Under-Fives
Things to do with Babies, Toddlers & Children Under Five in Derbyshire and Staffordshire

Services for the Under-Fives

Free Creative Play | Shopping: Clothes, Jewellery, Ethical Goods, Books... | Party Entertainers and Face Painters | Themed Parties | Soft Play Hire | Swimming Pool Hire | Interior Design | School Christmas Cards | Postnatal Illness

Shopping Parties

Ethical Kidz

Buy Ethically sourced and environmentally friendly things for children on-line: play equipment, garden furniture, toys, gifts, books, clothes, bedding and toiletries. Contact tara@ethicalkidz.co.uk.

Captain Tortue Children's Wear

Captain Tortue Children's WearA new and exciting range of French Childrens fashion from the age of 6 months to 14 years brought direct to your door. Captain Tortue clothes are beautiful. Unique prints and designs, unavailable anywhere else, make sure you are getting something very special at high street prices. All items are 100% cotton or linen and finished to a very high standard with quirky details to appeal to the children themselves. The range changes 4 times a year to keep up with the seasons so there is always somthing new and exciting to see.

I am available to bring the range of clothing to playgroups, private coffee mornings, work places or to your own home for either a private shop or a home party. Don't be the last one to discover Captain Tortue.......Call today.

Consultant: Shelly Barton.
178 Green Lane, Buxton, Derbyshire. SK17 9DG
Tel: (01298) 73758 or 07720 887713.
E-mail: shellybarton@dsl.pipex.com

SMALLPRINT

62 Humber Street Hilton
Derby
DE65 5NW
Tel: 07930932623
E-mail: sally@smallp.co.uk
Silver handmade jewellery with children's fingerprints on. Sally is happy to come to toddler groups, school Christmas events, ladies evenings, etc to display and explain the process.


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Themed Parties

Minimusic Parties

10 Mayflower Close
Glossop
Derbyshire
SK13 8UD
Tel: 07811356172
E:mail: jen@minimusic.org.uk
Minimusic parties for toddlers and children under five.

YogaBugs

Tel: 07973 478 444
E-mail: pat@yogabugs.com
YogaBugs run birthdays parties for children 4 to 8 years. Pick a theme and we will adapt our yoga to fit it - perhaps a jungle adventure, or an under-water party, or even pirates! Contact me for more information.

Paint a Pot Party

27 Miriam Avenue
Somersall
Chesterfield
Derbyshire
S40 3NF Tel: 07985712186
E-mail: linz1701@msn.com
A team that brings paint a pot parties to your house. Great fun for all the family.

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Party Entertainers

Face Painting

Face Painting

Virginia Smith
Valley View
Biggin
Ashbourne
Tel: 01335 372721 or 07759177526
ginsthename@yahoo.co.uk
Fantastic faces for parties etc. Reasonable rates.

Face Painting

Victoria Howard
Apartment 1
3 Uttoxeter Old Road
Derby
Derbyshire
DE1 1GA
Tel: 0785 491 1447
DerbyFaceAndBodyPainting@hotmail.co.uk
Face Painting for children's parties, events and promotions. CRB checked and insured staff.

Crystalpops Face Painting

27 Simcoe Leys
Chellaston
Derby
DE73 6XL
Tel: 07946 292588
mail@crystalpops.co.uk

Children's Entertainer

Angela Hutchinson
Bouverie Parade
Sneyd Green
Staffordshire
ST1 6JL
Tel: 01782 284977
info@colourskids.co.uk
Children's entertainer offering face painting, balloon modelling, party games, pamper parties and children's activity parties. Fully Insured and CRB checked.

Children's Entertainment

Suzy Stewart
177 Blurton Road
Stoke on Trent
ST3 2DQ
Tel: 01782 251778
suzy@funtastic-entertainments.co.uk
Face Painting, Balloon Modelling, Circus Skills, Clowns, Magic, Story Telling, Stilt Walkers, Punch & Judy, Puppet Shows, Bouncy Castles, Discos, Party Games, etc.
Fully insured, CRB checked entertainers who work to a strict code of conduct.

Kidz Bus

74 Oxford Street
Church Gresley
Swadlincote
Derbyshire
DE11 9NB
Tel: 0845 095 4000
E-mail: andy@kidzbus.co.uk
Harry is a double decker soft play bus, who will travel to your houses or venue for brithdays, weddings, fun days etc.

Barney Baloney

58 Briarfield Crescent
Sheffield
South Yorkshire
S12 3LB
Tel: 0114 249 5511
E-mail: barneybaloney@gmail.com

"Hi - I just wanted to add Barney Baloney on here as we booked him for our daughters fourth birthday party and found him absolutely class. He was brilliant, reliable, easy to get on with and kept 24 kids thoroughly happy. "
Kerrie, 2010


Creative Play

Playaway East Staffordshire

Community Council Staffordshire
Friars Mill
Friars Terrace
Stafford
ST17 4DX
Tel: 07788 552868
E-mail: celia.houghton@virgin.net

Celia Houghton works in partnership with East Staffordshire Council and Staffordshire Community Council to provide the Big Lottery Funded "Playaway" scheme.

She is an artist providing free creative play opportunities for children, parents and play-leaders living in the rural settlements of East Staffordshire, offering the delivery of age appropriate art and craft themed play sessions within an existing group.

If you would be interested in having her along to your group please call her on 07788 552868. All materials are provided for free.


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Soft Play Hire

52 Watermint Close
Wimblebury
Cannock
Tel: 07800744548
E-mail: ktilly@tiscali.co.uk
A soft play hire company that hires soft play for birthdays, weddings, corporate events etc.


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Swimming Pool Hire

Butterton Moor House
Parsons Lane
Butterton Moor
Staffs
ST13 7PD
E-mail: info@buttertonmoorhouse.com
Private swimming pool by the hour for mothers and toddlers/children or for groups of mothers/children to hire together - maximum 10 people at any one time. The pool complex includes private, heated changing and showering rooms together with baby change mats and hair drying facilities. Prices from £20 an hour. About 20 minutes outside Ashbourne.


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Interior Design

Children's Murals, Painted Furniture & Interior Design

Mandy Noble
3 Rathbourne Croft
Parwich
Ashbourne
Derbyshire
DE6 1QH
Tel: 07809 592515
E-mail: Mandy@nobleinteriors.co.uk

Freehand Mural Artist

Great Coates
NE Lincs
Tel: 07919 550814
E-mail: godfrey140@btinternet.com
Mural Artist specialist in childrens designs


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School Christmas Cards

School Christmas Cards

Contact: Mark Simpson
Tel: 01642 489000
E-mail: info@classfundraising.co.uk
£3.75 Per Pack, up to £100 Cash Back, free tree, free collection, free Delivery.


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Postnatal Illness


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