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This is a paid for featured post in collaboration with Wicked Uncle. All words are my own.


Fathers day is almost here, the year seems to be racing ahead now and before we know it it will be Christmas. Dare I even mention that word six months into the year. For now let’s focus on the next event in the calendar, Father’s Day. Where in this house in particular we spend far too long hunting down the perfect present for perhaps the biggest kid of them all. The kid's Dad is a huge gamer so anything game related usually works but what about the more adventurous or for the sporty can it be possible to find a perfect Father’s day gift hidden amongst what appears to be the ordinary? There was only one way to find out, except the items I found on Wicked Uncle seem to be extraordinary. You can check out the full range over on Wicked Uncle,  but here are a few of my favourites. 


Spy X - Night Mission Goggles

Now, I am not going to lie here but I would absolutely love these. I am not joking either. I mean how cool would it be to have some night mission goggles. I remember as a kid playing spies and wanting my very own pair of night goggles. These ones look really cool. They have magnifying lenses and blue light to make night time adventures even more fun. To be honest I would probably just use it for sneaking around the house so the kids don’t wake up if I put on the light but I can see they would bring a lot of fun and be an amazing present


Atomic Power Popper - Soft Foam Balls

My kids would absolutely love this. I think they would particularly like the satisfying pop noise when a ball is fired. I also think they would like that it can be reloaded easily meaning they can take full advantage for the rapid refire. They would certainly have a lot of fun with it and a perfect present for a big kid


Kelvin - 23 Tool functions in One

Every adventurer big or small needs a multi tool. One that has 23 tool functions is simply fantastic. The Kelvin features a 16-piece snap-action screwdriver, spirit level, 6ft/1.8m tape measure and there is even a  LED torch. It is lightweight and compact, small enough to fit in the palm of your hand. This really is all the tools you could require on your adventures. 


Twistii - The Torch With A Twist

I had to include the Twistii. This clever little thing fits on your wrist, it comes in a variety of different colours and is a rotating wrist torch. Twistii is rechargeable using USB which is provided and will then last for 180 minutes before needing to be charged again. Twistii can be rotated 360 meaning you can direct light wherever you need it, and be hands free. I think this is perfect for any explorer. 

There are so many other amazing items over on Wicked Uncle perfect for the big kids in the family too. I think I might be purchasing a Twistii as they look perfect for night runs, which are really just one big adventure in the dark! 


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The items mentioned in this review have been provided in exchange for an honest review. There has been no financial incentive. 

Shielding has ended and the world has begun to open up slowly, which means my son now no longer has to stay in and can venture back into the world again. I have been doing things very slowly with him but trying to explain calmly to a just turned 5 year old not to touch everything and keep his hands clean is very difficult. 


I want him to not think that anything is different, I don't want him worrying about the outside world but at the same time I want to keep him as safe as I can. To be fair to him he is quite good with using hand gels but I do often get screams of it's too sticky!

Canal toys create some great activity toys, and so when they got in touch to ask if we wanted to try their Anti-bacterial slime I knew it would be something all three of my children would enjoy. All three of my children [ages 10, 8 and 5] love slime and are always asking for more.

Hand with two pots of slime

My 8 year old decided to test out the slime initially before working out which pot she was going to share with her siblings and which she was keeping for herself. She settled for the red one. First test was a smell, she decided there was a little smell similar to had gel but nothing strong. She then got to playing, and was surprised it wasn't too sticky or slimy and that she could stretch and see through it.


In fact she was incredibly impressed at how super stretchy it is. She loved playing and stretching it and moving it across her hands. All the time she was playing the anti bacterial properties in the slime were helping to keep her hands clean. The slime is alcohol free and holds its anti bacterial properties for a month.

Stretching red slime

What I have noticed as we start to venture out more, is that the hand gel tends to be high up. This makes it suitable  for adult use but less convenient for children, particularly my 5 year old. The anti bacterial slime comes in light weight, small pots which means it is super easy to put in your pocket or bag and carry with you. I can say with confidence that I can always get my 5 year old to play with slime but cannot always get him to use the hand gel.

The anti bacterial slime kills 99.9% of bacteria and is the first product of it's kind. Given how child friendly it is and convenient to carry I can see it accompanying us more as we start venturing out more. 

Anti bacterial slime can be purchased from Smyths Toys and Amazon and is available in single pack RRP £2.99 or 4 pack RRP £9.99 


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The product mentioned in this post has been gifted for the purpose of review. All words are my own opinion and no other financial compensation has been received.


Micro Motorz are a new toy car collectable. The blind bag has three chambers, highlighted with a racing 3, 2, 1 and each contain a different item. The first chamber contains a tool to go with the car and the information leaflet. Chamber 2 has a tuning accessory and finally chamber 3 contains the Micro Motorz. 


Each Micro Motorz comes in a clear storage container. These can be stacked to neatly store your collection or build towers as Little Man likes to do. There are 20 cars to collect in the first series which includes six Nitro Chargerz, three regular Nitro Chargerz and three rare ones. Three regular Hot Rodz and three rare ones and finally the ultra-rare Monster Treadz.


The capsule can be adapted to to become a launcher for the Micro Motorz to launch them across the floor. At first attempt it was a little tricky to do this but once we had figured it out it is actually really straight forward. 


Micro Motorz are a lovely pocket money toy and great collectable. The girls and Little Man all play with them and have lots of fun. The cars themselves are well built and I even store one in my bag for when we are out and about to keep Little Man entertained. 

The girls have put together a short video of them unboxing 4 Micro Motorz, take and look and see which ones they get!



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The items featured in this post were sent for purpose of review. All words are my own opinion and no financial compensation has been received.

We received a rather exciting delivery recently, a selection of toys from the new Dreamworks Spirit Riding Free Collection from Flair. My eldest daughter was very keen to open the box and review the collection. At the end of this review is a little video she made of her reviewing each item.


The Spirit Blind box are a collection of 8 mystery horses. Each figure stands at over 2 inches tall and comes packaged in a miniature barn and includes a stable. Each blind pack also contains a tick sheet so you can see which horses you need to complete your collection. Great for a treat or as a stocking filler type present. RRP £4.99


Spirit classic Horse and Stable set. The stable can be carried so that you can take the horse with you to play. Within the stable is also a stable, hay, shovel, rake, saddle, bridle, brush, tack box, and sticker sheet. The horse is 7 inch and has beautiful hair perfect from brushing and styling. The doors on the stable open also to create a large play area. RRP £24.99


Sounds and action Horse. Spirit can be posed to stand up on his hind legs like a real horse and has a button which when pressed moves his front leg and makes horse sounds. He comes with a brush so his mane can be brushed and styled.  RRP £19.99


Spirit Riding Free Doll and Horse [ We received Prudence and Chica Linda] There are 4 dolls to collect and each one comes with horse and rider. The doll stands at 13cm and has poseable arms and legs so she can ride the horse. RRP £15.99


Each of my children have a favourite from the collection. Little Man loves to carry the stable around. His imagination seems to go wild as he cleans the stable with the little brush provided and then brush the horses mane. He seems to have a real caring streak and wants to look after the horse. My youngest plays with him with the Riding free doll and horse. The doll is often found on the other horses too, and I love that they are playing with all the toys together, rather than just one. It is great that the collection works in this way, allowing the girls and Little Man to be creative and get all the toys together. My eldest likes to collect things so is currently saving her pocket money up to collect more of the blind bags. 

The whole collection is well built and it is great that they can be played with together rather than individual toys. All the horses seem to visit the stable regularly! The beautiful weather has also meant that all three of my children have been outside playing with the horses on the grass. It is great that the toys are versatile to be played with both in and outside.


