If you have a Handy Manny fan in your family then you might want to take a look at this Handy Manny duvet set that's on sale with The Toy Shop - the rrp is £15, they're selling them for £10 at the moment.

• Click HERE to take a look a the Handy Manny duvet set

Handy Manny came a little too late onto the children's character market for me to know much about him, but I'm guessing he's the indoor handyman version of Bob the Builder.

What I do know is that kids love character bedding and this can be a very valuable weapon in your defence against 'I don't want to go to bed yet!' 'discussions.  It's amazing how exciting bedtime can become when you're diving under your new duvet that has your favourite character on it!

The Handy Manny duvet set is made from 100% polyester which makes it extremely easy to wash, quick to dry and super quick to iron (if you iron your bedding, like I do).

If you have a Toy Shop local to you, or someone you know, then your Handy Manny duvet set can be collected in-store for free, otherwise you'll need to add on an additional £2.95 for delivery.

Thanks to stephmcd at HUKD

You can pick up a compact wooden cot from Kiddicare for £37.90 (using checkout code MORRISONS) at the moment, rather than its recommended retail price of £129.99; it's ideal for smaller nurseries or as a secondary cot that lives at a grandparent's house.

• Click HERE to take a look at this compact wooden cot

Now I'm a fan of big cot beds, but they're quite big and I've always been lucky enough to have the space for them; where space is more of a challenge a compact cot is just what you need.

Suitable from birth up to around 18 months, it's made from pine and has a two base positions; both sides and ends are slatted too so you can see in and your baby can see out from all angles.

If you buy this version then you'll need to purchase a mattress that measures 90 x 54cm OR you can buy a compact cot that comes complete with mattress and Funky Friends cot quilt and bumper set for £68.40 (again, using checkout code MORRISONS).

• Click HERE for the compact cot plus mattress and Funky Friends bedding option

Delivery is free, because you've spent over £29.99, and you can even chose a delivery time slot too.  Don't forget to add the MORRISONS discount code at the checkout!

Thanks to andywedge at HUKD 

Use this Great Little Trading Company promotional code to get 15% off when you spend £50 or more. The site sells items for children's bedrooms, as well as furniture and other accessories, plus toys for indoor and outdoor use, and lots of other useful items.

Click here to use your Great Little Trading Company promotional code

• Discount: 15%
• Minimum spend: £50
• Promotional code: MVCS
• Expires: 19th March 2012

I have bought a few items from here over the years. They do really lovely, nicely designed and built furnishings for children's rooms as well as accessories. The site also sells toys and games.

One of my favourites is this Sling Bookcase. It costs £58, but looks simply beautiful. And is practical as well, perfect for displaying all the large books they get at the pre-school age. I didn't have one, but my best mate did. These books don't sit particularly well on an ordinary book case - you find that the kids pull them all out in order to just find one. Here they sit flat so they can just slide them along to see one underneath, and the bookcase sits flush against the wall.

There are lots of other stylish storage solutions on the site, and I had better warn you, it is easy to spend hours browsing!

Thanks to djmetsandy at HUKD!

If you pop over to Sainsbury's you can pick up a Tu Tractor cushion for £5 (instead of £10) and a Tu Tractor applique fleece throw for £4 (instead of £8).

• Click HERE for the Tu Tractor cushion
• Click HERE for the Tu Tractor fleece throw

My mum is a HUGE fan of Sainsbury's and always telling me to switch my allegiance to them, from Tesco - I actually went to Sainsbury's the other day AND took and sent pictures to her to prove it, that should keep her 'quiet' for a little while...maybe.

For all my Tesco loyalty, I must confess that this Tu Tractor cushion and Tu Tractor fleece blanket are rather cute and will be loved by any youngster with a 'thing' for farm machinery.

If my youngest was still in his tractor phase then they would have been ideal for him; we used to live in a little farming village and a farmer let him sit in his tractor one day, you wouldn't believe the tears and wailing that followed having to come down from the cab so the farmer could get on with some work!

You can arrange to have your Tu Tractor cushion and/or Tu Tractor fleece throw delivered to your home for the 'bargain' price of £3.95 OR, you can arrange to collect them in-store for free.

Thanks to daisymeisha10 at HUKD

You might need to be quick to snap up one of these comforting Cow Night Lights - it's very cute indeed and the frog version has already gone out of stock.

• Click HERE to mooooove over to Tesco

Being scared or anxious of the dark is miserable.

I was scared of the dark when I was a child and I dreaded my mum coming to bed and turning the landing light off, plunging the rest of the house into darkness.

I was allowed to keep my bedroom light on, very dim, but everywhere else was dark; I wouldn't be able to see what might be lurking in it and that terrified me.

I didn't want/need lighting on a scale of the Blackpool illuminations, but a little bit of a glow somewhere would have been nice; just so there wasn't total darkness.

One of these cow night lights might have made me less anxious.

It gives off a soft green glow and has such a warm, friendly face that I'm finding myself very drawn to, even as a grown up!

This very cute cow comfort night light takes three AA batteries, making him completely portable and easy for your child to pack in their overnight bag for reassurance during sleepovers.

The original price for this cow night light was £10, he's now £2.50 whilst stocks last.

Thanks to lucerysmum at HUKD 

I come across some weird and wonderful things when I'm scouting around the internet looking for something different to tell you about, but this cradle from Jall & Tofta has to win a prize for making that 'extra leap'.

For environment conscious new parents, the 'Cradle' is made from a material that is completely biodegradable.

When your little one has outgrown their Cradle, and needs a bigger bed, you simply return it to the environment by putting it in the garden to decompose.

However, the designers of the 'Cradle' clearly thought that was just a little boring and decided to brighten things up a bit.

The sides of the Cradle have been cased with seed pressed panels which will burst into a bed of flowers when it's watered well!

And if those flowers are self-seeding perennials, rather than just annuals, then the bed of flowers your baby once slept in will keep coming back year after year.

What a quirky and wonderful idea.

So quirky, in fact, that I can't find a price for it anywhere!  If you stumble across a selling price for this Jall & Tofta Cradle then please do let us know.

• Click HERE to go over to Jall & Tofta

If you need some cheap wardrobe space for your child(ren) then you could do worse than take a look at these fabric wardrobes currently for sale at Tesco.

• Click HERE for the Ben 10 fabric wardrobe
• Click HERE for In the Night Garden

When my children were younger, their clothes seemed to multiply faster than anything known to man!

I’m not quite sure how this happened, but I always seemed to be running out of storage space for all their outfits and whilst I wanted lots of extra hanging space, I didn't want to spend lots of money on it.

I don't recall these fabric wardrobes being around when the Teenagers were young enough to have appreciated them, but they would have been absolutely ideal.

There's a Ben 10 fabric wardrobe for fans of the young alien hunter, or an In the Night Garden version for the less extra-terrestrial kids.

Each one is just £6.50, so if your child has more clothes than Suri Cruise then you can easily afford to pick up two.

Each one has two full-width hanging rails and three shelves stacked down one side.

Home delivery is £5 with Tesco, so if you can arrange to collect for free in-store then do.

Thanks to spicy_gal at HUKD

Tesco have a few toddler 'Bed in a Bag' sets up for grabs with 25% off - they're £14.95 at the moment, instead of £19.95.

• Click HERE for a Peppa Pig Bed in a Bag
• Click HERE for a Thomas and Friends Bed in a Bag
• Click HERE for a Toy Story Bed in a Bag

I have a bit of a thing for bedding sets and regularly find myself COMPELLED to buy them!

They don’t even have to be bargains like these toddler Bed in a Bag sets OR for kids either, there’s just something about climbing in between new sheets that have never been slept on, or under!

Character duvet sets can also be a useful tool for getting tired ‘but I’m NOT tired’ toddlers and pre-schoolers in to bed; whatever it takes I say!

These sets really are a bargain; each Bed in a Bag contains:

• A 3.5 tog duvet
• A character duvet cover
• A pillow and
• A character pillowcase

If you don't mind paying over the odds for Tesco home delivery then go ahead and have your toddler Bed in a Bag sent to your home - it'll cost you £5 - but if you'd rather spend that £5 on something else then arrange to collect in-store for free.

Thanks to lucerysmum at HUKD

Tesco are selling this Star Wars Clone Wars duvet set for £8.58 instead of £13.00.

• Click HERE to go over to Tesco

If you have a rabid little Star Wars fan like I do, then this Star Wars Clone Wars duvet set will make a lovely little 'just because' present or an extra something for a birthday, OR not for any present giving purposes - maybe they need a new duvet set!

Whatever the reason would be for buying one, they'll love it.

Character bedding is also a useful tool in the 'I don't want to go to bed yet, I'm not TIRED!' battles; any 'weapon' that encourages your young Jedi to leap into bed is a good thing.

The duvet cover measures 200cm x 150cm and is made from polyester; it'll be nice and quick to dry then and although it can be tumbledried you probably won't need to, unless it's throwing it down with rain of course.

You could, if you wanted to make this a NOT bargain, arrange for Tesco to deliver this Star Wars Clone Wars duvet set to your front door for an extra £5 OR, you could click and buy and go and pick it up yourself for free.

Thanks to lucerysmum at HUKD

Play are selling this cute Winnie the Pooh junior bedding bundle for just £9.99, instead of £19.99.

• Click HERE to bounce over to Play

It's always a good idea to take advantage whenever anything Disney is discounted; I don't mind paying for whatever something's worth, but I do resent feeling ripped off which is how it can feel with lots of things Disney.

However, £9.99 for a Disney Winnie the Pooh junior bedding bundle is just a bargain as far as I'm concerned.

his 4 piece set includes a junior duvet and pillow as well as matching duvet cover and pillowcase; marvellous.

I can't find a tog rating for the duvet anywhere but I can't imagine it's going to be a heavy winter one, so it's going to be perfect for the warmer summer months and in the autumn/winter you can simply layer blankets over the top.

The duvet, duvet cover and pillow case are machine washable up to 40C and can all be tumble dried if necessary.

Delivery with Play is free so £9.99 is the total price you'll you have to pay for this Winnie the Pooh junior bedding bundle.

Thanks to sazzlebob at HUKD

The Great Little Trading Company has relaunched. It is now doing free delivery, and returns. Also, for Friday only, it is 20% off everything when you spend £50 or more. On Saturday this drops to 18%, and then 15% on Sunday and Monday.

• Click here to get 20% off at the Great Little Trading Company

I have bought a few items from here over the years. They do really lovely, nicely designed and built furnishings for children's rooms as well as accessories. The site also sells toys and games.

One of my favourites is this Sling Bookcase. It costs £55, but looks simply beautiful. And is practical as well, perfect for displaying all the large books they get at the pre-school age. I didn't have one, but my best mate did. These books don't sit particularly well on an ordinary book case - you find that the kids pull them all out in order to just find one. Here they sit flat so they can just slide them along to see one underneath, and the bookcase sits flush against the wall.

I also really like the play and store table that they sell on the site. I never brought it as I thought that at £195 it was a bit expensive. If I'd known how much children love to spread their toys out on a table, and how they don't really grow out of that, I'd have invested in something more substantial than the little table we got from Ikea. Also, from the parent's perspective, it means they can leave all their creations and games out ready to pick up later, but you can still clean the floor!

There are lots of other stylish storage solutions on the site, and I had better warn you, it is easy to spend hours browsing!

Tesco Direct are selling this Peppa Pig Toddler Bed for £63.50 instead of £150 - not quite half-price, but close enough to make it a great deal I think.

• Click HERE to go to Tesco Direct

I was (and still am) a bit of a grouch when it comes to character bedroom furniture; all of my children went straight from their cot to a normal bed but I'm pretty sure that, given the chance, they'd have LOVED a bed that featured their favourite character.

I don’t know any self-respecting little Peppa Pig fan who wouldn’t love to leap into a Peppa Pig Toddler Bed, which could come in very handy when they've decided that sleep is for wimps and they're NOT. TIRED!

You're going to have to put your DIY hat on if you buy this Peppa Pig Toddler Bed as it's self-assembly.  The headboard and  footboard are printed with fun Peppa Pig scenes and there are two underbed storage drawers too.

It comes with everything you need to put it together but it does NOT come with a mattress; the mattress size you'll need for your Peppa Pig Toddler Bed is: 70 x 140cm

The reviews are great and someone will need to be in to sign for it on delivery.

Thanks to millarcat at HUKD

Ready beds are a rather genius invention but can be a bit costly. Argos have reduced this Peppa Pig George Ready Bed by one third, bringing the price down from £32.99 to £21.99.

• Click HERE to get ready over at Argos
  

If there is a boy toddler in your family then some sort of quick sleeping solution is going to be necessary at some point or another.

If you’re a grandparent with limited space then you’ll want a bed that can appear from nowhere as if by magic, and disappear again when your grandson has gone back home again.

If your son has little friends over to stay, then they’re going to need somewhere to sleep and it isn’t always practical, OR possible, to have a complete permanent bed on stand-by all of the time.

Sleeping head-to-foot is never fun either, especially if you have a friend who fidgets!

So all hail the ready bed! It blows up and it is completely ready when you need it and packs away into a tiny size when you don’t.

There is an intergral head board (no pillow though, so you'll need one of those), the cover is machine washable and the sides are raised to prevent little ones from rolling over the edge.

The Peppa Pig George Ready Bed also comes with a carry case and a foot pump to blow it up with.

Happy toddler sleepovers!

Mothercare have a half price deal on this Ultimate Collection 'Bed in a Bag' set - it's now £49.99 instead of £99.99.

• Click HERE to dive on over to Mothercare

Before you get too carried away let me be clear this isn't an actual BED in a bag...it's more of a bed linen set in a bag which is suitable for kiddies from birth to about 12 months old.

Your Bed in a Bag comes in a lovely fabric drawstring bag which holds various bedding bits and pieces, here's what you get (along with the various sizes of all the bits and pieces):

• Bumper- Suitable until baby can sit up unaided. Filling 100% Polyester, W33 x L155 cm
• Quilt - Suitable from 12mnths, 4 Tog, Filling: 100% Polyester, W100 X L120 cm
• Coverlet - Equivalent to a sheet and a fleece blanket, Reverse: 100% Polyester velboa
• Pillowcase- Suitable from 12mnths, W42 X L62 cm
• Fitted flat cotton sheet- W70 X L140 cm
• Flat cotton sheet- W120 x L155cm
• Valance- W70 X L140cm - Drop 20 cm

You can arrange to collect your Bed in a Bag from your local Mothercare store if you'd like to, or Mothercare will deliver it to you for free as you've spent over £29.99 - so the choice is yours.

Thanks to Haylhoo at HUKD

The toddler world seems to have been Toy Story crazy for some time now, for good reason. If you're parent, grandparent or vague blood relative – or not – of a Toy Story fan, this toddler bed from Amazon for £97.99, a £42.00 saving, is sure to put you at the top of the favourites list.

• Buzz over to Amazon for this dream deal

The three year old son of a good friend of mine is Buzz Lightyear obsessed. He has driven his mother to near distraction as he “infinity and beyond”'s himself down stairs, around corners and off of beds. His bedroom is full of Buzz Lightyear, his Buzz lunch box and Buzz drinks bottle go in his Buzz backpack – you get the picture. I won't be surprised if the next thing on his Buzz Lightyear list is this bed!

The main bed is made of a sturdy tubular steel and head and foot boards have great big Buzz Lightyear prints on them, while the side panels prevent any accidental falling out. The bed includes a detachable side table with a cup and book holder, as well as two zipped printed fabric under bed storage drawers.

Unfortunately the mattress, which will set you back a further £38.99, and bedding are not included, but Amazon do have great offers on some of these too, such as the Character World Toy Story 3 Duvet currently on offer for £8.50

Thanks to babymanor from HUKD

The Woody and Buzz 'madness' continues with this Toy 3 Space fleece blanket

• Click HERE to zoom on over to Amazon for this deal

The Toy Story stories are utter genius and with Andy all grown up in Toy Story 3 and off to college, you'll have to go to the movies to find out what happens to Woody, Buzz and the rest of the gang (if you haven't been already of course!).

This fleece blanket is going to be just the ticket for any Toy Story fan as it's pretty chilly in the mornings and the evenings already!

I have it on good authority that the weather is as good as it's going to get, so you might as well pack away your t-shirts and shorts and dig out all your autumn/winter things.

I'm a big fan of fleece blankets and jumpers - they are lightweight but super warm, easy to wash - this Toy Story 3 fleece is washable up to 40 degrees, but 30 is likely to be more than enough - and they dry in almost a blink of an eye and can be tumble dried too in hardly any time at all if you need one to be dry straight away.

All of the usual Amazon delivery options apply and instead of paying the £10.21 rrp for this Toy Story 3 fleece blanket, you're only going to need to part with £4.98; bargain!

Thanks to amibees over at HUKD

Forget the old stereotype that cars are for boys! This pink racing car single bed frame is ideal for any little girl racer and having been reduced from £149 down to £49.99 it's ideal for your bank balance too.

• Click HERE to race on over to Argos for this deal

I grew up with motorsport and I love nothing more than the sound of a roaring V8 engine, or the feeling of RAPID acceleration when you twist back the throttle of a motorbike.

I have never owned a Barbie in my life or pushed toy dolls around in prams or strollers (I didn't even like pushing my flesh and blood children in prams and strollers!), but give me a car, or a go-kart to push and I'm happy.

So let's have MORE of these racing things for girls - I can just about handle the pink, I appreciate we might need to take it slowly and remove one gender stereotype at a time.

It doesn't come with a mattress but beds rarely do - it's to give you choice you see (well that's what they say anyway) and you're going to need two pairs of hands to put it together.

The dimensions are: W 100cms x L 207cms x H 40cms and the clearance underneath is just 14.5cms, so not too much room for hiding things under there!

It's not available for collection in-store for obvious reasons and home delivery time is currently 10 days, so plenty of time to get the bedroom organised for when it arrives.

Thanks to silkenlaydee over at HUKD!