Milton Keynes Gifts and Souvenirs - Home of the Mini Concrete Cows

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25 November 2024

Christmas is coming

Deadline ordering date for Christmas orders, plus a free gift when you spend £50 or more.

23 October 2024

Special Giveaway: Halloween Bat Cow 2024

Halloween is fast approaching, and to get in the spooky mood we have a very limited edition small Bat Cow to give away!

20 August 2024

New MK Cows product - custom designed Busblinds

Let us design and create a personalised work of art that has a Milton Keynes look and feel.

1 March 2023

Artists Wanted to Make and Paint Mini Concrete Cows

I am looking for a new artist to join our team to make and paint the Milton Keynes Mini Concrete Cows.

4 April 2022

Facebook Competition to Win a Small Mini Concrete Cow and Map of Milton Keynes Tea Towel

As a member of Destination Milton Keynes are pleased to offer one lucky Facebook follower the chance to win a Small Mini Concrete Cow and one of the new Map of Milton Keynes Tea Towels.

1 April 2022

The 'No Joke' Competition 2022

A hide and seek competition to win a pack of MK Cows Playing Cards and Pairs Game.

25 March 2022

Les Misérables is Coming to Milton Keynes

The mighty musical Les Misérables returns to Milton Keynes this April.

03 February 2022

Happy Birthday MK Cows

We can't believe that this year we celebrate 15 years since the first Mini Concrete Cow was cast in real concrete and painted.

22 January 2022

Christmas Competition Winners

We are happy to announce that the overall winner of the competition was the photo of a small family of Mini Concrete Cows (small and medium) becoming part of the Christmas decorations on the fireplace. Congratulations.

New owner certificates and registration process

19 January 2022

New Mini Concrete Cow Owner Certificates and Registration Process

We are pleased to announce an upgrade and improvement to the process for registering your new Milton Keynes Mini Concrete Cows.

25 December 2021

Christmas Day Special Offer

For the first 20 people that click on this link they will be able to buy the new MK Cows Playing Cards and Pairs Game for half price.

14 December 2021

The Twelve Days of Christmas with MK Cows

On the first day of Christmas my moo cow gave to me...

30 November 2021

First 10 MK Cows NFTs Released

The first 10 MK Cows NFTs have been released. The designs include some old favourites and some new MK Cows characters to add to your block-chain portfolio.

The Great Christmas Cow Competition 2021

29 November 2021

The Great MK Cows Christmas Cow Competition 2021

We are very pleased to announce the Great Christmas Cow competition to find the best Christmas photos of MK Cows and concrete cows related things.

25 November 2021

Greetings from the snowy mountains of Norway

We are always excited to see other people's photographs of their Mini Concrete Cows and here is a particularly cold looking one.

25 October 2021

Tea Towel Map of Milton Keynes

The Map of Milton Keynes in the style of the London Underground map works well in many different formats and the newest trial product for MK Cows is on tea towels.

11 October 2021

Canvas Print of the Map of Milton Keynes

We are always looking for great ways to present our famous Map of Milton Keynes. Digital printing on canvas and then mounting on a solid wooden frame is a great way to show of the city of Milton Keynes.

1 October 2021

Stay Safe Milton Keynes

Thanks to Teresa from Stony Stratford for this very covid friendly Mini Concrete Cow photo. It is a timely reminder to think of others and do what we can to protect our family and friends from the effects of COVID 19.

14 May 2019

Wedding Cows, the Perfect Wedding Gift

When we were contacted by a couple who were about to be married and they wanted something a little different for the table with their wedding cake, we thought what a wonderful opportunity for the Mini Concrete Cows.

9 August 2018

Sparkly Midnight Moo Trophies

As in previous years we are pleased to support the Willen Hospice Midnight Moo sponsored walk by providing the winners trophies

27 March 2018

Concept Logo for Milton Keynes MK Cows

Sometimes we like to have a play with branding and experiment with designs. Milton Keynes is home to many famous brands in industry, entertainment, music, media, etc.

15 January 2017

Allianz Insurance Branding Mini Concrete Cows

Allianz have been buying Mini Concrete Cows for their company awards events for many years now.

18 March 2016

Juvaris Biotheraputics Custom Cows

Many businesses have commissioned some customised Mini Concrete Cows to use as corporate gifts and branding toys. The Mini Concrete Cows make the perfect business ambassador.

30 July 2015

Special Edition Shrek Mini Concrete Cow

As a small labour of love this customised Mini Concrete Cow was adjusted to look like Shrek co coincide with the release of the Shrek Musical at the Milton Keynes theatre.

