The Famous Five – The Adventure Game app is available to download at App Store now at £2.99! This also coincides with the 75th Anniversary of Enid Blyton’s Famous Five since the very first book, Five On A Treasure Island, came out.
New Skylanders Superchargers Characters
Calling all Skylanders Fans! I have great news to share with you! The latest wave of Skylanders from the Skylanders Universe includes three new characters and three new vehicles. Now I am going to show you their individual skills!
DisneyLife Review
Have you seen this unique digital membership service for DisneyLife app which allows you and your family to view Disney’s biggest collection of entertainment, including movies, books, music and TV episodes, in one place? Now you can enjoy Disney wherever you are, whenever you want as long as you have the suitable devices! It is available from the App Store and Google Play for a monthly price of £9.99, up to six members of the family can create their own individual profile on DisneyLife using their favourite iconic Disney character to use across 10 different devices. Visit www.DisneyLife.com to start your one month free trial and there is no annual contract so members may cancel at any time.
Argos Wishlist App Review
Argos have launched an app for children called My Christmas Wishlist. The app is aimed at children aged between 3 to 7 years old and is available for iOS and Android devices. It is an app to allow young children to choose the toys they want for Christmas and send it to Santa (aka mummy or daddy’s inbox).
After downloading the app, parents should register their email address in order to get the wish list from their children. You can also adjust how many toys the children can choose within a certain price range. I didn’t set this and let my children add as many toys as they wanted. What a big mistake! I had to go back, adjust it and get them to reselect.
In this Argos Wishlist app, there are five little cute helpers: Mo, Squidge, Fly, Gil and Stik. Once you have selected the helpers, it will ask you to take a selfie and add your name. You can have one profile for each child. Once your photo is taken, you can simply create your own wish list. It is divided into a number of categories: LEGO, Skylanders, Disney Infinity, Minecraft, Furby, Bear, Bicycle and many more. They are the best of the best toys for Christmas 2014.
How To Train Your Dragon 2
Tomorrow we are having a special at-home viewing party to watch the How To Train Your Dragon 2 movie! Do come and join in with us!
Mooshka: Myra’s Birthday Surprise
Myra’s Birthday Surprise is a FREE eBook that is available on iTunes and Amazon App store for Android to download. Today is a special day in Mooshka Village. It is Myra’s birthday, and her friends have planned to surprise her with presents, cakes and songs. But the magic of the Mooshka friendship has an even more adorable surprise in store for them all!
Boj App Review
Boj is a new animation in Cbeebies with Jason Donovan voicing the ‘Pops’. Boj is a bilby with a unique perspective on things. He and his family burrowed to Giggly Park with Mimi and Pops and there’s always something to discover and problems to solve using his unique, upside-down, inside out, topsy-turvy way of seeing the world.
Currently they have two AppBooks on the iTunes AppStore. ‘Boj – The Collector’ and ‘Musical Mayhem’ were released to accompany the CBeebies show, ‘Boj!’ the books take an interactive lead on the first two episodes aired. The books are narrated by Jason Donovan.
The Collector
HEXBUG Havoc App Review
Mr K is a big fan of gaming and when I downloaded HEXBUG Havoc, he couldn’t wait to try it out. This is a free app that is designed to download on both iPhone and iPad. Click here to download to start playing.
Dr. Panda’s Toy Cars App Review
Dr. Panda launched toy cars app! As I mentioned before, both my children enjoy all Dr. Panda apps as we have all their apps on the iPad like Beauty Salon, Hospital, Supermarket, Handyman, Daycare, Restaurant and Restaurant 2. I cannot speak highly enough of their apps. They give my children so much of fun! They are educational, creative and teach basic life skills to the children.
The Official LOGO board game App
Since last week, The Official LOGO board game app for both iPhone and iPad devices, is on the iTunes App Store list, is completely free to download until 31st December 2013. Sorry to Android users! Of course as a family gamer, I had already downloaded and played it! This is the one and only Official LOGO app, published with fully granted permissions and approvals from all the contributing companies. Drumond Park launched the LOGO board game property five years ago, and there are now 6 games in the series – so Drumond Park has unrivalled access to the logos of hundreds of UK brands and products, many of which have chosen to appear on the app.
APPen: Colour, Play, Learn
APPen is a brand new line of kids electronic toys and accessories from GPTech, that allows children to enjoy learning, writing and colouring on a tablet. The app is compatible with the majority of android and iOS tablets. Recently, I did have issues when I updated to the latest iOS7 release which caused the app to stop working. So I had to go to Settings, click Privacy, select Microphone and then set the APPen to YES. The app is free to download and it can be used with or without the APPen. The APPen does not require batteries; simply plug it in via the headphone socket of any compatible tablet.
Justin’s World Goldilocks & Letter Sounds
Many parents will know Britain’s best-loved children’s entertainer Justin Fletcher MBE, – also known as Mr Tumble! Last week, I reviewed Justin’s World Jigsongs app. In that review, I also mentioned that he has launched three more apps which are Goldilocks; Letter Sounds and Animal Sounds.
Justin’s World Jigsongs App
Every child will know Britain’s best-loved children’s entertainer Justin Fletcher MBE, – also known as Mr Tumble! Now he has launched Justin’s World. It is a new range of apps for pre-school children. Both of my children adore him and still watch Mr Tumble, Justin’s House and Jollywobbles! This coming Thursday, I am hosting the #SomethingSpecialParty. My children can’t wait to play with the toys!
Multiplayer Catchphrase App on iPad
Catchphrase is a British game show where contestants have to guess the catch phrases as depicted by the animations on the screen. The shows first aired in the eighties and recently, there is a new series on ITV. If you miss the show, why not download the game? The multi player app was launched recently which allows you to play up to two friends at the same time, while also includes 40 new multi player rounds and 65 new randomised catch phrases.
Before you download the game, it is important you read this! Please make sure that you have a Facebook account otherwise there are limited features to play as a guest. Also Facebook logins might not work if your device is running on iOS5 as Facebook no longer supports older operating systems.
Paddlepak Party By Trunki
We are a massive fan of Trunki and have bought a lot of their products like Trunki Ride along, BoostApaks and Paddlepak! For those who do not know Trunki, they make fun, innovative travel gear for families on the go. Now they have launched their first ever app, and it’s completely free for you to download, with no sneaky in app purchases! It’s aimed at children aged 3 to 6 years old and is designed to help with their numeracy and hand-eye coordination, but most importantly, it’s a lot of fun!
