Spotted! Wooden Farm Set they way I remember them.
When I was small I had a brilliant animal set. I loved it. Zoo animals mostly, but Wooden Farm Set animals too – and I played with them endlessly. But I thought such toys were old hat. Gone. Passed in an era of pink plastic and flashing lights. Which is why I get all warm and glowy inside when I see classic imaginative play wooden toys – not a whiney siren or electronic voice in sight. When my glance fell on this little...
Not-So-Grim Reaper (and Best Childrens face paints. Ever.)
So Boy (9) had a Halloween party this weekend. He was the only one who did, and as we don’t Trick & Treat, I was heaving a happy sigh of relief that only one costume scramble was on the horizon. An easy one, too, as he already knew what he wanted to be – the Grim Reaper. Easy, thanks to a few oddly items rummaged from the dressing up supplies, and a fably new box of face paints from Snazaroo. Face paints are...
I. Love. Lego. (and that goes for the magazine too)
If you’re a parent, I find you’re in one of three camps. Loved lego as a child but a) your children aren’t old enough yet b) you can’t bear the thought of all those BITS c) you’ve been ‘got’, and can wince in sympathetic agony if someone whipers “lego knee” at you. But I have never met anyone who doesn’t like Lego. I mean really – what’s not to like? It’s...
The most delicious Baby Gifts
Natures Purest is a fab site stuffed full of sweet and lovey things – made all the more so by the fact that every single on of them is made from 100% natural and pure cotton. No dyes. No bleach. No chemical pesticides. No heavy metals. No formaldehyde. No chlorinated phenoles. No chloro-organic carriers. No biologically active finished. Just 100% Natural and Pure. Really – would you want to put much else next to your...
Active Garden – Outdoor Fun!
Hands up those who really do prefer their kids to be playing outside on a good-weather day? Yers, me too, me too. What better way to tempt them into the garden then with things that are fun, fun, fun?! Let us introduce you to a new member of our sensational shopping directory; Active Garden. Play houses, climbing frames, ride-on toys, swings, slides, forts, castles, trampolines, sand pits, garden games and more! Huzzah!! Oh, the happy...
Pictures by Bear… Kids Tough Digital Cameras #MyKidsPhotos
We’ve had the Fisher Price Kids Tough Digital Cameras on review – ostensibly for Jolly, who at 6/7 is just too young (and ham-fisted) to trust with a proper camera. But as much as he loves it, as soon as he puts it down it is picked up by Bear. Well, it’s supposed to be tough enough to handle a toddler, so we let her to see what would happen (in the interests of serious reviewing of course, and nothing whatsoever to...