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This year we are delighted to be able to run a fundraising for Little Blue Heroes and Oscar's Kids, 2 fantastic charities that work tirelessly in support of sick children. There is something for everyone in this incredible prize worth a whopping €1000!! A family day...

Little Blue Heroes As a business we choose to work with a nominated charity Little Blue Heroes. Little Blue Heroes, helps families and children with life limiting conditions or serious illness. We offer our support in several ways but the 2 most visible are our...

We must be the only costume manufacturer that does not spend the months of August to October talking about Halloween. We don’t run Facebook or Google ads for the Halloween season, we don’t encourage you to buy the latest designs for that one night of dressing up.  The...

We are an online shop but we know that sometimes it just does not suit you to pay online. Sometimes teachers want to order for their classroom and prefer to have the payment made by the school. Sometimes early years settings prefer to pay by cheque or by bank...

For a long time now we have been working out of several spaces. Some were good for storage. Some were good for processing orders. We had office space for all the admin work. But we have never had a space that we could call home. Over the last few years, we have had to...

Little Blue Heroes As a business we choose to work with a nominated charity Little Blue Heroes. Little Blue Heroes, a not-for-profit charity operated entirely by volunteers (no paid staff) made up of Garda members/staff, retired Garda members, their families, friends...

Wholesale It is something we shied away from for a long time. We have been asked would we offer wholesale to retail stores on many occasions over the last 2 years and to be honest it just never felt like the right time. One of the things I love about our business is...

We know that lots of our customers are buying gifts for the children in their lives, whether that is a birthday gift or a Christmas gift. We have been asked many times if we have gift bags as an option so we decided it was bout time to make one. There was a bit of a...

New Designs Every year over the summer months we go through a design and development cycle where we draft up and sample some new designs. We include new designs based on what we are most frequently asked for and of course what fits in with our mission to connect...

Ready, Set, Toddle! The theme of this year’s Barnardos Big Toddle is Community Helpers, people who help and support us all in our communities every day. At the very heart of Big Toddle are the children...

Pay with just a click We are delighted to say that our online shop now supports Google Pay and Apple Pay making the process quick and easy. At the end of each product page you will spot a new button which lets you checkout immediately with either Apple or Google...

Why we have changed our name It is a decision that was a long time coming. When we started off, I chose to name the business Mermaids and Dragons, it was quirky and interesting, and it represented my 2 daughters at that time. Like everything though, we evolved. We...