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We are a family which loves to play games. If they can be squeezed in a bag for a weekend away – even better! As members of the Blogger Board Game Club we were recently sent the small game called Who Did It? to try out at home. Who Did It? from blue orange “My parrot did NOT poop in the middle of the living room, but I think a rabbit did it!” As the proud owner of a cute little rabbit, you need to quickly clear it of this deed and put the blame on another’s pet. You must…
One of my sons first toys was a little car. It may be a huge generalisation but I think that most children love playing with toy cars at some stage of their lives. Both my children loved the Disney Pixar Cars franchise so we had many, many years of watching films about cars whilst they played with all the different car characters and playsets. There are many child development benefits in playing with toy cars. Amongst other things it’s known to aid their physical and cognitive development. Moving cars around helps their gross and fine motor skills, whilst moving cars…
My son is a typical 8 year old boy. He’s slightly smelly and loves telling silly jokes. TOMY Toys kindly sent him an extra special package containing their latest toy – Stink Bomz. New Series 1 Stink Bomz unboxing We were sent a delightful package covered in tape with a Toxic warning on it. My children absolutely loved the excitement of receiving a parcel and couldn’t wait to open it. We made a little unboxing video if you want to take a look: You’ve heard them…you’ve smelled them…but have you ever met a fart? Meet the Stink Bomz! All…
My 6 year old just loves LOL Surprise toys and it’s not really hard to see why. Her generation are growing up with ‘unboxing’ toys and expect toys to have an element of surprise. She really enjoys collecting LOL Surprise and we are always amazed at how inventive each series is. We were recently sent one of the new L.O.L. Surprise! Eye Spy Under Wraps series to look at. L.O.L. Surprise! Eye Spy Under Wraps The L.O.L. Surprise! Eye Spy Under Wraps is part of the Eye Spy Series. You may remember be recently unboxed the LOL Surprise Biggie Pets which came…
With dozens of international awards and over 6 Million games sold, the Ticket to Ride series is one of the most popular modern board game series to date! Someone recommended it to us last year and I bought a copy for my husband’s birthday. It was the US version and has given us hours of fun as a family. Have you heard of Ticket to Ride? It’s a cross-country train adventure where players collect cards of various types of train cars that enable them to claim railway routes connecting cities. I mentioned the other day that we had teamed up with Asmodee and…
My children love playtime and seem to particularly love role playing toys. They are a great way to help children explore the wider world, encourage their creativity and imagination. We’ve been fortunate to be sent some wonderful toys recently and with the weather turning decidedly Autumnal we are so happy to stay indoors and play! Smyths Our Generation range Recently we were sent a totally new type of toy to review. Invite your child into a world of imagination and play with Our Generation dolls and accessories at Smyths Toys Superstores. From school rooms to horse stables, from camping to chemistry,…
My children are huge fans of SuperZings. You may remember we reviewed Series 1 earlier this year. They are a great pocket money collectable and my children just love collecting and swapping them. Series 2 was released at the end of last month and brought exciting new additions, changes and range expansions. Clad in iconic superhero capes and eye masks, there are 80 new multi-coloured characters to collect, each with a matching ‘rival’ including an ultra rare character, 2 gold, 6 silver and 24 ‘SuperCrystal’ characters (a brand new finish!). We were sent a bundle of SuperZings Series 2 to…
We love a creative toy so were excited to hear about the new So Glow DIY range from Canal Toys. Simple and mess free, this range of DIY kits enables children to create and customise their own Light Up Magic Glow Jars. Each set in the range is simple to use, comes with everything needed and includes a must-have collectable character. So Glow DIY sets offer a fabulous range of colourful themed jars to customise, decorate and keep. You can choose from, cool colour themes; turquoise ‘Chill’, purple ‘Cosmic’ and blue ‘Dream’ and warm colour themes: yellow ‘Happy’, green ‘Harmony’…
I’m delighted to announce that I’ve teamed up with Asmodee and will be featuring some amazing board games over the next few months as part of their Blogger Board Game Club. We review quite a lot of toys and games on our blog which is great for my 6 and 8 year old. We try to play a board game every Friday night and so can’t wait to share more about the new board games we have been sent. First up is the modern classic, Dixit. Dixit Board Game review I had never heard of Dixit before we received it.…