Need a bit of help Christmas shopping for your kids in Adelaide? Here’s a few of our favourite local businesses, brands and products we’ve tried out this year. Lots of toys for indoor and outdoor play, useful gifts for teens and tweens and even something for us mums and dads! Adding just ONE thing from this list will put some extra $$ into the pocket of an S.A owned small business for Christmas and that’s a win/win for everyone right?
Scouts Ultimate Activity Guide
The Scouts SA Ultimate Activity Guide is set to keep kids entertained with over 200 pages of intriguing Scouts facts, top tips, recipes, experiments, jokes, games, real stories and activities spanning eight chapters including:
● Splashtastic – Dive into a world of our planet’s most special resource: Water!
● Adventures – Embrace the excitement of new experiences
● Extreme – Push the limits with thrill seeking activities.
● Construct & Create – If you can dream it, you can build it!
● Camp it Out – The essentials of camping and enjoying the outdoors.
● Community – Give and gain as you interact with like-minded groups.
● Creativity – Get creative and build the world around you.
● Our Environment – Reasons we should give back to our environment.
$34.95 available online here
Mud Kitchen
This mud kitchen from The Crafty Beardsman is the perfect shared Christmas gift for siblings or friends who love outdoor adventures!
It’s big enough for multiple kids to play together, whether they’re teaming up to create the ultimate mud pie or having a “bake-off” with flower potions. Not only does it encourage teamwork and creativity, but it also supports a local craftsman, Matt who puts heart and care into every piece.
A sturdy, well-made gift that will keep kids entertained for years
We love ours!
Play Pouch
OK here’s a gift that you’ll love just as much as the kids! Play Pouch will be your storage saviour in 2024.
Not only a brilliant solution for those endless LEGO® bricks lying around the house, a Play Pouch is also great for dolls, toy cars, train sets, arts and crafts pretty much anything you’re sick of stepping on or over! We really love the Barbie Play Pouch which is big enough for Barbie, all of her friends, the car AND all of her accessories…..all packed away together in one place.
Play Pouch are made from durable materials with a range of colours and prints including Barbie®, Hot Wheels®, Fisher Price®Little People®and Thomas & Friends TM.
Play more and pack up less! Sounds like a great idea to us!
Shop online at www.playpouch.com.au
Oskars Wooden Ark
Oskar’s Wooden Ark are an Adelaide based online store who sell the most divine range of high quality and handmade educational wooden toys including building blocks, creative puzzles, a huge range of gorgeous hand carved animal figures, toys that rattle and for grasping, stacking, sorting, teddy bears that become family heirlooms and so much more. Be prepared to spend a LONG time gushing on their website, it’s full of beautiful gift ideas that will last a lifetime.
Spread Kindness with The Pass It On Series
The Pass It On Series was created by Daniella & Vince – two talented South Aussies with a passion for spreading kindness and encouraging others to ‘pass it on!’.
They have self published three beautiful children’s books that will make the perfect Christmas gift this year – ‘Nonna Lives Here‘ explores the hard to talk about topic of death in a beautiful way for children to understand, ‘A Piece Of Happy‘ encourages children to think about others and what they can do to make others happy and their latest book ‘A Sprinkle Of Kindness‘ serves as a sister book to ‘A Piece Of Happy‘ to get kids thinking about being kind to others.
These books are beautifully written with powerful messages and their stunning illustrations make reading them an absolute delight for people of all ages. After all, we can always use a reminder to be a bit kinder, right?
Grab them online here and be sure to also check out their range of bookmarks, poem cards and insprirational quote cards.
Buy from a Kidpreneur!
Adelaide has some talented future business leaders who are already running their own businesses at the age of 8 years old! Amazing!
Consider shopping from one of these Kidpreneurs this Christmas – you’ll be supporting their dreams, plus so many of them donate a percentage of their profits to charity. How great is that?!
Click here to read our Kidpreneur feature – it includes everything from candles to earrings, clothing, lip balms and even toilet sprays!
