Finding it difficult to get that perfect gift for younger relatives living abroad this Christmas?
Allow Eire's Kids to take the stress out of these decisions for you. This family run company is based in County Galway, Ireland and specializes in gifts and souvenirs for children.
This Christmas, Eires Kids have put together the ultimate gift hamper for kiddies living abroad, featuring their wonderful children's picture books.
And some great news! To get the holidays off to a lucky start, the good folks at Eire's Kids are sponsoring a giveaway for readers of Irish American Mom.
But before I share the details of the giveaway, let me first introduce you to the lovely children's books written and produced by Derek Mulveen and Michelle Melville of Eire's Kids.
Oisín The Brave:
Oisín The Brave is the adventurous hero in a series of new Irish contemporary children's books by Derek and Michelle from County Galway, Ireland.
These wonderfully imaginative stories take Oisín (pronounced Ush-een) on different journeys of discovery. The exciting and beautifully illustrated characters will spark kids' imaginations.
These book are aimed at young children between the ages of 2 and 7 years old.
The stories are intertwined with a few Gaelic words which is a fun way to introduce children and adults to the Irish language.
Oisín the Brave - Robot Island.
"Hurry Orane, HURRY! It's ...... ITS AN ADVENTURE!!!!
Follow Oisín the Brave and Orane the Dragon through the Dolmen of Time on an adventure that takes them travelling across many seas, meeting strange creatures and help a little robot on a quest to find the GOLDEN KEY and save Robot Island ......
Before time runs out.
Illustration from an Oisín The Brave book by Eires Kids
Oisín the Brave - Moon Adventure Story Book:
......Rocket Ship to the Moon.
Two explorers, Oisín the Brave and Orane the Dragon of N'Scaul find themselves on an adventure that takes them on a journey to find the mystery behind a flashing light coming from the surface of the moon.
Children's Christmas Gift Hampers From Eire's Kids:
For anyone interested in sending a Christmas gift hamper featuring these lovely Irish picture books, then Eire's Kids has created two options from which to choose.
These gift boxes also boast some Irish chocolate treats and savory snacks. Selection boxes are very popular with Irish children and offer a variety of Irish chocolate bars. Santa often brings a selection box or two for Irish children to enjoy at Christmas time.
Tayto cheese and onion crisps are another Irish snacking favorite. These chips (called crisps in Ireland) have a very distinctive onion flavor.
Option One
Oisín the Brave Adventure Book - Robot Island Children's Book
Two Cadburys Selection Boxes
Six Bags of Taytos
All for €40 including worldwide delivery.
Option Two
Oisín the Brave Robot Island Children's Book
Oisín the Brave Moon Adventure Children's Book
Two Cadburys Selection Boxes
Six Bags of Taytos
All for €45 including worldwide delivery.
Each hamper is packed with love and can include a personalized message.
These lovely gifts can be ordered directly from Derek and Michelle's online giftshop called Eire's Kids.
Plus you can follow Derek and Michelle on Eire's Kids Facebook page. Please do give them a shout out by liking their page.
The Giveaway:
One lucky reader will win a gift hamper from Eire's Kids.
To enter just leave a comment on this blog post by noon on Sunday, December 2nd, 2018.
Any comment will do. What you write does not affect your chance of winning, but if you need inspiration why not tell us about your favorite Christmas gift that you received as a child.
A winning comment will be chosen randomly. Remember to leave your e-mail so that I can contact you should you win. Your e-mail won't be published, just used to contact our lucky contestant for mailing of the prize.
The winner will be announced Sunday, December 2nd, 2018, at the bottom of this blog post.
You may check out Irish American Mom's complete terms and conditions for sweepstakes' entries by clicking here.
Many thanks to everyone who supports this little Irish giveaway. Please do share with family and friends and introduce them to Oisín, our Irish adventurous hero.
And many, many thanks to Derek and Michelle from Eire's Kids for sponsoring this lovely prize just in time for Christmas.
Update - Winner Chosen on Sunday 2nd December 2018:
Thanks to all who left comments and supported our Christmas Book Hamper Giveaway.
A winner was chosen randomly using the Pick Giveaway Winner Plug-in for WordPress. Our lucky reader is ….
Liam
I'll send Liam an email to let him know the good news and to get his prize on its merry way to him.
Thanks to all for following my recipes and ramblings. And thanks again to the good folks at Eire's Kids for sharing their books and gift ideas with us this Christmas.
If you're interested in other books set in Ireland or featuring the Irish in America, here are a few more recommendations to check out...
The Fairly Stillwart Chronicles
Thanks for following my recipes and ramblings.
Slán agus beannacht,
(Goodbye and blessings)
Irish American Mom
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Marion
This is a nice Christmas giveaway.
Marion
Joan
What a delightful gift for any child.
Joan
Cindy Thomson
I didn't received nearly as many books as Christmas gifts as I now think I should have, but Charlotte's Web was a treasured gift. And dolls. Always dolls. What a great giveaway!
Marilyn
Thank You for this great giveaway.