15 March 2015

New Busblind Design for Milton Keynes

As part of our interest in promoting the success of Milton Keynes as a city and community, we created an example busblind design to support the #ILOVEMK campaign.

25 December 2014

Clover the Mini Concrete Cow at the Christmas Nativity

A Mini Concrete Cow is the perfect addition to any Christmas nativity scene, as shown here by Clover the medium cow.

2 December 2014

MK Cyclo Cross World Cup Trophy

A number of sports organisations have used Mini Concrete Cow trophies as awards at their sports competitions hosted here in MK.

24 November 2014

Skyline Taxis Customised Map of Milton Keynes

A customised Map of Milton Keynes is the perfect office accessory for a business that relies on the roads in and around Milton Keynes every day. Skyline Taxis is one of those companies and is certainly well know around the streets of MK.

6 November 2014

SAI Global Branded Mini Concrete Cow

The SAI Global office here in Milton Keynes have bought a number of different size customised Mini Concrete Cows that all have their logo carefully added to the body of the cow.

13 October 2014

Customer Painted Green Eyed Mini Concrete Cow

A number of customers purchase the unpainted plain white Mini Concrete Cows and then paint them themselves. Here is one example.

18 September 2014

Virgin Money Map of Milton Keynes

Virgin Money in Milton Keynes were excited to have a customised Map of Milton Keynes that was printed on a large piece of clear perspex and installed in their offices here in Milton Keynes.

24 July 2014

Milton Keynes Council Large Perspex Print of Map of Milton Keynes

In one of the Milton Keynes Council offices now hangs a large format perspex print of the Map of Milton Keynes in the style of the London Underground Map.

1 June 2014

Secklow 100 Dragon Boat Racing Trophies

We have been making trophies for the Secklow Dragon Boat Racing club for a few years now and every year they still look as fantastic as the last.

30 April 2014

#Love MK Concrete Cow

We wanted to support the #LOVEMK campaign this year with a piece of graffiti art with a concrete cow connection.

14 December 2013

Northampton Newspaper Cover with the Mini Concrete Cows

The Mini Concrete Cows get everywhere! We are not sure on the story behind this, but the large Mini Concrete Cow was featured on the front cover of the Northampton Chronicle.

1 December 2013

New Milton Keynes Calendar for 2014

A new Milton Keynes calendar has been designed and printed ready to buy for Christmas and the new year.

14 November 2013

New Mini Concrete Cows Cow Owners T-shirt

To celebrate the last 7 years of making Mini Concrete Cows we designed this limited edition t-shirt.

8 August 2013

Mini Concrete Cow Trophies Used for MK Schools Debating Competition

Indeed a happy day for the well deserving winners of the MK Schools debating competition held recently.

8 August 2013

Table full of Small Mini Concrete Cows

Here is a little insight into the world of Mini Concrete Cow mass production.

7 August 2013

Lola the Mini Concrete Cow from Columbia

The owners of the Mini Concrete Cows are generally a very creative bunch, non more so than the owner of this cow who has been affectionately named Lola.

2 July 2013

Secklow 100 Dragon Boat Trophies

We are proud to be making more trophies for the Secklow 100 Dragon Boat racing club for their upcoming race day.

16 December 2012

Clanger Style Mini Concrete Cow

A customer ordered a medium Mini Concrete Cow and wanted to have it custom painted to look like a Clanger.

12 December 2012

Christmas eBay Sale of Mini Concrete Cows

We anted to provide a few extra Christmas Mini Concrete Cows and so we painted this special green and gold medium Mini Concrete Cow and put it on sale with the large Mini Concrete Cow that is signed by the current MK Dons team.

11 December 2012

New Skeleton Mini Concrete Cows for Christmas

We have been asked by so many people if we could paint some more skeleton cows that we finally got round to it in time for Christmas.

1 December 2012

New Milton Keynes Calendar 2013

The next Milton Keynes Calendar for 2013 is now ready and on sale on the website and in various locations around the city of Milton Keynes.

29 November 2012

New Mini Concrete Cow Bookends

The moulds for the Mini Concrete Cow bookends have been improved and updated creating a new edition of this unique product.

28 November 2012

Right Move Custom Edition Map of Milton Keynes

The company Right Move in Milton Keynes wanted something special to show off in their office. They chose a custom printed perspex print of our Map of Milton Keynes.

7 November 2012

Australian Customer Painted Red Bull Mini Concrete Cow

We have sold a number of plain white medium Mini Concrete Cows and the customers paint them themselves. This example from a cow owner in Australia is a particularly detailed and no doubt time consuming design.

