Cuisine & Culture the Chinese Family Way
To celebrate 50 years of the Rocky Horror Show movie, University Games has launched this raucous party game for players to join in this bizarre plot as the main characters to have fun! The show started as a musical before coming to the big screen. Personally, I have not watched this 1975 movie before but judging by the movie poster of the cast, this movie must be insanely bizarre! Indeed, this game is also very bizarre where players get to role-play, sing and dance.
Recently, we came across this interesting product – Messi Foot Bubbles which is a thick bubble that allows you to juggle around your feet. The pack includes a pair of socks, bubble blower, solution tray and bubble solution. The socks are available in range of four colours: purple, green, orange and red. This is suitable for ages 6 and upwards.
This is a very easy craft that we made during the Easter holiday break. Both of my children love fishes and so we decided to make this fish mobile to hang it in our conservatory. We spent at least 20 minutes to colour all the fishes and took me around 10 minutes to thread them into this simple yet beautiful fish mobile.
Can you believe it is April already? This is my fourth challenge as a Bostik Blogger and this month’s theme is Ocean. I have received a crafting box packed with seashells, sand coloured paint and many more. So my children decided to make an ocean puppet play box.
Sensory play is a great way to stimulate children’s five senses: touch, smell, taste, sight and hearing. Through these activities, it would naturally help children to learn to play, create, investigate and explore. Cra-Z-Sand is just perfect for the job as it is easier to clean up than the real sand and it is non-toxic.
Recently through Toyella, a multi-award winning toy retailer, I found these fascinating magnetic wooden blocks called Tegu. Both my children are fascinated with constructing things and making different type of models so this is really ideal for them. Tegu is taking constructing traditional buildings to a new level of fun and excitement! With its embedded invisible magnets inside the hardwood blocks, building can be so engaging and delightful.
This autumn, let Lite Brix light up by using this illuminating brick building concept to shine the world with beautiful colours. This Character Online Lite Wars Slayer Jet vs Captain Bolt’s bunker construction set enables your child to build a slayer jet with 2 cannons using Lite Brix lighted building bricks, which feature four colour LEDs that come to life when connected to the mini LED battery power pack.
Sound the Octo-Alert! This is Captain Barnacles! Octonauts Gup-S polar exploration vehicle is designed to withstand the coldest of climates and be able to explore icy environments with ease. The Octonauts Gup-S can transform into two different vehicles: the Octo-Sled and the Octo-Shuttle.
Love a toy box for storing all sorts of junk and love a desk for playing or learning? Kidsplaykit sells this ingeniously designed flower toy box and desk serves both these purposes. It is a desk and a play table, making it perfect for those with limited storage space just like us! In addition to this gorgeous pink flower toy box theme, they also have a dinosaur and race track themes which is more suitable for the boy’s room.
A big welcome to Week 16 of the Tuesday Tutorials Pintorials Pin Party! This week I am featuring three simple activities/crafts with kids!
Is it time for a check up? Today Lambie fell over and needed a cast. Doc McStuffins is coming to the rescue! In this Doc Mini Clinic Playset, there is a fantastic mini doctor’s case, a thermometer, a syringe and 2 casts for Lambie! Not only that! This special doctor’s playset also comes with exclusive Doc and Lambie characters and a book of boo boos hidden under the patient’s bed!
If you are coming down to Birmingham to do your shopping or to visit the Frankfurt Christmas Market, why not pop by to the Winter Skate. They are open for a limited of time only, until 5 January 2014, every day from 10 am to 10 pm. This morning, we were all so excited to don our ice skating boots as the children had never tried it before and it had been over 20 years ago that Mr C and I were last on the ice.
Doc McStuffins is an African-American animated children’s television series. She is a six year old who can fix toys, with a little help from her stuffed animal friends: Stuffy, Hallie, Lambie and Chilly. This set comes with Doc McStuffins and her friend Lambie along with her Doc’s bag, stethoscope, thermometer, otoscope and comb. The set is suitable for aged 3 years onwards. Doc McStuffins requires four 1.5V battery and Lambie required three 1.5V battery which are included. They are housed in their back along with the on/off switch.
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.
Make Time 2 Play aims to give parents FREE play ideas that can be easily slotted in to busy schedules. It was established in 2007 to highlight the importance of play in children’s lives. It is administered by the British Toy and Hobby Association whose members are committed to promoting the benefits that play has in helping children to develop naturally through play. The campaign highlights the value that play has for people of all ages and information can be found throughout the website on why it is such a vital ingredient for healthy child development. Today, we are making a mask using the list of 101 play ideas from Make Time 2 Play.