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I think every family has traditions, or things they like to do to mark the start of the Christmas season. For some it is when they see the Coca Cola Lorry, others when the first Christmas film comes on TV and for a few people I know when it turns November 1st and Halloween is over with. For me it is a trip to Disney On Ice.

Disney On Ice seems to visit us every year towards the middle of November and it seems to get the girls into the festive mood. After watching they ask how long until Christmas and start talking more about Father Christmas and want they would like him to bring them. This week seems to have been the start of our Christmas festivities. It has kicked off with a trip to Disney On Ice at the FLYDSA arena in Sheffield.


The usual requests followed as we entered the arena. The girls wanting all the light up toys, popcorn and ice cups that were available. They settled on a crown and some candyfloss, and we took our seats waiting for the show to start. Little Man had fallen asleep in the car on the way to the arena and so was in a rather grumpy mood that he had been woken up.


The lights went down and the ice glowed with Disney magic. The girls sat forward in anticipation and Little Man soon forgot his grumpy mood. Tinkerbell appeared, which made a change from the normal opening and the show began to start.


In a break from previous shows we were treated to lots of different characters with many shorted sequences. It seemed to flow much better and keep more of the audience engaged. I have noticed in the past when some children are not particularly interested in a certain segment, be it Frozen, cars, toy story, they start chatting throughout it or parents get up to take them to the toilet whereas because each character had one or two songs this did not happen and there seemed to be a much better show.

As usual the performance was near perfection, I did notice two performers fall but it was on the section of the ice that had previously been on fire. Perhaps this area is slippy? Oh, and that was another thing about this performance there was some amazing special effects, including fire on the ice.

Little Man seemed to enjoy the show just as much as the girls and I love that there is something that can engage them all, even with their gap in ages. I just love watching their faces light up when different characters come onto the ice, that makes it for me.

The morning before Disney On Ice I had attended Dream toys which reveals the 12 biggest toys for Christmas. It is a great event where I get to chat to several people who I email throughout the year and we get to talk all things toys. 

The top 12 toys this year are:

Barbie Ultimate Kitchen Mattel £49.99
Boxer Spin Master Toys £79.99
Cra-Z-Slimy Creations Super Slime Studio Character Options £29.99
Fingerlings Untamed Jailbreak T-Rex Playset Jazwares/WowWee £24.99
Harry Potter Hogwarts Great Hall LEGO £89.99
Harry Potter Wizard Training Wand Jakks Pacific £24.99
L.O.L. Surprise! Pop-Up Store MGA Entertainment £39.99
L.O.L. Surprise! Under Wraps MGA Entertainment £14.99
Laser X Twin Pack Character Options £49.99
Monopoly Fortnite Edition Hasbro £21.99
Paw Patrol Ultimate Fire Truck Spin Master Toys £69.99
Poopsie Surprise Unicorn  MGA Entertainment £49.99

My eldest has already asked for the Laser X twin pack, training wand and Hogwarts LEGO so I had a feeling these would make the list. My youngest daughter has asked for the Poopsie Surprise Unicorn and Little Man loves Paw Patrol so I am not surprised these are also on the list too.


The girls even wrote their letters to Father Christmas this week with a kit I bought from Magic Santa Letter. The kit was great and came with an addressed envelope ready to send their letters in to Father Christmas. I love doing this with the girls as it gives me an insight into what they would like. Other than my youngest request for gymnastics equipment I think we have covered most things on their wish list.



Magic Santa Letter have also kindly sent us replies from Father Christmas and I cannot wait to hand these over to the girls to read. The replies have been personalised to include things they have asked for on the letter they sent to Father Christmas, which just gives it an extra touch. Also there are several different templates to choose from so I have made sure that each of mine has a different template. Ordering them was really quick and simple to do and you can choose a date for them to arrive as well.

This past week has really seen the festive season begin. One other thing happened though which has made it feel a lot more like Christmas is on the way, the sacks for the presents have arrived.


