Busy Little Bears
This is the first blog in a series of introductions to businesses that I think you'll all love to know about. First up is Busy Little Bears run by one of my fellow Cheltenham Mumboss club members and another local cotswolds business.
Busy Little Bears is a family-run business that was established after it’s founder, Tania became a Mum.
As a busy Mum she recognised the need for a product that would occupy and entertain busy little fingers and curious minds both whilst at home and out and about. The product needed to be interesting, stimulating, fun, educational, compact, portable and easy to use.....and so Busy Little Bears and these gorgeous activity bags were born.
Tania explains "I am sure all parents can relate to those moments when you need something to entertain or distract little ones be it at home or when on the go. The times when you need to get the washing on, feed the cat, make an important phone call, attend an appointment, meet a friend for a cuppa or endure a dreaded long journey. I have designed our activity play bags with these moments in mind to give you some time do do what you need to do or to make your life that little bit easier. It is not surprising our bags have been nicknamed by previous customer as “mummy’s little lifesaver”!"
Not only do the bags occupy and entertain little ones, they have been specifically designed to stimulate, educate and encourage both independent and interactive play and to aid in the child’s development. The colourful drawstring bags are compact and portable allowing them to easily be slipped into a handbag, changing bag or the bottom of a pushchair.
Busy Little Bears currently offer activity bags in two ranges – for babies (0-24 months) and for early years (18 months to 4 years).
Tania is so passionate about what she does. Her view of success is "If I can give other parents the gift of a few moments peace whilst they enjoy a cuppa, a natter or just to put the washing on then I know I have succeeded!"
There are various bags available on the Busy Little Bears website but these are my 2 favourites....
BABY SENSORY ACTIVITY BAG - £20 / £24 includes
This popular sensory activity bag for babies is filled with an assortment of interesting and fun items to keep your baby happy and engaged. Each has been specially chosen to help develop fine motor skills, social skills, imagination and cognitive development. This bag also contains activity cards with clever ideas about to make best use of each item.
2 sensory scarves
1 spiky light-up ball
1 rattle
3 sticky bricks
3 link rings
1 bubbles
Set of activity cards – featuring ways to make best use of the contents of your bag to help your baby.
TWIST & GO ACTIVITY BAGS - £24
Best suited to those aged 18 months to 4 years, this activity bag is designed to develop fine motor skills and is sure to keep your toddler happy and occupied. Giant nuts and bolts, clip rings, mini vehicles and felt shapes are included. You will also find a set of interactive activity cards.
Drawstring bag
Giant nuts and bolts
Clip rings
12 mini vehicles
10 snap cubes
Felt shapes
Set of activity cards – featuring a number of games and challenges to complete using the contents of your bag.
About our activity bags:
We believe that babies, toddlers and Pre-schoolers learn through play and our activity bags include a range of interesting props and toys designed to improve fine motor skills, social skills, imagination and cognitive development.
Our brightly-coloured drawstring bags are perfect to use at home, or on the move, and are compact and light to carry. All the activities are simple, but effective, and have been specifically designed to make learning fun and easy.
Each bag also contains a set of activity cards, with ideas about how you might like to use each item. I personally love these bags and wish i'd had one for my kids when they were little!
Busy Little Bears also sell some beautiful Eco toys and wooden play sets on their website making it a perfect place to source gifts.
WANT TO WIN ONE?
Tania has generously donated one of each of the above bags to giveaway.
If you love the sound of these look out for the giveaway starting at 8pm on Wednesday 22nd January. Click HERE for full T's&C's.
Want to learn more about Busy Little Bears? Take a look at their website or follow them on social media.
Facebook https://www.facebook.com/busylittlebears/
Instagram https://www.instagram.com/busylittlebears/