Cuisine & Culture the Chinese Family Way
Did you know that Jamie Oliver has teamed up with Moshi Monsters favourite character Furi to inspire young budding chefs around the world to get into the kitchen and learn how to cook? The duo have been cooking up a storm in Jamie’s kitchen to create a delicious Butternut Squash Muffin.
Recently, we had fun learning through educational STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths) focused activities at home. We have got involved in a few science activities like the water tornado, absorbing science, colourful sugar and potato clock!
Both of my children love science as long as we make it interesting and not bore them with too much information. Last week, we have received the Digital Metal Detector and Double Globe Planetarium from Trends UK to write about our opinion on how girls vs. boys in the family view science and science projects.
Did you know that Disney Tsum Tsum has made its way to Disney Stores across the UK? This is following phenomenal success in Japan, with the launch of a range of stackable and collectible soft toys featuring favourite Disney characters from Mickey and Minnie Mouse to Dumbo, Donald Duck, Frozen characters and many more.
Disney Tsum Tsum (pronounced ‘Soom Soom’) means “stack stack” in Japanese, and stems from the Japanese Zen art of stone stacking. The soft toys are designed to be stacked big and high, the soft and cuddly toys are available in small (RRP £3), medium (RRP £10) and large sizes (RRP £20), allowing each individual to build a collection of their most adored Disney characters.
The popularity of the Frozen movie has been phenomenal from the moment it graced the cinemas in 2013. All the little girls wanted to be like Elsa, the Snow Queen! My daughter, Ms C is the same too! She loves the movie and is mad for all things Frozen including of the dress, plush toys, dolls, wallpaper etc.!
She was so thrilled when she saw this 2 in 1 Frozen Magic Snow Sleeve from Flair and gorgeous Frozen Elsa Deluxe dress from Rubies.
This coming 20th March 2015, prepare for a cute alien invasion coming to the big screen in the UK! In celebration of the animated DreamWorks Movie release of HOME, Flair have release a huge range of toys to bring the magic to your home. The toy collection features all the recognisable characters such as Oh, Tip and Captain Smek, helping your little one to create their very own magical BOOV story!
This Easter, instead of getting chocolate eggs for your children or yourself, why not take a look at these egg-citing Hatch ‘N’ Heroes new range from Bandai!
Hatching your eggs into awesome characters from Disney’s much loved movies heroes like the brand new Big Hero 6 Baymax, classic Toy Story characters Woody and Buzz, fishy friends Nemo and Dory from Finding Nemo and Frozen’s ever-popular Olaf. They will be available in March at ToysRus, Tesco, Smyths Toys superstores and Toymaster at £5.99 each.
Want to build your own American-style racing truck with electric motor without using glue or making a mess? Interplay have this brilliant Technokits Racing Truck that has it all! This kit is suitable for ages 8 years old and above. My 7 year old son is slightly young but with adult help, he did it in no time!
Scooby Doo and his friends always find themselves solving mysteries involving supposedly supernatural creatures through a series of antics and missteps. Now Scooby is going to investigate suspicious goings on in the Mystery Mansion. Beware as there are plenty of secret traps hidden in the mansion!
Little Live Pets have added new adorable additions to their range! Let me introduce you to the Owl families. They are the Nightstar family (blue in colour), the Graceling family (white and purple in colour) and the Heartwing family (pink in colour). The other Little Live Pets ranges are the birds and butterflies from which we have reviewed the Angelic Angela bird. They are suitable for ages 5 and onwards.
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.
If you love the mini, cute and fun character Shopkins, then you will love this So Cool fridge for your new collectible! This Shopkins So Cool fridge playset comes with 2 exclusive characters, an ice dispenser, an egg seesaw with 6 mini Shopkins eggs, 2 shopping bags, 1 yellow ice bucket, 35 fridge stickers and removable trays for plug and play. It is suitable for children aged 5 and above.
Dare to risk getting cream on your face? I think Pie Face is one of the most exciting and fun dare games for children and adults! It is all down to luck!
Pie Face is suitable for children aged four and above. Inside the box, there is 1 pie thrower, 1 throwing arm, 2 yellow handles, 1 chin rest, 1 splash card mask, 1 spinner and 1 small sponge. There are no batteries required for this machine. Piecing together is straightforward but I find it hard to slot in the splash card mask to the underside of the chin rest to secure the mask in place. So I just left the card hanging on the edge which still works fine.
The new Zelfs series 4 have landed. There are over 18 new characters: Petal, Cupie, Billy, Sugar Bunny, Chi, Pandela, Galexia, Smoothie, Cindy-Moo, Oceana, Cyril, Sketalia, Stardust, Flare, Flittabell, Ooma, Polly Roger and Roberta. Also there is a limited edition Cleocat to collect. They are available to buy from Character Online and other good stores.
Palace Pets have launched four new Disney characters from Character Online. They are called the Glitzy Glitter Friends. There are four to collect: Petit, Treasure, Pumpkin and Beauty.
This year we have been very fortunate to have reviewed a wide range of toys for both of my children. We are lucky that their age gap is quite close so they tend to play together and share their toys. But of course, they do have different interests and so they will not always play with the same toys. Anyway, these are the toys for girls that my daughter have picked as it contains her favourite characters and toys for pretend play.
