Think of your own childhood. In mine our families warmest calmest memories were when we all flopped down in the back garden while "lazing on a Sunny Afternoon". Here is a few of my recommendations.

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All children learn, so do adults! So how do Toy companies selling or manufacturing Toys promote those toys in a gender-balanced presentation, that guides parents and children on the principles of open play. Read More

There is only so much engagement kids can get from screen time. Beyond that time Kids get very bored and very irritable.

The more experience I get as a Parent, the more I am firmly convinced of this.

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Children spend perhaps 3,500 hours per year in each others company. Likely more time than spouses spend with each other. However, we as adults try coping mechanisms to reduce our rows and quarrels and to manage the fallout when they inevitably take place. How can we help build similar approaches for our kids?

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We have 4 children, 2 older that are now finished with home parties and 2 younger children.

Between them, we have hosted  maybe 30 home-based parties, so I speak with a certain amount of experience regarding home-based children's birthday parties
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We Took a survey of our Chrimbo Customers and here are the interesting results.

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I would like to recommend my favourite toys for Christmas! These are toys that will stand the test of time and inspire children to be creative. Most of them are wooden toys as I think they offer a lovely touchy/feely experience. They do not make any noise, which leaves it up to the child to make something out of it! this can only encourage imagination and creativity. My top toys are the toys

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For the past 14 years, I have offered a range of good quality, entertaining, unique and mostly wooden toys. I don’t really propose a range of heavily branded toys or plastic toys.

My passion and interest is to source creative toys for all ages that can encourage children’s development and well-being. I haven’t started to think Christmas yet, however, as a parent of 4 children, it is in the back of my mind.

There are so many other expenses around Christmas (food, drinks, visiting Santa somewhere and maybe socialising...) that planning and budgetting sounds like a good idea. Mimitoys Christmas club can help!

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Smelling games and sensory toys, bring back your sense of smell in a fun way! From a very young age I have been sensitive to smells. My grandparents used to mind me after school on Wednesdays and I remember the smells of lily of the valley, parsley, garlic and fresh tomatos from the garden (I am from the South West of France!). These smells always bring back lovely memories. I am sure we all have these smells from our childhood that,

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What does celebrating Valentine mean for children?

For my 9 and 10 year old it is all about "giving notes to your friends and being nice to your friends. In fact you have to be nice to everybody!" The "have to" probably means it is not like that throughout the year but it is a start! It is good to focus on kindness and love and encourage our children to behave that way. Sometimes I feel I focus too much on how...

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