4 November 2012

Special Edition Twitter Mini Concrete Cow for 400 to 500 Followers

At the milestones of 400 and 500 followers on Twitter we gave a way two more special edition Mini Concrete Cows.

3 November 2012

Flickerbox Custom Mini Concrete Cows

Another company in Milton Keynes ordered a collection of branded Mini Concrete Cows. Flickerbox needed cows painted with specific colours and with a couple of logos attached.

2 November 2012

Small Mini Concrete Cow Visits Central Park in New York

Another small Mini Concrete Cow was made a travelling companion to a trip to New York and was photographed here with the famous Central Park in New York in the background.

1 November 2012

Mini Concrete Cow on Holiday in the Bahamas

If cows can get sunburn and sun stroke then this little lady is on the way to it. Pictured here on holiday in the Bahamas and obviously waiting for them to clear the pool so she can take a dip.

24 October 2012

First Mini Concrete Cow Registered in China

It is hard to believe that the Mini Concrete Cows have been purchased and taken (or sent) to 12 countries already.

19 October 2012

Milton Keynes Citizen Article on Skeleton Mini Concrete Cow

TeThe Mini Concrete Cow we painted a few days ago to match the real skeleton attack on the real concrete cows in Bancroft attracted the attention of the MK Citizen and they included an article in this weeks paper.xt

18 October 2012

Network Rail Branded Mini Concrete Cow

Another corporate Mini Concrete Cow was born and decorated for Network Rail. The cow was painted the standard black and white and then the company logo was added to the back.

16 October 2012

Skeleton Style Mini Concrete Cow

When the real concrete cows were defaced and painted to look like skeletons we knew they would soon be cleaned and returned to their natural glory. So we wanted to create a Mini Concrete Cow that looked similar.

11 October 2012

Wiseman Dairies Mini Concrete Cow

A special edition branded Mini Concrete Cow was made for the company Robert Wiseman Dairies. Milton Keynes isn't the connection here but the love and dependence on cows is.

10 October 2012

Sainsburys Golf Competition Trophy Mini Concrete Cow

Many businesses hold golf competitions for their staff (and clients) and Sainsbury's in Milton Keynes is no exception.

9 October 2012

MK Dons Mini Concrete Cow

It was that time again to create a new batch of MK Dons branding Mini Concrete Cows.

8 October 2012

Fonterra Customer Mini Concrete Cow

The next customised Mini Concrete Cow was for the largest dairy business in New Zealand that have a lot of cows. Fonterra supplies their dairy products all over the world and care for a huge population of cows.

29 September 2012

How are The Mini Concrete Cows Made - Production Photos

Many people ask us how are these Mini Concrete Cows actually made. Are they really made from concrete? Well, yes, and here is how we do it.

28 September 2012

Destination Milton Keynes Mini Concrete Cow

Destination Milton Keynes is the city organisation that works to promote the city, businesses and people of Milton Keynes. They asked for a branded Mini Concrete Cow that was used in a public competition.

27 September 2012

Moo-York Small Mini Concrete Cow

When MK Citizen reporters go on holiday you know one thing they take in their hand luggage is their small Mini Concrete Cow. Well, at least this is what Sammy Jones did on her trip to New York.

23 August 2012

Milton Keynes Citizen Report on Gold Olympic Mini Concrete Cow

The Milton Keynes Citizen newspaper took hold of the special gold Mini Concrete Cow for Greg Rutherford and made a great news item out of it.

15 August 2012

Gold Olympic Long Jumper Mini Concrete Cow

With the success of our British olympic gold medal winning long jumper Greg Rutherford, we decided to make him a special gold Mini Concrete Cow.

10 August 2012

Rainbow 50 Mini Concrete Cow

Sometimes we get a more involved order for a custom design on a Mini Concrete Cow. This rainbow cow for a 50 year old birthday was one of these.

14 July 2012

Midnight Moo Trophies

Every year the Willen Hospice Midnight Moo event chooses a different colour as a theme and to use on the t-shirts worn by the participants. This is year it was bright orange.

13 July 2012

Xero Branded Mini Concrete Cows

As a very successful online business accounting software solution, the Xero office in Milton Keynes wanted an iconic Mini Concrete Cow for each of their main offices (UK, USA, New Zealand.)

12 July 2012

Special Edition Twitter Cows for 200 and 300 Followers

We like to do something special for the people that follow the MK Cows on social media channels and so for Twitter we have been giving away special Twitter styled Mini Concrete Cows.

10 July 2012

Dragon Boat Racing Trophies

The Secklow 100 Dragon Boat Racing club continue to hold their annual race day and to finish the day of with a wow they present Mini Concrete Cow trophies to the winners of the different race categories.

