If you’ve been reading the blog over the years you’ll know that we are big fans of The Snowman and Snowdog here and I’m thrilled to be taking part in this years The Snowman Blog tour. Sharing with you some lovely gift ideas for fans of these lovely characters.
Have you been lucky enough to see the Snowdog trails in Brighton and Newcastle this year? I wished we lived closer to either location as I know Monkey would love them.
Well the team behind these trails, Wild in Art, have launched a Paint Your Own Snowdog figurine and Monkey couldn’t wait to get started. The set comes with the ceramic figurine, a selection of paints and a paint brush. There’s no need for firing with this set, so once the paint is dry your child’s masterpiece is complete. Although Monkey decided to add a few snowflakes to his Snowdog, which he stuck on with UVA glue.
Snowflake the Snowdog, who I admit has no white on him at all (white paint is provided!), is now living in Monkey’s bedroom, waiting for Christmas to come. He loved creating his own version of the Snowdog and it’s a really lovely figurine. Priced at £25, the Paint Your Own Snowdog is something which would make a great present in my opinion.
If you’re looking for other ideas based around The Snowman and The Snowdog, then look no further. I’ve got some lively ideas to share, and a book giveaway too. I don’t know about your kids, but Monkey loves playing dominoes. The Snowman and the Snowdog Wooden Dominoes are aimed at children aged 18 months and over, and contains 28 themed domino pieces. These are priced at £9.99.
Shape sorting is always a fun activity for little ones and The Snowman and Snowdog Shape Sorter, available from JoJo Maman Bebe looks adorable.
Priced at £15, this lovely wooden set has eight different shaped pieces to sort.
Thorntons have come up trumps again this year with their Thorntons White Chocolate Snowman Advent Calendar 83g and Thorntons Snowman white chocolate model 60g, both of which Monkey will be enjoying over the festive season!
I remember Monkey receiving a My 1st Christmas bear back in 2009. It’s still treasured now. One of my friends had a little boy last month and I’m hoping he’s going to love this beautiful The Snowman and The Snowdog Snowglobe. Isn’t it adorable.
Available from The Brilliant Gift Shop, this snowglobe is currently reduced to £20.
We love baking in this house so I knew the 2 baking sets we received would go down well. The Snowman and the Snowdog Chocolate Muffin kit is available from Morrisons and The Snowman and the Snowdog Gingerbread biscuit kit can be found in Sainsburys.
Monkey’s requested that we save making the muffins until his birthday, but he was eager to try out the gingerbread kit straight away. The kit comes with gingerbread mixture, fondant icing, jellybeans, black and green icing pens and a cardboard The Snowman face template. We made the mixture up and I was in charge of cutting out the individual faces as Monkey found that bit a little tricky. Once they were baked though, he was in total charge, the template really came into its own at this point. The gingerbread The Snowman didn’t last long I can tell you!
Of course, none of these gifts would be possible without the original Raymond Briggs books. Both classics in my opinion. The Snowman and The Snowman and The Snowdog are charming books and these particular additions tie in perfectly with their respective films, and include a CD in each.
In The Snowman we follow a little boy who builds a snowman one winter’s day. We watch in wonder as the snowman comes alive and the two go on a magical journey. But of course we all know that snow melts.
In The Snowman and The Snowdog we see the lovely snowman return, along with his pal the snowdog. What adventures await them and the little boy this time around?
You can follow The Snowman blog tour tomorrow with Donna and see what sort of Snowdog her children created. Follow The Snowman over on Facebook for all the latest news and activities too.
disclosure: we were sent the items mentioned in exchange for an honest review.
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The night before Christmas – it is always lovely to ready to little ones on Christmas Eve!
Some great gifts, I used to love reading Father Christmas as a kid which is another Raymond Briggs book. Love the snow dog though think its a lovely addition to the classic story
My favourite has always been The Snowman.It brings back great memories of the kids being little.
The night before Christmas always been a huge favourite
The Snowman because we have always read since being a child.x
it has always been the snowman i always remember watching it when it was first on
A Christmas Carol – a timeless classic!
The night before christmas!
I realise Ive put my comment in the wrong place
It has to be A Christmas Carol such a classic .
Everyone on these comments seems to love The Night Before Christmas. We don’t tend to get that much hush on Christmas Eve. We prefer something silly like How the Grinch Stole Christmas.
night before christmas
the dinosaur who pooped xmas, has my boys in stitches!
Father Christmas needs a wee.
My boys love the Christmas Jolly Postman 🙂
Just bought Williams Winter wish from The Works. Nice story, clear pictures and not too long!
The Jolly Christmas Postman, my kids love the letters and activities throughout
my favourite has always been the snowman, i have my copy i had as ca child my daughter neices and nephews have all enjoyed it to. loved the film as well. i just find it so magical 🙂
The jolly Christmas postman because I loved opening all the letters and seeing all the nursery rhyme characters
My personal favourite is The Little Match Girl – a total tear jerker.
Christmas in the Manger our grandson loves it
Twas a night before Christmas, remember reading this when I was a child
The night before Christmas and Christmas carol
the jolly christmas postman is my favourite!
i love Angelinas christmas as I used to read it to my nieces when they were small and they loved it
The Night Before Christmas, its a classic and I love reading it to my son.
We love the Snowman and the snow dog.
The Night Before Christmas it is just a classic
The night before Christmas brilliant x
I love A Christmas Carol because it has such morals & is a good read for all ages
A christmas Carol- Charles Dickens has to be my favourite. i read it every year in December. gets me in the festive mood
It has been The Snowman ever since I was a child!
