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Feed the world

If you’re tempted by another soft toy this month, make sure you plump for Plumpy. According to non-profit organisation Feed, almost 400 million children around the world go to bed hungry every night and a child dies every five seconds due to malnutrition. Proceeds from sales of the bear will provide kids with Plumpy’nut, a life-saving high-nutrient paste used to treat acute malnutrition. Give Plumpy a home and you’ll be providing five children with five treatments. Take Nut too and another three kids will get the treatment. Available from The One, the furniture store also sells funky Feed bags, proceeds of which help supply school meals to hungry kids in Rwanda. Check out www.feedprojects.org and www.wfp.org for more information.
Plumpy Dhs249, Nut Dhs149, bags Dhs299 from The One (04 345 6687).

Dolly mixtures

Every little girl wants to be like their mum. Some days this will manifest itself through them trying out your Dior lipstick or your Kurt Geigers, but other times it’s more basic (and far less irritating) than that – they play with their dolls and copy your perfect parenting skills: changing nappies, taking them for baths, reading them a story. Now it’s dolly’s turn to copy her ‘mum’ with this summery pink duo of child’s and doll’s dress. It takes cute to a whole new level.
Dhs340, Favourite Things (04 434 1984).

Good for the soul

We’re flipping out over Havaianas’ flip-flops for babies and kids. Ideal for beach babes, they stop the hot sand toasting those tootsies, while the ankle strap makes them sturdy on the souls. Check out the soccer, karate and monster robots for little dudes and cute animals for the girlies. Hate getting sand in your toes? Try the Havaianas flip-flop sock based on Japanese ‘tabi’ socks... whoever thought socks and sandals could be cool!
Dhs90-115, ZaZeeZou (04 344 0204).

Cupcakes for a cause

As if we needed an excuse, Sugar Daddy’s will be baking special-edition cupcakes, complete with pink and white frosting and ribbons, throughout the month of October. Doing their bit for international Breast Cancer Awareness month, the cupcakes will be sold for Dhs15 each with part of the proceeds going to the King Hussein Cancer Foundation in Jordan.
Dhs15, Sugar Daddy’s Bakery, Village Mall, Jumeirah (04 344 8204).

Peg a picture

When the kids come home from school proudly clutching their day’s work in sticky fingers, it’s nice to be able to display it without investing in a frame and nails. Help is at hand: these funky wall pegs are perfect for drying or displaying those mini-masterpieces.
Dhs60, ZaZeeZou (04 344 0204).