, $45.00
6. Britt Black Poppy Mini Dress, $49.95
7. Marquise Romper Gift Set – Stone, $59.95
8. Posh Pyjamas Crest Knit Singlet & Long Pant Set, $99.95 $74.95
9. Passport To Australia Board Game, $59.95
10. Books To Wear ‘Hearts’ Pyjama, $39.95 $29.95
11. Assorted Serenella Tights, from $24.95
12. Pintoy Wooden Toys, from $39.95

Brands stocked at Gifts4Kidz include Automoblox, Britt, Bobble Art, Books To Wear, Chippie Bags & Accessories, Christopher Vine Design, Cudworth, Custard Pie, Jacques Farel, Kate Finn, Le Toy Van, Little Beetle, Little Swish, Lovely Chubblies, Tin Lid Designs, Melo Baby, Manhattan Toy Co, Marquise, Milestone Press, Creative Education, Alperstein Designs, Paper Eskimo, Posh!, Missi Missi, Tiger Tribe and Zoe Bonbon.

Gifts4Kidz charge a flat rate delivery of $9.95 Australia wide and provide FREE gift packaging.

Today’s post written by Angela

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Happy happy, joy joy – Happy Little Hippos – www.happylittlehippos.com.au – is having a great little sale, and KSF readers get extra benefits in the form of an EXTRA 20% discount off everything in the On Sale category – WOW!!

You’ll have to be super quick though, as this offer ends at midnight, Tuesday 10 March 2009. Enter ‘FebSale09’ at checkout to activate your extra 20% off and be smiling to the skies

Red-hot picks are the Fancy Girlies Dollhouse, Baufix Build-It Buggy, Uchi bags and accessories, and the stunning Isak Couting and ABC framed posters, which would make a very stylish statement in any child’s room – what a beautiful gift these would make for a newborn!

While you’re over at Happy Little Hippos don’t miss the fabulous range of goodies just arrived. I really love the new ‘Beautiful Day’ journals, and the Micki Reto Kitchen.

I also can’t say enough good things about the Wheely Bugs (how CUTE is the new Tiger design – ah: it’s love!), and I am a big fan of Italian brand Quercetti – we have the Georello Farm and it is such a hit: free-form configure the high quality plastic cogs on the baseboard, plug the animals in, crank the handle and watch your creation whirl and spin. This is a great toy for teaching about cause and effect and motion, and is heaps of fun that lasts and lasts.

Indulge in a fine range of toys, art and craft activities, books, nursery and decor products, and accessories, at Happy Little Hippos, with brands stocked including Bla Bla, Alimrose, Lundby, Brio, Anamalz, Wheely Bug, Quadrilla, Baufix, Quercetti, Dobbin and Drum, Tolo, K’s Kids, Mooo, Djeco, Mama & Papas, Wanju, Binthe, Automoblox, David Fussenegger, Pintoy, Plan Toys, Cuski, Live, Play, Create, Envirosax, Crocodile Creek, and more, as well as treats for Mums from Miss Uchi, Willow and Finch, and T2 Teas.

Clockwise from top left:

1. My Fancy Girlies Doll’s House (accessories included, postage charge $15.00 Australia-wide) – $199.95, $179.95 less 20% = $143.96
2. Large Wheely Bug Tiger - $110.00 (not on sale)
3. K’s Kids ‘Bobby’ Recordable Phone – $19.95, $14.95 less 20% = $11.96
4. Quercetti Georello Farm – $34.95 (not on sale)
5. Micki Red Retro Kitchen with Stove – $229.00 (not on sale)
6. Beautiful Day Journal – $16.95 (not on sale)
7. Pintoy Construction Front-end Loader – $59.95 (not on sale)
8. Baufix Build a Buggy – $29.94, $24.95 less 20% = $19.96
9. Uchi Drawstring Bag – $29.94, $24.95 less 20% = $19.96
10. Isak Counting Poster (framed) from Kindergallery – $160.00, $149.95 less 20% = $119.96

Happy Little Hippos charge $6.95 flat rate postage, Australia-wide. Conditions apply – see website for details.

Today’s post written by Angela

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I told you about My Wooden Toys – www.mywoodentoys.com.au – and their very fine sale a couple of weeks ago, and wanted to give you an update now I have received my order.

After purchasing two Tap-a-Pics, the 5 room dolls-house furniture, the Lacing Lion, and Lacing Cheese (thanks Aunties and Great-Aunties for the Christmas moolah that facilitated these buys!), as well as a sensory board for my new-nephew to be, I received immediate warm and friendly contact from Douglas, the owner of My Wooden Toys. My parcel arrived but a day later with each tiy neatly wrapped in purple tissue.

Each toy has been a big hit, the lacing toys satisfying my girls’ irrepressible desire to weave and thread, the Tap-a-Pics serving as an outlet to be both creative and to whack things with hammers, and the dollhouse furniture has been configured endless times (and is a HUGE bargain for what you get!!)

I wait with baited breath to see how the sensory board goes over. It’s all I can do to resist tearing off the paper and playing with it myself!!

Needless to say I am thrilled, and will definitely be heading over to My Wooden Toys for more goodies in the future.

Head on over to see the full range of fine wooden toys currently on Sale at My Wooden Toys for yourself.

My Wooden Toys sell wooden toys, and quality softies, from Kobba, Djeco, Le Toy Van, Pintoy, Hape, Kathe Kruse, and more.

Note that there are 2 pages of specials, so be sure to click through to the second page.

My Wooden Toys charge $8.40 per order Australia wide. MWT also ship some smaller items FREE: look for the clearly marked ‘Postage Free’ products. View full details here.