Review: Disney Epic Mickey 2 The Power Of Two

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In Disney Epic Mickey The Power Of 2,  you can play as Mickey Mouse or as, Oswald the Lucky Rabbit, Walt Disney’s first cartoon star and for the first time ever Oswald is given a voice!Disney Epic Mickey The Power Of 2 returns Mickey Mouse and Oswald the Lucky Rabbit to Wasteland, an alternate world filled [...]

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Review: iPieces – board games and pool for the iPad

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iPieces  were a revelation to me. They are games to be played on  an ipad. Jumbo games have just launched Ludo and Pool games plus two games for the hit children’s TV shows Fireman Sam – so something for pretty much everyone really! We were sent a copy of each to review and found them to [...]

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Review: Angry Birds Star Wars Playing cards (£4.99)

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I love it when you get a great Christmas gift for a great price and absolutely know it will bring hours of fun. Packs of cards provide endless play across generations and for years. They are perfect for Christmas time when the whole family get together, These cards combine 2 firm favourites: angry birds and [...]

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Review: Diary of a Wimpy Kid Cheese Touch Board Game

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My son has read all the Diary of a Wimpy kids books and he was very excited about this game. You didn’t need to have read the books though and it was actually great fun for us all to play. The ideas is you choose from one of six characters from the Diary of a [...]

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My Family Loves: Glitter Studio from Galt Toys

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Glitter Studio from Galt Toys is a fabulous idea for a Christmas gift. Suitable for 6+ years, