This craft set would make a great gift. I think my son has got a little bit too old for Thomas but not entirely. He still loves the little steam engines though I think it is just the books he doesn't find quite as interesting as he used to. Debenhams has this craft set, the Thomas the Tank Engine Story Maker set on sale reduced to £3.60 from £12. That's a saving of £8.40. It works out better if you can collect in store for free, or if you make it part of a bigger order. Standard delivery is £3.99.

• Click here for your Thomas craft at Debenhams

I know it is only January but I can't help but feel this might be worth putting aside for a Christmas stocking filler. Or a little birthday present, or perhaps something to pull out at the half term on a rainy day.

You can use this Thomas the Tank Engine story maker set to create your own adventure story, with the printed scenes, pencils and stickers. This great kids' craft set comes with instruction leaflet and a story maker cover to bind your finished story together with a special ribbon and don't forget your Fat Controller bookmark!

Thanks to retail_therapy at HUKD!

This Micro Scalextric set has been marked down from £90 to £45 and now it is down even further to a mere £27, not bad at all. This is a great price for either yourself or your kids, or both! And it would make a lovely addition to the present cupboard for those little birthday emergencies.

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The Micro Scalextric G1065F DBS supercars set is 1:64 scale and includes two Aston Martin DBS supercars to race around the track with. The set is an extended figure of eight that includes a flyover and a tricky chicane section.

The entire kit is ideal for the young slot racer and the perfect introduction to the fabulous world of Scalextric racing. You get one hand throttle with an orange trigger, one hand throttle with a green trigger, one transformer, one powerbase terminal, a bunch of tracks, an accessory bag of track supports and instruction leaflets.

You can also get the entire set delivered in four working days for free, bargain.

Thanks to Sparkiegirl at HUKD!

Here we are, the second day of the new year. Perhaps you're thinking of working off all that food you ate over the holidays. Or maybe you're thinking of getting fit this year. I always think about that one. With emphasis on the word 'think'.

But it is also a time to take stock, now that the hustle and haste of the Christmas holiday is over. No more rushing about buying gifts or snapping up bargains to last you the year in the sales. My next door neighbour has bought all the presents she might need for birthdays and so forth already. Now there's a woman who's far more prepared than I am.

What if you impulse bought something you shouldn't have? Or you got an unwanted gift? Or maybe you bought or were given something that was faulty? What exactly are your rights? Read on to find out.

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Along with an up to 70% off sale, Debenhams is also doing free delivery and returns at the moment. So it is well worth looking on the site for bargains like this Lamaze Panda's Pal Baby Book gift set, marked down from £15 to £6.75.

• Click here for your Lamaze Panda's Pal Baby Book at Debenhams

This Panda Pal plush toy and book set from Lamaze features high contrast animal pictures in the book, and a soft toy with jingle sounds, soft and cuddly textures and crinkle feet that brings the play to life. According to the blurb on the website, you can courage listening, looking, movement and touch with this great play set. I always take those educational claims with a great big huge grain of salt. I mean, you could encourage all those things too by jangling keys in front of baby.

So ignoring the twaddle, buy this set because Lamaze make toys that are fun and interesting for babies. They usually really enjoy looking through the soft books the company makes. And look at that Panda. How cute is that? What baby could resist?

The toys are suitable for babies from birth. Standard four day delivery is free.

Thanks to andywedge at HUKD!

Looking to expand your awesome collection of Sesame Street characters? Well, how about this utterly adorable and cuddly Cookie Monster who has been reduced from £13 to only £6.50 at Debenhams, a nice little saving of exactly half the original price!

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The Cookie Monster on sale at Debenhams just looks too cute for words in the picture alone! He is soft and squishy and terribly, wonderfully blue! Fans of the famous Sesame Street television show will love him/

The Cookie Monster on sale at Debehnams is suitable from 12 months to four years old (although I don’t see why there has to be a cut off at the age of four?), and it is surface washable. He sits at about 30.5cm in height and has two big eyes on top of his head.

