Today is one of these days when you feel extremely blessed to be part of the amazing Toyologist Program. I have two grumpy, very snotty boys at home, so we pulled out two new toys to review today in an attempt to appease tempers:
It is mess free paint!! That’s right MESS FREE PAINT! how can it be possible I hear you say? well it is possible because they know some people who managed to create some magic brush, gel paint and wonder paper that if put all together will make beautiful painting. It works, the proof is that I even let them use it on the carpet as you can see below on the video, cream carpet please.
The set comes with 6 paint pots and a 30 page pad. From the video below you can see how it works but basically the pots contain a gel and the magic brush picks up the colour and I guess that’s why they call it “magic” because the gel is clear. The best thing of all is that colour only show on the wonder paper pad, which means it will not reveal itself on anything else, not even on your wall paper.
We love it! The only downside is the arguments that it started in this house. ONE paint set, ONE magic brush, TWO children with no patience, means fights and me wearing my referee hat…
I would greatly encourage you to purchase one per child if like me you have them very close in ages.
The other thing we tested this morning was the Tomy, Mr Colour Maker.
This is a pot of paint that comes with three small paint pots and a brush. It is aimed for the 2yrs old + and having one at home it should be a hit. Unfortunately he got bored very quickly. There are three settings and the favourite by far is the one with the rainbow song. The other setting prompt the children to use different colours and when they get it wrong it tells them which colour they have just used, which is great to teach them colours. For some reason it is Elliott who found it more interesting.
The small pots come in three colours blue, red and yellow and we can’t help to think green is missing. Even the children wonder where it has gone.
The overall feeling is that it is a nice enough toy but it is a little bit limited on the entertainment and variety aspect, but it is most probably because both Elliott and Victor are now too old for it.
And before I leave you with the video, just a quick note to say that Toys R Us are on the hunt for more Toyologists, so if you want to be part of the program quickly head over there and apply!!
We have boys and boys love trains. They love any type of trains but they particularly love “Thomas the Tank Engine”. So when we got the Take N Play Knapford Station out of one Toyologist Box, it was something like “Wow, mum, a train station!!! A THOMAS train station!!”.
We already have a couple accessories from this set and it is the perfect addition. What we love about these is that you can slowly build up the collection and they all fit together into the biggest set you would ever want. But not only this, on a much more practical level it folds away with all the carriages and tracks making it great to store or easy to take along anywhere you like.
We have never used night lights until now. Actually I have always refused to get the boys used to sleeping with a night lamp for the sole reason that I didn’t want them to rely on it and miss it terribly if they didn’t have one.
When we were offered to review the Toys Story Go Glow Light as part as the Toyologist program, we thought we could give it a try.
Anyway it took us a couple of nights before telling them exactly what it was for. For a few days they used it to see if they could see Father Christmas’s bottom up the chimney or to look at each other tonsils.
Then one evening we decided that we wanted to test their reaction when they notice that it is not just a torch. And there has been no turning back… They love the light and to my big surprise they do not play for hours with it. They leave it on its stand and let it spread the glow while they gently fall asleep…
But I tell you why I am the one who loves it most. In the middle of the night when I need to escort one for a wee or locate the other one’s dummy there is no more stumbled toes or head-butted doors trying to find my way in the dark. I can now see what I am doing and where I am heading without waking the whole house with the landing light on.
I never realised how good it is to have a night light that’s also a torch until now…
I was going to pull the winner out of the hat, but actually I thought it would be easier to use the random generator. So if you look on the table below I have listed all your entries in the order of submission and double when applicable. Basically like this you all have one or two number assigned and if you play the video at the bottom you will see the generator in action and who is the winner.
But just before we start I wanted to say there’s been some damn fine nice words said about me and this blog. You guys are rather good at this, I have to say!
With this it is all play and no mess! We have been lucky enough to be given a similar one and we love it so much that we want YOU to have your own!
To enter this competition all you need to do is to simply enter a comment just below! Yep that’s it!
