• Qixels Kingdom Castle Attack Playset
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    Qixels Kingdom Castle Attack Playset

    July 26, 2016 - By 

    About a year ago my son received the Qixels Turbo Dryer Playset from Character Online to review. He loved the concept, as did I, and I’ve bought him quite a few refill packs since. Today I’m sharing our review for the Qixels Kingdom – Castle Attack Playset. Qixels Kingdom Castle Attack Playset The Qixels Kingdom Castle Attack Playset lets you build your own design, one Qixel at at time! Qixels is a unique concept in boys creative play. With edgy designs each creation is made one pixel at a time, once finished you can fuse each cube together using just…

  • Go Jetters Twitter Party
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    Join the fun with our Go Jetters Twitter Party

    July 24, 2016 - By 

    This Thursday between 2 and 4pm we will be taking part in the Go Jetters Twitter Party with Fisher-Price, CBeebies and UKMumsTV. My daughter loves watching Go Jetters on CBeebies so I knew she would love to take part in the Twitter Party. Go Jetters is a really fun and educational programme, all about four adventure-seeking superhero Go Jetters as they explore places around planet Earth. There are some really fun new Go Jetters toys from Fisher-Price and we are so excited to be able to share some of them with you today and during the Twitter Party. As usual…

  • Cra-Z-Sand Deluxe Glitter Pony playset
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    Cra-Z-Sand Deluxe Glitter Pony playset

    July 20, 2016 - By 

    My children keep seeing adverts for Cra-Z-Sand so were excited to receive the Cra-Z-Sand Deluxe Glitter Pony playset from Character Options to review. Every child loves to play with sand, and what’s better than sand that you can shape and mould without water? Cra-Z-Sand is the amazing mess-free way to play with sand indoors. This sand is easy to mould and release in little hands and never dries out, so can be played with again and again! The Deluxe Pony playset RPP £19.99 comes with 3 different colours of glittery sand; pink, blue and white. There are two pony moulds, an…

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    Win a goody bag from our #LionGuardToys Twitter Party

    July 7, 2016 - By 

    Yesterday we took part in an exciting Twitter Party for The Lion Guard Toys on behalf of Just Play and UK Mums TV. My 4 and 6 year old really like watching The Lion Guard so I knew they would enjoy taking part in the Twitter Party. We invited a few friends round and played lots of games including Pin the Tail on Kion the Lion, Lion Guard activity sheets, and a fun name the animal quiz. There were lots of toys too, which everyone got to play with. Our favourites were the Defend the Pride Lands play set and…

  • Lion Guard Twitter Party invitation
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    Lion Guard Twitter Party

    June 29, 2016 - By 

    It’s been a while since we took part in a Twitter Party but I’m pleased to announce the Lion Guard Twitter Party will be happening on Twitter next Wednesday 6th July between 1 and 3pm. At the beginning of the year we attended a preview of The Lion Guard: Return of the Roar, a brand new film for television, a precursor to The Lion Guard television series which is shown on Disney Junior. My children absolutely love the Lion Guard so I knew they would want to take part in the Twitter party with me. As we’ll be hosting a…

  • playing small world with Schleich
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    Educational Play the Schleich Way

    June 9, 2016 - By 

    My 4 year old loves small world play. She often spends her mornings building small worlds in the tuff spot with her favourite toys. We’ve built up a great collection of Schleich toys and these are perfect for small world play. In fact there is so much play potential with them that Schleich have created a free 16-page brochure which is designed to be a guide to the best in imaginative play and development (link in sidebar). The brochure covers topics such as a balanced play diet, encouraging imagination and early language skills. It also comes with helpful hints and tips…

  • Farm Life range from Schleich
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    Farm life small world play with Schleich

    April 21, 2016 - By 

    I know I keep going on about the weather but it’s been warm, and sunny, which means the children can play outside more! They love playing outside and our tuff spot is one thing which really facilitates outdoor play. Farm life small world play with Schleich We were sent some of the new sets from the Farm Life range from Schleich to review. As soon as my children saw the packaging they were really excited as they love Schleich toys. The two sets were: Stable cleaning kit with calf and lamb (41422) Every morning, the farmer gets up early to…

  • Schleich Lion Cave Set
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    Schleich’s Wild Life range

    April 12, 2016 - By 

    There are some toys that my children return to again and again and these are their Schleich toys. Schleich make great quality figurines and accessories which are perfect for imaginative play. Each item is very detailed and hand painted. We received some of the new animals and accessory sets from Schleich’s Wild Life range, which are suitable for pre-school children: The Shark Set, contains three of the most dangerous sharks:  the blue shark, the tiger shark and the white shark. This set compliments the Schleich Ocean figurines set we have and has been well played with in our tuff spot. They are…

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    STEM activities with Blaze and the Monster Machines

    March 20, 2016 - By 

    On Wednesday we took part in a Twitter party for Blaze and the Monster Machines. The children love taking part in Twitter parties and this was a fun one as we got to see the latest Blaze and the Monster Machine toys, as well as take part in some fun STEM activities. Blaze knows everything about science, technology, engineering and maths. When things get really tough he can use his scientific know-how to transform himself into any machine. During the Twitter party we took part of four educational STEM (science, technology, engineering and maths) focussed activities, and played with lots of new Blaze…