There really isn’t a lot I can say about the Cookie Monster plush toy really. He is cute, decently sized and on sale at half his original price. A great toy to nab in the sales for future presents!

This Hello Kitty cook and play kitchen is down from the usually rather heavy £49.99 to only £24.99 at Debenhams. You are saving £25 off the original price, very nice indeed, and it would make a great birthday pressie for a very lucky little girl.

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The Hello Kitty cook and play kitchen has all the features of a real kitchen such as a hob, oven and fridge and it comes with 12 kitchen play accessories too. The entire kitchen is very pretty to look at (if you like pink) and it will need quite a bit of self assembly too.

Kids can cook up some fun with this foldable and portable Hello Kitty kitchen that also includes a play sink, hob, hot plate, oven, fridge and lots of kitchen accessories such as cutlery and cooking tools. It also comes with a handy carry case so you can take your kitchen with you wherever you go.

Thanks to pontygirl at HUKD!

There’s up to 50% off LEGO at Debenhams and it’s doubtful that stocks will last so if you’re in the market for Lego it’s worth taking a quick look.

• Stock up your LEGO box from Debenhams

There are small and large savings, with, as I said, up to 50% off on some of the LEGO sets available.

The LEGO City Space Centre building set, for example, is half price, reduced from £50 to £25. This set is suitable for ages 6 – 12 and consists of 494 pieces.

There’s £10 off the LEGO Toy Story 3 Western Train which was £79.99 and is now £69.99. The Western Train features 4 cars with opening doors, roofs and even traps. This playset comes with four train cars including an engine, guard carriage, passenger and cargo carriage. Also featured are Evil Doctor Porkchop, Rex, Buzz Lightyear, Woody, Jessie and Bullseye minifigures for you to play with. Built from 589 individual pieces, this Lego playset is suitable for children aged 8 years and up.

Another 50% off goes to the LEGO Star Wars Brickmaster which contains 240 bricks and two figures which makes up eight models. The book that comes with it is a 56-page hardback, and all this is reduced from £18.99 to £9.49.

Thanks to dg141 at HUKD

Use this Debenhams promotional code to get 10% off your order,lincluding sale items. Which means you can grab a bargain in their Boxing Day week sale, which has up to 70% off, AND get a further discount. When I used the code, I noticed at checkout that delivery was free as well. I don't know if that's part of the code, but I'm not complaining. Anything to avoid having to battle it out with the shopping crowds!

Click here to use your Debenhams promotional code

• Discount: 10% and free delivery
• Promotional code: GD34
• Expires: 30th December, 2011

To use this code, go to the Shopping Bag and enter it  in the Promotional Code box. The discount will be applied to your order automatically. You'll see the 10% discount on your order, but you'll only see the free delivery when you get to the Delivery Options page.

This could be a great way to stock up on a few of the basic items you’ll need for the rest of winter, or buy yourself something special as a treat in the sales. And as there's a toys department too, have a hunt for bargains for birthdays and the present drawer.

Thanks to hardikjshah83 at HUKD!

There are Happyland toys on offer at pretty amazing prices at Debenhams right now.

• Happyland Busy Work Site
• Happyland Fairy Treehouse

The Happyland busy work site from Early Learning Centre has lots of moving parts and plenty to keep little ones busy. There’s a moving steamroller and bulldozer, as well as a crane with a winding handle, which lifts a bucket and transports building blocks into a square slot.  The works site includes two construction vehicles, two construction worker figures, a road sign, five building blocks and a dog figure.  It is reduced from £50, and is now just £10, giving you a massive saving of £40.

The Happyland tree house has a treetop home for fairies. It has a working doorbell, a wind-up basket, a fun slide and a snail carriage and comes with three little Happyland characters.  This is also reduced from £50 to £10.

The code DB2U is still active and gives you a further £1 off each, making them just £9! I’m not even a massive fan of Happyland products, and I’m tempted to buy them at these prices!

