Cuisine & Culture the Chinese Family Way
Tinker Bell is flying high into the sky! Launch them high up into the sky by using the flower base. The set comes with a beautiful Tinker Bell and flower base. There is no need for batteries or assembly. Tinker Bell’s hair is made from soft rubber and her wings are made of part-foam and part-plastic. We launched her easily 50 times and she still looks perfect.
This Disney Princess Ariel’s Vanity Set lets girls recreate their favourite Little Mermaid moments while in the tub. It includes Ariel bath vanity, lipstick, perfume bottle, cream blush compact and a cream eye shadow pot. Due to the natural of these bath items and my child’s privacy, the toys are played in both on outside and inside the bath tub. These photos are taken before the bath time.
Any fans of Bubble Guppies out here? We sure do in this house! Ms C loves bubble guppies especially Molly. For those who don’t know Bubble Guppies, it is shown at 9.30am on Nick Jr. It is an interactive show that teaches kids about a wide range of topics – from dinosaurs to dentists, rock & roll to recycling, and colours to cowboys. Through these topics, kids learn about science, maths, literacy, and much more in this preschool musical comedy set in a vibrant, aquarium-inspired underwater classroom.
The world of construction playsets will light up this summer with the introduction of Lite Brix which, with both girls and boys sets, offers every child a totally new and illuminating brick building concept to discover. There are over 10 different type of playsets to choose from: Pet shop, Mansion, Super Jet Fighter, Extreme City Lights, Lumi-Port, Lumi-Star Racer etc.
The world of construction playsets will light up this summer with the introduction of Lite Brix which, with both girls and boys sets, offers every child a totally new and illuminating brick building concept to discover. There are over 10 different types of playsets to choose from: Pet Shop, Mansion, Super Jet Fighter, Extreme City Lights, Lumi-Port, Rescue Copter etc.
This week, I attended the Argos Christmas Top Toys and Flying Fairy by Flutterbye was one of the most wanted toys. I was so excited that my children and I have the chance to review this beautiful pink fairy.
With interactive, electronic pets being cuddly and girly for far too long, the boys are about to reclaim toy pets as Character Options introduce the Ugglys! The gross electronic pup-pet Ugglys are programmed with 30 gross sounds and comes in three pug Ugglys dogs to choose from.
In the box, there is a pug puppet, Uggdoption certificate and instruction booklet. It requires 3x AAA batteries which is not included. You will need a small Philips screwdriver to remove the screw from the battery compartment.
Both my son and daughter (aged 5 & 4) love this cute and cuddly Until We Hug Again bear. They’ve been fighting over it and surprisingly, they’ve agreed on a bear share scheme! Just today, the bear was passed onto the next person and the voice was re-recorded. The bear is very well made. The material is very soft to touch and the body is filled with cotton, but not overly so. This makes it easy for the children to cuddle and press to hear the recorded voice. The tips of the limbs are filled with beans/polystyrene pellets which gives it a nice bit of weight.
Last week, we went to Warwick Castle to meet Mike the Knight and bought our six Schleich Dragon & Griffin Knights with us. Come and follow our adventure! Once upon a time, there were two warring teams of knights, the Griffin team and the Dragon team. One day, they were teleported to a mystical land called Warwick and their only hope of returning home was to climb the mound to shoot the troll who lives in the church. But first they must battle each other…
Ms C’s birthday is coming soon and she is going to be 4 years old. It’s amazing how quickly that time has passed. She adores her soft toys and loves to have them share her bed. I was thrilled to have the opportunity to experience the Build-A-Bear workshop. Before we visited the shop, I did some research on their website with my children. I tried to talk them through what we were going to do. They were so excited! Last Saturday, we wake up fairly early and arrived at the Derby Westfield. We were kindly shown around by their lovely staff who briefly explained the process.
1. Choose Me
This is the first station where they get to choose their un-stuffed Bear/Cat/Dog/Rabbit/My Little Pony/Hello Kitty and get to cuddle the sample. Last month, they launched their Autism Awareness Bear and My Little Pony. Each animal’s price start from £9 onwards, which I think is very reasonable price. Ms C went for the Disney Princess Bear with six different princesses printed on the foot while Mr K chose a more traditional looking Sweet Velvet Teddy.
Iron Man 3 was released in cinemas on the 25th April. It stars Robert Downey Jr. returning as Marvel’s brash-but-brilliant industrialist Tony Stark, whose alter ego is of course Iron Man, fighting against an enemy whose reach knows no bounds. When Stark finds his personal world destroyed at his enemy’s hands, he embarks on a harrowing quest to find those responsible.
Hasbro and Marvel yet again had done everything to give the children or their fans a piece of Iron Man. From Sonic Blasting Iron Man figure to Arc Fx Iron Man mask. I am fortunate to receive the Sonic Blasting Iron Man from markettiers4dc for review. My son is very excited as Iron man is one of his favourite Avengers characters.
Iron Man 3 was released in cinemas on the 25th April. It stars Robert Downey Jr. returning as Marvel’s brash-but-brilliant industrialist Tony Stark, whose alter ego is of course Iron Man, fighting against an enemy whose reach knows no bounds. When Stark finds his personal world destroyed at his enemy’s hands, he embarks on a harrowing quest to find those responsible.
Meccano was invented in 1901 in England by Frank Hornby and was originally marketed under the brand name “Mechanics Made Easy”. The name Meccano was later patented in 1907 and became a popular toy for many households for over 100 years. Personally I have never owned a Meccano set before and so I was happy that Meccano UK chose me to review their Meccano Construction set. It is perfect for my son Mr K who is 5 years old as the set is suitable for age 5 and upwards.
Gelli Baff has teamed up with Izziwizzi Kids Play Fest® to help you raise money for Comic Relief. The theme for Play Fest® is Do Something Funny with Jelly. From Friday 8th March through to Friday 15th March on the day of Comic Relief they would like to celebrate with your funny jelly videos and share some fun jelly play inspiration. We were not involved in planning any fund raising events but I had donated a total of £14 to all our 7 Izziwizzi Kids Play Fest® teams for their hard work.
We first found out about Olly the Little White Van last year because we read that it is voiced by one of the children’s favourite Cbeebies stars, Justin Fletcher (Something Special, Justin’s House and Mr Tumble). I must admit that we only occasionally watch the CITV channel and Olly the Little White Van would probably have passed us by if it had not been for Justin.
