BLOCH Children’s Glitterdust And Sparkle Ballet Shoes, Girl’s Short Sleeve Skirted Leotard And Multi-Compartment Tote Bag Review

Do you have a little ‘prima ballerina’ in your life, or know someone who just adores dancing and would just love to own the most gorgeous selection of dancing goodies? Well, the company BLOCH is a one-stop, online dancing shop that covers all your dancing essential needs!

BLOCH offers a huge, diverse range of both adult & children dancewear, along with all the shoes & other accessories that might be required for any type or style of dancing.

When I was kindly given the opportunity to review the BLOCH Children’s Glitterdust and Sparkle ballet shoes, short sleeve skirted leotard and multi-compartment tote bag, I jumped at the chance and thought that these items would make the most perfect Christmas gifts to wrap up and place under the tree, or to use as stocking fillers for my little girl!

Having a little girl who loves dancing around the living room to music, and whom on a daily basis pretends to be a fairy ballerina, I had been thinking about potential stocking fillers that could assist in helping bring her dancing dreams come to life and take the magic of dancing to a whole new level! With the help of BLOCH, she can now be a proper little ballerina!!! Owning all the kit and caboodle, my toddler looks so good that I might even enrol her at the local ballet school!

As a ‘non-dancer’ myself, the BLOCH website (https://uk.blochworld.com) opened my eyes to a whole new ‘dancing world’ which I had been totally oblivious to previously. As you would expect, dancing is not just for girls/ women, and BLOCH certainly do a large range for boys and men too! If you are a dancer, then you know that BLOCH provide an easy and efficient service to purchase high quality, dancing goods in a quick and timely manner.

Both pairs of the ballet shoes shine and shimmer as the light reflects from the sparkles adorned on these super cute little ballet slippers. These styles make a lovely change from the standard pink leather ballet shoes which I think we are all so accustomed to. The Sparkle ones appear to have glitter stuck to the outside of the fabric and my only issue with this, is that the sparkles are somewhat rough to touch, so they could potentially cause ladders in tights if your child’s feet rub against the opposing leg whilst carrying out particular dance moves. You may also need to keep them wrapped up when transporting them around, or when packing them in a change bag. This will prevent the glitter hatching any other fabric or clothing that may get placed against or come into contact with these ballet shoes. The Glitterdust ballet shoes are made of a different type of fabric where the glitter appears to be of a finer nature, almost trapped within the fabric itself, so it’s not as coarse to touch in comparison with the Sparkle ones and less likely to catch/ hatch other materials they come in contact with.

Both pairs of ballet shoes are available to purchase in child sizes 5 to 1.5, and can also be bought in half size increments, which is especially helpful for little growing feet! With both types being available in 2 different size widths, BLOCH really have tried to cater for everyone’s unique foot size and shape. They also both have a matching draw string for a little bow to get tied into around the toe area, and there’s also a little piece of elastic pre-sewn into each slipper which crosses over the top of the child’s foot to help provide a secure fit, stopping shoes potentially flying off as our little ballerina’s jump majestically through the air!

The Sparkle shoes are available for purchase in both white and pink glitter, whereas the Glitterdust ones are Rose (pink) or a beautiful gold colour. I especially love the gold ones with it being the festive season, and I feel that these would especially make for an ideal stocking filler present.

BLOCH’s short sleeve, skirted leotard perfectly complements all of the ballet shoes and the many other styles of dance shoe! This beautiful leotard is actually one of BLOCH’s best selling items and is available to buy in black, white or light pink. The dress would be perfect for any tap, modern, or ballet outfit. With the attached Georgette chiffon skirt, it delicately swishes and swirls as your little dancer sautés, leaps, and spins. My toddler very proudly loves to demonstrates her ‘fairy twirls’ whilst wearing her pretty, pink dancing dress!! I might be biased, but she really does look adorable in her pink little dancing outfit!

