Our kids are no strangers to the wonderful STEM toys from Learning Resources. Learning Resources are experts in STEM (Science, Technology, English and Maths) toys for kids of all ages. You may remember our Botley the Coding Robot review, and today I bring you a review for the super cute Coding Critters play set. What …
Our kids are huge fans of Brio. They spend many hours at Nanny’s house playing with the brio train tracks. We were super excited when we were asked to review the all-new Brio Builders Starter Set. Ivy loves anything mechanical and we knew that she would certainly enjoy playing with this simple set. Jimmy is …
You may have seen before on my blog that we are huge fans of Ravensburger puzzles. The kids love them, and so do I. They provide hours of fun and some much-wanted quiet play. Ivy (aged 3) loves Peppa Pig and was super excited to see that an all new Peppa Pig puzzle has arrived, …
There’s cuddly toys and then there’s super-awesome cuddly toys… with a difference! Bandai have bought out a whole set of adorable puppies for girls and boys to rescue and adopt. Rescue Runts need your love. When they arrive they are scruffy, they need a wash, they have fleas and need your love to make them …
Children all across the country are now learning coding at school. Botley The Coding Robot is an all new, super fun coding robot for children from the clever folks at Learning Resources. What makes Botley unique is that your child doesn’t need any screen time to play with Botley! Coding… no screens? Well, I never! …
Today (14/11/18) the Top 12 Toys This Christmas was announced at DreamToys. The DreamToys list is the most authoritative independent prediction of toys that will be the most sought after this Christmas in the UK. Selected by a representative panel of retailers and industry experts, these are the toys that your kids will be asking …
Kids love horses. Everything about them is amazing. Well, that is certainly the case in our house, with 3 girls who are pony mad. The girls have a few toy ponies and horses that they love dearly and we often see them daydreaming when passing the Schleich toy stand at our local garden centre, eyeing up the …
Jimmy is now at that age where he can watch TV for a short period of time. Recently he has shown a great interest in Mr. Tumble and the Teletubbies. He can sit in his own little chair and giggle away at Cbeebies and seems to understand a little more at what is going on, …
Jimmy has just started to crawl. He figured out his cool new trick around 2 weeks ago but was a little on the slow side. Why rush, when his big sisters would bring him all the toys that he could ever want?! But the last 2 days have been fun… he has suddenly found speed! …
What if I told you there was such a thing as mess-free painting for toddlers? You wouldn’t believe me. I didn’t believe that such a thing existed either until the wonderful team at Galt Toys introduced me to their Painting Sticks. Mess-free, colourful paintings galore! Galt Painting Sticks Ivy is loving the @galttoys paint …
Ahh man! I have been terrible at posting daily this week. The half term holidays caught up with me (I was doing so well!) and cabin fever set in. We’ve spent the last few days playing outside, avoiding the TV and laptop. It was sunny outside though… and we had fun! I can certainly feel …
UK toy sales decreased in 2017 by 2.8% falling to £3.4bn. This is a rather shocking fact considering how the UK population has grown, the digital age feeds toy advertising and toys no longer can just be bought in shops but now online too. So why has this decrease in sales happened? There are a …
The predicted ‘Top Toys’ of 2018 were revealed yesterday (23/1/18) at The Toy Fair, Olympia. The British Toy & Hobby Association (BTHA) announced the winners of The Toy Fairs’s Hero Toys, a prestigious new award for market -leading toys. The list of ‘must-have’ toys include products from playmobil, Hasbro, Spin Master and TOMY. Many of …
You may have seen our recent post reviewing the super popular Bumbo Floor Seat (you can read that post here). There is another awesome new product from Bumbo that we would love to tell you all about. The all-fun Stages Safari is a wonderful activity play centre to use with the Floor Seat, Multi Seat …
