A firm favourite with children and grown-ups alike, Paddington is well known for his good intentioned disasters and his liking for marmalade sandwiches …kept under his hat for safe keeping of course! More recently we’ve seen Paddington on the TV in adverts for marmite (personally, I hate it!).

If you’d like to introduce a child (or grown-up) to Paddington Bear then amazon stock a wide range of his books and if you’re looking for the bear himself then visit John Lewis.

As character bedroom furnishings are very popular with children it’s no surprise at all that HSM products are available too. We’ve spotted that amazon have a few different High School Musical duvet covers in stock and eligible for free delivery.

So if your daughter wants a duvet cover with pictures of Sharpay and the gang hop on over to amazon today.

Actually, I say daughter on the assumption that HSM pillow cases and duvet covers won’t be popular with boys. But when we’ve had family friends around and the children sit down to a High School Musical DVD (available here) the boys seem to know all the words too and enjoy singing along just as much as the girls do.

Other stockists include:

• Childrens Rooms for a range of character products including Hannah Montana
• Next for High School Musical pyjamas, socks and vests

These superb hand puppets are smaller versions of the real thing, with the trademark yellow beak, soft blue fur and long neck. It’s large enough that most adult hands fit in as well as children’s, allowing all of Emu’s expressiveness and madcap antics to be enacted in your own home – prepare to see the feathers fly!

You can grab Emu at a great price of around £14.99!

We’ve also got a great £5 off Hawkins Bazaar Christmas discount code* for you: CHRISTMAS08 which will be active until midnight on 31st December 2008 (for orders of £30 or more). Just enter that code at checkout.

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*Only applies to orders of £30 and over. Only one code can be used at checkout, not valid with any other discount or offer.