I love that this leotard is 90% cotton and 10% spandex, giving that little bit of stretch – ideal when a child is pulling it on and off. It’s also fully lined, so perfect for even the most delicate and sensitive of skins. The material is nice and thick, so there will never be any embarrassing ‘see-through’ moments and it’s also super soft to touch. This little dance dress is available in child sizes aged 2-14 years and as with all children’s clothing (especially sports attire), I’m very pleased (and relieved!) to confirm that this lovely little dance dress is machine washable at 30°C.

To complete the dance ensemble, there is also a very handy BLOCH multi-compartment tote bag. Well, if there ever was a bag that could fit the kitchen sink into it…. This would be it! I can’t believe how something so relatively unassuming and ‘normal sized’ (45cm wide x 31cm high x 2cm deep when flattened and not including handles) seems to allow for so very much to fit into it. It expands to give a base depth of 22cm.

Again, this is another one of BLOCH’s best selling items and I can totally see why. The black nylon bag has 3 main compartments, of which there are separate little further compartments inside 2 of these sections. The main central compartment is sealed by a black zip – perfect for storing and securing your valuables in, or things which could potentially fall out of the bag. It has 2 smaller zipper sections which I assume could store phones, purses and other personal items in. There are 2 loops of the lining material made for storing pens, a super handy clip for attaching your keys onto (no desperate searching on cold, dark evenings trying to locate keys in the bottom of a never ending bag!) and a Velcro pocket which I assume was for a mobile phone, but I think the majority of our phones these days would not fit into it.
One thing to note with the zips, is that they are all black in colour, so neatly blend in with the bag, and they all have a little, black, rubber/plastic ‘BLOCH’ logo attached to them making it easy to open and close each zipped section.
The other 2 compartments have ‘silver’ poppers hidden inside for shutting them. Again, there are other little handy sections and pockets found in 1 of these sections.

The lining of the bag is a bright ‘hot fuchsia pink’ in colour with black little dancer motifs inside. I feel that this lining gives the bag a real dancing flare, and the BLOCH logo with the words ‘FOR DANCERS’ is embossed in black on the front of the bag, demonstrating that the owner of the bag is the ‘real dancing deal.’

To finish the bag off, it has a double ‘nylon weaved’ handle so can be worn over the shoulder or carried by hand. The nature of the material used for the handles means that they are strong and durable which gives me confidence that they won’t snap or break if loading the bag with drinks bottles etc.

This bag is ideal for children going straight from school to their dancing lessons. There is plenty of room for packing dancing essentials (leotards and shoes etc) whilst also allowing enough room to put school clothing in after getting changed, and also providing room for an extra change of clothes, especially when it’s cold on these winter days when travelling back home afterwards. Alternatively, this bag would make a really lovely gift for any dancing adult to keep all their personal belongs in, as well as dancing shoes and drinks bottles – after all we must keep our hydration levels up when we work up a sweat!!

So, whether your dancing around the house, tapping your way to the top or doing a plié on point, BLOCH is a company that can provide you with all your dancing requirements. Why not surprise the people with ‘twinkle toes’ in your life, to a little Christmas BLOCH gift or stocking filler!

BLOCH Girls Glitterdust Ballet Shoes;
I would rate this product 4/5
The RRP for this item is £15
You can buy them from BLOCH here;

Childrens Glitterdust Ballet Shoes

BLOCH Children’s Sparkle Ballet Shoes;
I would rate this product 3/5
The RRP for this item is £15
You can buy them from BLOCH here;

Childrens Sparkle Ballet Shoes

BLOCH Girls Short Sleeve Skirted Leotard;
I would rate this product 5/5
The RRP for this item is £24
You can buy them from BLOCH here;

Girls Short Sleeve Skirted Leotard

BLOCH Multi-Compartment Tote Bag;
I would rate this product 5/5
The RRP for this item is £33
You can buy them from BLOCH here;

Multi-Compartment Tote Bag