I was going to do a little Christmas gift guide, but, well I am still recovering from compiling the 100 kids things in the November Real Living so instead, I had to share all these cool pieces and their mini-mes  I think they’d make fun parent/child combo gifts. Well, I’d certainly be happy to receive any of them. Or spend money to buy them myself… which I just may have done/be planning to do with a fair few of them!

Bus scrolls: Love, love a good bus scroll and aside from the original vintage ones, Printdolls do them best – and some with tongue planted in cheek, like with this All Stops to… international version, $880 - clearly not based on a real bus scroll. Unless it was a magical flying bus. So how much do I love this mini version for kids by My Sweet Prints based on their bedtime routine? Oh, that’d be a lot. Black, white and cool all over – you can purchase as-is or have it shuffled around to fit your child’s routine. Check out the Bedtime Bus Roll Poster, $US18, here.

Zaishu stools: I’ve written about the baby Zaishu stool before – isn’t it gorgeous? It’s made with offcuts from its mumma (Baw Baw Daisy, $360, left), is a stool, a table, an eco-friendly piece of art. It’s also sold out on the Zaishu site, but the Baby Kimono (right) is available here from Biome for $160.

Melamine spoons: Fun, bright and cheery melamine spoons will bring a rainbow of colour to the dining table. Get the French Bull adult-sized salad servers, $24.95 from Mummy’s Favourite, or the cute baby versions by Oobi Baby, $16.95 for four (also available in blue/green version), from Baby’s Got Style. 

Beach towels: I went crazy in Country Road the other day. I tend to do that when they have one of their member promotions: spend $150, get $50 off. Or, in my case, go in planning to spend $150 and get $50 off, but actually spend $220 because you found some baby versions of their beautiful beach towels and then spend another $80 when the sales assistant tells you “if you spend another $80, you can get $100 off”. And so in went the sandals I’d been eyeing. Anyway, they have baby beach towels (well, not baby, but kids-sized). Mummy and daddy towels for $59.95; babies (Zak is getting this one, right, for Chrissy) are $39.95.

Lunch bags: Cool kids carry cool lunch boxes/drink carriers – and that means not a beer logo in sight! Love these ones – Isoki do large ones for mums for baby bottles and snacks – this one is the Mali Munch Bag, $39.95 - while Oopsie have a few different styles for kids (although I’m craving the bird and scooter prints for myself) that hold up to six cans, for $29.95.

Deck chairs: I’m banned from buying any more mini-sized chairs so my deck chair will remain childless, but if you’re not banned and you love the Cape Cod chairs as much as I do, check out the practically-free versions at Ezibuy: at the moment, the mini ones come in pink or blue and are on sale for just $39.50 (normally $79.94), while the adult-sized are $139.95.

Sparkle shoes: But what I really, really want is a sparkly pair of Converse – for me and Layla. Not sure if the grown-up sequinned all-stars are available here in Oz, but know the teeny tiny glittery ones are. Am sure I can find on eBay! Seeing as I already dress us all alike (unintentionally!), doing it on purpose once in a while should be ok!

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