There’s only a couple of weeks left of Christmas shopping, and while some people are organised with presents bought and wrapped already, the rest of us are frantically trying to think of what to buy children and other family and…
Ad – gifted / contains affiliate links The original Rubik’s cube has been around for years and is a childhood toy memory for many children of the 80s all the way to the present day. It’s still going today, but…
This year is the year of the robot for N. His favourite subject at school is maths, and has been introduced to basic coding at school. So STEM toys like the Mind designer robot we were sent to review go…
Until a few years ago when N started school, I had no idea what STEM was. I still have to look it up – Science, technology, engineering and maths. But nowadays it’s everywhere, and STEM toys are taking over. Because…
This is a collaborative post N would love a pet of his own. He tells me that it’s not the same having his own sheep (10 and all look like they’ll be lambing this February), and cows (2 cows, 1…
Like so many children N loves a collectable. Actually I lie. He likes the opening up and surprise of a collectable. Then they get left somewhere and forgotten about. Then eventually I throw them out and he never notices. I…
When you go on a family holiday you always end up taking so much paraphernalia with you, you don’t want to take tonnes of toys. The hope is that you’ll have good weather and the children will just spend all…
I’m not really a fidgeter but I do get easily distracted. And I get bored a lot at work if I’m doing the same thing over and over again. So being sent the MOKURU fidget toy, a desk based fidget…
There are some great benefits to living where we do. The view. Living close to family. Plenty of space for N to play in. The downside is that it’s pretty breezy because there’s no shelter from other houses or hedges…
This year has seen the launch of Num Noms to the UK. I know when I was a child I’d have loved these – little toys, great for getting creative with and something to collect. They’re not N’s cup of…
N’s not big on playing with cars. Give him tractors, lorries, quad bikes, trains and he’s happy though. When I spotted these Micro Riderz Loop and Jump sets, I knew these would be hours of fun for him, and probably…