Kidunk review: tough clothes for active toddlers
Are your kids mud magnets? Mine sure are. If there’s a puddle they have to splash in it. If they spot a dirty ditch they are drawn towards it like it has its own gravitational field. Our active toddler and pre-tween love getting messy.
It inevitably results in piles of washing and – even though the thought wading knee-deep into a river was the best idea ever at the time – soggy, grumpy little people.
To date we’ve tried water-proof trousers, all-in-one rain suits and various jackets to try to keep our girls comfy and dry when we are on outdoor adventures. However, there’s always a part of them that gets damp; usually their feet.
Enter Kidunk. They got in touch with us after Just So Festival – a brilliant, and messy family festival that takes place in Cheshire every year. We were there, as were Kidunk, but we didn’t get chance to chat. So it was lovely to hear from them as we share a lot of similar interests – most importantly allowing kids to have fun outdoors.
Kidunk very kindly sent us a couple of outfits to try with our girls. Read on for a chance to win a Kidunk outfit for your own active toddler.
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What make’s Kidunk’s kids clothes different?
Kidunk’s clothes are designed to be water resistant, warm and fun. They’re certainly unlike any outdoor kids clothes we’ve seen before. Most impressive is the stay-dry design.
The colourful outer layer is Teflon coated to be water resistant and on the inside it’s lined with fleece to keep your toddler warm. Our naturally warm little ladies had some thin layers on underneath their Kidunk outfits the first time they wore them and were asking to strip off.
We tested the girl’s Kidunk suits on a rather drizzly day visiting Agatha Christie’s holiday home Greenway, which you can get to by boat from Dartmouth in South Devon. We rode on the top deck despite the rain and all wished we were wearing something as cosy as the girls!
Clever features of Kidunk’s outdoor clothes for toddlers
The suits come in two parts but can be zipped together to create an all-in-one waterproof outfit. This feature proved extremely handy for us as Tin Box Baby has only recently cracked potty training. Being able to zip-off her bottoms fast is essential!
It was the bottoms that impressed me the most with expandable legs to go over wellie boots (also available from Kidunk) and elasticated leg cuffs that tuck inside boots to minimise the chance of water getting in should your toddler decide to engage in some vigorous splashing.
The verdict
Kidunk’s outdoor clothing for toddlers is ingenious. The only thing we thought was missing was a hood for those days when we are out in the rain.
Kidunk trousers cost £19.99, tops are £24.99 and wellies are £18.99. They come in unisex, girls and boys colours and are available for kids aged two to four. See the full range and shop on the Kidunk website.
Win a Kidunk outfit including wellies for your toddler
We’ve teamed up with the lovely people at Kidunk to offer a reader a top and bottoms set, plus a pair wellie boots for their toddler. All-in-all it’s a prize worth £63.97. Simply read the T&Cs below and log into the Rafflecopter using your email address or Facebook account. Follow the instructions for multiple entries. Good luck!
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Disclosure: this giveaway and blog post are a collaboration with Kidunk. We were given outfits for both our girls in exchange for a review.
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On our Forest walks x x x
in the garden
Mine love getting messy in the garden
my son doesnt need to go anywhere to make a mess hes a magnet for it, but he loves playing in the garden making mud pies and on the swings and slide o trampoline x
walking the taf trail with the dog – always muddy 🙂
He likes getting messy in the forest on family days out.
My little niece always gets messy “helping” in the kitchen.
In our back garden. They love it out there and will ask to go out nearly every day even in the garden or when the weather is awful
In the woods, or anywhere there is mess to get messy in!
In our local forest x
The kids like to get messy in the garden
twins love outdoors and they love getting messy at the local park and the playground. Thank you.
Along our local canal to see the horses, cows and deer! 🙂 xx
In the park 😀 xxx
Hardwick hall park in Derbyshire
everywhere we go !
seriously they jump in every puddle , this time of year when the parks all muddy
they put their wellies on when walking the dog and have a great time
In the park 🙂
Playing in the fields – they love it.
My little one loves to get messy on long walks – muddy puddles are a firm favourite!
at nursery they do forest days 🙂
In the woods at the back of the house
My daughter is always out and about with beavers, she goes on all sorts of outdoor adventures with them
The park, they love jumping in muddy puddles.
They always seem to come back from the local park absolutely filthy!
