Kids pyjamas

Moochies, based in Melbourne, Victoria, manufacture pyjamas  for all ages from 4 years to adults.  Made from 100% certified organic combed cotton, the pyjamas are unisex. Moochies Pj’s or pyjamas are sustainably and ethically produced to the highest standard. The pyjamas have extra length with turn up cuffs for flexible sizing. The thumbholes provide extra warmth and the elastic provides flexible waist. Moochies come in a Pj bag that doubles as a hot water bottle cover and are warm, comfortable, durable and affordable and look good.
Wide range of products like kids pyjamas, singlets, big tees, long sleeve tops, shorties, Pj shorts, long Johns, hoodies, Pj pants, onesie and Pj bags are offered.  Having a fair trade clothing range, the products are carefully manufactured and built to last long. The red, navy, grey and white, stripe and Moochies signature fabric that is beautiful, soft-touch, double sided and cotton rich is made in Melbourne to produce Pj pant, kids pyjamas, shortie and Pj shorts. The certified organic combed cotton to produce singlet, long sleeve top and big tee is grown without using toxic pesticides or fertilizers, is produced using sustainable farming methods and fabric dyed using eco friendly dyestuffs. Moochies works closely with suppliers in the local community to lower carbon emissions and ensure sustainable, ethical and fair trade work practices. No child labour is practised and no plastic is used and provide equitable fare wages, recycled card swing tags, eco dyes thus producing minimum waste. The Pj bags used for packaging are made from fabric off cuts. The clothes have draw cords or undie elastic for comfort with a flexible sizing and long back for extra coverage. Moochies have extra length in legs with an option to turn up cuffs for flexible sizing in Kids PJs, Organic Pyjamas and other products.

Contact Details;
Moochies.,
22 Vincent Street,
Glen Iris, Melbourne,
Victoria 3146,
Australia.
Phone    : 0419 566 943
Email    : info@moochies.com.au
Website : www.moochies.com.au

Kids parties Melbourne

Fizz Kidz, based in Melbourne, Victoria, are organisers of birthday parties and holiday programs. Fizz Kidz arrange a variety of programs for children birthday parties with singular party venues to organise interesting and thematic birthday parties.  Birthday parties organised by Fizz Kidz include fun, all natural and handmade creations and yummy party food for both boys and girls.
Fizz Kidz was created by Michelle Quist after the completion of cosmetic course 8 years ago. Realising that the children getting involved and delighted in creative activities, Michelle formed Fizz Kidz holiday programs and party activities. After getting started with Fiz Kidz, Michelle now has a team of girls as staff to look after every need in the holiday programs and birthday parties.
Mont Albert and Malvern East in Melbourne are the two party venues where Fizz Kidz organise kids parties for boys and girls from 4 to 18 years of age. Except the birthday cake, Fizz Kidz provides candles, plates, serviettes and knife needed for the cake. Parties organised by Fizz Kidz can be of 90 minutes or of 2 hours with different number of activities in respective time. A nut free menu is offered that includes cocktail franks, potato chips, popcorn, fairy biscuits, oranges, cheezels, water and cordial. Creation activity varies for boys and girls. Creation for girls include fizzy bath bombs, chocolate lip gloss, flavoured lip balm, perfume, chocolate cup cake soap, nail art and fairy dust, body glitter, etc. Creation for boys includes fizzy bath bombs, chocolate cup cake soap, camouflage paint and relaxing bath salts. Fizz Kidz has a new creation of Oooie Gooey Slime with a very own recipe for both boys and girls. Apart from the activities and food, Fizz Kidz also provide two special birthday chairs, a birthday book for guests to sign, downloadable party invitations, party favour bags and gorgeous chef’s hat and apron.

Contact details;
Fizz Kidz Melbourne,
141 Waverley Road,
East Malvern,
Melbourne,
Victoria 3145,
Australia.

and

705 Whitehorse Rd,
Mont Albert, Melbourne,
Victoria 3127,
Australia.

Phone   : (03) 9571 8416
Email   : michellequist@optusnet.com.au
Website : www.kidspartiesmelbourne.net.au

Baby goods and toys

Little Bubby, based out of Victoria, Australia, specialises in providing a varied range of baby goods, toys and accessories. The company offers full manufacturer’s warranty on all its products.
Little Bubby boasts of many established brand names like Valco, Vee Bee, Baby Bjorn, Tiny Love, Boikido and Angelcare. The range of products include activity, educational toys, musical toys and instruments, rocking & push toys, stroller & car toys and playmats. Building blocks, clock puzzle, pram and cot accessories and musical toys like xylophone, drum, piano and tambourine are also available.

