Have you done your Christmas shopping yet?! No? Me too! Make your shopping a little easier with our Christmas Gifts for Kids guide and keep little hands and minds busy this Holiday Season.

Christmas Gifts for Kids

LilRose – customise your own handmade doll

Christmas Gifts for kids - to keep little hands and minds busy

We fell in love with LilRose dolls at a workshop earlier this year and we still can’t get enough. LilRose offers the perfect party activity or gift for children of any age to paint, create and love. Each Lilrose doll (R150) is carefully made by hand by a mom and daughter team. With a big dream and paint everywhere, they created these gorgeous dolls for you to customize to suit you and your personality. We LOVE LilRose!

Play-Doh Color Burst

At what age do kids stop enjoying Play-Doh? Cara is 8 and she still loves it. And new Play-Doh Color Burst has her hooked once again. R149

NB Publishers has an amazing variety of children’s books available in English and Afrikaans:

My eerste plakkerboek: Prinsesse

With this sticker book about princesses, little ones can use big reusable stickers to bring each scene to life. R125

My eerste plakkerboek: Dinosourusse

The colorful illustrations and interesting scenes of these sticker books will keep little kids busy for hours. R125

Plakkerpret met 555 monsters

With this entertaining book children can have lots of sticker fun with 555 stickers of different frightening monsters. From trolls to fire-spitting dragons, zombies and mummies children can create various monster scenes. Perfect for keeping small hands busy on the long road! R140

Plakkerpret met 555 diere

Met hierdie prettige boek kan kinders plakkerpret hê met 555 plakkers van diere van dwarsoor die wêreld. Van ’n uitstappie op die plaas tot ’n opwindende safari kan kinders verskeie dieretonele skep. Hou klein vingertjies só op die langpad besig! R140

Soek en vind Ruimte

This book includes fascinating space scenes, with strange planets and fantastic space crafts. Children can search and find more than 1 000 items in the space scenes while counting abilities are developed. R95

Soek en vind Diere

This book includes fascinating animal scenes, with animals from Africa, farm animals, marine animals and much more. Perfect to keep children busy and entertained for hours. R95

My eerste Bybel

My eerste Bybel consists of 43 stories from the Old and New Testaments, retold by Wendy Maartens in simple language for children up to the age of three. The timeless illustrations are bright and colourful, and will capture young children’s imagination. The stories were specially chosen to convey the essence of the Gospel to young children. R200

A couple of months ago 4aKid sent Cara 2 fabulous products that she is still playing with:

The Original Magic Stretchy Sand

Stretch, create and play with Magic Stretchy Sand! It is so incredibly satisfying to play with. You can squeeze it, twist it and stretch it. Ideal for arts and crafts whether at home or school, this sand is super soft and stretchy. It has a unique texture and comes in a variety of colours. Priced from R37

Bubble Slime

For kids who are crazy about slime stuff! Stretch your child’s creativity and imagination with this awesome bubble-blowing Bubble Slime! Mould different shapes as you blow the slime. Loaded with fun, this slime stretches, bounces and bubbles! Make giant bubbles for hours of endless fun. R149

Cum Books comes to the rescue as well:

Go Wild!

Get little ones excited about the Bible with Go Wild! Children will love the 8 adventure-filled rhymes about some of the feathery, furry and woolly animals of the Bible. Delightful illustrations bring well-known Old and New Testament stories, like Noah’s Ark, Daniel in the Lions’ Den and The Lost Sheep, to life. At the end of each story, a fun activity will have children roaring with laughter as they hop around like a kangaroo, “baa” like a sheep, “moo” like a cow and flap their arms like a bird. R120

Bedtime Prayers For Little Hearts

Create a special bedtime routine of prayer guided by sweet rhymes and Scripture verses that will help little ones discover the loving heart of God. Bedtime Prayers for Little Hearts features heart-warming rhymes paired with Bible verses that will help little ones discover the loving and forgiving heart of God. It will help little ones grow closer to God with these bedtime prayers for children aged 3 to 6. Children will go on a faith-filled adventure as they join the adorable animal families in learning to pray about anything – the fun times, the hard parts, and everything in between. Whether the animals ask God for help finding a toy, or thank Him for the day’s adventures, Bedtime Prayers for Little Hearts will create a special, quiet bedtime routine of prayer and will instill God’s Word in children’s hearts. R140

I hope our Christmas Gifts for Kids ideas makes your Christmas shopping a little easier. Pop over to the Pretty Please Charlie Facebook Page for more Christmas Gifts for Kids ideas.

Happy Shopping!

xoxo

Have you done your Christmas shopping yet? I actually got a fright this morning when I realised that Chrismas is only a month away. I’ve seen the Christmas decorations in the malls and I’ve heard the carols blasting from the speakers, but I don’t think that it actually sunk in. If you are feeling a bit overwhelmed (like I do), why not have a look at the great Christmas gift options below. These will surely keep the kids away from the TV over the holidays (and then perhaps you can get a turn to catch up on your series).

Christmas Gift Ideas For Kids

If you have a little one who loves books, Kids Book Club is the perfect gift option. I’ve reviewed them before HERE. Cara can’t wait for her book club parcel to arrive every month. And honestly we have not been disappointed. Every month you receive two books for the little one, a cute carry bag and a couple of mags (which is a nice bonus as I don’t ever buy magazines). Below is a pic of some of the books that we’ve received. I like that we’ve built up a nice collection and that it’s a mix of story, educational and activity books. We highly recommend www.KidsBookClub.co.za.

‘Did you know that there are at least 1.5 million ants for every person on earth? Or that goats and sheep have rectangular pupils? And that elephants can be right- or left-tusked?’ Do you have kids in the house who love interesting facts like these? Then Fast Facts by Helen Lewis is a must. The book is fun, colourful and contains 224 pages jam packed with interesting and strange facts for young and old. Cara is still a little young for this one, but it’s definitely on my reading list for December. The recommended price for Fast Facts for Inquisitive Minds is R235, but I saw this morning that it’s available on Takealot for R212. For more great books by Helen Lewis and other great reads, pop on over to Metz Press.

If you are looking for gifts to get the kids playing outside (and get rid of some energy over the holidays), Hamleys has got a great selection for you by Moov’ngo. These are some my favourites that I think Cara will love. On a side note: Hamleys has announced the opening of their third South African shop, at Nelson Mandela Square, Sandton at 15:00 on the 1st of December 2015.

Moov’ngo Foam Bowling Set Price: R399.95

Moov’ngo Swimming pool Basket Ball Price: R129.95

Acornkids has a great selection of gifts to keep little hands and minds busy over the Festive Season. I really love all that Acornkids has on offer. Bright, beautiful, affordable and hours of fun. These are only a few goodies on our wish list.