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Christmas in the Wizarding World Wish List

Last week, we had the most awesome delivery that any Harry Potter fan would love to get their hands on or see under their Christmas tree this Christmas! Inside this enormous box, there were the top 10 Harry Potter Christmas in the Wizarding World wish list items!

So, there is the latest Wow!Stuff Harry Potter Invisibility Cloak which launched recently, LEGO® Harry Potter Knight Bus™ which is one of the Top 12 DreamToys 2019 choices, the magnificent LEGO® Harry Potter Hogwarts™ Clock Tower, Harry Potter Sorting Hat™ which came out a year ago, the Harry Potter Yule Ball Doll, Harry Potter Wizard Training Wand, the amazing Hornby Hogwarts™ Express, Harry Potter Pictopia, Harry Potter Dobble and the Harry Potter The Cursed Child: The Journey book!

Harry potter top 10 christmas in the wizarding world

Qixels Kingdom Castle Attack Playset Review

Qixels are pixelated cubes which allow children to create their own 8bit pixelated world full of fun themes and characters, by fusing them together with a blast of water. They are suitable for aged 4 and above.

It had been awhile since we last reviewed Qixels and were very excited to see that they now have a range of designs! Not only that, they have a much improved cube tray that allow children or adults to place the Qixels onto the tray and remove the characters off the tray with ease. We have received the Qixels Kingdom Castle Attack playset which features 1000 cubes to create a Qixels Kingdom where children can defeat the savage trolls and regain power of their lands.

Qixels Kingdom Castle Attack Playset Review

A Weekend at Disneyland Paris

It is not very often we get invited to such an awesome place as Disneyland Paris and to meet Disney Ambassadors Paula Radcliffe MBE and Paralympic winner, Michäel Jérémiasz from France at runDisney France! If you have not seen my earlier posts about the event, do check out my post about it.

a weekend at disneyland paris

Lego King Pig Castle

Angry Bird Red and Mighty Eagle storm into King Pig’s castle to rescue the stolen eggs from King Pig! They need to stop Chef Pig from putting boiled eggs on the menu. Mighty Eagle catapults Red to the top of the tower to rescue the eggs before they slide into the cauldron. This awesome King Pig’s castle is part of the new LEGO Angry Birds collection and is suitable for children aged 6 and above. It is available from retailers nationwide and Amazon. For more information visit www.lego.com/en-gb/

lego king pig's castle

Princess Castle Cake

Last week, my little girl turned six and you wouldn’t believe that if you saw her in real life. She is as little as a three or four year old. Anyway, I asked her what type of cake she wanted and she requested a Princess Castle cake for her big day. So on her birthday eve, after putting them to bed, I started whisking and baking. It took me nearly 3 hours just to bake alone. I didn’t have enough baking equipment resulting in having to wait until I’d finished with some items so it could be washed and dried before reusing for the next task.

So I made two tiers of Madeira cake and a sponge cake for the top. The reason for the different cake was because I ran out of baking ingredients too! Then I iced it with strawberry flavour icing. For the castle, I dipped the ice cream cones into candy sauce and sprinkled lot of sprinkles onto it. Once dried, I sliced a few into half for the sides of the castle.

Then I made a flag from a cocktail stick and paper. Once everything was in place, I mixed two different icing for piping. The green is for the plant and red icing for the flower.

princess castle cakeThis is my first time making such a big cake. Hopefully by next year, I am able to polish up on my piping and decorating skills and make a better looking cake! For now, this is it! A total of six hours of baking is definitely worth it when you saw the look on her face. She was very delighted!

princess castle cake

Time Tower Tour at Warwick Castle

Each year, Warwick Castle brings interesting new activities and development to their castle and we find that it is worth going back again and again to explore new things there.

warwick castle time tower review

Mike the Knight: Journey to Dragon Mountain

Last week, we were really fortunate to get invited to attend the launch event for the Mike the Knight: Journey to Dragon Mountain DVD at Warwick Castle. We set off and reached the castle within 45 minutes from our home.

We all settled in soon and watched the movie while eating jam tarts! Mr K and Ms C love Mike the Knight and have been watching the show since young. Mr K would always pretend to be Mike and Ms C would be Evie!

Mike the Knight

Ben & Holly Thistle Castle Playset Review

This is a brand new Ben & Holly Thistle Castle playset from Character Online. I am impressed with the superb quality of the playset. It is very sturdy and robust, and the castle is very colourful too. Ms C was so happy when she saw it and wanted me to open it up immediately!

ben and holly thistle castle playset

3 Mini English Heritage Lessons

If the only historic date you can remember from school is 1066, you’ve missed out on all sorts of excitement. From ancient British warlocks to art deco fabulousness – take our three mini English Heritage lessons to add to your historical knowledge and understand our present a little better.

[caption id="attachment_6085" align="aligncenter" width="480"]Kenilworth Castle Heritage image from Red Rose Mummy[/caption]

Schleich Dragon & Griffin Knights

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!

Meeting Mike the Knight at Warwick Castle

We had a fab time meeting Mike the Knight at Warwick Castle. I would like to thank HIT Entertainment Ltd who organised the trip and Warwick Castle for providing the event. This is our children’s first visit to the glorious Warwick castle and to learn about medieval history, magic, myth and adventure. It only took us 50 minutes to reach the castle from Lichfield.

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Welcome to ET Speaks From Home. My name is Eileen, mother of two children aged 13 and 11 with visual impairment. We've been online since 2012 and continue to grow. I love to cook, craft, DIY, write about Chinese Culture and YouTube reviews.
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