Saturday tends to be children’s day at Sophie Randall. Parents visit with their kids and family and friends come in to buy for kids. While we are not a children’s shop as such, we do have a good range of gifts.  We tend to focus on good quality educational products for Children, like […]

This old fashioned play scene is a great activity pack for kids through school holidays and rainy days when you want to keep them away from the computer games and other bits of electronics.  There is plenty of research to indicate that real activities are good for developing a child’s creativity and attention.  So, we […]

These scary monster lights are part of a new range of children’s gifts we have found for Sophie.  They make bedtime fun because they are not all that scary actually - how can they be with monster names like Betty, Lucy, Gary and Gwen.  No, these monsters are lots of fun.

We created a scene from a teddy bears’ picnic in the window of our Melbourne Central location two weeks ago. It has worked a treat. Kids have wanted to be photographed with the picnic scene and plenty of adults have purchased bears. I love the fun the scene portrays.
The photo I have […]

These new Animalz wooden figures are a hit with kids, naturally. They are a hit with adults too and that is a surprise. We have customers buying them for work colleagues - to sit on the desk.
Designed in Australia and made from organic maple, each Anamalz is individually branded by the natural grain […]

Fridge magnets have been around as long as I can remember. The Little Chippi range of fridge magnets are fun for kids.
The packs we have contain sixteen pieces and can give kids something to do in the kitchen besides getting under your feet.

Every time I see this old-style horse I think of The Godfather movie and the head in the bed. Kids don’t see it that way though. They know what to do, walking up to the the horse and riding it around as we did decades ago with home made version of this. […]

Getting kids to read can be a challenge so it’s good to have fun bookmarks like the one in the photo from the folks at Sesame Street. We have had the range for a few months and they sell well.
Parents and grandparents buy them and often share stories about the challenges of getting their […]

These harmonicas are just one of the instruments we have from the folks at Tatiri.
The bright colours appeal to children. The quality of the instruments appeals to parents.
The Tatiri range makes for a good gift to any child exploring sounds and especially how to make music.
Besides the harmonica, we have the recorder, small drum, […]