However if you would like to show us some love by subscribing to this blog or by becoming a “Google Friend” then we would love that even more and grant you a second entry. Well obviously “I” will love that not “we”. OK I stop saying “we”.
But that’s not all, if you also write in the comment something extra nice about me, something that make me feel REALLY good, then you will also gain my eternal love and gratitude (you run the risk to be branded a brown nose but I am sure it will be worth it in the end).
So let’s recap:
1 comment = 1 entry
1 comment AND a subscription or follow on Google Friends = 2 entries (you must let me know you are following so that I don’t miss it)
All of this and something nice about me = well still 2 entries but with my eternal love
You have up until Friday 15th October Midnight to enter and the lucky winner will be drawn out of the hat Saturday 16th in the morning, so good luck!
While you are still here, if you are on Facebook join the Toys R Us Group, they run great regular competitions and honestly with Christmas so near you don’t want to miss out.
Also if you want to know where to head next for the other competitions here is the full list of who is running one:
Ok, so we have established how much I hate messiness by now.
I actually bought paint for Elliott when he was two years old. He is now almost four and we still haven’t opened it. Ok go on, tell me I am killing is creativity and spoiling his future… Why do you think he is going to preschool? Exactly, so that he can express his talents and enjoy painting somebody else’s floors. He loves it and all I have to do is expose the art works on the fridge. There are so many that I don’t even remember which colour my fridge is actually.
And there is the Aquadoodle Desk… Thank you for the Aquadoodle Desk!
The beauty of it is that I can leave the room without worrying that one of them is trying to draw on the TV. And they even play nicely. Well until one of them gets frustrated about the space limitation or the other one interfering on his space.
They absolutely love it and so do I. I really like the fact that it is a little foam table, very easy to assemble and very light. And when one picks it up to throw it at his brother it doesn’t hurt. Yes I know this is not the purpose, but this things happen in our household. A lot.
The pad to draw on has two sides a green and an orange. When you’ve finished with one side you turn it over. When you come back to the first side and it is all dry and ready for new drawings. Genius!
A must have for families who like us (well me) don’t do painting mess and even for the ones who do but want a rest from cleaning the walls!
Toys R Us selected a number of Digital Mums from across the UK to drive their online social media activity. It’s a new programme called “Toys R Us Toyologists”. We’re a mixture of WHAM mums, full time mums, full time lawyers and more, but all of us are mums who are active within the blogosphere and social media space.
We are being given toys to try out with our kids, to review, and have been asked to share our experiences, which hopefully you will enjoy reading about!
So here is our first review…
TAAA-DAAH!
At first there was a box…
And then there was love at first sight…
“WOW I want THAT one!” he says picking the shiny Power Rangers box.
And the fun began!
Unfortunately there was a bit of disappointment, when the parts started falling off in the middle of the game
But that didn’t stop our fun…
Well, maybe it did stop it a little bit and that annoyed mum and dad a little bit
But hey you are still my favourite out of the box!
Verdict:
What Child thinks: This definitely appeals to boys, it has all the ingredients to make them love it: Superhero look, adventure, red, FIRE, the lot! Elliott already has on his Christmas list (yes Christmas! don’t get me started) the rest of the accessories and MORE of them, LOTS more. That’s what he says anyway. This is the first thing he spotted and the one he wanted immediately. He was less impressed by the bits that started falling off, I mean dropping very easily.
What parents think: We think that it is fairly good value for money for a toy so versatile. In fact if it wasn’t for all the parts being so loose and disassembling themselves so easily, we would think it is a perfect boy toy.
Hi I am Peggy, the author of Perfectly Happy Mum!
I have been blogging since 2008 and this blog is the extension of my brain. There is a bit about my two action men, E and V, but there is mainly lots of reflection on life in general and my life in particular. Hope you enjoy it and thank you for stopping by!
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Hi I am Peggy, the author of Perfectly Happy Mum!
