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Last week I was invited to the annual Toy Fair in London to check out what was new at Playmobil.
There were loads of toy buyers and exhibitors and a great buzz about the place. Playmobil had a large enslosure upstairs with all the upcoming products for 2012 on display.
Here are my highlights;

Future Planet
Designed for older kids – 7-12yrs – I could quite happily sit and play future planet myself. It’s based on a war of sorts between the ‘E-Rangers’ and the ‘Darksters’ set in the year 2113. …

I was kindly asked to do a toy review by WoodenToyShop.co.uk.
This site has some wonderful wooden toys on it, my daughter loves the wooden food!
We where lucky enough to choose one item off of the site to review and I can tell you it was a very hard decision. In fact the only thing that really swung it was that my husband had recently ran over my little man’s balance bike and we where about to replace it when we saw that these where on this site.
We chose the …

This is the last week of the reading challenge and we got to choose one of the short vowel books to review. The one we chose was my daughter’s favourite, On The Go.
These books are different to the other character ones as they are designed more for understanding and reading the text as opposed to playing with the character as such.
These books helped to impact upon the word boxes and tricky words my daughter has to learn from school. They are still fun and have games but they seem a …

My daughter was lucky enough to be sent a copy of this new Peppa Pig Theme Park game for the DS. This is actually the first game she has played on the DS as my eldest is normally the main game player in the house (followed closely by his dad!).
As soon as it arrived my daughter wanted to play on it. So after sweet talking her brother, she sat and played on it for half an hour. The game was easy enough for her to negotiate without having to involve …

Being a big construction toy fan my small boy was very excited when we were sent a box of Meccano?s latest kits to review, and so was my big boy (aka Dad). Small boy chose to start with the Build and Play 3 in 1 set which has an age range of 5 to 8 years. The 65 parts in this kit are chunky and flexible and the tools are just the right size for small hands.
At the ripe old age of seven and a half small boy is definitely …

Today’s guest toy reviewers are… Connor (4), Laura (10) and Alex (35)
Snazaroo Face Paints ?9.99

Connor loves it and says it’s his favourite. Comes with a booklet with easy to follow steps to show you how to do some of the designs and a gallery with others for you to try by yourself. Colours are nice and bright and easy to apply. I preferred to use make up sponges/brushes rather than the brush/sponge provided as they were softer. Great buy though. We have used them quite a lot and there …

PlayMais is a children’s modelling material made from corn, water and non-toxic dye.

On opening the box and finding several sheets of cardboard cut-outs I was less than impressed, especially as said cut-outs weren’t marked so I was left to figure out which bits went where, not good when you’re suffering with ‘flu-like symptoms’.

Nevertheless after a bit of husbandly help we were well on our way and it wasn’t long before we had the main structures built.
Armed with a plastic knife and a wet cloth we began to fashion roof tiles, …

I arrived back yesterday to an excited daughter, a relieved husband and a large box. What could it be? Mickey Mouse? No, too small plus he has a really nice pad in Disneyworld. I’ve become accustomed to lovely treats over the past week so I immediately thought it would be something good and it was.
We’ve been sent two sets of Lego Duplo, a police themed set and a polar bear set with penguins and a slide! Erin doesn’t have anything Lego-like so she was thrilled …

Wall:E is the latest ‘kid’s’ movie from Disney Pixar.? The plot, from what I’ve gleaned from the game seems to be: The world has been gripped by consumerism which has resulted in it looking like a rubbish dump.? Wall:E a kind of rubbish crunching and sorting machine has been sent to Earth to sort out the mess.? The aim of the game is to move through the levels and save the world, i believe there’s also a little romance later on.
Unfortunately we didn’t get to ‘later on’.? Wall:E is a …

Last year I did a short round up of what I thought were the most appropriate gifts for a one year old. Here is my new version, especially for two year olds. I realise that I only have a girl’s eye view on the subject so jump in with extra ideas, especially for boys.
1. In the Night Garden Characters & Figurines
One commenter recently had a go at me for promoting these items, arguing that there was nothing educational about a babbling character toy. I beg to …