If your Mother-figure is included in your bubble, then cooking her a
3 course meal could be the perfect way to make her feel super special this Mother's Day!
We've selected a Starter, Main and Dessert option from some of our favourite
Kiwi recipe books!
We're a huge fan of Annabel
Langbein's books so we had to include one of her delicious recipes.
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Hi book fans,
If you're anything like me, in the last week I've been skipping over to the
pantry far too often, while others have been posting fitness challenges I've
been curled up with a cup of tea, a book and a bit of baking.
Most office staff at Mighty Ape HQ have been in working from home before the
official lockdown began and since then I've used the time I would usually use
to drive to work to come up with something delicious for the family. It's also
my daughter's birthday coming up so I'm trying our recipes from cookbooks
I have around the house to make her birthday extra special this year.
Here's a few recipes I've tried and loved over the last week:
Chelsea Winter's Lockdown Loaf has blown
up my feeds with pictures of this delicious looking bread. It's the easiest
recipe ever but does require beer, my husband had to sacrifice one of his, the
result was so good he's given me his remaining two!
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Love is in the air! With Valentine's Day just around the
corner, we’ve got you sorted with the perfect Valentine's Day
gifts and experiences. Check out our top 10 ideas for a romantic
and memorable way to celebrate Valentine's Day!
Enjoy a romantic picnic
With gorgeous late summer evenings now upon us, why not embrace the warm and
cosy weather with a romantic outdoor picnic? A delightful yet inexpensive
option, simply pack all your favourite snacks and wine and head to a beautiful,
private spot for an intimate evening. Our Wine
Picnic Table is the perfect companion, with a polished wood
platform and space for a wine bottle as well as two wine glasses!
If you’re wanting something a little more intricate, check out our Classic
Wine and Cheese Basket – a sophisticated and practical basket
fully loaded with two wine glasses, premium corkscrew, cheese board,
and knife!
Top tip: find the perfect picnic spot by simply
visiting your local council’s website for a list of locations – from
regional parks to botanic gardens and hidden beaches!
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Christmas stockings can be a fun tradition for the whole family or a nice
distraction to keep the kids busy on Christmas morning, while you get a little
bit more sleep. Check out our full collection of Stocking
Stuffer Ideas now!
1. Imagination & Learning
There's nothing like a whole galaxy of Glow in the Dark
Stars on a bedroom ceiling to spark the imagination. Keep the kids occupied
(let's be honest – you as well) with Science
Experiment Kits and the classic Mentos Geyser
Tube trick. Younger children can have fun recording and amplifying their
voices with a Toy
Microphone and learning to spell with Magnetic
Letters.
Games
are the perfect stocking stuffer for kids of all ages! Classics like Barrel of
Monkeys and Jenga
provide an instant group activity for those Christmases away from home or for
when those inevitable holiday guests arrive!
Buy yourself an even longer Christmas morning sleep in, by including a puzzle
or brain
teaser in the kids' stockings! Keep it classic with a Rubik's Cube
OR The Crystal
Puzzle range provides a decent challenge and results in a very cute
collectible to display.
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Secret Santa can be an awesome way for colleagues to get to know each other
better and for families and friend groups to save a little money during the
Christmas season. If you haven't already set up a Secret Santa this year, and
your family is getting a little large for your budget… it's not too late to
start one now. Check out our full range of Secret
Santa Gift Ideas now!
If you've signed up for your office-wide Secret Santa, it can be an
intimidating task buying for someone you might not know very well. We're here to
lighten the load and supply our Secret Santa Top Picks that will not disappoint
this Christmas, no matter your giftee's interests!
Whether you’re shopping for a colleague, your partner, family or
friends – any variety of Disney-fanatic will be over-the moon with something
from our Mad Beauty
range. From sleep
masks and bath
essentials for relaxing, to makeup
and nail
care the range has something to suit every taste.
Find something to satisfy any collector’s cravings in our Twas
the Pop! Sale before Christmas sale! Pop! Vinyls are an awesome (and
affordable) way to celebrate anyone’s pop-culture interests and fandoms (even
if they aren't yet a collector).
If you’ve been matched with a bookworm then look no further! Check out our
Mammoth
Book sale for amazing savings on over 1000 titles or if that doesn’t
quite fit your secret santa budget… perhaps a pair of Book Nerd
socks or a themed bookmark
might fit the bill?
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Needing a bit of gift inspiration this year? Mighty Ape has you covered!
Check out our 2019 Christmas
Gift Guide and read on for ideas to suit anyone!
Sweet treats are the best kind of gift as they are likely to be shared with
you! Christmas
themed chocolates are ideal for when you’re on a tight budget but still
love letting people know you’re thinking of them at Christmas time… or for
that colleague you’ve been eyeing up as friend material (but you don’t want
to come on ‘too strong’).
Make sure your friends and family members are well stocked for Summer
activities this year! Get your boisterous niece or nephew a Nerf
N Strike Elite so they can terrorise the rest of your family at the
Christmas BBQ. A quirky Ride-On
inflatable unicorn lounger for pretty much anyone you know with a pool (who
on earth doesn’t love unicorns!?). A portable BBQ for
mum/dad/partner so you can all enjoy sausages on the go and a cute beach
seat for an optimistic parent (you know they’ll be chasing kids up and
down the beach all summer long leaving that seat wide open…for you).
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This Christmas one lucky monkey will win their height in books!
To enter, just buy any one of these
books and you're automatically in the draw.
Every book you purchase is one entry into the competition so go bananas and
get all your Christmas shopping done!
Prize includes:
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We've got some fantastic books in stock now that are perfect for kids this
Christmas – and to celebrate we're giving you the chance to WIN a
Kids Book Super Pack worth $500 for your little ones. This prize pack
is bound to keep some lucky little monkeys busy over the school holidays!
To enter the draw simply purchase any of the selected popular
children's books from our Kids
Book Promotion. Every book you purchase automatically gives you one
entry into the draw, so the more you order the more chances you have
to WIN!
The Kids Book Super Pack includes one copy of every book in our Kids Book
Promotion:
Entries close on December 19th. The lucky winner will be drawn and notified
on the 20th of December.
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Hachette New Zealand is giving away one of the most impressive Harry Potter
prizes we've ever seen!
Purchase a copy of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child: The Journey and enter
the competition for your chance to WIN a trip for two (including flights and
accommodation) to see the Harry Potter and the Cursed Child live show in
Melbourne, plus a behind the scenes experience!
We want this epic prize to be won by a Mighty Ape customer so grab your copy
of Harry
Potter and the Cursed Child: The Journey now and enter here. Already got your copy? You can
still enter.
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child is one of the most celebrated stage
productions of the past decade. Opening in London's West End in 2016, on
Broadway in 2018 and in Melbourne in 2019 – and with more productions
worldwide still to come (including San Francisco later this year) – the play
has smashed records, collected countless rave reviews and awards, and captivated
audiences night after night. Now readers are invited behind the scenes to
experience the show's journey to the stage – from the earliest phases of
development with producers Sonia Friedman and Colin Callender, to the crafting
of the eighth Harry Potter story with J.K. Rowling, director John Tiffany and
playwright Jack Thorne, and to the gathering of an extraordinary team of artists
and actors together to bring this new part of Harry's story to life.
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