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Many parents find the Angelcare Baby Monitor useful, as it puts babies to sleep and monitors their every movement. The key features include an under-the-mattress sensor pad, which detects the movement of the babies. An alarm starts ringing, when no movement is detected after the lapse of 20 seconds. In the event of power failure, the product relies on battery for smooth functioning. The company offers a 12 month warranty for the Angelcare Baby Monitor.
Baby Bjorn offers a wide range of child carriers, useful to carry little children around. It ensures the availability of hands to tackle other work. This is designed for both indoor and outdoor usage. Parents can go shopping, walking or on a picnic, while being assured of the baby’s safety. Baby Bjorn carriers offer convenience, closeness and security for the parents.
Interested customers can log onto the website, select the product and make purchases online. Payment can be made via paypal, direct deposit and credit cards – MasterCard / Visa.

Contact Details;
Little Bubby Baby Goods,
PO Box 1046, Ivanhoe,
Melbourne, Victoria 3079
Australia,
Phone : 1300 933 876
Email : info@littlebubby.com.au
Website : www.littlebubby.com.au

Children’s Working Dogs Books

‘Dogs with special jobs’ is a series of books aimed at spreading awareness among children about the usefulness of having a working dog. These working dogs assist visually challenged children and adults in their day to day activities. The books which form part of the series, ‘Dogs with special jobs,’ also highlight the challenges faced by the visually impaired, in their lives. It also sheds light on the ways in which specially trained working dogs help them in overcoming them. The books are illustrated suitably for better understanding of the kids.

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The latest book in the series is titled, ‘Pogo and Scotie’ and features working dogs for the first time. The author of the series, Catherine Saroukos is visually impaired and felt the need to spread awareness about working dogs with special jobs on the planet. She was inspired to write the book from her guide dog. She frequently conducts interactive presentations at organisations on the different types of vision impairment and blindness.

Working dogs assist their handler in walking safely and can identify obstacles on the way. They assist the handler around the obstacles onto a safe route. The books also provide guidance to children on how to relate to a working dog. Further, the difference between a pet dog and a working dog is explained in the series.

The website contains working dogs activity sheets for children to solve puzzles and improve their skills in comprehension, numeracy and motor skills. Word and number games form part of the activity sheets. The books help children and adults understand the role of working dogs in the lives of the vision impaired.

Website : www.dogswithspecialjobs.com.au

Card Making

3 Tails Craft & Cards, based out of Queensland are experts in card making and provide scrapbook supplies. Customers can view the product and make purchases online. Different designs of cards using the laser cut technique are displayed on the website. Animals, birds, Christmas decorations, vehicles, planes, rockets and household items have been designed using the laser.

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Further, the card makers offer personalised invitation services to customers. 3 Tails Craft & Cards can design invitation cards for occasions like weddings and birthdays using the laser – cut technology. They also provide assistance with printing stationery, paper cutting, assembling stationery, mail merge and postage of invitations and cards.

The establishment also has a store at Brisbane, which contains all supplies of cards, stickers, embellishments, stamps, scrapbooks and invitations. Stationery items like envelopes, decorative paper, planner, precut cards, paper fasteners and designer cards are also offered.

Children can opt for a variety of 3D stickers, which are available in a variety of designs. 3 Tails Craft & Cards also offers unique products like ‘Papermania – Create your own Template bag’ and adhesive gems like amethyst, emerald and jade.  Designing tools like chizler, scissors, cuttlebug machines, mats, embossing heat gun, eyelet, cutting mat, punches and eyelet setter are on sale.

3 Tails Craft & Cards also conducts workshops for interested customers in the art of using different techniques in card making. The different issues of Creativity magazine can be found in the online store. A newsletter is also circulated among customers to inform them about the latest products, contests, workshops and discounts.