Eco Crayons
Ugly Swan Scream Free Brushes
Activity Boxes from Love Lee Finds & Designs
Riverbalms
This is the perfect gift for a teen or tween – locally made lip balms!
Riverbalms are made with all natural ingredients and come in a range of scents. They are completely plastic free too, all packaging is able to be composted, repurposed or recycled.
Riverbalms also do some lovely gift packs with multiple lip balms or even soaps – perfect for a stocking filler!
Grab yours Riverbalm lip balms via this link.
Bazinga Trading Cards & Collectibles
If you haven’t yet visited this hidden gem in Munno Para and now in the Barossa, put it on your Christmas shopping schedule now!
Whether you have a sports fan, movie geek or gamer in the house, you’ll find something unique at Bazinga to fill their Christmas stocking with! They stock a huge range of trading cards, merchandise, memorabilia, funko pops and other novelties.
While you are there, have a go on the arcade games!
Check out their website for products and opening hours.
Personalised Canvases from ArtVibe
We discovered ArtVibe earlier this year and think their hand-drawn personalised canvases are the PERFECT Christmas gift this year!
The kids will love seeing their name as part of a funky design and best of all, they will be able to spend hours colouring it in and have a fantastic keepsake to hang on the wall – we think it’s the perfect summer school holiday activity!
Helen’s Mini Worlds
Helen’s Mini Worlds is a beautiful store in the heart of the city where you can buy indoor plants, giftware or best of all – have a go on their Make Your Own Terrarium Station and make your own Terrarium to gift with love!
They have a huge range of products to suit just about anyone!
Kytons Bakery
If you have a sweet tooth in the family, why not grab them something delicious from Kytons Bakery to wake up to on Christmas morning?
They have some great options in their Christmas range, including their Choc Chip Santa Houses (delicious AND fun to make!), fruit cake, Christmas pudding and star cookies, or of course you can grab something from their traditional range such as their famous lamingtons!
The way to someone’e heart is through their stomach right? There’s no better option than Kytons at Christmas! Yum.
Check out the range via their website and pickup your goodies at their Edwardstown bakery.
Menz Gifting
Personally, I would be pretty stoked to wake up to find Fruchocs or any of the delicious Menz products in my Christmas stocking!! They have made Christmas easy with their range of Gift Boxes & gift ideas.
Whether the sweet tooth in your life loves Fruchocs, fruit & nut chocolate, Violet Crumbles or even Crown Mints, there is a gift pack for them! It’s not just yummy treats either – for true Fruchoc fans, you can buy a plushie Mr Fruchoc, a Fruchoc hat or even hoodie!
Willow Bay
Here’s an Adelaide owned business where you can shop online for the whole family. Willow Bay Australia are a female owned, South Australian brand with a great and functional range of gym bags, every day totes, latptop bags, vintage-inspired designs and even a best-selling nappy bag.
Their signature and washable neoprene fabric is used throughout most of their bag designs, with other fabrics like vegan leather also used.
They also have a very cute little kids range, we have the iPad which has been fantastic.
Shop online at www.willowbayaustralia.com.au
@Lenswood Pick Your Own Apples Gift Voucher
Gift your family the gift of experience this Christmas. Get them out in the Adelaide Hills, soaking up the serenity and learning about where their food comes from.
Get them picking their own apples with the family!
Entry for 4 people +
4kg of apples
= $39 (BYO bag)
This includes all of the farm inclusions, Apple Row Mini Golf, Kids Scavenger Hunt, Tractors to play on, Learn about how apples are grown, Sandpit and with more inclusions always being added. AND an onsite Cafe for locally produced lunch items!
@Lenswood Pick Your Own will even send out your voucher to your loved one and can write a personalised special message if requested.
@Lenswood has easy parking, their own permanent toilets (no gross port-a-loos), fresh apple juice food and coffee for the adults. And they’re dog friendly too!
