Review - Bouncy Balls Kit

This kit comes with 8 packs of glow in the dark crystals and a couple of ball moulds.  This is how you make them..........First of all read the instructions:

Next choose which coloured crystals you'd like:

Pour into the mould:

Place into cold water for two minutes:

Rinse and leave to dry for approximately 4 hours. The end result:

Chick really enjoyed making these but I would recommend that you encourage them to make the small ones. We made one large one that took most of the crystals and she was a bit disappointed that they ran out so quickly. She has however played with the balls quite a lot and has even taken them to school to play with her friends. The fact that they glow in the dark is a bonus too :-)

My verdict: They make a great stocking filler and are an okay price. Really simple to make and lots of fun afterwards.

Available to buy from Toys R Us at £5.99.  Would you like the chance to become a Toyologist from now until Christmas? Them make sure you enter the fab competition that Toys R Us are running until 21st November.

BirdsEye - 100challenge

A few weeks ago I was invited by Birds Eye to spend the day with them and Amanda Ursell who is a nutrition columnist for The Times. The idea was that I would take 5 items from my kitchen that I always have in (guess they weren't thinking wine ;-) and challenge Amanda to cook a quick, healthy meal.  Chef Paul from Birdseye was also on hand to answer any questions and I thought that I could get some starter cooking tips from him as you all know just how terrible my cooking is!!!!

I would have loved to have gone as I'm sure that they would have whipped up something amazing but unfortunately I was unable to make it at the last minute due to work commitments.  Click here to see what a fabulous time they had without me!!! Sally from 'Who's the Mummy' was also invited and she wrote a post with the tops tips that she learnt from the day!

Birds Eye have set up something called the 100challenge, where they have recruited a 100 families to take part in weekly challenges focussing on healthy eating family time and living life to the full. The website at http://www.100challenge.co.uk/ is a really good tool and you can follow how the families are getting on, read their blog posts, get lots of fab recipe ideas and enter their weekly competitions.

For more information follow check out the website or follow them on Twitter

Playskool - Push 'N Stack Gears

I'm guessing that you are all wondering why Toys R Us sent me this when I no longer count Chick's age in months???? Originally this was part of the box destined for my local Children's Hospital however as it has three little pieces of fabric on it, the hospital are unable to have it on the wards due to infection control. Being the lovely person I am, I donated it to a friend of mine that has a one year old!!

There wasn't anything that they didn't like about this which is always a bonus and at £14.99 was something that they would have bought themselves.

What they loved about it:

- Brightly coloured

- All the pieces moved as you pushed it which had the little one completely engrossed

- Very durable and after being dropped from a great height several times as well as bashed about is still as good as new!!

- Lara enjoyed taking the pieces of the toy apart and putting them together again

- Big chunky parts are fabulous as Lara could handle them with ease and chew on them without swallowing anything!

A big thumbs up from Lara and Mummy and Daddy. The Push N Stack gears is available from Toys R Us online and in store, you can also follow them on Facebook.

Think Fun Games

We recently received two ThinkFun games in our Toys R Us Toyologists boxes. The first one is Tipover:

The game comes with different levels of cards from beginner to expert. Using the grid and placing the crates in the positions indicated on the cards, you need to tip the crates over to create a path from start to finish.

We took this away on holiday with us for the girls to play and they struggled to understand what to do without our help. It also took us a while to figure it out!!! Once we had got it the girls were ok with it but Chick didn’t really enjoy playing it and she found it too hard. The Punk was more interested but that didn’t last too long either.

I think that maybe it was too grown up for them and may be better suited to older Children. I honestly don’t believe this is a bad game it’s just not fun enough for my Girl as she has to think about it. It’s aimed at ages 8+ and costs around £12.99

The other game that we were sent is Rush Hour and is based on similar rules to Tipover, with this one however you need to escape the gridlocked traffic.

Chick enjoyed this one much more which I find really odd! I’m not sure if it’s the brightly coloured cars as the principal is exactly the same as Tipover. Again this comes with cards from beginners to expert so is great for the whole Family but is aimed at ages 8+. Available from Toys R Us at £12.99

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Sea Band Giveaway

This competition is now closed. Please keep checking back for more great giveaways!

Sea-Band acupressure wristbands have been providing nausea relief to millions of people for over 20 years. They work fast and effectively for all types of nausea including travel and morning sickness. 

·         Sea-Bands work using the principles of Acupressure.

·         Sea-Bands are non invasive and drug free.

·         The plastic stud on Sea-Bands applies a continuous pressure on each wrist relieving the feeling of nausea.

·         Sea-Bands can be used for Motion Sickness, Morning Sickness (Pregnancy Nausea and Vomiting), Chemotherapy related Nausea and Post-Operative Nausea.

I was sent some sea bands to try out as both Chick and I get a little travel sick and I must admit that at first I was a little sceptical, but they really do work!!!  I’ve worn them on a couple of trips as a passenger and it was so nice not to be nauseous in the car. I really wish that I would’ve known about them years ago when I was pregnant as I was sick for six months!

Mine came in a lovely shade of grey but there are different coloured choices if you should be fussy about the colour! Chick was also less impressed with her camouflage set but the kids version also come in Pink or Blue.

I have two pairs of Sea Bands to give away one for adults and one for children. Just leave me a comment here telling me which pair you’d like and why. You don’t have to follow my blog or me on Facebook but if you would like too then that would be lovely J


Closing date is Friday, 5^th November at 5pm.


Sea Bands are available to buy from Tesco, Waitrose, Sainsburys and Lloyds Pharmacy in the UK and retail at £7.99 


In the US they are available at Walmart, CVS, Walgreens and RiteAid.

Magic Fabric Creation Studio

Description: Use this great Creation Studio to make six magical puffy characters, a gift card and a picture frame.

 Create your own design on the plates, wind it through the Creation Studio and wow! Your very own puffy characters from flat to a 3D in a flash.

Decorate your characters with the eyelets and danglers to bring them to life, then hang them off your bag, pencil case and more!

Recipe

Step 1: Take one character design

Step 2: Layer and add the foam centrepiece:

Step 3: Add top layer and features to your character:

Step 4: Line up plates and insert into machine:

Step 5: Your character is now ready:

Repeat steps 1-4 to make the other characters:

For additional cuteness send them to everyone you know as presents and then drive your Mum crazy until she buys you the refill sets ;-)

Available from Toys R Us at £24.99

Reviewed as part of the Toys R Us Toyologist Programme.

Disgusting Science

This set was so cool that we had to make two videos of the various experiments:

Disclaimer - This is actually quite disgusting so probably best not to watch it whilst eating!!!!

We had so much fun with this and we all give it a huge thumbs up. The only downside (which probably won't apply to most people!!) is that you need a microwave for most of the experiments and our holiday cottage didn't have one and I'm guessing some other people may not so you may need to take that into account!

Available from Toys R Us and costs £12.99.