Gift Focus - May/Jun 2019 (Issue 113)

92 Celebrating 20 years of The Gruffalo, Milly&Flynn has launched a new product in its irresistible range of giftware featuring the much-loved picture book character and his woodland friends. New for this year is The Gruffalo Chunky Wooden Puzzles. This is a set of three puzzles featuring The Gruffalo, The Gruffalo’s Child and the Mouse – perfect for imaginative play. Elsewhere in the collection are bright snap cards, a snakes and ladders game, a tin money box and a height chart to track growth with personalised stickers. Following the trend away from plastic, there’s also a colourful bamboo dinner set featuring The Gruffalo and The Gruffalo’s Child. T: +44 (0)1242 241 765 W: millyandflynn.com Soft, textured and adorable, Infantino’s Playtime Pal Balloon is jam-packed with fun features to keep babies engaged. The toy promotes hand-to-eye coordination and stimulates the senses. With different textures to tickle and silky ribbons to stroke in vibrant colours, the toy creates crinkly sounds and sweet chimes, with an elephant to cuddle attached. In addition, the Playtime Pal Balloon has a BPA-free teether attached to soothe tender gums during the difficult teething stage and a clip to attach it to car seats and strollers to ensure it isn’t lost. T: +44 (0)7921 212 072 W: uk.infantino.com These gorgeous new gift sets from Rainbow Designs , starring some of nursery’s best-loved characters and featuring safe-from-birth products, make perfect infant gifts. New to the popular Peter Rabbit Nursery and adorable Guess How Much I Love You collections this spring are soft toy and muslin gift sets and soft toy and blanket gift sets. The high-quality sets are presented in illustrated gift boxes with ribbon handles and feature a plush character soft toys and either three 100 per cent cotton muslin squares or a 100 per cent cotton baby-soft blanket. Also new is a gift set from the award-winning Classic Winnie the Pooh Hundred Acre Wood collection, featuring a plush comfort blanket and ring rattle. The gift set is presented in a beautifully illustrated presentation box, and the comfort blanket and ring rattle are made from high-quality textured plush. T: +44 (0)1329 227 300 W: rainbowdesigns.co.uk Children’s fashion brand Blade & Rose recently released its colourful SS19 collection. The sun-shiny collection features matching shorts, t-shirts, sunhats and sunglasses. Designs include strawberry, watermelon, camper van, pineapple, sea life, toucan and dude sets all featuring the signature design on the bum. Each set is matched with sunhats and bendy silicone polarised sunglasses. The new designs in sunshine-friendly colours are available individually or in sets in sizes 0-6 months, 6-12 months, 1-2 years, 2-3 years and 3-4 years. The sunglasses are available in 3-5 and 6-10 years, and each pair comes with a free velvet-lined case. T: +44 (0)1539 730 880 W: bladeandrose.co.uk