LOGO What Am I ? Review and Giveaway

The entire family enjoys playing Board Games, so we were all very interested to see how easy this would be to include everyone.
We have had a few games that are just impossible to play with the younger children, which then leads to boredom and the entire game being disrupted.

 

This great-value,  high quality game comes complete with a colourful playing board and playing pieces, 60-second timer and hundreds of question cards featuring really well known companies and brands

This game is extremely easy to set up and looks very intriguing when you first open it. There are three parts to the game Guessing, Drawing and Describing, which certainly gave everyone a fair shot at winning as I am absolutely hopeless at drawing and some of the childrens describing things is hilarious!
With this in mind we all felt quite confident that any one of us could in fact win the game, and the extra special thing about this game is that there are two winners, the person that actually gets to the end square and the person that guesses their action correctly, meaning that even the person at the back (usually mum) could just as easily be crowned joint winner of the game.
This is a fabulous idea and means that none of the children get disheartened if they fail to answer or guess some of the tasks.

The children were also able to play the game by themselves, Neva is currently on a Drawing space and they are all trying to guess!!

They all really enjoyed playing the game and none of them got bored, the timer is only 60 seconds which means the game moves on quite quickly and everyone feels included.

Because all of the Logos are current, the younger ones also recognised some, which they got very excited about!

An excellent game that will be enjoyed by the whole family and I am sure this will make an appearance at Christmas when we have the whole family round.

For more details about LOGO What Am I ? Game (rrp £24.99, age 8+) and other LOGO games, please visit www.drumondpark.com

Giveaway

To Be in with a chance of winning this fabulous family game, just head over to www.drumondpark.com and comment below which game will be on your Christmas List this year.

Closing Date : 1st December 2012
 

Dizzy Dancers Toys R Us Review

My daughters adore the Fur Real Range so Eowyn and Neva were very excited to open the Dizzy Dancer. It is quite a simple toy, and reminds me of the light up spinning tops I used to play with.
The long stick that you push into the dancer and then release is quite sturdy, making it easy to spin, even the 3 year old was able to push it in, but unable to pull it out quick enough to make her spin, so I would say the age of 6+ is quite a good estimate if they are playing with it by themselves.

We were sent Kizzy Claws, along with a little stunt stand, although I have to confess, we have been unsuccessful in doing the tricks!!

 

 

Tyrus, aged 17 months was fascinated by Miss Claws and spent many minutes just watching her spinning and making a noise.

The girls were very impressed with Kizzy Claws and loved the fact that they are interchangable, and quite reasonably priced, therefore a good toy to add to little girls christmas lists.

I loved the fact that she actually turns off when not in use!! We have constant toy dogs barking or cats meowing, so this was a welcome toy that was noisy when required!!

They are currently on the Toys R Us website for £7.99 which I think is the perfect little toy to buy for the special little girls in your family.




 

Cbeebies Album Review and Giveaway -Got The Little ones Rocking!

As you know from previous posts, my children LOVE music, even Eowyn and Tyrus jig around and move to the music.
So, when we were offered the Cbeebies Album to review, how could we refuse ?

The CBeebies channel has always had a special place in all the children's hearts, whenever they visit Nanny and Grandads house, they would immediately turn their freeview to Cbeebies.

Xene, the eldest remembers the first episode of The Tweenies and The Lunchtime Song has encouraged many of my children to eat their lunches!!

This double CD has all of your favourite CBeebies songs, although it should come with a warning, because once you listen to it, those catchy theme tunes will be stuck in your head all day, yesterday I could be found singing 64, 64, 64 Zoo lane ALL DAY....

Its nice to have something for Tyrus to listen to when we are on the car journeys without the older children and he really seems to enjoy listening to the CDs.

With 50 different songs to choose from, you certainly won't get bored, and I have found working in a nursery that knowing these songs is a must, many times when I used to ask the children to pick their favourite Nursery Rhyme to sing, they would shout out a Cbeebies song instead, so this CD could in fact earn you extra points with your children if you can recite the songs.

My favourites are Timmy Time, 64 Zoo Lane and The Lunchtime Song, when I asked Eowyn which she liked best, she thought long and hard then said "Mummy, there is no Justin Bieber, so I love them all" Can't beat sibling influences, can you!!

Giveaway.

If you would like your very own copy of this CBeebies Album then please comment below with your favourite TV Programme from your childhood, and I will use Random.org to pick a winner.  I was definitely a Willow The Wisp kind of girl.

Closing Date : 20th Novemebr 2012
Competition only open to UK residents, the prize will be despatched to the winner from the PR company.
Good Luck xx

 

Thundercats Glow In The Dark Puzzle

Our seventh Toys R Us Product to review was this Thundercats Glow In The Dark 100 piece puzzle.     When we first received the puzzle it did make me smile, I used to watch Thundercats when I came home from school, and here they are making a comeback!!   The puzzle is for ages 6+, so I set Kaide and Lochlan on the task of completing it...   It didn't take them very long at all. They did the puzzle in the middle of the day, so we had to wait until the evening before we could see if it did in fact Glow In The Dark!! No amount of photo taking would show up the Glowing Puzzle, but I can confirm it did Glow Up quite well. The puzzle pieces are made from strong cardboard, meaning that they fitted together well.

The Christmas Shop 1000 Piece Puzzle Review

As part of the Ravensburger Puzzle Club, we were sent a lovely Christmas Puzzle, called The Christmas Shop to review.

At first glance it looked quite an easy puzzle, how wrong could I be!!

Making the outside edge was fairly easy, this took very little time, but after that it became quite a challenge. There are so many different areas, with so much going on, the attention to detail on each puzzle piece means that every tiny doll or teddy is individual.

I sat for a few evenings when the children had gone to bed, working my way slowly, putting the pieces together, but in the end I had to admit defeat by myself and called in other members of the family to give me a helping hand.

Neva took a long time to find a home for the cat, which we couldn't find at all, then we discovered it was hiding in the top left corner, but the actual picture on the front of the puzzle has a large limited edition ribbon on it, so it really was hidden!!

It was quite good timing with it being half term, so Neva, Xene and Asa all worked on it with me, with a little input from three year old Eowyn!!

 

 

I am by no means a puzzle expert and this one took in the region of eight hours total, over a few evenings and yesterday afternoon.

 

I would definitely recommend this puzzle, it has a lovely Christmassy feel to it and would be perfect for a family to work on together, as we have done.

The sturdy pieces and fine detail make it a pleasure to do and we have enjoyed this one immensely.