If you’re shopping online for gifts, the deadline for ordering to get ’em in time for Christmas may be sooner than you think. Get it wrong and instead of presents under the tree, they could be held hostage at a courier firm’s out-of-town depot… To help avoid this, retailers now give their own final cut-off dates for orders you want...

When you think about Blue Peter, whatever your age - the long-running children's TV show celebrates its 60th birthday today - its highly coveted pin badges probably spring to mind. You might assume they're hard to get hold of, but actually, with bit of effort, kids can earn a badge fairly easily...

Kids with badges get free entry at 200+ UK attractions until they're 16.

If you're looking for a cheap treat for the kids, then this weekend you could take 'em down to your local Smyths Toys store and bag free goodies worth about £6.

Pizza and board games – what more could you need? With this deal, you can bag yourself a ‘free’ meal out by spending £25 on board games (which could be stashed away for birthday presents or Christmas). From now until Sunday (25 Mar), by buying selected board games at Tesco Direct*, you can earn 500-1,000 bonus Clubcard...

It’ll soon be the most wonderful (and expensive) time of the year. With Christmas just around the corner, finding the cheapest places to buy presents is a must… Hamleys has just released its list of 10 so-called ‘must-have’ toys for Christmas and, surprise, surprise, they aren’t cheap. Now, before I go any further, a quick reminder –...

Angry shoppers have vented their fury after the prices of popular toys were hiked in time for the Argos 3for2 toy sale. The annual promotion, which launched on Wednesday morning, is popular with MoneySavers stocking up for Christmas, but hundreds of savvy shoppers spotted prices on at least 20 different toys had risen overnight – meaning in...

If you’re an Amazon Prime member you can get a ‘free’ box of baby items, including wet wipes, a bottle and a Disney toy, when you create a Baby Wishlist and purchase £20+ of items from it. It’s available to all Prime members, including those on the free 30-day trial – which is where the trick comes in...

If you’re looking for cheap ways to treat the kids, this weekend take ’em down to Smyths Toys stores and bag some free goodies worth about £6. This Saturday (27 May), Smyths Toys will be giving away a FREE goodie bag to every child – containing Play-Doh, Lego, a My Little Pony fun bag and a few little added extras...

Christmas is nearly upon us and for a lot of families with kids, it will be expensive. Some of the most popular toys this year (according to Mumsnet and other sites) are on the costly side, so I’ve rounded up the cheapest place I could find to buy them. Obviously I’m not saying go out and buy anything on this list, but if you were planning on buying any...

MSE Update Fri 11 Nov 11.15am – This deal has now expired Nothing beats unwinding with some cheap entertainment, and if you are a film fan, I’ve spotted a cool freebie. You can grab a free Ice Age 4 movie – both a digital copy to download to your laptop, tablet or Sky box, and a DVD...