Any child, but mostly boys I suspect, will love to have one of these for sleepovers. Play.com are selling this Disney Pixar Cars Lightning McQueen Sleeping Bag for just under half price at £8.98. The RRP was £19.99.

• Click HERE for your Lightning McQueen sleeping bag at Play.com

Just in case you don't know, there's a new Cars movie out this year. I know my son is dying of excitement in anticipation. He wore out more than one DVD of the original Cars movie. I've noticed that Cars still has a certain cachet in the playground at school. Turning up in a Lightning McQueen t-shirt on dress down day has most of the other boys slightly jealous.

There's absolutely no information on the site about this sleeping bag other than the fact that it measures 68 x 137cm. I'm going to take a guess though that it is more the sort of bag that's suitable for indoor use. It probably isn't the sort of two season bag you'd want if you were going camping this summer, for example!

Thanks to loubey at HUKD!

We were totally excited here at PlayPennies HQ a few weeks ago, when we were offered a few great kiddies toys to review. Unfortunately we couldn't keep any of them for ourselves and passed them on to PlayPennies mums Kelly and Tara to see what they thought of the Ozbozz products.

Ozbozz is a nationwide distributor, supplying top lines of toys to retailers all over the UK. They don't sell directly to the public, but their products are available through many of the leading retailers.

We asked mum of one little girl, Tara, to review the Hello Kitty sleeping bag, which she loved.

"This is just divine,” Tara told us about the sleeping bag. “It is excellent quality and has withstood some pretty hardcore usage since we received it. It has stood in as an extra duvet for a sleepover or two, it’s been used as a picnic blanket out on the beach in cold weather, it has wrapped my daughter up warm on a fireworks road trip in November and it has been most snuggleworthy in front of the TV on these rainy winter’s nights.”

The Hello Kitty sleeping bag can be used in the garden for outdoor camping adventures or for indoor camp outs with friends.

"The Hello Kitty logo is near the top and the zip goes ¾ of the way around”, says Tara, “and the zip only snags once or twice – it really is well made – and my daughter can do it up by herself, no problem.”

Another item in the Hello Kitty range is the tent, which Tara also loved.

"I love this tent. It is so pink that you can park it on a busy field and find it with your eyes blindfolded shut,” she laughed. “It's definitely not for the pink faint hearted.”

Tara didn't feel that the tent was a versatile as the sleeping bag though. It has no windows and only a breathable roof hole made from mesh that's easily covered by the attached rain hood. "Pitched in the lounge it did get quite stuffy and hot quite quickly, and with no ground sheet, it's certainly not for outdoors in colder weather."

For children, the tent is quite spacious, has some pockets to pop secret things in on the inside, has a mesh for the front as well as zip up cover so you can protect against bugs, but it's not really a real camping tent.

The Bakugan Skateboard from Ozbozz features cool Bakugan graphics and is an absolute treat for all Bakugan addicts. The 17x5" board is robust, tough hard maple and is ideal for street boarding and park boarding. The Bakugan satchel skateboard is the ideal choice for younger kids learning to board which is why it appealed to Kim.

"At seven and a half, my son had been pestering for a skateboard for awhile, but I was worried he was too little. The Bakugan Battle Brawlers skateboard had a good wide platform and a sturdy finish – it didn't feel flimsy or like it was about to whiz out from under you (yes, I had a go!)"

The Bakugan board is fully assembled and ready to ride and has tough trucks and PU wheels. It comes with a spare parts warranty and is recommended for 5 Years +

And finally...

The mums final words on the products?

"If you're happy for your child to sleep alone in the tent in the garden in summer, it'll be a great overnight tent, but it's not ideal for an adult to sleep in too, so not really a real camping tent. I think the sleeping bag is fantastic, especially if it is suitable for camping in colder weather.”

And of the skateboard, Kim says: "Obviously my son loved the design and the funky graphics on it. He did get the hang of balancing and up ending it after a while, but to be totally honest, I was only letting him use it indoors! It is a lot of fun, but I probably wouldn't let him outside with it until he is a bit older. Great board though, well made and with a design that really appeals to kids.”

As winter sets in and rain pummels the window pains of our Island, I'm sure I am not the only one that needs help finding ways to entertain the little one, so this sleeping bag set from The Entertainer for just £5 – down from £15 - sounds like a weekend bargain to me.

• Click here for this cosy offer from the Entertainer

It reminds me of sleepovers in the lounge with my sister and brother, and of mum roasting marshmallows on candles on the kitchen table.

This girl's sleeping bag, with a temperature rating of 12 degrees, is perfect for indoor use. The set contains a zip-up polyester sleeping bag, which measures 68cm by 147cm, a torch and plastic water bottle – perfect for washing down the marshmallow-ey sweetness.

It all comes packed into a pretty bag that has two pockets, backpack straps and a drawstring top. The images are girly, but quite timeless as they aren't character specific.

At a third of the original price, I'm quite tempted to buy them as Christmas presents for all my friends with girls – throw in an invitation to a January sleepover and it's the perfect excuse for me to spend time with my girlfriends too. I'm sure the husband won't mind!

I used to have a sleeping bag that was supposed to be able to withstand the sort of conditions encountered by Captain Scott and his team!

• Click HERE to zip up this deal with Amazon

I used to be a Girl Guide therefore I camped, but it was never something I really enjoyed so as soon as I was old enough to hang up my woggle I did!

But my trusty arctic-force sleeping bag came in handy years later when I spent the weekend at a campsite in Donnington for the then equivalent of MotoGP (the GP500!) and camping took on a whole new angle *grin*

Sleeping outdoors under canvas is many things but it's guranteed to be miserable if you're cold, equally it's no fun if you're too hot because your bag is the wrong weight for the season.

This is a great deal what with it being festival season (and there are some GREAT ones coming up). This Gelert X-Treme sleeping bag is a two season 'lite' one, so it's going to keep you warm enough but not see you waking up in a bag of sweat - what a thought for first thing on a Monday morning!

When it's rolled out it's dimensions are:  210cm x 78cm x 50cm.  When it's rolled up in it's little bag it measures a tiny: 36cm x 15cm!  Much fun was always had trying to get the big bag back into the little bag...

Amazon have reduced this sleeping bag by 62% bringing it's price down from £37.99 to £14.25!

Happy festival-going and camping (if you like that sort of thing!)

Thanks to amibees over at HUKD