Order online at
www.atlenswood.com.au/lenswood-packages-and-gift-vouchers
The Goodside Project
A passionately South Australian, sustainable and environment focused business, that uses recycled plastic to make your favourite beach products – thongs, towels and kid ponchos.
The Goodside Project thongs come in 7 different colours and in slender and regular sizing. Each pair sold funds the removal of up to a kilo of plastic from the ocean and our blue thongs sponsor The Great Barrier Reef Foundation. TGP towels and ponchos are made with 13 recycled plastic bottles, dislike the sand, absorb 7 times their weight in water and will dry 10 times quicker than a standard cotton towel. Plus they come with a free water proof bag for the big towel and waterproof backpack for the kids poncho.
Not only do they work with recycled plastic, they use only sustainable and biodegradable packaging and their postal service is the first 100% carbon neutral delivery company.
They also upcycle. So when our thongs are tired they will recycle them to be made into new thongs.
Shop online at
www.thegoodside.com.au
When in doubt… get them chocolate!
South Australia is home to HEAPS of chocolatiers so it just makes sense to grab some chocolates for your favourite people from your favourite chocolate producer at Christmas time!
We have done a wrap up of all of the best chocolate to be found in Adelaide and beyond – many do special chocolate gift packs or boxes, so click below and grab something sweet. And be sure to treat yourself too!
Oskars Wooden Ark
Shop local
Oskar’s Wooden Ark are an Adelaide based online store who sell the most divine range of high quality and handmade educational wooden toys including building blocks, creative puzzles, a huge range of gorgeous hand carved animal figures, toys that rattle and for grasping, stacking, sorting, teddy bears that become family heirlooms and so much more. Be prepared to spend a LONG time gushing on their website, it’s full of beautiful gift ideas that will last a lifetime.
Funky Monkey Bars
Four years ago we got Funky Monkey Bars for Christmas and four years later they still get used almost daily. This award winning, Australian business is the world’s first manufacturer of modular, free-standing, height adjustable monkey bars, outdoor play and fitness equipment. A big ticket item for sure, but one that will still be going strong many Christmases from now
Smiggle is going crackers for Christmas
A gift from Smiggle will send kids crackers with excitement, ticking off any number of items on their Christmas wish lists.
From classically Smiggle, must-have gifts, to family fun and stocking stuffers, there’s something for everyone and every budget, from pocket money to extra special.
VTech learning fun for Christmas!
With a mix of toys that provide colourful discovery and learning fun; caring and nurturing role-play; a little bit of magic, sparkle and hope; and shared experiences with others, you will tick all of the boxes for gift giving this year.
Gifts for babies, toddlers, pre-schoolers, and kids that provide fun, learning and smiles!
Their top picks for 2020 are
Kidizoom Studio, RRP $99.95 (suitable for 5-12 years)
Hope the Rainbow Husky, RRP $79.95 (suitable for 3-8 years)
Wiggle & Jiggle Fishing Fun, RRP $44.95 (suitable for 2-5 years)
Toot-Toot Cory Carson Freddie’s Fire Station, RRP $29.95 (suitable for 1-5 years)
Vuly Trampolines
Vuly is an Australian designed product designed for Australian conditions. As we unfortunately learned the hard way, trampolines are outdoors 24 hours a day so they need to be made of strong, quality materials or they just won’t last. Vuly is heavy duty, comes with a great warranty and you can choose a size to suit your space and your budget. To find out more about why we love our Vuly’s click here
To buy online visit www.vulyplay.com
Tesalate
Tesalate sand-free beach towel is world-renowned as a popular travel essential since it is also super absorbent, fast drying, lightweight and compact. With the same bold and vibrant vibe that Tesalate sand-free beach towels are known for, the Tesalate Workout Towel on the other hand is an antibacterial, odour-free towel that’s also lightweight, fast-drying, and super absorbent.
Tesalate sand-free towel in standard size retails at AUD$79 and XL size at AUD$139. The workout towels retail at AUD$49.
Check out the entire collection exclusively sold on their website at www.tesalate.com
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