Marilyn
Maureen Koebel
There was always a new Nancy Drew book waiting for me under the Christmas tree. I have two young grandchildren and would truly enjoy reading this Irish children's book to them.
m broderick
books and sweeties a compliment in itself. Grand looking books thanking all involved
for the information and wonderful give away
Sandy S Tomlinson
My favorite gift as a child was an Irish setter puppy...
Mary Sullivan
What a wonderful addition to an Irish home library and a wonderful way to learn a few new words! 🙂
Mary Ann
Lovely, thank you for the giveaway! My favorite Christmas gifts were dolls.
God Bless you and yours!
Kerry Smith
My grandson loves books & this is his 1st Christmas. I would love to give him something celebrating his Irish heritage!!
Debbie
Thanks for the gift suggestion. Eire's Kids will now be a stop on our itinerary next month.
Audrey Stewart
What a great giveaway! I love anything Celtic. https://youtu.be/SdFHGFkyew4
K.
What a special treat for a young one to receive! Thank you for the chance to win it.
Gina
I'm expecting my first grandchild any day now. This would be a wonderful family tradition to implement.
Anita Carol Gambrell
How wonderful the holiday giveaways! I love reading Irish stories and verse! Merry Christmas!
Bob Moore
A great gift to reinforce their Irish heritage to my grandchildren !
Geraldine McGovern
I grew up on Tayto cheese and onion made in my home County of Armagh. I always had a Cadbury's Selection Box at Christmas, and bought them for my children and now I buy them for my grandchildren! What a lovely give away, perfect for Christmas. Thank You.
Veronica Vatter
I love gifting books for Christmas! They we're always my favorite presents!
Kelly D
My favorite gift that I received as a child was a Pound Puppy.
Mary Bombaci
My favorite childhood gift was a puppet show kit with little wooden dolls on wooden dowels for the puppets and a cardboard “stage”. I remember acting out red riding hood for my little sister.
NICOLE henke
what a great box! My young daughter is ADDICTED to taytos- she says its her ancestral irish coming out! LOL
Ryli Meehan
What a wonderful gift idea for my nieces! Thank you for sharing this gift idea and introducing us to a fantastic new book series!
Sharon Clark
My favourite Christmas pressent as a child was a set of four plastic Morgan horses.
My grandchildren will love the stories
Linda Antunes
Family all together. Would love this for my great niece.
Sandi
What a lovely gift basket, my 3 year old grandson has always loved books and I know he'd enjoy this story! Thanks for the opportunity!
Terry Campbell
Your blog is amazing. My husbands family is of Irish decent and we try to incorporate as much Irish traditions and food into our life as possible for our daughter. We want her to know her heritage. Thank you for all you post to help with that.
Liam
Tá temptation i gcónaí le "Taytos"
manda
My mother-in-law was born in Ireland and loves all things Irish. Love the gift ideas.
Mary
I'm a teacher and I would love to share these books with students!
Maureen o Hanlon
What a wonderful prize
Regard
Maureen
Cheryl Barker
I have some grandsons who would enjoy these! 🙂
Bernadette
Wonderful giveaway!
Karen D
This would be a perfect Christmas gift for my grandsons! Hoping.
Sheila McTeague
What a wonderful idea for Christmas. This would be great for my grandson. He loves books and great stories.
Natalie
Nice gift. We love following your blog!
Natalie
Great post!
Wehaf
What a delightful gift for any young child, especially one with Irish heritage!
Sofiane
Lovely prize
Becca Taurisano
I would love this for my 6 year-old red-haired Irish American girl! My favorite Christmas gift when I was a child was a wooden horse barn for my Breyer horses. I thought it was boxed away in the attic of the house I grew up in but when my parents sold the house, we never found it! I still miss that barn!
Geraldine
These boys look amazing my boys will love them.
mary LUNDY
Thank you so much for the chance to win this, it's lovely.
Elizabeth Mayes
My favorite Christmas gift was music, albums from my older teenage sister. She passed away this past June and I will cherish the albums she gave me. I am grateful for awesome memories with her and for giving me my love of 70s music! Merry Christmas!
Pauline
My girls love tayto and after spending a month in Ireland this summer they love all Irish chocolate. It was their first visit to Ireland. We also have an Irish pastor at our church and the guygirls would love to share some tayto with him. What a great giveaway.
Carol McLennan
The tayto and selection boxes remind me of one of my favorite parts of Christmas time during my childhood. Would love to start incorporating some of our Irish traditions to my own children now that they’re getting old enough to understand. What a great gift basket!
Colleen Hall
I would love to share this with my children. Happy Holidays.
Ailish
Oh the selection boxes of my childhoo. Such good memories and the quintessential taytos
Rodger Benson
Our first grandson will be 2 months at Christmas but this would be awesome for him as we continue reading to him. Hope you have a fantastic Christmas!
Mary D
What a lovely gift idea! When I was 8 years old I got a watch with Mickey Mouse on the face it was my first watch, and I still own it today.
Martina
What a lovely present!
Kathleen Lavell
Merry Christmas to you and yours!