3 Tails Craft & Cards,
40 Basalt St, Geebung,
Brisbane,
Queensland 4034
Phone : 07 3633 0033
Email : store@3tailscraft.com.au
Website : www.3tailscraft.com.au

Educational Toys

Funwise is a toy shop offering an extensive range of educational toys, toddler and pre-school toys.  The toy store is located in Falcon, West Australia and is open on all days (as per their schedule) except for Sundays. However, the online shopping facility is also available at Funwise and it has helped in serving customers in regional areas of Western Australia, such as Kalgoorlie, Albury, Port Headland, Busselton, Bunbury and other places apart from its local area of Mandurah. In fact, the business was born to fill the void in the local area of the lack of good quality toys for local kids. Funwise is a family owned as well as operated business and Tracey is the current Manager of the store.

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The various toys offered include animals, baby toys, art and craft, constructional toys, educational toys, puzzles, musical toys, water play toys, wooden toys, dolls, puppets, science and nature toys, imaginative play toys, games and so on. The Funwise toy store also offers books for children and outdoor plays. Through online shopping the users are facilitated with an option to shop by products (such as the ones listed above), shop by age (categorized into babies, toddler, pre-school, 5-7 year and older kids) as well as to shop by brands. Each of the aforementioned categories has several toys listed under them. The company accepts credit card payments (online or by phone) as well as direct bank deposits.  Free home delivery (as per the terms and conditions of the store) is also offered in the local area. For other regions, an additional postage charge is added and the delivery is received by the customer within five business days under regular conditions.

Contact ;

Funwise Toy Shop
Unit 12, 651-669,
Old Coast Road,
Falcon, Mandurah,
Western Australia 6210

Phone : (08) 9534 5010
Fax :   (08) 9534 5020
E-mail : info@funwise.com.au
Website : www.funwise.com.au

Sand Art Games

Koolart is a provider of sand art related activities and games. The main focus of Koolart is to have fun by creating artworks with the use of sand and thus, try to engage kids with an innovative activity. The kids are entertained as well as educated about an art, at a reasonable cost.

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Sand art is a unique and creative form of art. Its origin can be traced back to 17th century when Native American tribes made sand paintings using sand, bark and cornmeal and believed it to have esoteric healing powers.  Koolart facilitates this art form in a simplified way. A laser cut pre-designed picture is taken and individual sections of the picture are peeled off while the sticky portions are covered with coloured sands. Sands are available in various colours like black, red chilli, white, sky blue, yellow, skin, orange, navy blue, magenta, light green, grey, purple, green, gold ,fluro pink, fluro green and brown. Various sand products and games are also offered by Koolart.

Single packs cost $6.00, while a party pack for ten children costs $65.00 and a party pack for twenty children costs $100.00. A single pack consists of a picture of the customer’s choice,  coloured sand sachets of 10g each (and a total of 7 in number), toothpick and usage guide or instructions. The contents of the pack are available individually too. Picture cards costs $2.50 individually, sand is sold at $4.00 per cup or $9.00 per kilogram. Sand stands are available for hire at $15.00 per day.

Contact Koolart ;

Phone     :     (02) 9400 9500
Mobile     :     0414 246007
Email     :     sales@koolart.com.au
Website :    www.koolart.com.au

Healthy snacks for kids

Rainbow Foods, designed by Denise Greenaway, a leading food psychologist, author and educator in Australia, promotes healthy eating habits and physical exercise among kids. The Rainbow Food program caters to pre-schools, child care centres and K-6 schools across Australia.

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The Rainbow Food program is designed in such a way that children enjoy the experience of preparing and consuming healthy food. Children are able to appreciate and enjoy eating healthy food, making it guilt free. The program involves children in the act of preparing food. It teaches them about food and helps them make better food choices, giving them access to nutrition, with emphasis on practical experience.

The Rainbow Food – Eating by Colour project consists of an eating and exercise program, which can be implemented in groups and requires workbooks and rainbow ropes. Orders for the workbook can be placed online. As part of the project, kids are encouraged to use rainbow coloured ropes for skipping activity daily for about 5 minutes, in the morning and afternoon. It is designed to prevent obesity and various health problems linked with poor eating habits.

On purchasing the workbooks, the child care centres, schools and parents can follow the instructions given online, on the use of different food items. A training video, notes for teachers and take home family packs for each student are also available.

The website offers tips in the type of lunchboxes to be chosen for children and lists recipes offering different coloured food for each day of the week.