Christmas Gift Guide - Kids Part 2

Kirstie McDermott

1. Peoba's cute Lief wellies

2. Catcha Beast from Bandai

3. Oral-B Stages gift packs

4. VTech's Kidizoom Multimedia Digital Camera

5. 'Stick Man' by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler

6. Hasbro's Fur Real Biscuit My Lovin' Pup

7. Girls Gourmet Cup Cake Maker from Jakks Pacific

8. 'High School Musical' Dance Mat

9. My First Shop from the Early Learning Centre

10. 'Dragons' Den' iTeddy

11. Paramount's 'Kung Fu Panda'

12. Hasbros's Clone Trooper Helmet

Put The Boot In

Peoba's cute Lief wellies, €10, are great for winter weather

Beastly Behaviour

Hot from Japan comes Catcha Beast, €26.99, from Bandai. With a built-in electronic compass, you have to pivot your body 360 degrees to catch invisible beasts in the air, and then
reel them in

Toothtastic

Oral-B Stages gift packs, in Princess, Winnie the Pooh and Wall-E, €5.99 are ideal for all ages from four months to seven years

Get Snappy

VTech's Kidizoom Multimedia Digital Camera, €69.99, is ideal for ages three and up. Tough enough to cope with rough-and-tumble, it's fully functional – hook it to a TV or PC and use software to play around with your pictures

Stick It Out

'Stick Man', €15.78, by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler, is a humorous tale for tots that recounts the adventures of a stick, his lady-love and their three stick-ettes. Perfect bedtime reading

Wag The Dog

No space for the real thing? Fur Real Biscuit My Lovin' Pup, €169, is Hasbro's solution. The same size as a golden retriever puppy, he'll wag his tail, sit up and beg and give you his paw. Aww!

Cake Walk

Aspiring pastry chefs will love the Girls Gourmet Cup Cake Maker, €43.99 from Jakks Pacific. Suitable for eight years upwards, the special cake mix can be microwaved to perfection in just 30 seconds, and then you can have fun decorating your creations

Dance Off

Get fit and have fun with the 'High School Musical' Dance Mat, €29.99, from Vivid Imaginations. This battery-powered gizmo features four songs and has three difficulty levels

Supermarket Sweep

Kids aged one-to-three will love the chunky, light-up buttons on My First Shop, €30, from the Early Learning Centre

Brilliant Bear

As seen on 'Dragons' Den', iTeddy, €66.99, is a cuddly wonder who'll entertain your little ones. Suitable for ages three and up, he's got a built-in media player for movies and music, games, photos and much more

Pandamonium

With a PG rating that makes it suitable for older children, Paramount's 'Kung Fu Panda', €19.99, is a comic tale about Po, the laziest panda in the Valley of Peace

Use The Force

'Star Wars' fans, take note: it's now possible to sound just like a Stormtrooper with Hasbros's Clone Trooper Helmet, €39.99. A voice amplifier and signature phrases make this ideal for fives and up

November 30, 2008