Review: Bright Minds Garden Pick Up Sticks and Buttonbag Learn How to Sew Suitcase

Finding unique gifts for children can often be difficult. It’s so easy to pick out the usual gifts such footballs, board games and stationary but what if the child you’re buying for has a lot of these sorts of toys already?

Well, Bright Minds is an award-winning home shopping company established in 1999. They have won over 5 national mail order awards including Best Internet Business, and are one of the UK’s Top 10 UK mail order companies as named by The Daily Telegraph.

Bright Minds sell a range of fantastic educational and fun gifts for children. You can shop by age, interest and price range to find the perfect gift.

My twin girls are almost 10 years old and they have very different interests. Buying gifts for them can quite often be fun because they are into very different things.

That’s why this Garden Pick Up Sticks set from Bright Minds is perfect for one of my daughters. She loves to be outdoors and this garden pick up sticks game is great for encouraging children into the garden for some fun family time.

It’s just £16.99 which I think is amazing value for money. The 41 giant pick up sticks are incredibly well made and sturdy. I love how the sticks have brightly coloured paint on so you can easily identify the stick you need to pick up.

If you’ve never played pick up sticks before, it’s really easy and this set does come with instructions. What’s even better is that up to 4 people can play so whether it’s the whole family or your children and their friends, they’ll be kept entertained while playing this game. My girls love to play ordinary pick up sticks, so I can only imagine how much fun they’re going to have playing this giant, garden version! It’s just £16.99.

My other daughter is more typically ‘girly’ and loves to sew and make things. That’s why this Buttonbag Learn How to Sew Suitcase is perfect for her. This set is great for her to practise her hand sewing skills. It’s aimed at children 8 years and over. This kit contains everything you need to learn how to sew, and how cute is the suitcase it comes in!

It’s just £24.99 and for all of that you can discover how to make three different elephants, a cat and a kitten, a drawstring bag and so much more!

The kit contains:

• Cotton fabric
• Felt fabric
• Scissors
• Tape measure
• Needles
• Pins
• Sewing thread
• Embroidery thread
• Buttons
• Ribbon
• Stuffing
• Patterns and instructions

Both of the gifts from Bright Minds would make excellent gifts for children this Christmas. Which is your favourite? Let me know in the comments below.