Hello Baby have provided a voucher code just for VoucherMum.com readers. Just enter code vouchermum at checkout to claim.

Hello Baby sells a wide range of baby stuff from top brands including nursery furniture, prams and pushchairs, car seats, baby safety, accessories, activities, baby toys and travel products. UK shipping is free if you spend over £150.

Here are a few things you can use the discount toward!

Caboodle Fun and Funky Spots Baby Changing Bag – Cream/Red/Blue – £31.99

Infantino Picnic Tummy Time Activity Mat – £23.99

And if you want to splash out…KidKraft My Dream Mansion – £114.99

Chinese grocer Wing Yip sent along two recipes specially designed to introduce children to Asian food. Both recipes are simple enough that kids can get involved in the cooking and the ingredients have been selected for childrens’ picky palettes. I am VERY familiar with picky palettes and how easy it is to fall into the trap of fixing the same foods day in and day out (egg mayonnaise…again?!) so I love this idea.

Bananas in Coconut Milk (Kluay Buad Chee)

This is a typical Thai dessert. Choose bananas that are not too ripe as they need to hold their shape after cooking. This simple dessert is traditionally eaten warm, and sometimes as a snack. Remember to treat coconut milk as you would fresh milk or cream and refrigerate any that is left over. The addition of a little salt is important as it balances the sweetness of the sauce with the richness of the coconut milk.

Ingredients

• 4 bananas (cut each into 4 or 6 pieces)
• 400ml Mai Siam Coconut Milk
• 56g Mai Siam Palm Sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon salt (to taste)

Preparation

1. Peel the bananas and cut each into half down the middle of the fruit using a knife (with help from an adult) and then cut the banana across to make 4 or 6 pieces.
2. Heat the coconut milk in a pan (This must be supervised at all times) and add the palm sugar and salt.
3. Simmer gently until the sugar has melted. Do not cover the pot with its lid.
4. Gently add the banana to the coconut milk and simmer until bananas are soft. This should take about 2 minutes. (Again supervision is needed at all times)
5. Take care to keep the bananas submerged or they will change colour.
6. Adjust sugar and salt to taste.
7. Serve immediately in shallow bowls, allowing one banana per person.

• Serving – 4 children’s portions

Mild Chinese Curry

Ingredients

• 2 chicken breasts (diced) (Any use of sharp utensils must be supervised by an adult)
• 2 Tbsp vegetable oil
• 3 Tbsp Wing Yip Chinese Curry Concentrate
• 1 medium onion (small dice) (optional)
• 1 large potato (medium dice)
• 60g frozen peas
• water

Method

1.      Heat the vegetable oil in a pan (this must be supervised by an adult)

2.      Add the diced onions and cook until they are soft and start to turn a little brown at the edges.

3.      Add the diced chicken and the curry concentrate.

4.      Mix well and after 2 minutes add 500ml of water.

5.      The curry will start to thicken as it cooks and you might need to add more water as required.

6.      Add the potatoes and cook the curry until the potatoes are soft.

7.      Add peas at this stage.

8.      Serve with rice or on jacket potatoes

Wing Yip is the UK’s leading Chinese grocer, with stores in Birmingham, Manchester, Cricklewood and Croydon.

Great offers on carseats from Kiddicare for back to school:

Baby Weavers Nano Carseat SP Granite – Price: £27.99

Maxi Cosi Rodi Air Car Seat Black Reflection – Price: £99.99

Baby Weavers Shuffle SP Carseat Emo Black – Price: £45.00

Great deals this bank holiday weekend from Mothercare:

10% off all pushchairs – ends midnight 31 August

Here is an example of what’s on offer:

Xcursion Travel System – Safari
Was: £365.00 Now: £270.00

10% off all car seats – ends midnight 31st August

Here is an example of what’s on offer:

Maxi Cosi Priorifix Isofix Car Seat – Cappuccino Reflection
Was: £270.00 Now: £189.00

In addition, these offers are also on this week:

• Save up to HALF PRICE on Clothing
• Save up to HALF PRICE on Toys
• Save up to £100 off Nursery
• Save up to Half Price on Feeding
• Buy One Get One Half Price on selected School Wear

Here are the best of the bank holiday offers from ELC!

20% OFF ALL Art & Creativity

20% OFF Sizzlin Kitchen

20% OFF Swim Aids

Mini Baby Dolls now Half Price

20% OFF Singalong Microphone

20% OFF Magnetic Playcentre

25% OFF all Little Tikes (Thursday 26th August to run until end of day Tuesday 31st August)

The lovely people at The JetRest are offering my readers 10% off orders at thejetrest.com, plus the chance to win an adorable children’s travel pillow!

The JetRest is a great online resource for all sorts of travel essentials, including The JetRest Travel Pillow. I haven’t tried the pillows but I loooove to travel and I know how important it is to rest up on a long flight or car journey. And it’s even more important to make sure the little ones are comfortable so you don’t have grumpy kiddos on your hands.

The travel pillow is quite a find. It is designed in an L-shape which allows for a more natural sleeping position and fewer cricked necks.  The pillows come in loads of patterns and colours and you can choose from 100% organic cotton, Scottish cashmere and super soft fleece. You can even have Prevence lavender impregnated into your pillow for a relaxing effect!

The children’s range includes a cute pink or blue teddy pattern, a Tiger pattern or even a Paw print pillow for all young animal lovers.  Made from the softest fleece, they are perfect for keeping your little ones happy and comfy on any journey!