These personalised sacks are also from Magic Santa Letter. I have personalised with the children's names, although have blurred in the photo as their names do not feature on the blog. They are simply beautiful and I cannot wait to see their faces on Christmas morning when they see their presents left in here from Father Christmas himself.

It certainly is beginning to feel a lot like Christmas



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Little Tikes have recently launched a brand new STEM range of products. The STEM range takes the core educational principles of Science, Technology, Engineering and maths and turns them into hours of creative fun. Hoping to inspire the next generation of scientists and ignite a child's imagination, we were certainly keen to put the Wonder Lab to the test.


The Wonder Lab has a RRP of £99.99 and features a brightly coloured lab, where you can complete one of the 20 included experiments or one of your own choosing, a circuit centre and a ball maze. The maze can be made in 16 different combinations.

The girls, aged 6 and 8, were eager to put together their Wonder Lab and insisted on wearing their lab coats to do so. The wonder lab has two hooks on the side where they hang their lab coats when they have finished their experiments, which I find rather sweet. Lab coats were not included they had these already.


The lab requires a cross head screw driver and 3 AA batteries. The girls assembled the lab themselves apart from the screws, and we had fully assembled within a few minutes. The most difficult part was choosing which experiment to do first. The girls looked through the cards and chose slime, but I was unfortunately missing one of the ingredients, saline eye solution. They then choose vampire blood!

The instructions on the card are really simple to follow. My 6 year old daughter can follow them with ease. Colourful and clear pictures and simple steps, everything has been thought out. The majority of the experiments need house hold ingredients and those I did not have in I found in my local Asda today, so nothing obscure. 

Vampire blood was a huge success. There was mixing, measuring and pouring. Both girls said it was amazing and they felt like real scientists. It is the first time as well that both of them cleared up after themselves. In fact clean up is really easy as you simply lift the purple tray out and wash in the sink.


I have lost track of the number of experiments the girls have now done with their wonder lab, but they have made me film every one they have done. Make sure you subscribe to my YouTube channel to see their experiments. 


Whilst the girls love the experiments, Little Man at 2 years old has took a shine to the Wonder lab for the lights, sounds and of course the ball maze! He likes to sort the pieces into different colours, build mazes on the board for the ball to follow and his favourite is turning the dial in the circuit centre to change the colour of the lights! It would appear I now have three budding scientists thanks to the wonder lab for inspiring them and making science fun!

The wonder lab was sent for review, all words are my own opinion 

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The girls love L.O.L surprise, and often whilst we are shopping will ask for one as a treat. Whenever they do get one they also ask to make unboxing videos for them, it seems they love to be on camera too! They returned home from a day out with Grandma to a surprise waiting for them. A new L.O.L surprise, the new Biggie Pets.


The girls opened up the box to discover accessories that could be used for both them and their Biggie Pet. Bracelets, necklace and their Eye Spy Series spy glasses. The glasses are used to unlock more surprises. Written in code they decipher to unlock even more in the L.O.L surprise. One of the items even doubles as a carry handle for the L.O.L surprise ball, which my eldest is now using as a bag!

The girls eagerly opened the L.O.L surprise ball to find inside their Biggie Pet. The Biggie Pet can be used as a money box and also a backpack! They opened the pet to discover lots of surprises inside.


The 3 containers each contained either a baby or a food baby. The idea was to place the container in water to then reveal the baby or food baby, but you will have to watch our video to see how the girls opened them and what was inside! Did we have 2 or 3 babies? Did we have food babies? The pink parcels each contained accessories for the Biggie pets and some secret messages which we needed our eye spy glasses for!


Each L.O.L surprise Biggie pets is priced at £36.99 and would make a lovely birthday or Christmas gift. The girls love that they can use the Biggie Pet as a backpack or as a money box. The additional accessories which can be used either for them or for their Biggie Pet is a great feature too. 

You can watch the girls unbox the Biggie Pet here


Item was sent for review, all words are our honest opinion. 
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Moj Moj! are a new collectable series and the first series is named "😀" . The series brings to life emojis and with over 95 characters to collect there is everything from puppies to poke and everything in between. 


