Cuisine & Culture the Chinese Family Way
With all schools and entertainment closed, everyone is talking about how we can continue to educate and entertain our kids. In this new digital landscape, video games have increasingly shown their value as a way to entertain kids when they are at home and as an activity the whole family can enjoy! Also, not forgetting that Easter is coming soon! It is time for everyone to take a break from this stressful COVID-19 period.
Did you know the benefits of piecing jigsaw puzzles? First, they are a great tool for mindfulness. What I mean by mindfulness is that by focusing on placing the pieces together, it helps you to shut out day-to-day stresses and worries, especially during times like these.
Splash! from Coiledspring Games is a simple and fun family game. This is a great game for travel because of it’s compact nature or parties because it can be played with two to six players and for aged six and above.
This compact circular tin consists of 30 wooden pieces and 14 water drop tokens. I love that it is very easy to bring out to play and to tidy away.
Big waves to all my readers and I hope you are all well! Let’s forget about this virus for now and let me start this post with a big shout out to the lovely reputable toy brand TOMY! As we are running up to Easter soon, I have good news for my readers in that TOMY are giving away all these amazing toys to one of my readers!
If you are looking at things to do with your child or things to do just for yourself during this horrible lockdown period, why not sit down and enjoy some time out with a jigsaw. Did you know that piecing jigsaw puzzles are a great tool for mindfulness? By focusing on placing the pieces together, it helps to shut out day-to-day stresses and worries. Not only that, but regularly participating in mindfulness can also have long term benefits.
Listen up! Especially kids from the 80s to 90s or any current or old Dragon Ball mega-super fans, for the first time ever, Dragon Ball licensed toys are available in the UK for the kids’ and toy market. The range includes everything from super-sized Limit Breaker figures to mini-blind bag collectables!
Growing up in the 80s, Dragon Ball is one of many manga anime series I watched through my childhood as typically anime would be on the TV every Saturday afternoon and also available via comic books. It is one of the most successful manga and anime series of all time.
How often do you remember to check your poor neglected feet? The feet that take you across the world wherever you are! Next week, we are celebrating National Feet Week 2020 which takes place from 9th to 15th March. This is to encouraging everyone to prioritise their foot health. Do you remember when was the last time you took care of your feet? If you want to learn more about foot health, why not come and join in with us next Monday from 6pm to 7pm for a fun Twitter party.
Getting the right pair of shoes is one of the most important things to start any journey! Recently, I had to make an unexpected trip with my daughter, and luckily I have received this pair of Hotter Shoes – Gravity, just in time to start our long journey to Singapore! I am a big Hotter shoe fan as I have already owned many pairs of their shoes. Also, I have always been aware that Hotter make really comfy and durable shoes.
Unlock! Secret Adventures is the fourth Unlock! range by Space Cowboys we have reviewed and each game has continued to entertain us to the max! We love this range of adventure cooperative card games.
As a quick explanation to this card game, it follows a very similar format to those real escape rooms but here you can play in the comfort of your own home. The game requires players to cooperate to search scenes, combine objects, and solve riddles, in order to solve the puzzles before the timer runs out. There are three full one-hour scenarios in the box, as well as a 10 minute taster game to get the hang of how to play.
This coming half term, you have more reasons to stay at home, not only to avoid the horrible storm and floods, but also to spend quality time with your family to watch this Disney’s Maleficent: Mistress of Evil film, which was released in late 2019. The great news is that this film is available to buy now on digital, DVD and Blu-Ray™ in many good retailers and online.
If you have read my previous post, you will have seen that we had just played the Unlock! Exotic Adventures game. This is another range of Unlock! adventure cooperative card games, which is called Unlock! Heroic Adventures.
This card game follows a very similar format to those real escape rooms but here you can play in the comfort of your own home. The game requires players to cooperate to search scenes, combine objects, and solve riddles, in order to solve the puzzles before the timer runs out. There are three full one-hour scenarios in the box, as well as a 10 minute taster game to get the hang of how to play.
For our next three blog posts, you will notice that we have played not just one but three Unlock! adventure cooperative card games! This Unlock! Exotic Adventures card game follows a very similar format to those real escape rooms and requires the players to cooperate to search scenes, combine objects, and solve riddles, in order to escape before the timer runs out. There are three full one-hour scenarios in the box, as well as a 10 minute taster game to get the hang of how to play.
This coming half term, why not get your family this awesome Abominable movie to watch, which is available to buy now on Digital Download, 4K Ultra HD, Blu-ray and DVD from Universal Pictures Home Entertainment!
We have received the DVD format which is perfect for this coming half term to watch on a rainy day or a road trip! This DVD contains 93 minutes of action-packed heartwarming adventure including two original short movies, deleted scenes, animating Abominable, Your Yeti care guide and much more.
Kettering Park Hotel & Spa is a four-star functional spa hotel, located just set off A14 and within striking distance of landmark destinations like London, Oxford, Cambridge, Leicester and Birmingham. Amenities include a garden, an indoor pool, a sauna/steam room, a gym, meeting rooms and a restaurant/bar with a terrace. The spa offers mud wraps and Thai massages, and there are free parking spaces for up to 250 cars with disabled parking. There is also a 750-acre nature reserve close by, ideal for picnics and leisurely walks.
Northamptonshire, Britain’s Best Surprise year of arts and culture, was launched at this year’s Grow Festival, returns for its third in a series of festivals commissioned by Made in Corby and co-produced with The Core at Corby Cube. And yesterday, it was the end of Grow Festival!
As a first-time visitor, I hope they will be doing more and bigger events in the near future as it is always great to experience the arts and cultures in many forms with families. If you haven’t seen or been there before, it is held across two days (this year was Friday 7 and Saturday 8 February 2020) and consists of illuminating performances, experiences and workshops across Corby town centre.