The JetRest have two offers for VoucherMum.com readers:

• Visit thejetrest.com and enjoy 10% off your order when you enter VMUM10 at the checkout. The code can be used on travel pillows, travel blankets, luxury eye masks and more until 31 December.

• Win The JetRest Travel Pillow for your little one by answering this question in the comments: What herb can you have in your pillow to help you relax? We’ll randomly pick one winner on 3 September who can choose a pillow from the children’s Junior range. See some snaps below!

The cute mum-run online shop Tutus and Capes is running a competition and I’m helping to spread the word.

Charlene at Tutus and Capes custom-makes tutus and superhero capes for kids and uses two cute characters on her site. She’s asking for help thinking up names for the characters and to make sure she gets the most creative suggestions ONLY kids can enter!

Here are the characters:

Email your kids’ entries to competition@tutsandcapes.co.uk by 12 noon on 31 August 2010.

All entries will be carefully read by Charlene (Tutus and Capes creator) and a panel of children judges.  The winner will be announced on the site by 30 September 2010.

The prize for the children who come up with the winning names will be a custom-made tutu or cape and a personalised fantasy picture from Enhance-Me.com.  For terms and conditions click here.

And by the way: Tutus and Capes is offering 15% off orders for its summer sale.

Note: I originally posted this last week and am extending the competition one extra day because I’ve been so busy!

Ooh have I got something special for you today!

Willows Farm Village is having their annual Summer Spectacular event and have provided me with a family day pass to give away to one of my readers! Two adults and two children can enter on the pass.

To enter, please share your favourite thing about visiting a farm park with your children in the comments below or Tweet your entry to me @vouchermumuk. Entries must be in by 30 July 2 August and we’ll randomly select a winner to be announced on 2 4 August.

Willows Farm Village is near St Albans in Hertfordshire and it’s absolutely brilliant. The Summer Spectacular is held until 5 September and has plenty of events and activities to keep children entertained rain or shine.

Outdoors, there are all the farmyard animals to see and loads of activities, from Panning for Gold to Inflatable Bouncy Haystacks, Fun Fair Rides and the popular Tractor Trek. Indoors, there is plenty of fun to be had with Willows’ indoor play barn, Woolly Jumpers, featuring active play, ball pools and three exciting slides. A new activity for 2010 is Captain Chicken’s Egg Dodge where the Whites and Yolks team dodge each other’s foam ball eggs fired from the egg cannons.

Some of the Summer Spectacular’s highlights include:

• Willows farmer Andrew Wolfe has planted an A-maize-ing Maze grown completely from maize, an adventure the whole family will enjoy finding their way out of with a competition for the children to take part in.

• Willows Sports Day Races, an event exclusive to Summer Spectacular, where participants can enjoy old-school races including the egg and spoon and bean bag race. All children who take part will receive a certificate.

• Around the farm Tristan the Runaway Tractor will be telling his summer story and the popular Sing-a-long-a Woolly sessions return with Willows Entertainer Chris Beebee and Farm Village mascot Woolly Willow the Sheep, leading children in well-known nursery rhymes.

The Farmhouse Restaurant or Woolly Jumpers Coffee Shop offer a wide range of food for visitors. You can also bring your own picnic or pick up picnic supplies at the Willows Farm Shop which works with local producers to provide a wide range of goods with its own butchery counter, delicatessen, fresh fruit and vegetables, breads, cakes and drinks.

Tickets for the Summer Spectacular are £11.95 for adults and £12.95 for children. Concessions are available for senior citizens and disabled customers, and children under two years of age can enter free of charge.

I can’t wait to see your entries in the comments and on Twitter!

Cocoboat have offered VoucherMum.com readers an exclusive 10% discount to use on the Moonjar financial education programme for children.

Financial education really is a problem. Few children received a proper education about how to manage money which means they are more likely to find money intimidating, confusing and stressful as adults. Now that we’re all struggling through the financial crisis, it is more important than ever to introduce children to healthy attitudes toward saving, spending and sharing.

I think the Moonjar financial education programme is quite cool. It is designed to encourage children to “shoot for the moon”, to not only go after their dreams and goals but to learn good money habits along the way. The programme has won several awards in the US where it was created.

Central to the Moonjar approach is a whole new style piggy bank. Instead of the old one-slot icon we are all familiar with, the award-winning ‘Moonjar’ has three compartments “that remind us of the choices we can make with our money. One each for: Saving, Spending and Sharing.”

Games, books, teaching aids and other materials round out the programme for a wide range of age groups.

 If you are looking for positive tools and resources to help teach some basic money concepts to your children this is great place to start.

Cocoboat sells the Moonjar range online. This includes:

• the classic Moonjar three compartment moneybox
• the  family kit with; lesson plan, 1 classic moneybox, ‘Conversations To Go’ about Money, ‘How The Moonjar Was Made’ storybook and two felt characters
• ‘How the Moonjar was Made’ storybook
• ‘Conversations to go’ range of conversation starters – over 100 questions in each box. Choose from; life, money or travel

To purchase Moonjar at a 10% discount please email me at vouchermum@gmail.com and I’ll put you in touch with Cocoboat.

Cheyenne Spur Steak and Grill in the O2 in Greenwich have built a beach outside the restaurant for school summer holidays! “Spur on the Beach”  is complete with a beach-load of sand, palm trees and hula girls. There are deckchairs to lounge in and beachballs, buckets and spades to keep the kids happy.

And best for your budget, kids eat free from lunchtime to five p.m. on weekdays until “Spur on the Beach” season ends at the end of August.

For more details and T&Cs visit www.ukspur.co.uk.