You wont get these in time for Christmas unless you physically go in store, and then you might not get them at these prices (I’m not sure) but if you have a birthday coming anytime soon, now’s the time to buy!

Thanks to missgem at HUKD

For some people, it isn't Christmas if there's no Ferrero Rocher. By some people, I mean my family. And by not Christmas I mean world ending, cancel all presents, put the turkey back in the freezer, Christmas is cancelled. That's how much they love the stuff.

But not me. I actually am not a fan of the chocolate, and don't really like the taste. A bit bizarre to review Ferrero Rocher perhaps, but then I'm the odd one out in a household where my other half, and both step children love these little foil wrapped treats.

So for them it was like Christmas come early. We received two packs to try out, the Ferrero Rocher Christmas Tree, and the Ferrero Collection Limited Edition with Pistachio.

Both are billed as 'new', however I am 100% certain that I bought the Christmas tree version for my stepson's Christmas stocking last year. I remember spotting it on the shelves at the supermarket and thinking what a jolly good idea to give it that little Christmas touch.

That's one thing that makes Ferrero Rocher stand out is the hard plastic container used, instead of a cardboard chocolate box. I wonder how environmentally friendly this is, but you can re-use the containers and I've done so many times. They make great display boxes for gifts for example, if you can get the Ferrero Rocher label off, or cover it up.

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There’s a bumper pack of puzzles from Bob The Builder on offer at Debenhams at the moment for £4.50 instead of £18. Apply the code below and you’ll receive a further 45p off, leaving you with just £4.05 to pay since standard delivery is currently free too.

Can you build it? Yes you can! With Bob The Builder’s Bumper Puzzle Pack

• Discount: 10%
• Expires: Unknown
• Promotion Code: DB2U (case sensitive)

Aimed at the 3 years and up crowd, the Bob The Builder Bumper Puzzle Pack from Ravensburger contains ten puzzles in one box.  There are four 20-piece puzzles and six 49-piece puzzles.

Unfortunately I don’t know Bob and his crew well enough to wax lyrical about the portrait style pictures, but I can tell you that they are all images of smiley happy machines doing their building thing.  Bob the Builder appears in some of the pictures, but not all, and the machines all seem happy enough to be entertaining our young.

If you have an avid puzzle builder on your Christmas gift list, I don’t know that you can go wrong with 10 puzzles for £4.05.

Thanks to Speculator at HUKD

The ELC Fairy Treehouse Playset is £18 at Debenhams with free delivery. It was £50 but is reduced by £30 to £20, and with the code below you can take off another £2. It’s £40 at Amazon right now, and £44.95 at ELC, once you factor in delivery, so this is quite a fantastic price if you’re in the market for your own little lump of fairy land.

A happy home for fairies from Debenhams

• Discount: 10%
• Discount code: VP42
• Expires: Unknown

The ELC Fairy Treehouse Playset is suitable for tots from 18 months and up, I guess due to small parts.

It includes a treetop home, with a working doorbell – which requires 2xAA batteries – a wind-up basket for delivering all the groceries to the living area, a door that opens and closes, a slide for the fairies to go down, and a snail driven carriage.

The set also comes with three little fairy characters – a boy, girl and a baby – and a few little bits and pieces, like a tea set, according to the picture.

Thanks to cazi77 @ HUKD

Debenhams have this pretty big Graco Deluxe Doll Playset on offer for £19.99, a £30 saving from what was £49.99, and standard delivery is free and takes up to four working days.

• Kit up a doll nursery from Graco and Debenhams

Setting up for a baby doll is a whole lot cheaper than setting up for a real baby!

The Graco Deluxe Doll Play Set has everything you’ll ever need to take care of your favourite doll.

This bundle contains stroller with a canopy for taking baby for walks and it folds flat when you’re finished for easy storage.

There’s a playgym with a dangling mobile for keeping baby doll entertained, and a bouncer for soothing restless toys, and a baby carrier which can be transformed into a swing or a highchair.

