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Unlock! Heroic Adventures Review

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.

Unlock! Exotic Adventures Review

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.

Harry Potter Invisibility Cloak Review

Now you can recreate the iconic scenes from the Harry Potter film series with this Harry Potter invisibility cloak by appearing to disappear! We must be in Santa’s good books as we were selected to trial this invisibility cloak by Ministry of Magic! We all had so much fun watching ourselves trying to disappear in the video clips and directing the whole play of our own!

What to Pack for a Theme Park

As is often the case for when I go to a theme park, I forgot to pack at least one or two essential items for our trip! It is never been a spontaneous day trip and yet I am not packing the essentials to make the most of my day worry free! Hence I am writing this blog to remind myself in future and also to share my tips with my readers on what to pack for theme parks!

KidSmart App Review

KidSmart is an app designed to improve a child’s English, Mathematics and 11+ skills and it caters for aged four to eleven years old. The app tailors the experience to match the child’s pace and incorporates gamification to stimulate learning.

This app will be available from the App Store with a monthly payment plan. There are three different plans to cater to your needs: Primary, 11+ and Primary & 11+. The Primary plan is aimed at reception to Year 6, whilst 11+ cover topics on CEM 11+ / GL 11+. As you may have guessed, the Primary & 11+ consists of both these plans listed above. We have been testing out their Beta app which includes topics on Primary & 11+ plan.

eufy BodySense Smart Scale Review

These days we understand that there’s much more to being healthy than how much we weigh and to help us to get on track and more detailed health statistics, the eufy BodySense Smart Scale is the way to go. I know that smart scales with Bluetooth are not a new thing in the market, but what I love about this scale is how affordable it is and how smart it looks!

MIND Designer Robot Review

MIND Designer is an innovative intelligent robot that introduces children to simple coding and design. It guides your children through the process of learning mathematics, arithmetic and geometry. This is a great first start up robot for young children aged seven onwards. What I like about this set is that the robot is ready to play straight out of the box.

Kurio Tab Connect Review

Kurio Tab Connect is a premium tablet using an Android OS platform (6.0 Marshmallow) for children. It has a 16 GB internal memory with Quadcore processor for quick web-surfing, quicker photo and video processing, music streaming and faster downloads! It is expandable up to 32 GB using with a microSD card to save files, such as videos, music and photos from the device to the card or used as internal storage that allows you to install apps and save data to it.

Nintendo Switch Crayola Scoot Review

Crayola Scoot is available to buy from today onwards in the UK on Nintendo Switch™, Xbox One™, PlayStation® 4, and Steam®. We are delighted to gain early access to play Crayola Scoot game on Nintendo Switch!

Crayola Scoot is a multi-player game to be played for up to four players at a time! From its name Crayola Scoot, you can easily guess that this game involves colours and scooters! Crayola is a big brand name specializing in artists’ supplies, especially for crayons! And now they partnered with Outright Games to create an action sports game that encourages creativity and self-expression through stunts from freestyle scooter riders!

Little Dragons Café Review

Little Dragons Café is made by the same creator of Harvest Moon – Yasuhiro Wada, for PlayStation®4 and Nintendo Switch™. This is an adorable simulation single-player role-playing game that will be loved by many young children! In this game, you learn about harvesting crops, cooking food, raising your very own dragon and keeping your café alive!

In this game, you are pretty much doing the same routine over and over again, but Ms C loves it and hasn’t grown tired of it yet. Every day there is something new and a simple task for her to fulfil. She loves a straightforward game that does not offer too many challenging tasks.

Nokia 8110 4G Review

After 22 years since its first launch, Nokia has again surprised us with this retro classic 8110 “banana phone” rebooted into a feature phone with 4G. This is not the exact replica of this classic phone, but it certainly feels like one.

Since an early age, I have always been in favour of sliding phones as I think they look smart and stylish. Just imagine by only using one hand to slide, you are always ready to answer or make a call in style. This is why I am so thrilled to get this Nokia 8110 4G black from AO for review. The other option was to have the striking yellow banana phone which is a definite ‘no’ from me! I do not want to draw unnecessary attention to myself from passers-by!

Red’s Kingdom on Nintendo Switch

Red’s Kingdom is a single-player adventure puzzle action game for all ages. This puzzle game was originally released on iOS devices only (not Android devices), but is now out on Nintendo Switch™ via Nintendo eShop, with an RRP of £8.99.

This is a great news for Nintendo Switch fans, as you can play it on the go. This game is cleverly designed, packed full of puzzles to solve and it is the type of game Mr K loves. The levels are challenging but nicely balanced in that they’re not too easy and not too tough. Some of them require a bit more thought though and planning for up to five moves ahead.

Deeno-saur Smart Electric Toothbrush Review

Are you keeping track of your child’s oral hygiene? Did you know that according to Public Health England, 1 in 4 children will have tooth decay when they start school? Also, a surprising roughly 33% of children do not brush their teeth twice a day!

Since brushing and keeping track is such a chore for both parents and child, this is where Deeno steps in with their latest technology to assist us not only to monitor our children’s daily brushing activity, but it also allows children to have fun with Deeno app’s mini-games by earning coins from brushing teeth!

Getting Extra Help this Summer with Laundryheap

Do you always feel defeated after coming back from holiday with mountains of unwashed laundry waiting at a corner for you to clean and pack away? This is what I always fear when coming home with a family of four, especially after a weekend away at the beach! The amount of sand we bring back through our clothing from holiday can fill up a bucket to make a sandcastle!

As our lives are already so busy, digital services that make our days easier to manage have soared in popularity, like online food shopping, online takeaway, Uber, etc., practically everything can be ordered to our convenience.

Nerf Laser Ops Pro Review

Nerf Laser Ops Pro is the brand new laser battling segment from Hasbro that brings real-time video game action to life. We were delighted to receive this AlphaPoint Blaster 2-pack, which consists of two blasters and two silicon armbands. It requires 8 AA batteries (4 batteries per blaster) which are not included in the pack.