Tag Archives: Gifts

2023 Enid Blyton Gift Guide

Posted on November 29, 2023 by Fiona

Despite still being popular and relevant new gift options for Blyton fans are often slim-pickings. Here’s the best of what I’ve been able to find. (Previous guides can be found here, though I can’t guarantee all the items on them will … Continue reading →

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2022 birthday and Christmas present round up

Posted on January 18, 2023 by Fiona

Every year I am lucky to get at least a few Blytonian gifts between my December birthday and Christmas. In fact, each year I am amazed to still get Blytonian gifts as sometimes it feels as if those that know … Continue reading →

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2022 Christmas gift guide

Posted on November 19, 2022 by Fiona

It’s that time of year again. Christmas is still reasonably far off, but close enough to want to make a start on getting organised. I’ve only bought a few things so far, but that’s better than nothing! I know I … Continue reading →

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Birthday and Christmas gift round up 2021

Posted on February 4, 2022 by Fiona

Christmas (and my birthday) were quite a while ago now, so you might be wondering why I’m only getting around to posting about it now. Or, given my track record, you might well be assuming I had forgotten to write … Continue reading →

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Enid Blyton Christmas gift guide 2021

Posted on November 17, 2021 by Fiona

It might just be me but I feel like this post gets a little more difficult to write every year! Perhaps I just got lucky with the first year and there were plenty of good Blyton gifts then, and of … Continue reading →

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2020 Birthday and Christmas present round up

Posted on January 15, 2021 by Fiona

I’m lucky to have friends and family who know about (if not understand) my love for all things Blyton, and who buy me Blyton-related things for birthdays and Christmases. Here’s my 2020 haul! Corfe castle goodies from Stef’s trip to, … Continue reading →

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Enid Blyton Christmas gift guide 2020

Posted on November 18, 2020 by Fiona

I feel like this gets harder every year! I suppose it does as I don’t reuse products, and rely on either things that have come out in the past year or things I’ve somehow missed. There doesn’t seem to be … Continue reading →

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2019 Birthday and Christmas present round up

Posted on January 3, 2020 by Fiona

First I’ll admit that’s a slightly misleading title as I didn’t actually get any Blytonian presents for my birthday this year – gasp! I did get two Blytonian birthday cards, however. There are a few cards out there based on … Continue reading →

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Christmas bits from Enid Blyton’s magazines

Posted on December 11, 2019 by Fiona

Continuing the theme, I thought I’d have a nosy in the magazines for more Christmassy things. I’ve included some crafts and stories in some other posts but I have some new magazines to look through, and there are other things … Continue reading →

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Enid Blyton Christmas gift guide 2019

Posted on November 20, 2019 by Fiona

This year’s gift guide has been a bit harder to put together. Last year there were plenty of new Noddy-related toys and games tied in with the Dreamworks’ Noddy Toyland Detective tv show. This year, however, none of the big … Continue reading →

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What would Enid Blyton’s characters be unwrapping for their Christmas?

Posted on December 19, 2018 by Fiona

When I wrote my Enid Blyton Gift Guide I started wondering what the children in her books would be unwrapping on Christmas day. It was a very different world in the 1940s, 50s and 60s especially in the idyllic bubble … Continue reading →

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Enid Blyton Christmas gift guide 2018

Posted on December 12, 2018 by Fiona

The Enid Blyton brand has really been growing lately, with ‘new’ books coming out and there have been some tie-in products over the last few years as well. Here’s a guide of what to get for your Blyton-loving friends and family, … Continue reading →

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Blytonian Presents (2016)

Posted on December 28, 2016 by Fiona

Every year I get spoiled on my birthday and at Christmas (the two days being only ten days apart) and every year I then show off what I got that’s Blyton-related. This year is no different! 1. Five Go Gluten … Continue reading →

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Fiona’s present round up for 2015

Posted on January 6, 2016 by Fiona

I can say I was truly spoiled last year, and I was lucky enough to get a whole pile of Blyton gifts between my birthday and Christmas. I will most like end up reviewing them all in-depth at some point, … Continue reading →

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Another roundup of Blyton presents (2014)

Posted on January 2, 2015 by Fiona

As with last year I got spoiled on my birthday and at Christmas and managed to amass a pile of Blyton-themed gifts. Most of these will end up having blogs of their own as I read/listen and review them later … Continue reading →

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Christmas Gifts – a poem by Enid Blyton

Posted on December 24, 2014 by Fiona

If I had lived long years ago And seen, on Christmas night, The strange star in the sky aglow, I think perhaps I might Have followed close the Wise Men Three, The little Holy Child to see. They brought Him … Continue reading →

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How to make canvas wall art

Posted on January 10, 2014 by Fiona

I got crafty again last year and made Stef another Christmas present, another Famous Five themed one. It wasn’t actually what I had originally intended to do, but I hadn’t been able to find an important component of my original … Continue reading →

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A roundup of Blyton presents (2013)

Posted on December 29, 2013 by Fiona

I was lucky enough to receive quite a few Blyton-y presents between my birthday and Christmas this year, so I thought I’d do a wee blog to show off what I got! For my birthday I got the Famous Five … Continue reading →

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Blyton Related Crafts: How to make a book covered box

Posted on August 11, 2013 by Fiona

Here’s another present I made for Stef: a box decorated with pages from some of Blyton’s book. I hear some cries of horror already, and I apologise to any of you that think that tearing up books for crafts is … Continue reading →

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Blyton Related Crafts – How to make a canvas book bag

Posted on July 26, 2013 by Fiona

Stef and I have developed a bit of a habit in that we often make each other gifts for birthdays and Christmas. Generally, they’re Blyton-themed too. For Christmas last year I decorated a bag for her, and I’m going to … Continue reading →

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