Sep 08
Monkey and Mouse are really into role playing, currently their favourite game is one of them being a parent and one being the baby. It is great to see them playing together. They are slowly introducing props into their game, mainly Dolls as they fit in the accessories so much easier than the children themselves. …
May 20
In every child’s life there is a toy that becomes a friend and in our house that toy is Mette (although her name has been changed to Sally by Mouse). Mette is a little scamp doll from Haba, a fully material doll with lovely colours, fun clothing and a wonderful air of quality. She is very …
Dec 02
Kel of Writings, Ramblings and Reviews Blog kindly volunteered Izziwizzi to create a guest post on her blog today which I was so pleased about. Kel and I have known each other now for 2 years because of one thing that originally connect us and that is a passion for play. For those of you not familiar with …
Nov 06
The Hape Coffee Maker is a beautifully made wooden toy and if i am honest – I have fallen a little bit in love with it! There are 6 parts to the toy, the main coffee machine, a cup, sugar bowl, spoon, carton of milk and a coffee filter! It has that special quality that …
Oct 29
A board game from Orchard Toys, Three Little Pigs is aimed at ages 3-6 year olds and it is fab! It is a board game and the aim is to build your three houses (one of straw, one of sticks and one of brick) before making your way to the safe house in the middle …
Oct 29
Farmyard Dominoes from Orchard Toys is a perfect first dominoes game for any little one, the pieces are bright and colourful and the animal illustrations are easily recognisable. There are 28 cards made from sturdy cardboard; they are not daily bent and appear to be wipe clean! Educational Information Encourages observation Develops personal and social …
Oct 26
Red Dog, Blue Dog is a first colour match game from Orchard Toys. In the box you get four playing boards and 24 coloured cards. Each player has a board and the coloured cards are placed face down, each player then takes a their go to turn one over, if it matches pop it on …
Oct 25
Old MacDonald Lotto is a Fun Farmyard game from Orchard Toys. In the box there are four players boards, four farmer cards and 24 farmyard cards. Each player has a board and all the farmyard cards are placed face down, the farmers cards are also placed faced down separately. Each players takes their go to …
Jul 21
Play Fest was established in 2011 by a mum who is committed to empowering families in the marketing of toys. How is this done, well currently there are two weekly Playfest Parties (Twitter on Tuesday and Facebook on Thursday) and simply put a group of people get together to talk ‘play’, there is a different …
Jul 21
Play Fest was established in 2011 by a mum who is committed to empowering families in the marketing of toys. How is this done, well currently there are two weekly Playfest Parties (Twitter on Tuesday and Facebook on Thursday) and simply put a group of people get together to talk ‘play’, there is a different …