There are a few other accessories, like two roleplay baby monitors, a nappy bag and a potty – which I’ve heard is great for convincing toddler to try the potty themselves.

There aren’t any dolls in the set, but they can be found pretty much anywhere, and most dolls would fit into these life-like toys.

Thanks to kimberleycreighton at HUKD

The Hello Kitty pet parlour is down from £13 to £6.50 at Debenhams and you get a very tasty free delivery too. This is such an ace deal I am rather gutted that I’ve already bought all my Christmas gifts this year!

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The Hello Kitty pet parlour is ideal for children over the age of four and includes over 13 different items. Ideal for role play games and encouraging creativity, the Hello Kitty pet parlour comes with two pets to take around the wash and groom areas, as well as Hello Kitty herself (I think).

The parlour opens and closes for easy storage and to adjust so you can create all sorts of different shop designs. Kids will have enormous fun getting Hello Kitty to groom and clean those mischievous puppies!

To get free delivery on your Hello Kitty pet parlour you need to enter the code SHD1 at the checkout.

Thanks to mkb_1980 at HUKD!

This is a rather good price for the Micro Scalextric set at Debenhams. They have marked it down from £90 to £39.96 including delivery (using the code ZM94). The set is part of the supercars theme and is 1:64 race set.

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Get ready for some extreme street race action as two Aston Martin DBS supercars take on each other on a large extended figure of eight track. The track includes a flyover and a tricky chicane section to make things just that little bit more interesting.

Micro Scalextric is ideal for the younger slot racer and is a perfect introduction to the action packed world of Scalextric racing. I still love these sets and can’t wait until we have a bigger place so I can get one for my daughter and I to race on.

These are brilliant fun and this would make a stunning addition to the Christmas tree pile this Christmas.

Thanks to missgem at HUKD!

I'd have died of happiness if I had found this toy under the Christmas tree when I was a kid. The Lalaloopsy were rag dolls that magjcally came to life when their very last stitch was sewn. Each doll has their own personality that comes from the fabric used to make them.

• Click here for your Lalaloopsy playset at Debenhams

Join Spot Splatter Splash and Patches Treasure chest as they play in the Mini Lalaloopsy Treehouse playset. Hidden in the tops of two tall trees, this mini Lalaloopsy playset has plenty of amazing activities for your mini Lalaloopsy figures to enjoy.

Slide back and forth between the two trees on the tyre rope slide, lie down and relax in the hammocks, and keep a look out in the spinning look-out bucket. There is even a treetop clubhouse that can be removed when your mini Lalaloopsies want to hang out on the ground.

The Mini Lalaloopsy Treehouse features: Tyre swing that slides along the zip line Two swinging treetop hammocks Removable club house Elevator and swing seat Spinning lookout bucket with telescope Two 8cm Lalaloopsy figures and their pets.

It is recommended for ages 4 and upwards. Add a small item to your order to take it over £30 and you can take advantage of the free delivery offer on the site. Or you can collect for free instore.

Thanks to morris21 at HUKD!

Use these Debenhams promotional codes to get 10% off your order AND free delivery. This isn't a huge discount, but on the plus side the codes work on items in the sale, which is always welcome. And with the free delivery as well you can pick up just one item, if you like. They're only available for a couple of days though, so use them while you can.

Click here to use your 10% Debenhams promotional codes

• Discount: 10%
• Promotional code: P1AP
• Expires: 7th October 2011

To use these codes, go to the Shopping Bag and enter them one at a time in the Promotional Code box and it will be applied to your order automatically. You'll see the 10% discount on your order, but you'll only see the free delivery when you get to the Delivery Options page.

This could be a great way to stock up on a few of the basic items you’ll need for the autumn and winter. And as there's a toys department too, have a hunt for bargains for Christmas, birthdays and the present drawer.

There's a few sales on the site at the moment too. Half price on women's dresses, 20% off men's cardigans and jumpers, and a whole swathe of half price offers across the men's, women's and kid's ranges.

Thanks to billybass at HUKD!