The girls had 3 blind bags to open and each bag contained 2 Moj Moj! The Moj Moj! characters were very squishy and the girls seem to use them almost as stress relievers, well not really for stress but I cannot liken it to anything else. Moj Moj! also are quite sticky, not when in your hands but they do stick to the ceiling and walls as my daughters discovered.


I can see the colourful Moj Moj! characters becoming quite collectable with the girls. They both find them rather cute and with the thought of not only rare but ultra rare Moj Moj to collect the girls seem to want them all.

So soft, so cute…#SoMoj.  


We were sent the items to review in exchange for a post. All words are my own opinion  





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The girls absolutely love making videos of them unboxing and opening toys. I hear them pretending to do so and sometimes filming with their tablets. They wrap their own toys up in paper and then film opening them. When I heard about the new 5 SURPRISE toy from ZURU I knew these would be perfect for the girls to put their filming skills to the test.


5 SURPRISE are a new range of collectable toys and inside each are five exciting toys to collect. The main capsules are either blue or pink and they open into five separate segments. Each segment then contains a toy. Two segments are small and three are larger. There are thousands of different combinations of toys and the segments contain anything from slime, to jewellery and glitter pens.


5 SURPRISE are priced at £5.99. I think they make a good pocket money or reward toy. One of the nice things about 5 SURPRISE is the collect-ability so it opens up the chance to swap with friends. 


The girls decided to make two videos in the end. One unwrapping the blue 5 SURPRISE and the other the pink. I shall add them to the post shortly [YouTube is taking forever to upload!]

The girls loved the highlighter pens from the pink 5 SURPRISE but my youngest favourite was the slime in the blue 5 SURPRISE and my eldest loved the ninja in her blue 5 SURPRISE. Given a choice between the pink and blue both girls have said they would want a blue 5 SURPRISE again.

We were sent the 5 SURPRISE to review, all words are my own opinion. 



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The girls have grown up with a love for the teletubbies. My youngest daughter still loves and plays with her talking Laa-Laa. Little Man loves the giant Noo-Noo. As Little Man has grown up the girls have passed on their love for the teletubbies onto him. 

Easter is fast approaching and whilst the children will receive a few eggs from the Easter bunny I like to buy them a present that isn't chocolate related. The new teletubbies range would make the perfect Easter present.

The teletubbies twist and chime figures are brightly coloured figures of the teletubbies. Made from chunky plastic they are perfect for little hands to hold. Little Man and his friend have had great fun playing with them.


Twisting the body of the teletubbies you hear a chime sound which fascinates both Little Man and his friend. The mechanism is easy enough for Little Man to twist with no assistance from me. The figures are priced at £4.99 each which make them perfect for an Easter treat.


My youngest daughter has taken a shine to the talking Po. The 8" soft toys are lightweight enough for Little Man to carry around the house, even with his hands full of other things.



Pressing Po's tummy he talks and says phrases. Little Man loves giving him a squeeze to make him talk.


Po is super soft and cuddly and Little Man loves giving him a squeeze. They are priced at £9.99 which I think is great value and would also make a great treat for Easter. 

Items were sent for review all words are my own opinion 


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Recently Royal Mail has released a new stamp collection featuring some of the most iconic and loved British toys.  As I looked through the list of featured toys on the stamps I saw many of my favourite toys from childhood.  As the girls have got older they have been given as gifts many of the featured toys.  One however I have been hunting high and low for, Fuzzy felt.

I remember having hours of fun with fuzzy felt as a kid.  Creating pictures with the shapes, or sometimes making patterns.  It was a way to wind down and some quite time too.  The girls were sent a fuzzy felt set to play with and I think I was more excited than them.

We opened the box and as it was our first play we had to remove all the pieces from the foam backing.  It took a little bit of time and for some reason it was easier to remove the red pieces than the yellow?  I was worried that some of the pieces might rip as we had to pull quite hard to un stick them, but luckily non did.  We did have a few with fluffy edges but a pair of scissors and a lot of care soon solved that.