Grandson gets messy when he’s out with his mum taking their doggy a walk
in the woods
In the garden mostly where there is a “jungle” and lots of mud!
Our local country park. There is a playground, a place to feed the ducks and lots to explore.
Our kitchen haha 🙂
At club! They do a lot of messy play and outdoor activities and they love getting messy!
lolves rambling down in the wood
In the kitchen – my daughter loves to bake
sidmouth donkey sanctuary
On the beach, any time of the year
The beach.
My boys love jumping in puddles – that never gets old
Laura x
AT OUR LOCAL FOREST, ALICE HOLT
Across the fields and along into the woods
My little Grandson loves our garden it’s big so he can make his own puddles and splash away .He has nana joining in we look like the peppa pig family by the time we’ve done ! Lol
Dalby forest can run around and get very muddy,indoors Messy beans York
my daughter loves to get messy out on our local woodland walks.
It has to be in the park jumping in lots of mud and puddles
In the mud at the park!
living room
Out walking the dog, usually involved a bit of water and mud!
The woods, jumping in puddles/mud!
Our grandchildren love getting messy in our garden or the local park
Pretty much anywhere goes with my little lad…weddings, christenings – you know the places you’d wish they’d sit nicely and behave often brings out the urge to jump and run around for him. 😉
the woods x
On their forest walks.
in the garden or on our local cycle track
In the sandbox.
My son is also a terror for getting messy in water, wherever it may be. We have a particularly boggy bit of land near where we live he always loves jumping in when it rains
Anywhere, you name it. The garden, the park, the woods, the beach. He loves being outside and playing in water!
My son loves a muddy walk and splash around in puddles at a local place called Anglers Park. It also has a room on the broom trail which is a bonus!
On the beach.
We are national trust members so spend a lot of time on nice walks and muddy parks so this would come in handy for these days out
Anywhere with muddy puddles! usually Priory Park in Bedford as it’s just over the road.
I’m not sure if it counts as a ‘messy place’, but she loves the beach.
We love going to Bowood and exploring the grounds
In the park
In a sandpit or a muddy puddle!!
At the park
My kids love to get messy in the garden
Down the woods near our house.
The Garden !!
in our garden, esp sitting in the muddy veggie patch
In the forest near our house, lots of muddy trails to explore and puddles for jumping in.
my kids love jumping in puddles!!
In the garden, usually covered in mud!
In muddy puddles at the local playground lol
In the river, looking under stones
We are lucky as we live near some lovely spots, our favourite is a place called Stoney Clouds, which even has a cardboard hill!
with bath paints in the bathroom x
More a case of where they don’t like to get messy! Jumping in puddles filled with leaves is favourite
The kitchen table! But outdoors, it’s got to be up the local right of way in among the puddle and the ponds.
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in our local woods – if there is a muddy puddle it will always be found!!!!
When my son goes rockpooling on our local beach and he always gets his clothes mucky and wet.
My nieces love crafting and always get messy in the dining room.
Near the lake when we go and feeds the ducks. My daughter always jumps on big puddles.
In the Park
The local park, playground or our garden.
On the bridle path near our house, or the local farm shop with his mates.
in the back garden
I don’t have any children but would love to win this prize for charity, to go to Romania.
At the Churston woods, at the woodland not far from our house. I have to say myself, it’s pretty magical.
well i would normally say in the park, but with the state off my twins bedroom and the way they come down after playing, i’d defo say the bedroom!!
The park
In the garden
My little boy is discovering mess at nursery. He actually is a little bit of a clean freak to our surprise! Great for us and the ladies at the nursery. These would definitely help!
Wet and messy – down on our local beach!
Our local park x
The woods or nature trails
Our children love getting messy when we go camping, and we love visiting our local nature reserves and country parks xXx
The trees opposite our house after its been raining
mine like to play in the woods
Our local playground – it’s often muddy but still fun even if it has rained past three days…
usually most places they go
They would have been perfect for Isabelle when she was little
Cute, aren’t they? Tot is on the verge of growing out of hers already – I’m gutted. They’re so practical!
This looks great. My youngest is always getting wet and filthy. Love the trouser cuff idea. But agree a hood would be handy.
These look great! The Gruffalo Suit is getting a bit small now, so will soon need something else for Tree Tots…
How did you find the sizing?