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Horrible Science – Blood, Bones and Body Bits – Review by Princess Sparkle: I put my 9 year old and her friend to work on this, it looked like great, gruesome fun to them, to me, it looked like my worst nightmare! You need to stock up on all the ‘ingredients’ you need to create [...]

Artisto Double Sided Easel – A Guest Review: First impressions of this Easel was good, i’m not one for instructions so when I emptied the box I was delighted to see the instructions were very easy to follow, the larger pieces all just clicked into place, then it came to fixing the screen ah no [...]

Toy review by Princess Sparkle: This game looks great in it’s impressive tin and the kids were really keen to get stuck in, however the instructions were a little long winded for them which meant that I had to get more involved in playing it than I would have liked! After reading and re reading [...]

Hot Wheels Wall Tracks Review – Starter Set and Daredevil Curves Set Ok, this looked mega complicated when it arrived, but the photos on the box promise quite an exciting toy set up….so out the bits came, including, for once, the instructions! The concept of Hot Wheels Wall Tracks is that you secure the tracks [...]

By guest reviewer Princess Sparkle My daughter was really excited about this review and couldn’t wait to get baby Sophie settled into her new carriage. First we dragged it out of the box and set about fixing it together, simple, just put up the pram, pop the wheels on, fix the shopping tray underneath and [...]

Melissa & Doug have got it going on. They have nailed the yummy mummy product market and managed to create toys that will be loved by both parents and children alike. The secret to the yummy mummy’s heart is a toy that looks earthly, yet aesthetic and stylish. Plus the toy needs to be able [...]

I have been sharing the toy love around a bit this year. The Med Paint by numbers set was too intricate for my kids. The Grenade is hyper mobile and would not have the finger strength to be able to handle the detail, I therefore persuaded my friend, who had a 9 year old daughter [...]

This is a brilliant toy. When I opened the Toys R Us box and I saw this toy, I was filled with dread because I thought it was going to be balsa wood. My instant reaction was mess and cut fingers so you can imagine my delight and discovered that it was plastic tools and [...]

This is a truly awesome toy!! The young Jedi Knight The Grenade and his chum, The Dark Sith Lord Maximus loved it. It’s light and easy to handle but has the length and weight enough to feel authentic. The blade lights up and when you move it around it makes the same sound as the [...]

This is a great set of crayons. They come in a very handy rigid plastic box with a great range of colours. The crayons are laid out well and the they are easy to grip and use. The plastic case is a very sensible way of containing and storing the crayons and although we have [...]