Christmas Stocking Fillers

Stocking Fillers

PJ Masks Melamine Plate Make meal time fun for little PJ Masks fans with this 100% melamine, BPA free PJ Masks plate. Features Catboy, Owlette and Gekko.

20.5cm diameter. RRP: $5 Available from: Woolworths

MR SHOWBAGS - SANTA BAGS

• Perfect for Christmas parties

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Baby Secrets has a cute surprise in every tub. Open up the Baby Secrets tub to discover your special baby. Fill the tub with water and give the baby a dip to reveal if it is a boy or a girl. Once it’s in the water the secret is out! There are over 50 babies to collect and discover their secrets! RRP: Mystery Tubs: $4 Available from: Big W, Coles, Woolworths, Toyworld, Toymate

Lil’ Helper Pen These Lil’ Helper Pens will be extra useful to Santa and all his helpers. Available in four designs - Frosty the Snowman Pom Pom Pen, Rudy the Boxing Reindeer Pen, Santa’s Bell, and a Predictor Pen for the Elves to check whether you’ve been naughty or nice RRP: $5.95 Available from: Smiggle stores nationally (and internationally!!) or online at www.smiggle.com

Say it With Socks! Loud, proud and cheeky statement socks! Available in ankle and crew for women, and men’s crew. With over 125 designs to choose from, there’s a style to define everyone!

RRP: $19.95 Available from: https://www.thevspot.com.au/brands/blueq/

Shark Alphabet Keyrings Calling all shark fans! Personalise your bag with these awesome scented, alphabet keyrings. Collect your initials or buy one for your bestie. RRP: $7.95 Available from: Smiggle stores nationally or online at www.smiggle.com

Yellies! Yellies! are the cutest, fuzziest pets that respond to your voice!

Each Yellies! pet has its own unique look and personality

and is full of fun surprises! Voice and soundactivated, they respond to talking, yelling, clapping, singing, or even music. The louder you yell, the faster they go! Find your favourite! (Each sold separately.) Subject to availability. RRP: $19.99 Available from all Leading Toy Suppliers

Hot Wheels Monster Trucks 1:64 Scale Die-cast Trucks. The baddest trucks ever built for competition and ultimate dominance! They square off in headto-head battles with their GIANT wheels. Every truck includes a collectible wheel and the package provides stats for each including name, truck type, strength, unique crash attack and motor-vation for great storytelling fun! RRP: $6.00 Available: Coles, Big W, Kmart, Myer and Woolworths

On the Go! Activity Packs Keep kids busy while you’re on the go! Pack includes 2 ‘pop-out’ animals, 6 colour pencils, 10 activity sheets, a sticker sheet and a scene.

Compact in size, fits easily in your bag RRP: $12 Available from: https://micador.com.au/products/Z100918

Lost Kitties Lost Kitties characters have a mind of their own! They love adventures, and always seem to end up hiding in a carton. Can you find who’z hidin inside? Each carton includes a Lost Kitties figure, 2 accessories, and a meme sticker -- all hidden inside soft, shaping compound. The included shaping compound can be used to create all kinds of cool things for the kitties. Collect them all! (Each sold separately. Subject to availability.) RRP: $4.99

Bow Alphabet Keyrings This pretty glittery alphabet bow keyring is the fairest of them all and sure to become your new favourite keyring! Attach to your bag, keys or wherever you like. RRP: $9.95 Available

from: Smiggle stores nationally (and internationally!!) or online at www.smiggle.com

Sunny Squad Plush Assortment The adorable Sunny Bunnies are now available as happy and bright beanie plush characters! Big Boo, Shiny, Iris, Turbo, and Hopper are ready to explore the world and have fun adventures. Made of super-soft plush, these 3 inch bunnies are perfect for little hands! RRP: $8.99 Available from: Big W, Mr Toy World and all good toy retailers

Micador Flouro Watercolours 8 discs of brightly coloured fluorescent tempera paint! Perfect for home or the classroom, the tray is sturdy and makes for easy paint access. Brush included! RRP: $6.50

Available from: https://micador.com.au/products/MWCP8F

Bunch O Balloon 3 Pack Fill and Tie 100 water balloons in less than 60 seconds with these sensational self-tying water balloons! With innovative O-Ring technology and Rapid Fill capabilities, say goodbye to the stress and mess of filling individual water balloons and say hello to never ending splash out loud fun! Simply connect, fill and make hundreds of water balloons with no hand-tying. RRP: $12.99 Available from: All good toy retailers

Smooshy Mushy Baby. The newest, cutest, and definitely the squooshiest little baby collectibles! A sweet-smelling collection of oh so smooshy, and oh so

squishy, babies and their accessories, Each Smooshy Mushy Baby comes in a giant baby bottle along with a Baby Smooshy, a bestie, collector poster and their own tiny bottle. There are 6 cute babies to collect. RRP: $24 Available from: KMart exclusively

PJ Masks Melamine Bowl Make meal time fun for little PJ Masks fans with this 100% melamine, BPA free PJ Masks bowl. Features Catboy, Owlette and Gekko. 14cm diameter. RRP: $5 Available from: Woolworths

Christmas Sanity Guide

Christmas is a time for giving and a time for love. I love watching my children’s faces not only on Christmas day but also in the lead up to Christmas – learning about Christmas, singing songs and creating Christmas crafts. Like many others mothers, I do find that buying all the Christmas presents and trying not to break the bank can be stressful. This article provides some tips to help keep your sanity this Silly Season.

Set the boundaries.

It can be stressful when you think that you have bought all the presents and then a

friend comes over with an unexpected gift. My family buys gifts for our family (including siblings, grandparents etc) and 1-2 very close friends and I try to ensure that our other friends understand this. Whenever another friend start talking about Christmas and gifts I bring it into the conversation that I prefer not to do gifts other than with family as I find it gets too big then and I ask them not to buy us anything. This way I at least know I am not going to get any surprises and then feel bad.

Buy gifts only for family and very close friends.

Talk to your partner about who you feel you should buy gifts for. It is generally accepted that most people only buy for their family and very close friends. There will be some friends that are an exception and if you do not want to buy for the whole family because let’s face it once children are involved suddenly there are so many more gifts to buy! Talk to these friends and maybe come to an agreement where you just buy gifts for the children or a gift for the whole family like a board game, Christmas cake or Gingerbread house.

Secret Santa for friends and/or large families

Secret Santa is a great idea for a group of friends around Christmas. My mothers group meet up every year and around Christmas we do a Secret Santa for the Children as our Christmas party/celebration. We have a secret Santa for the older children and another separate one for the younger children as not everyone has more than one child, making it fair. We also specify a limit to be spent on each gift – generally $20 and under. This is also a fantastic idea if you have a large family with many cousins…

Set a budget per person for the gift amount

In our family we set a reasonable budget that applies for every single person (except myself, hubby and our children) that we buy presents for. This way I know in advance what I am generally going to spend. Working within the budget I look for bargains, sales and discounts and try to make the budget work for every single person so that I am getting them what they want.

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