1 June 2012

The Queen's Jubilee Mini Concrete Cow

Anniversaries come round all too quickly and none more so that the Queen's Jubilee. So we thought we should make a very British, a very patriotic Mini Concrete Cow.

17 May 2012

The Musical Mini Concrete Cow

We wanted to create a musical Mini Concrete Cow for one of our special fans. Here she is.

15 May 2012

Collection of MK Cows Products

As we stopped and reflected on the various MK Cows products we have developed over the last few years we hunted around for some saved examples for a big group photo.

14 May 2012

New Book End Mini Concrete Cows

As we were thinking of ideas for new products that are connected to the Mini Concrete Cows the idea of bookends came to mind. It wasn't long before we were cutting a cow in half and making moulds for the two pieces.

21 April 2012

Special Edition Mini Concrete Cow for Rohan

Rohan in Milton Keynes contacted us and asked if we could make them some custom Mini Concrete Cows. They sent us one of their high quality zippers and asked if this could be included in the design.

5 April 2012

Easter Article in Milton Keynes Citizen Go

As Easter approached we wondered how could MK Cows help to celebrate this season. So we decorated a few special edition Mini Concrete Cows to liven up this spring time.

18 March 2012

St Patricks Day Mini Concrete Cow

Paint the town green - and the Mini Concrete Cows - and celebrate St. Patricks Day in creative style.

17 March 2012

Mothering Sunday Special Edition Mini Concrete Cow

Mothering Sunday is an opportunity for a special gift for a special person. This custom decorated Mini Concrete Cow was made as a one-off for use as a Mothering Sunday present.

14 February 2012

Valentine Cows with Chocolates

Happy Valentines Day from MK Cows. We are pleased to create a small batch of small Mini Concrete Cows with added valentine hearts and a handful of chocolate hearts.

21 January 2012

Harry Hill Mini Concrete Cow

When Waterstones knew that the TV celebrity Harry Hill was going to be in store for a signing of his new book, they asked us if we could make a Mini Concrete Cow to give to him as a gift.

1 December 2011

New Milton Keynes Calendar for 2012

We have been working very hard with a few local photographers to create a visual feast of a calendar for Milton Keynes for 2012.

18 November 2011

New Design Black Cow Mug

Our next development in the range of MK Cows mugs is this black mug with a MK Cows design that include all three sizes of Mini Concrete Cow.

17 November 2011

New MK Cows Lapel Pin

Since making the MK Cows cufflinks the natural development was to also create a lapel pin.

1 September 2011

Custom Large Mini Concrete Cows

We made a special series of Large Mini Concrete Cows and decorated them in a number of different ways.

18 August 2011

New I Love MK T-shirts

Since making the I Love MK hoodies many people have been asking us to offer some t-shirts.

17 August 2011

New MK Cows Stockist at the Milton Keynes Hotel

We are excited to now offer the MK Cows products at the reception desk in the Kents Hill Hilton Hotel.

21 July 2011

Medium Mini Concrete Cow Made of Ice

We filled a mould with water to make an Milton Keynes ice cow to fit in with all the snow and ice around at the time.

28 May 2011

New Stockist of MK Cows Products at Waterstones Silbury Boulevard

We are very happy to now have the other Waterstones book shop in Silbury Boulevard become a stockist of the MK Cows products.

25 March 2011

New Milton Keynes Money Postcards

This is one of the most complicated design projects we have produced with a number of printing processes involved in their production.

21 March 2011

New Stockist of MK Cows Products at Waterstones Midsummer Place

We are very happy to now have the Waterstones book shop in Midsummer Place become a stockist of the MK Cows products.

19 February 2011

Bright Green Midnight Mini Concrete Cow Moo Trophy

Each year the Willen Hospice Midnight Moo has a different theme and colour and this year is is bright green.

18 January 2011

New MK Cows Stockist at the Milton Keynes Museum

We are very excited to now have a range of MK Cows products stocked and for sale in the shop at the Milton Keynes Museum.

15 December 2010

New MK Cows Fabric Sew-on Badge

The very first Mini Concrete Cow was made to support a fund raising activity for our local Scout group and we wanted to make a badge in the same way scouts collect badges for the activities and tasks they complete.

3 December 2010

New MK Cows Milton Keynes Cow Coasters

We have wanted to make these for a while and so here you go. A set of 6 different Milton Keynes Concrete Cows coasters.

1 November 2010

New MK Cows Button Badges

We have wanted to find something small to offer as a very affordable souvenir of Milton Keynes and these MK Cows button badges are perfect.

