LEGO Pirate Party

LEGO Pirate party cakes

Holding a LEGO Pirate Party needn’t be a complicated affair, here’s how we did it with the thanks* to Gloucestershire based company Fabulous Partyware (see links to individual products). Making a LEGO Party Table The first most obvious thing to me was to make the table look just like a LEGO brick. This is very … Read more

LEGO Eco-Friendly House

LEGO Eco-Friendly House

When the boys were asked to create a #OceanDreamHome from LEGO as part of a competition I knew it was the perfect time to discuss about how houses can be made Eco-friendly. I am sure you will agree that their house is the winning entry because a dream home does not have to have a … Read more

BBC The Furchester Hotel Magazine

BBC The Furchester Hotel Magazine

BBC The Furchester Hotel Magazine Review BBC The Furchester Hotel Magazine is based on the CBeebies show – which sees a monster family called the Furchester-Fuzz use problem solving to figure out the solutions to problems that the guests of The Furchester Hotel have. The magazine is aimed at children aged 3-6 years (core age 4) … Read more

Plasticine Softeez Twitter Party

Plasticine Softeez Twitter Party

Regular readers will know how we love Plasticine. It is perfect for modelling and never dries out. Well this Autumn/Winter Flair have a new range of Plasticine Softeez – which is softer to manage than original Plasticine but keeps all its other qualities. This is just perfect for little hands and is aimed at children ages … Read more

Family Zombie Survival Weekender

zombie survival weekender

Youth and Family Zombie Survival Weekender event: When you have age gaps like mine (6, 7, 12 and 18) it can be difficult to find things for all the boys to do together. So when we were invited to the Zombie Survival Weekender in Egwysilian Mountain (10 miles north of Cardiff) I knew it would … Read more

Danny Chaucer’s Flying Saucer Christopher Peter

Danny Chaucer#s flying saucer

The school summer holidays are here and it would be easy to let my boys have lots of late nights and let them play computer games continuously. Trouble with that is it wouldn’t be very good for their health and they would just start arguing anyway. They are not great with self-regulating their computer/sleep time … Read more

Keeping the Minions Entertained this Summer

Who doesn’t love Minions! To coincide with the new film there is plenty to keep your little Minions entertained this summer. Here are two of our favourites, which we were sent to review: Minions Crayola Colour Alive Now children can see their own Minions come alive right in front of their eyes with Crayola Colour … Read more

Bratz are back!

Bratz SelfieSnaps

The new Bratz collection of dolls and Playsets Iconic fashion doll Bratz is back with a new look and ethos that engages with today’s girl. The relaunch features an exciting line of new products, revolutionary entertainment content, and an immersive app. The core Bratz dolls Cloe, Yasmin, Jade and Sasha return (with less make up … Read more

Bolts and Blip: Battle of the Lunar League DVD

Bolts and Blip: Battle of the Lunar League

Bolts and Blip: Battle of the Lunar League The story follows best friends Bolts and Blip who are Civi-Bots (the ones who are uncool and not very good at sport). In the year 2080 the moon is endanger as evil Dr.Blood devised a plan to create The Blood Bots to infiltrate The Lunar League (a … Read more

Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

Lewis Carroll Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass – 150th Anniversary Edition Lewis Carroll’s timeless classics Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass have been brought together for this beautiful 150th Anniversary edition. Written to entertain the daughter of a Dean, Alice Liddell, young Alice is the star of the … Read more