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Tag: toy review

Unboxing Num Noms Series 5

Unboxing Num Noms Series 5

Posted on July 10, 2018 by jenny

Last half term the children and I were invited to a special party to celebrate the launch of the latest series of Num Noms. My children love Num Noms. Have you heard of them? They are scented food-related collectibles which appear in the form of mini lip glosses, nail varnishes and motorised characters. A cupful of…

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Googly Eyes from University Games

Googly Eyes from University Games

Posted on July 1, 2018March 25, 2019 by jenny

I think I’ve mentioned before that my 8 year old loves to play board games. I know we’re pretty lucky as we get offered some fun games to play. My son is always delighted when he asks to play a board game and I can bring a new one out. We were recently sent Googly Eyes…

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A geography lesson with Flags of the World game

A geography lesson with Flags of the World game

Posted on June 28, 2018June 29, 2018 by jenny

My 8 year old loves to play a board game. I was the same at his age and still enjoy playing board games. Thursday has become our special time to play board games whilst his younger sister is at Tennis club. We have recently discovered Flags of The World from Tactic Games which is perfect…

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Sylvanian Families Town Ride Along Tram

Sylvanian Families Town Ride Along Tram

Posted on June 22, 2018March 20, 2019 by jenny

Last month we were lucky to review the new Maple Cat Family, a new family who have come to live in the new Sylvanian Families Town range. Do you remember we said that Father Theodore Maple drove the tram? Well today we are excited to tell you about the new Ride Along Tram from the…

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Fantastic Gymnastics Vaulting Challenge from Hasbro Gaming

Fantastic Gymnastics Vaulting Challenge from Hasbro Gaming

Posted on June 21, 2018March 2, 2019 by jenny

With so many sporting events going on over the next few weeks we were excited to receive the Fantastic Gymnastics Vaulting Challenge from Hasbro Gaming to try out. My children love playing games together and this one looked really fun. Fantastic Gymnastics Vaulting Challenge from Hasbro Gaming The Fantastic Gymnastics Vaulting Challenge Game includes a gymnast…

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Win a Num Noms bundle of goodies

Posted on June 7, 2018 by jenny

Last week we were invited to a very special ‘Kids in the Kitchen’ party with Nigel Clarke in London. I’ve mentioned a few times how much my children enjoy collecting and playing with Num Noms so they were very excited to be invited to this special Num Noms Series 5 launch event. Can you believe…

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Brand new squishy collectable...Moj Moj!

Brand new squishy collectable…Moj Moj!

Posted on June 4, 2018June 5, 2018 by jenny

My children love pocket money toys. Anything cute and colourful and my children will probably want to buy some with their pocket money. When we were at the Num Noms Party last week the children received some Moj Moj! in their goody bags. They were really cute and so were thrilled to be sent some…

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Lost Kitties from Hasbro

Lost Kitties from Hasbro

Posted on May 26, 2018 by jenny

We’ve been really lucky to receive some lovely new toys to review lately. My children just love reviewing new toys so a huge thanks to Hasbro for sending us some of the new Lost Kitties collectables to unbox. Lost Kitties from Hasbro What exactly are Lost Kitties? Lost Kitties are the latest collectable toy from Hasbro….

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5 SURPRISE UNBOXING

5 SURPRISE {toy review}

Posted on May 24, 2018 by jenny

Regular readers with know that I quite often feature toy reviews. My children know how lucky they are to get to test the latest toys and I think they make pretty cute toy reviewers. Today I’m going to tell you about a new collectable toy for children called 5 SURPRISE. 5 SURPRISE toy review Combining …

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