1 September 2010

Secklow 100 Dragon Boat Trophies

The Secklow 100 Dragon Boat Racing team ordered another set of trophy Mini Concrete Cows as prizes for their latest competition day.

1 August 2010

New MK Cows Stockist at Christ the Cornerstone Church Shop

We are very excited to announce that the shop at the Christ the Corner Stone church now stocks a selection of the MK Cows products.

21 July 2010

Milton Keynes Midnight Moo Trophy Mini Concrete Cows

Again we are very pleased to provide trophies for the winning participants in this years Willen Hospice Midnight Moo.

5 February 2010

New I Love MK Hoodies

This is our first venture into some Milton Keynes branded clothing with some I Love MK hoodies.

10 November 2009

Customised Mini Concrete Cow for Jurys Inn

The Jurys Inn hotel were keen to get a customised Mini Concrete Cow and so asked if we could oblige.

25 October 2009

New Small Size Born in Milton Keynes Mugs

We have been searching for a while for a more unique mug and found these great child size mugs.

1 October 2009

Corporate Event Prizes for Allianz Insurance

The Mini Concrete Cows are the perfect gift for corporate events. Allianz Insurance had a great staff awards night that featured a whole stack of cows to be won.

25 September 2009

New A5 Postcard Map of Milton Keynes in the Style of the London Underground Map

After making the A2 poster of the Map of Milton Keynes the next logical step was to offer it in a few different formats. So here is an A5 postcard size.

18 September 2009

New Map of Milton Keynes in the Style of the London Underground Map

After a lot of time spent sketching, drawing, correcting and adjusting we now have a work of art to be proud of that represents Milton Keynes in a very familiar format.

8 September 2009

Mini Concrete Cow Dragon Boat Trophies

Milton Keynes is home to many national sports events and dragon boat racing is one of the most exciting ones. We were pleased to be asked to create some trophies for the next series of national races.

13 May 2009

Mini Concrete Cows for Willen Hospice Midnight Moo

We wanted to to support the Willen Hospice Midnight Moo event and produced some customised, branded cows to be given away as prizes for the event.

1 May 2009

New Cow Cufflinks

We have had this idea in our heads for a while now and finally got the design ready and a manufacturer onboard to create these little gems.

1 March 2009

Comic Relief Mini Concrete Cows

We wanted to do something to support the great work of the Comic Relief organisation and couldn't think of anything better or more fun that to make and sell some customised Mini Concrete Cows.

27 January 2009

New Valentines Mini Concrete Cow

With Valentines Day approaching we have decided to make a small batch of special Valentine Mini Concrete Cows to celebrate this happy day.

20 January 2009

New Small Mini Concrete Cow

Welcome to the newest cow to the MK Cows family - the Small Mini Concrete Cow. It has been a while coming but she is finally here.

2 December 2008

New MK Cows Mug Designs Available

After a bit of design work and production research we now have two MK Cows mugs available to join the ranks of MK Cows products.

1 December 2008

New Pink Medium Mini Concrete Cow in Time for Christmas

After a few comments that the Mini Concrete Cows should be made in a range of colours we did compile the paint colours necessary to create a standard pink edition.

18 June 2008

MK Cows at The Big Moo for Willen Hospice

The Summer of 2008 saw the Big Moo event for Willen Hospice in Milton Keynes. Here at MK Cows we were excited to support the event and we created a series of custom colour Mini Concrete Cows.

1 April 2008

New Medium Mini Concrete Cows on Sale

The new Medium size Mini Concrete Cows are finally ready to sell and expand the range of MK Cows. We perfected the model and moulding process and designed some suitable packaging that will help protect the Mini Concrete Cow when it is in the post.

26 March 2008

MK Dons Branded Medium Mini Concrete Cow

As we made the first new medium size Mini Concrete Cows again the MK Dons allowed us to promote them with their help.

23 March 2008

Happy Easter from the Mini Concrete Cows!

To celebrate Easter and show the newest Mini Concrete Cow, we have painted a Cadbury's Cream Egg cow. Happy Easter from the Mini Concrete Cows!

29 November 2007

HM Queen Elizabeth II Receives a Mini Concrete Cow

The Queen is given a Mini Concrete Cow as she opens the Mk Dons Stadium MK.

12 November 2007

Christmas Cow

As Christmas approaches it seemed only natural to dress up one of the Mini Concrete Cows in her own Santa outfit.

25 September 2007

Horizon Radio Promotes the Mini Concrete Cows

Milton Keynes Horizon Radio and their presenters (Emma and Wes) were kind enough to really get on board this first release of Mini Concrete Cows and to help promote the sale of this first one hundred cows to raise money for the local Scouts.