How about a funny cartoon portrait of the kids to adorn the livingroom wall instead of the usual pretty photographs?

Designer and Illustrator Ryan Feerer creates funny personal cartoon portraits of people and their favorite things based on a photo.

Underneath is a couple of examples of portraits which Ryan Feerer has made for Randy and Brent.

You can get your cartoon portrait at Ryan Feerers website (contact him for price), or at Elsewares, for 125.00 USD.

Two kids together in one portrait costs 50.00 USD extra at Elsewares.

This is Randy. He’s into coffee and cookies and sharp dressing.

This is Brent. His favorite things are this t-shirt and his old tricycle.

Tying shoelaces comes easy to some children and for others it’s quite difficult.

We adults often forget how much it means to learn things like tying your laces, and how hard it can be for children that are having difficulties learning it.

Shoes and Laces Wooden Toy is meant to make shoe lacing fun, and might be the exact thing some children need to make them want to learn.

The Shoes and Laces Wooden Toy is available at Linen Kids for 7,50 EUR.

I present to you a Penguin Hat by Etsy shop NYrika. Is this just totally fantastically cute or what?

The Penguin Hat is made for 6 to 18 months babies and…

It covers the child’s head, ears, and neck, and its pullover design makes the hat harder for your little one to pull off than a regular winter hat. With your child in this hat, you’ll rest assured that your child is warm during hours of outdoor play in the cold weather.

Check out these beautiful wooden wall decals from Spot On Square. I just love the simplicity and the cute carved out characters.

Each wall decal is available in Orange (55,00 USD), White (55,00 USD), Grey (55,00 USD), Birch (65,00 USD) and Bamboo (75,00 USD), and all decals are the same size – 15.5″L 15.5″W .75″H.

Spot On Squares products are eco-friendly and the paint they use are non toxic, so you can buy their products with a good conscience!

The winner of the Rockabye Baby giveaway is Sarah, who’s son listens to U2.
Sarah has been contacted directly and will soon receive her download code.

Congratulations!

This is Magis’ wonderful cardboard playhouse named Villa Julia.

Villa Julia is adorned with black cartoonish lines showing important details like the doorknob and separating the foundation wall stones and structure. The cardboard is a canvas, ready to be coloured and drawn on by it’s new inhabitants.

The Spanish designer Javier Mariscal is the mastermind behind Villa Julia. He has worked with Magis on their Magis Me Too products several times before.

Villa Julia can be bought at Panik for 147.00 GBP.

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NOTE: We can provide you with a coupon code for free FedEx home delivery. Use the code: DEALNEWS when ordering ($40 or more in the continental US).

ThinkGeek is one of my favourite webshops. ThinkGeek is a webshop dedicated to geeky and fun toys and apparel. Their target audience is the geekier people, the IT crowd – basicly anyone you’d consider a little bit “brainy”.

At ThinkGeek they’ve got apparel for children, gadgets, electronics and more. The products cover areas such as Star Wars, Zombies, Linux and Gaming. Many of the products are also very suitable for adults – especially if you’ve got a spouse working in the IT industry.

If you’re looking for Christmas gifts for a child they’ve got a whole section you can browse through.

Should you know someone who’s very into playing World of Warcraft or other types of role playing games a good gift idea would be these health energy potions pictured on the left. Loaded with caffeine which is a gamers fuel but they also contain elderberry and ginseng and are void of sugar.

P’kolinos wooden Baby Puzzle Stacker combines the developmental benefits of the infant toy classics, the stacker and the puzzle, to offer them in one toy.

The Puzzle Stacker helps the child fine tune it’s motor skills, develop spacial logics and learn color and size recognition.

Besides contributing to the child’s development this wooden puzzle stacker toy is also very aesthetic. It has a simple clean design and fresh colors combined with natural wood.

The P’kolino Baby Puzzle Stacker costs 38.50 USD at P’kolino.

Girards wooden toys and games are the kind of things you buy because you just cant take your eyes off of it.

Except for the obvious uses of these toys, any of Girards toys would also work nicely as ornamental pieces. Exploring the wonderful detailed decorations of each toy and game could occupy a baby or toddler for ages, and the lovely colors and shapes will work nicely as decoration in any nursery.

The lovely colors and shapes makes Girards wooden toys something a toddler might wish to try and eat, so keep an watchful eye on any hungry toddler playing with them!

Having said that it should be mentioned that the materials used for all items are non-toxic, so a little gnawing would only be hurtful to your wallet, as each toy costs quite a bit!

The Alexander Girard Memory Game costs 320,00 USD, the Alexander Girard Puzzle costs 250,00 USD, the Alexander Girard Blocks costs 120,00 USD and the Alexander Girard Nativity Game costs 410,00 USD but they’re absolutely beautiful!