{"id":1561,"date":"2009-12-16T08:50:00","date_gmt":"2009-12-16T08:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/79.170.44.80\/livingwithkids.co.uk\/last-minute-stocking-fillers\/"},"modified":"2013-06-24T13:12:34","modified_gmt":"2013-06-24T13:12:34","slug":"last-minute-stocking-fillers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kidstart.co.uk\/blog\/last-minute-stocking-fillers\/","title":{"rendered":"Last minute stocking-fillers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>  I don&rsquo;t want to panic you, but there are just eight shopping days left until Christmas. Eight days! OK, deep breaths, everyone. Here are some ideas for stocking fillers:   <\/p>\n<table border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">            <strong>For her:<\/strong> These Fruity Beauty Bath Cupcakes from <a href =\"http:\/\/www.kidstart.co.uk\/partner\/MarksandSpencer.aspx?t=lwk\">M&amp;S<\/a>&nbsp;are adorable (&pound;2.50 each) and this Cole and Mason &lsquo;Animill&rsquo; salt and pepper grinder is also super cute (&pound;7, available from <a href =\"http:\/\/www.kidstart.co.uk\/partner\/Debenhams.aspx?t=lwk\">Debenhams<\/a>).\n<td width=\"4%\">&nbsp;     <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" style=\"border: 0pt none; margin: 10px;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.livingwithkids.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/Animillsandcupcakes_161209.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"204\" height=\"97\" \/>           <br \/> <br \/>\n<table border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" style=\"border: 0pt none; margin: 10px;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.livingwithkids.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/Electrictoothbrush_161209.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"124\" height=\"146\" \/>\n<td width=\"4%\">&nbsp;     <strong>For him:<\/strong> Something practical, but useful. An electric toothbrush with a built in timer, in fact. The Oral B Vitality White and Clean (&pound;29.35, available from <a href =\"http:\/\/www.kidstart.co.uk\/partner\/Argos.aspx?t=lwk\">Argos<\/a>) is ideal.           <\/p>\n<p>\n<table border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">            <strong>For them:<\/strong> The Ben 10 10cm Alien Force Action Figures (RRP&pound;4.97) are sure to be a big hit and keep them quiet until they can open their main presents, as is the Tamagotchi Music Star (&pound;9.68). Both available from <a href =\"http:\/\/www.kidstart.co.uk\/partner\/ToysRUs.aspx?t=lwk\">Toys R Us<\/a>. You can&nbsp; find out what our Mum Testers thought of some of this year&#39;s toys <a href =\"http:\/\/www.kidstart.co.uk\/livingwithkids\/page\/Toys-Product-Reviews.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a> and you can find more great stocking fillers over at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.greattoyguide.co.uk\/2009\/11\/the-great-toy-guide-presents-100-toys-under-10-.html\" target=\"_blank\">The Great Toy Guide<\/a>\n<td width=\"4%\">&nbsp;     <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" style=\"border: 0pt none; margin: 10px;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.livingwithkids.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/BenTenandtamagotchi.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"229\" height=\"123\" \/>           <\/p>\n<p>\n<table border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" style=\"border: 0pt none; margin: 10px;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.livingwithkids.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/Chocolate_161209.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"244\" height=\"129\" \/>\n<td width=\"4%\">&nbsp;     <strong>For everyone:<\/strong> After extensive sampling (in the name of research, of course) my little testers have come to the conclusion that Lindt&rsquo;s Santa (&pound;3) and Snowballs (&pound;2) available from <a href =\"http:\/\/www.kidstart.co.uk\/partner\/Ocado.aspx?t=lwk\">Ocado<\/a> and <a href =\"http:\/\/www.kidstart.co.uk\/partner\/Tesco.aspx?t=lwk\">Tesco<\/a>, and <a href =\"http:\/\/www.kidstart.co.uk\/partner\/Thorntons.aspx?t=lwk\">Thornton&#39;s<\/a> Santa and Reindeer (&pound;3.49) are especially yummy.           <\/p>\n<p>  And don&rsquo;t forget, you can get KidStart savings when you shop IN STORE at <a href =\"http:\/\/www.kidstart.co.uk\/partner\/HouseofFraser.aspx?t=lwk\" target=\"_blank\">House of Fraser<\/a>, <a href =\"http:\/\/www.kidstart.co.uk\/partner\/JoJoMamanB&eacute;b&eacute;.aspx?t=lwk\" target=\"_blank\">JoJoMamanB&eacute;b&eacute;<\/a> and <a href =\"http:\/\/www.kidstart.co.uk\/partner\/GoldsmithsHighStreet.aspx?t=lwk\" target=\"_blank\">Goldsmiths<\/a> by registering your cards.   <\/p>\n<p>  Happy shopping!   <\/p>\n<p> written by Liz Jarvis<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Great gift ideas for the whole family","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,3506],"tags":[582,795,173,677,277,796,175],"class_list":["post-1561","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-great-family-life-tips","category-special-occasions-for-families","tag-argos","tag-ben-10","tag-debenhams","tag-lindt","tag-ms","tag-tamagotchi","tag-thorntons"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.9 - 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