Cuisine & Culture the Chinese Family Way
This week, we saw the two new additions at the National Sea Life Centre Birmingham, friends Miley and Boo. These two fostered seals have just taken up residency in a specially engineered environment. We can watch them up close as they swim and play in their new home and discover more about how they take care of these amazing creatures from their Sea Life experts.
STEM is so important as it pervades every part of our lives and by exposing young children to STEM is one of the greatest gifts of knowledge we can ever give them. This Easter holiday, we are thrilled to be able to experience a brand new range of science toys from Thames & Kosmos and also divert the children away from their screens and learn something.
Thames & Kosmos has launched a series of eight exciting science kits that are designed to introduce various topics with interesting experiments and fun facts. Each kit is priced at just £8.99 which is very affordable and delivers genuine learn-while-they-play experiences for young ones. These lovely collection kits cover minerals, planets, crystals, pre-historic crustaceans and more. The kits are suitable for age eight and above.
Stargazing Pods is Alton Towers Resort’s brand new accommodation that had just opened to the public on the 12th April 2019! These unique and cosy pods are set around a picturesque village where guests can embrace the outdoors and use the telescopes to look at the night sky with easy access to the theme park.
If you have a young Pokémon fan at home, then don’t forget to pick up this must-have Ultimate Pokémon Trainer’s Guide from the 2nd May 2019. This unofficial guide is filled to the brim with facts, statistics, tips, a complete list of all 800+ Pokémon, and reviews on every top Pokémon game including Pokémon Go and 3DS classics, and the latest for Switch like Pokémon: Let’s Go, Pikachu and Pokémon: Let’s Go, Eevee!
Dare You to Doodle is a very interesting interactive activity book that is filled with over 100 doodles to complete. There are a total of 144 pages of illustrations in two colours plus black. Each page has a unique starting illustration and no one page is the same. If you can’t find any inspiration on the page, just move onto the next page!
Dinosaurs ruled the Earth for millions of years but it wasn’t until about 200 years ago that scientists figured out that these fossilised bones belonged to enormous extinct reptiles. These forgotten prehistoric creatures not only lived on land but also in the oceans and in the air! They are truly fascinating creatures that we have never had the chance to encounter!
You are only 40 once and 40 is the new 30! I have never been fussed about going big to celebrate my birthday nor have I had a birthday bucket list before 40. But when I heard that Hotter shoes was offering a couple of bloggers the opportunity to test out their Chase shoes, I jumped right into it! I have always known that Hotter make really comfy, durable shoes. The reason I know is because I have been wearing the Dew shoes almost every day for two years and its still wearable although the soles are worn.
This Easter school holiday period, if you are heading towards Leicester with your family, then do check out this brand new CAPCOM GO! show at the National Space Centre’s planetarium! Last week, we were invited to experience CAPCOM GO! The Apollo Story which was produced by one of the world’s leading planetarium-specialist production companies NSC Creative, at the UK’s largest planetarium!
To kick off this coming Easter half term, we received this National Geographic Geode STEM set as part of Bandai STEM Ambassadors. In case you didn’t know, National Geographic makes a huge range of STEM sets which allow your child/children to explore, create and discover something amazing about the natural world! There is so much out there for us to discover and learn about our amazing world!
The Smallfoot movie is out now to own on digital download, 3D Blu-ray, Blu-ray and DVD from all good retailers and online. Smallfoot is a 2018 American 3D computer-animated musical comedy film produced by Warner Animation Group.
In mid-February, we were invited to join in Smallfoot watch-a-long party but unfortunately, the parcel didn’t turn up and was kept in store until I received a letter last week! Finally, six weeks later, we finally received the parcel and luckily, all the items were intact except a few perishable items!
With the Easter holidays fast approaching, we are planning on having hours of fun indoors and outdoors, instead of chomping on a tonne of sugar-rich chocolate eggs! This is thanks to Hasbro for sending us these amazing Nerf N-Strike Elite Rukkus ICS-8 blasters for my children to play to keep them busy!
Hasbro has rounded up the six best new toys this Easter to keep your children entertained! Why not check out what kind of fun you and your child/children could be getting into below and let me know what Hasbro toy would keep your child/children at bay?
Want to own a piece of FIFA world cup history? Then look no further! On the 4th April 2019, you can buy the Official History of the FIFA World Cup Book 2nd edition that was officially licensed by the Federation of International Football Associations (FIFA) from Carlton Books!
Azul is an abstract strategy game designed by Michael Kiesling and was released by Plan B Games in 2017. This is a relatively new game but it has won a number of board gaming awards, so we were eagerly anticipating playing this game! We are so pleased yet again to be able to review this fantastic game through Asmodee UK Blogger Board Game Club.
Staccups by University Games is a simple and fast cup stacking game that will appeal to the young and old! The rules are simple! All you need to do is to match the top and base to win the race! This speed and hand-eye coordination game is suitable for aged eight and above. It is for two to four players.
Pointless the mini-game is a portable travel edition that is easy to pack for travel this Easter half term. Having a family travel game in-hand is a great alternative than just a deck of playing cards. It is an excellent way to pass the time and learn general knowledge at the same time!
