Christmas Gifts

£14.95 at PrezzyBox

You find so many online photo shops and even high street camera shops offering personalised calendars each year that they’ve all started to get a bit samey.

Well you’ve probably not seen one like this before.

£78.95 at The Poetry Studio

Take a picture, any picture, but preferably a favourite picture of your prized pooch or purr-fect pussy cat and have it transformed into an Andy Warhol-esque pop art print. Perfect for all animal lovers and pet owners.

£19.47 at Amazon

I would have loved to have had a toy like this whilst growing up! It would have provided hours of entertainment for my creative yet slightly clumsy hands. It certainly would have kept me out of the kitchen and getting in mums way.

The latest creative toy is the Teddy Bear factory, which keeps hands busy creating a teddy and not a mess in your kitchen!

£20.24 at Woolworths

Most little boys love being creative, making a mess and having fun. Team that up with their favourite character Thomas the Tank Engine and you have a winner of a present.

The Aquadraw Mat is a parents best friend. Kids can play with water whilst drawing their very own pictures to create their own Thomas & Friends story.

£24.99 at Hamleys

The Aquadraw is probably the best invention for parents since sliced bread.

Finally a creative game that’ll keep pre-schoolers occupied for hours but without creating a messy blob on your dining room floor.

Last year we had the Aquadraw for the boys with Thomas the Tank Engine and friends, this year it’s all about the girls, with the Cinderella Aquadraw.

Christmas Wrapped Up

Website: www.christmaswrappedup.co.uk

With only 40 days left until Christmas, isn’t it time you started getting prepared? Christmas Wrapped up is the website that lets you get everything you need to decorate your home for Christmas, online.

It may be a struggle to decide what to get, but honestly that will be the hardest thing you have to do. The rest is easy and everything you order will be delivered to your doorstep quick sharp.

£22.45 inc. delivery at BlahDVD

Disney came up with another wonderful animation film this year, Ratatouille which is sure to become another classic. The story is set in Paris and follows the lives of Remy the rat and the human Linguini.

Note: Out comes lots of merchandise tied in with the film just in time for Christmas time so kids can pester their parents. However, this board game could prove to be fun for all the family to enjoy.

£12.74 at Amazon

I had never heard of Fifi until I saw the children’s programme Fifi and the Flowertots. Fifi is a Forget-Me-Not flower who lives in a beautifully decorated watering can called Forget-Me-Not Cottage.

As always with popular kids programmes lots of merchandise comes out in the shops, but this bedtime Lullaby Fifi doll is one of the Dream Christmas Toys of 2007 for pre-schoolers.

£35 at Ethical Superstore

Christmas isn’t Christmas without a bit of holly.
Get everyone into the spirit of Christmas with this festive Holly Christmas Tree. It will look great decorated with tinsel and presents underneath and it doesn’t shed needles all over your carpet.

£154.99 at Ethical Superstore

I saw this gadget on a certain TV programme this weekend and was so impressed with it I decided to let everyone else know about it.

This is the ultimate in eco-gadgets. And you’ll never need to buy batteries again!

£4.99 at Nigel's Eco Store

Staples. Pain to get into the stapler, even more of a pain to remove unwanted staples from paper so why bother with them? This fab-a-roonie gift is cheap, green and will make a brilliant stocking filler for anyone.

£9.99 at Woolworths

In The Night Garden is CBeebies latest tele adventure for pre-school girls and boys (although it is quite fun for adults to watch too).

The Ninky Nonk Train is one of those weird objects that takes on a personality of its own.

£14.99 at Hawkin's Bazaar

Become Willy Wonka with your very own chocolate machine. Brilliant toy for christmas or for birthdays close to christmas, as you can make choccie coins for the christmas tree or make your very own xmas pressies for family and friends.

This creative toy is aimed at kids over 6 but will need some adult supervision.

£19.95 at PrezzyBox

This brilliant invention has just won the Gift of the Year for 2007 at the Gift Association Awards. It ingeniously ‘traps’ sunlight and keeps it in the chunky jar so you can read by the power of daylight - even at night-time.

CompareMags.co.uk

The latest best selling magazine chart has been revealed and shows that The Week is still the most sought after mag online. Surprisingly there’s not a car magazine in sight. Have a gander through the rest of the Top Ten of Magazines and see if any catch your eye. Maybe one would make a perfect Xmas gift for someone you know?