Kinder Arts

Don’t think this is just a beautiful shop to buy beautiful things for your mum. There’s is something for everyone here and you’ll be surprised by all the unexpected cool stuff you just might want to get for yourself.
The lady who runs Kinder Arts is lovely and treats her customers like old friends. The things she chooses to sell are just gorgeous and often you won’t see them anywhere else — there’s a range of silk velvet handbags in gemstone colours and various shapes that are so stunning I used one for my wedding.
There’s artworks, jewellery, fashion accessories (a lot of GREAT handbags, I LOVE bags), homewares, toys, even garden features and statuary. There’s gift ideas big and small and nothing is ridiculously overpriced as is so often the case in these kinds of boutiques. I particularly love the Kiwiana bent to a lot of the products and the artworks are a really affordable way to put something beautiful on your walls.
It’s the kind of shop where even the kids like coming. Aside from the toys and other kids’ stuff, my boys always talk about how cool the giant wooden spiral tower (for marbles) at the back is. And they are always welcome to play with it even if things get a little bit noisy and overexcited. Nice.

Even though this store is aimed toward older women, I often find myself returning to browse (the store not the older women). Kinder Arts easily entices me with busy crowded window displays, where every colour jostles for attention and recognition.
This gift store has scarves and jewellery for your grandmother but also children’s gifts. They have an outdoor retreat full of water features and concrete statues. The have mass-​produced art done by some poor Indonesians depicting everything from Tintin pop art to Renaissance inspired canvases.
Kinder Art has an eye boggling amount of knickknacks and gifts, with constantly rotated displays. As they are open most weekends, it is a nice store to waste away a lazy Sunday.