Today I was in London to visit the DreamToys event, where a panel of toy expert judges have revealed what they expect to be 2017s Top 12 sought after toys for Christmas. With some brilliant toys on display, including all dozen ‘top toys’ I have spent my morning checking out the latest and greatest toys that will be appearing beneath Christmas trees this December.
My very lucky girls received a surprise parcel from Warner Bros yesterday full of Scooby Doo goodies to celebrate Halloween! They had no idea what was in the parcel other than the one word hint I gave them – ‘toys’ – and as unboxing fans they were excited to film their own.
This morning I’ve been in London at the 2016 Dreamtoys event, to find out what the top toys are this Christmas. Each year a panel of “leading toy retailers” come together to look at the latest and greatest toys, and to predilection which dozen toys will be the best sellers for the Christmas period. I …
It’s been a few weeks since Christmas now, and just enough time to see which presents have been one-hit wonders, and which will be well-used and much-loved. Thankfully, not much has dive-bombed and been dropped in a box to be forgotten forever – a few of the silly little stocking fillers maybe, but nothing big from …
We were invited to try out the Wicked Uncle online gift shop, to buy some presents for our girls and share our thoughts on the site. Wicked Uncle gave us a £40 voucher to spend how we liked, and we had fun choosing gifts for Georgie and Lydia.
Rather than sort toys by category, Wicked Uncle let you choose the gender and then age of the child you are shopping for, and then display everything they stock that is suitable for that child.
We were sent a selection from the new Sofia the First Micro Playsets range to review ahead of a twitter party, so that the children attending could play with the toys and put them through their paces. The sets we received were the amulet, tiara, bracelet and magic wand. They are all marked as 3 years + and all come with small micro figures that hide inside.
As soon as I told my husband James that we were going to be reviewing one of these toys, he was excited. The little boy in him was delighted at the prospect of a remote-control vehicle with a steering wheel to turn instead of switches to flick. A fire engine, no less!
The first time he played with it, he loved it. He whizzed it around our laminate flooring quite happily, manoeuvring it quite well around the corners, and we both even managed to do some 3 (ok, maybe 4 or 5) point turns with the little fire truck.
A lot of children have that one special toy. A teddy bear, blanket or soft toy that has been awarded the high honour of being the special favourite. My brother had a special blankie when he was little. A flannel cot sheet that our mother cut into quarters, so that there could be a blankie …
I grew up as a bit of a tomboy, playing with a wide variety of toys from barbies to meccano, and everything else in between. My favourite toys as a child tended to be gender-neutral things such as lego or playmobil – toys that involved building or lots of imagination. I’m keen for Georgie (and …
There’s no denying that a lot of the stuff you find on eBay is over priced or frankly not in good enough condition to bother buying, but sometimes you can bag a real bargain! This week James & I are delighted after bagging a lovely big wooden play table with storage drawers for a mere …