It didn't take long before the girls began creating their masterpiece.  



The girls would stick and then move the pieces around to get them just right.  Talking about what would go where and how they wanted the picture to look.  They had so many bright coloured pieces to choose from that it did take them some time to decide on what to create.


It was time to start putting the last few pieces into place.  The picture then started to evolve as the girls began to play with the fuzzy felt shapes.  Creating a story about the farmer and his animals.  


They were ever so pleased with the picture they had created and the imaginative world for the farmer and his animals. 


It was rather lovely listening to them playing and using their imaginations.  I love that the girls can enjoy and iconic toy and that fuzzy felt is still as much fun now as it was many years ago!

We received a box of fuzzy felt in exchange for this post, all words are my own opinion. 
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Join me and @UKMumsTV for a very special twitter party on 10th August between 1pm and 3pm.  UKMumsTV have a whole host of prizes to be won and from the new Mickey Roadster Races and Minnie Happy Helpers toy ranges from Flair.  


Our party box for the twitter party arrived and as well as an amazing party bag which contains colouring packs and magazines from Copywrite Designs and RedanFunToLearn, there is also some of the new toy range for us to test out.


1. Mickey Roadster Racers Talking Tool Belt

My eldest has took a real shine to this tool belt.  At 6 years old, and on the small side, she fits in the belt with room to spare.  There is space for all her tools, drill, screws, oil, pump and everything you can think of to fix a car.  The tool belt has a great selection of phrases which you activate by pressing Mickey Mouse.  She has been walking around the house fixing everything from the radiators to the chairs and even her brothers toy car.  It certainly has sparked some imagination with my daughter.



2. Minnie’s Happy Helpers Bag Playset

The Bag Playset contains a mobile phone, with handy dial for calling all your favourite pals.  There is a purse with passport and drivers licence and a bracelet too.  The clip detaches from the front of the bag and can be worn as a charm on the bracelet and my youngest at 5 has no problems doing this herself.  There is plenty of room inside the bag meaning you can also add your own Minnie Mouse inspired accessories.  Perfect for carrying with you to the shops as my youngest has been doing.


3. Mickey Roadster Racers Pit Crew Tool Box

A very handy place to store your tools in the Pit crew tool box.  I have been able to detach the handle which makes storage a little easier, though not sure if it is designed to do this or not.  One of the features I really like is the peg boards.  By allowing children to practise on the peg boards with the screws it helps with fine motor skills and also helps to strengthen muscles needed for writing.  The tool box is light weight and can be carried with ease by my 1 year old. He loves the fact he now has a hammer to hit random things with, sorry fix things with!  


4. Minnie’s Happy Helpers Bowtique Cash Register

The cash register comes complete with scanner, money and a credit card.  The credit card makes a beep when entered into the card reader too.  Little Man loves the beeping noises each button makes and the girls have been having fun role playing shops.  The Cash register is also a great way for children to solve simple maths problems and learn about money.  



5. Minnie’s Happy Helpers Shopping Basket

Within the shopping basket there is a selection of food.  Some of this is held with velcro and comes complete with play knife, so that it can be chopped up.  I have been using this as a way to explain halves and doubles with my youngest.  The basket is a really good size and can more than accommodate the food items.  There are some lovely details on the food including Mickey Mouse ears and Minnie Bows!



6. Mickey Roadster Racers Musical Microphone

Little Man has taken the microphone as his own.  With a blue and red flashing light, plus the Mickey and the Roadster races theme tune when you press a button on the front, how can you blame him really?  He absolutely loves it and toddles round the house pretending to sing in his microphone.  Perfect size for little hands to hold.


Make sure you join in the fun on 10th August at 1pm over on twitter and see more of the new range and take part in some amazing competitions! 

We received the items mentioned in exchange for this post, all words are my own opinion 

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