We love The Jolly Christmas Postman by the Ahlbergs
A Christmas Carol – Charles Dickens
Little Owl and the Star by Mary Murphy. Such a simple reselling of the nativity, but it always brings a tear to my eye!
Santa needs a wee as it makes the kids giggle and helps with counting
thats not my santa, my boys love it x
A Christmas Carol is a classic story that warms the heart when read.
A Christmas Carol!! Love that film
Father Christmas Needs a Wee is throughly entertaining.
The snowman, its timeless, my boys and now their children love it
Father Christmas by Raymond Briggs because it is so funny.
The Night Before Christmas. Classic and Nostalgic.
Whilst not traditional, Father Christmas by Raymond Briggs is my favourite.
The Snowman as it’s such a lovely story.
Has to be the snowman – the kids love the film too xx
the night before christmas
The Snowman it takes me back to my childhood when everything was magic, now I want to pass the magic on to my son.
Christmas Carol for us
The Jolly Christmas Postman – a fab classic!
The Snowman! Its always been such a magical story for Christmas
A Christmas Carol morals
The snowman – it’s timeless
‘A Christmas Carol’ is my fave Xmas tale…well – apert from The Nativity 😉 Your son’s cookies turned out brilliant didn’t they..he should go on Junior Bake Off. x
The Christmas Carol
The night before Christmas is our favourite
A Christmas Carol – because it is a complete classic!
Teh Little Matchstick Girl as I believe it is an important lesson to teach little ones
Harvey Slumfenburger’s Christmas Present – a fun story of Father Christmas and a forgotten present
The jolly Christmas postman!
Rover saves Christmas Book by Roddy Doyle. It’s very funny.
We love Stickman by Julia Donaldson!
The Night Before Christmas, it’s a classic!
The Snowman, my daughter loved it when she was young and now her children love it too
A Christmas Carol
Letters from Father Christmas by J. R. R. Tolkien because he wrote the book especially for his children- I wish I had that talent
Lauras Christmas star
The Jolly Christmas Postman as I had it as a child and it was so much fun because as well as reading you had little pull out items for additional fun!
The Snowman because I love the illustrations.
the night before christmas x
Father Christmas Needs a Wee is our new favourite
The night before Christmas , such a jolly story
Rudey’s Windy Christmas is hilarious
The jolly Christmas postman
Father Christmas Needs a Wee because it’s hilarious.
Its got to be The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, going through a wardrobe a wonderland out of sight! to see the snow glistening, windows Cold as cold could be, the snow queen in all of her glory, snow covered landscapes very bright, streams not flowing covered in ice, and no passing of time.
The night befor eChristmas just because it’s a real classic
The Grinch because it gets to the heart of the season.
The classic Night Before Christmas is a favourite in our house.
twas the night before christmas, it always gives me that magical feeling x
My favourite christmas themed book has to be the night before christmas as it is such a great book to read especially with childen
A Christmas Carol I still find it an enchanting and exciting story
The Grinch because it’s exciting
I love the night before Christmas as reminds me of being a child
The Jolly Christmas Postman, great book.
a christmas carol, its a classic and i read it every second christmas 🙂
My favourite is The Jolly Christmas Postman 🙂 because it’s such a lovely book, the interactivity is fab and post is so exciting – especially at Christmas!
The Gruffalo’s Christmas
santa comes to scotland. its just nice to read it to my children and it feels a bit moe pesonal because it names places we know
My little boy loves stickman!
The author Eric Carle who wrote The Very Hungry Caterpillar has a book called Dream Snow which is fantastic!
We love reading our illustrated Home Alone story book! So cute and our fav film
The night before Christmas
We love the Snowman – the pictures are so good
The Night Before Christmas because it reminds me of my childhood.
the snowman will always be a favourite.
I love the story of Stickman always makes us smile 🙂
I love the Jolly Christmas Postman, it was my favourite when I was younger and I got it for my Daughter too and she now loves it 🙂
Home alone
The Jolly Christmas Postman. Lovely interactive book that keeps the kids quiet for ages.
The night before Christmas
so hard to choose 🙂 my 4 year old loves the Gruffalo’s Christmas…. this year we bought winter tales from the works its got some very cute reads…we would love the snowman 🙂 just Magical
The night before Christmas because it’s a great story for raising excitement
The Night Before Christmas – we read it every Christmas Eve, and the kids are so excited, we all love it!
The Snowman is my favourite, so would be really happy to win! 🙂
The night before Christmas is great and we read it the “night before Christmas”!
A Christmas Carol, I love the moral of it all and all the different versions of the films means that its appealing to all different ages too
Twas the night before Christmas – I just loved how it made me feel 🙂
The night before Christmas as its different from other Christmas stuff
The Poem – The Night Before Christmas – it always gets me in the mood for Christmas.
The dinosaur that pooped Christmas! Daughter laughs so much
my fav xmas film is miracle on 34th street cus it just sums up a childs view of the magic of xmas
Lion, witch and wardrobe because it reminds me of the childhood.
I love mogs Christmas. I loved the story as a child and now my children love me reading it to them
The Night Before Christmas because it really gets us in the Christmas spirit. 🙂
I love the Night Before Christmas as it brings back so many childhood memories for me!
The Grinch who Stole Christmas as we read it every year 🙂
A Christmas Carol! It is very interesting!
The Night Before Christmas
I love ‘The Night Before Christmas’
Stick Man 🙂
The night before Christmas is just such a lovely family tradition for Christmas Eve x
The Snowman because we have always read it since being children.