Cuisine & Culture the Chinese Family Way
For the past year, I have been searching for fun party and team building game ideas that do not require buying a lot of things or creating waste. Wasting money money or materials is a real pet hate. So some of the game materials were from the recycle bin. Whenever I set up Trivia Questions or True or False questions, I will squeeze in at least three to six answer sheet tables from an A4 size document, typically using a smallish font size of 8.
This ultimate LEGO Super Mario Bowser’s Airship set comes with a lot of impressive features that will wow everyone in the room. This amazing airship unfolds from compact to opened up form in just one move. The masts are removable to facilitate gameplay by joining them together with the extra LEGO bricks provided in the set.
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!
From now until 7th January 2019, visitors at Twycross Zoo will have the chance to explore the world-famous Great Brick Safari with over 70 life-sized LEGO brick animals, showcasing 27 different species across the zoo. Twycross Zoo is set in an 80-acre site, caring for around 500 animals from over 125 species, located amongst the rural countryside in the heart of England, Leicestershire and it is easily accessed from major roads and motorways.
They are home to one of the largest primate collections in Europe and the only place in the UK, and one of four worldwide, where visitors can see all four types of Great Ape (gorilla, orangutan, chimpanzee and bonobo) as well as a wide collection of gibbons.
Strictly Briks Brik Tower is what your children need to provide them with endless hours of fun! Use the 10 x 10 baseplates and Stackers to create your very own tower by stacking them up! This is suitable for aged five and above.
Brik Tower contains 30 pieces of Stackers and 4 pieces of 10 by 10 inch baseplates. They are very bright and colourful pieces. What’s so great about Strictly Briks is that their large building briks are compatible with all leading brands. This is a promised guaranteed tight fit with any large size building briks.
Lego Friends Advent Calendar 2017 set number 41326 has arrived instore and online! Have you seen them yet? As a Lego fan, we were so excited to be the first few to have it and be ready for the 1st of December! Let the countdown begin!
If you like LEGO as much as we do, then you have to check out this Sticky Brick Tape which is fully compatible with LEGO. This tape allows you to turn any surface into a building block fun zone. Now you can build around corners, on curves and even onto other objects, instantly transforming any surface into a block building world that has no limits.
Lego Minifigures Series 17 is available to buy now at retailers nationwide with 16 all-new characters to collect or trade. This adds new and exciting play possibilities to existing LEGO® sets featuring the Hot Dog Vendor, Elf Maiden, Butterfly Girl, Circus Strongman, Veterinarian, Battle Dwarf, Dance Instructor, Gourmet Chef, Connoisseur, Corn Cob Guy, Roman Gladiator, Rocket Boy, Pro Surfer, Retro Space Hero and the Yuppie, plus a mystery character!
Another great Marvel movie, Guardians of the Galaxy Volume 2, is coming out in cinemas soon. No doubt, this is another great opportunity for LEGO fans and movie collectors to collect these Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 playsets. What we have here are: Ravager Attack, Ayesha’s Revenge and The Milano vs. The Abilisk set.
This Batmobile 70905 set is the 2017 model car for Batman, Bruce Wayne. This is his latest car a.k.a “The Speedwagon” that can transform into different types of vehicles to store in his Bat-garage. If you haven’t followed Lego Batman through the years, in fact, Lego Batman first launched the Batmobile in 2006 which was 11 years ago. Over the years, they have updated the Batmobile to the highest standard.
Did you know that the much-anticipated LEGO NEXO Knights sets have been available nationwide since 1st June? Recently, we had the first hand look at the sets at the Legoland party! Have you read the post yet?
Anyway, this is the continuation of the next level of the LEGO NEXO Knights’ story where you can defeat Jestro the Evil Jester with more playsets, more shields and more powers. The Ultimate NEXO KNIGHTS™ sets allows your creativity to defeat your enemy with ultimate battle gear and unique NEXO Powers.
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/
Yesterday, we saw an exciting shop (The Entertainer) opening in our city of Lichfield. This is probably one of my children’s favourite stores and now I have something to tempt them to pop to the shops with me.
After much success for LEGO Ninjago, Friends, Chima and Star Wars magazines, today they are launching a brand new magazine for Lego NEXO Knights fans! The target audience for this magazine is from aged six onwards. We are so pleased to be one of the first to read their first issue!
As Chinese New Year – The Year of Monkey is approaching, I can’t help thinking what to do next for this year’s theme! Today, I am using LEGO to build me auspicious Chinese New Year words. It is 大吉大利 which means I wish you happiness, luck and wealth. I do have limited LEGO so I am building 大吉 which represents almost the same meaning!
