Disclosure: This product was sent to us free of charge for the purpose of this review, however this review represents our honest opinion of the product. This post may contain affiliate links. Product: Casdon Wooden Easel for Kids Price: £30.00 RRP Age Range: 3 years+ Manufacturer’s Description: Traditional, wooden framed easel with chalkboard surface and a magnetic, wipe clean side for no-mess drawing. Includes clips to attach paper for… Continue Reading “Review: Casdon Wooden Easel for Kids”
We are already fans of the Casdon range of role play toys, as the girls have a box full of toy food and so on, including the Little Shopper Fruit and Vegetable Basket and the Supermarket Till. The girls love to have pretend tea parties and also role play as cafe owners fairly often to this set of kitchen equipment is a great addition to their collection!… Continue Reading “Review: Casdon Morphy Richards Kitchen Set”
One Saturday, a few months ago now, Lydia, 9 of her friends, and her big sister Georgie descended on the All About Me party centre in South Birmingham, for a two hour unicorn extravaganza of a birthday party. This was Lydia’s first birthday party not held at home, and she was really excited for it – she went to a friends’ pamper style party there back in… Continue Reading “Lydia’s unicorn birthday party”
We were sent a medium Ellen Donut Bed in grey, and a large Ellen Dog Mattress in pink to review, as well as a Noodle Drying Towel. With two dogs in the house we need plenty of spots for them to curl up and have a rest in, and these beds are perfect for that.… Continue Reading “Review: Scruffs Ellen Collection dog beds”
Over the weekend James and I were up in Manchester to help out with the set up & smooth(ish) running of the BlogOn conference, and this time around I was also on the schedule to do a talk on the new WordPress block editor, otherwise known as Gutenberg. As promised, I’m sharing my slides here on the blog, complete with a pdf download with added… Continue Reading “Getting to grips with Gutenberg”
Earlier this week we were invited along to the VIP launch event for the brand new state-of-the-art multi million pound marine mammal rescue centre at our local Sea Life centre here in Birmingham. As regular visitors to the centre, we knew something big was happening – a large area of the centre had been closed off, the otters had moved out, and we had to… Continue Reading “Seals in the City at Sea Life Birmingham”
The girls have requested a scavenger style treasure hunt this Easter so I’ve been thinking up some clues to plant around the house, to go on the clue sheets I designed & popped on here as a free printable yesterday. Here are a variety of different clue ideas suitable for children of all ages – many of them you can make as difficult or easy… Continue Reading “Indoor scavenger hunt clues for kids”
The girls have requested a treasure/scavenger hunt style egg hunt this Easter, so because I’d rather design something myself than pay for a ‘kit’ at the shops, and I didn’t want to just use blank bits of paper, I decided to make my own clue sheets to make it a bit more fun. I designed a ‘first clue’ intro Easter card to get them started… Continue Reading “Easter Scavenger Hunt – Free Printables”
Lydia is a fan of the Dreamworks Spirit: Riding Free series, so when we were offered the opportunity to review some of the toys from Flair, I jumped at the chance.… Continue Reading “Review: Spirit Riding Free Collection”
The girls have reviewed some Fuzzikins toys before, and they really enjoy the combination of craft and play you get with them – drawing colours and patterns onto the animals and being able to rinse and repeat whenever they like.… Continue Reading “Review: Fuzzikins Bedtime Buddies”
With the live action adaptation of Dumbo in the cinemas, it is the perfect time to get nostalgic about the original, created in 1941, and still one of the best classic Disney movies. This jigsaw is a lovely celebration of Dumbo and is a really enjoyable puzzle.… Continue Reading “Review: Disney Dumbo Jigsaw Puzzle”
We are a family of ‘building block’ fans, so any product like this which will help extend the creativity & playability for the girls, and also give them a way to display their completed LEGO models, is an interesting one.… Continue Reading “Review: Strictly Briks Stackable Base Plates”
Last week our baby girl turned six years old… I heard a quote recently about parenting; “The days are long but the years are short” and this feels so true right now as I look at my daughters and how big they seem. With Georgie turning eight in a handful of weeks, it’s hard to comprehend entirely that I have been a parent for almost… Continue Reading “Lydia is 6!”
