Kidstuff

There is a small rocking horse out the front of Kidstuff on Ocean Street in Woollahra that made me look like a really good baby sitter!
I was walking past this place with a couple of friends and their child and they decided it might be worth having a look at what’s inside but they didn’t want to risk taking their child in in case a) he broke something or b) he wanted everything in the store. So they left him with me. Out the front. Just the two little boys!
I didn’t really know what to do and saw this little gem just sitting there and whacked the little tike on there. He loved it and had a ball and I looked really good in front of the parents. When I walked past a couple of weeks later there was a sign ‘discouraging’ use of the rocking horse. Oops!
For the record the parents gave the inside of the store a big thumbs up too.

We came here with barely a minute to spare — we were due to meet a good friend in Surry Hills and as by way of an ass-​saving act told her we were closer than we really were (never works, I promise you) — wanting to find a last-​minute gift for my cousin’s 5 year old son to occupy him on his long flight the next day while simultaneously giving his mum a break. My favourite bookstore in Woollahra was a dud (only in this regard) so this was a last resort of sorts.
I walked in not clear on where to look (toy? book? toy? toy? toy? book?) when the lady at the desk, clearly sensing my utter and absolute desperation, offered her help. We walked me past all the fantastical toys, straight toward the books, picked up something she touted as educational and thoroughly entertaining and that was it. «The Winky Wonky Donkey» book which came with a CD of the same name (sing-​a-​longs) along with a Winky Wonky plush donkey.
Boy, was I lucky to be there when he read through the whole thing over and over and over and over and over again.

Aren’t we all just kids at heart? Well, i know I am… here’s the thing, I don’t have kids, but I do like this store… I find it a fun place to visit when I’m in Woollahra to see «what the kids are up to these days»… and let me tell you «things have changed since I was a kid…» It’s amazing the variety that exists for children and the quality is pretty amazing…
Kidstuff had two levels — a downstairs with more fun dolls and games, where as upstairs seems to have the more «mature» or «practical» toys…
This place does make me want to have kids just so I can buy them all this awesome stuff, so that I can play with it when they’re asleep… and no, I’m not going to buy it now — as that’s super creepy…
I do occassionaly stop off here if I’m looking for a «fun» silly prezzie for a friend — sometimes they have cute picture frames o trinkets that are little more different than what you’d see in a grown up store. It’s a toy store, it’s fun, so why not reconnect with your inner child and enjoy the colour and fun of being a kid.