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Pumpkin Jack-o'-Lantern CraftPumpkin Jack-o'-Lantern Craft ... However, they are produced on the same machinery as Crayola Dough which does ... Read full post here. (c) Pumpkins: Halloween Jack-O'-Lanterns... you'll carve for your Halloween Jack-O'-Lanterns is very important. You'll need to pick pumpkins ... However, you are tired of just putting the same old paper pumpkins in ... Read full post here. (c) My Top 4 Original Gifts For 2009Need ideas for gifts this year? Valentine's Day, Father's Day, Mother's Day, Birthdays and of course Christmas... They can all be tricky to get right. Here are my suggestions... Best for Father's Day - The Vinturi Wine Aerator - my uncle showed me this great little device that does the work of a wine decanter, which normally takes hours, in a few seconds. It allows the wine to breathe, and thus instantly improves the taste, aroma, and texture of the wine. All you have to do is hold it over a glass and pour the wine through, the mechanism bubble air through it, and by the time it hits your glass all the work is done. A great gift for wine lovers, or those who thought they had everything. They are available from vinturi.org.uk for ?39.99 including postage. Best for Kid's Birthday - The Moov Racing System - This cool new toy received an honourable mention at the Red Dot Design Awards in 2008 and it really does stand out from other products on the market. I will be getting one for my son when he is old enough to use it - from the age of 5 children can get stuck into this go kart construction kit that looks like a giant bit of mechano. The different parts can be built into 4 different shapes - go kart, scooter, recumbent bike or trike, and the building requires no tools, so the kids get to learn the practical and creative skills involved in building something, and then they get to play with it! It also means if they get bored of one shape of the kart, they can just build another! Best for Valentine's Day/ Wedding/ Fireworks Night - Wish lanterns - I first spotted these at a festival in the UK last year, but I didn't find out what they're called for a while, until I stumbled upon the term Wish Lanterns. They're also known sometimes as Sky Lanterns, Paper Lanterns and Flying Lanterns. They are like mini hot air balloons made out of thin paper, with a fuel cell attached that you set a light, they fill with air, and float up in to the sky and look lovely at night time. wishlantern.co.uk has images of lantern festivals, they look really amazing when many are let off at once, and would make a perfect end to a wedding. A pack of 10 costs ?24.99 from the same website Best for Mother's Day/ Gardener's Birthday Aerogarden - The aerogarden is an indoor garden in which you can grow your herbs and vegetables all year round, in your kitchen. It is designed to be really easy to use and for those who aren't particularly green fingered, and stuff shoots up twice as fast as it does in a natural garden, so it makes city-bred gardening ignorants like me clap and giggle in glee. However it's also good for garden enthusiasts like my dear old mother - she can use it grow a variety of fresh herbs for her cooking easily, or use the "garden starter tray" to adapt the aerogarden into a propagator to start off her seedlings in and then transport them out to the garden. They've recently been featured on the Gadget Show on Channel 5 and the Paul O'Grady Show on Channel 4. The aerogarden starter kit with a free seed kit is ?99.99 from aerogarden.org.uk wishlantern.co.uk
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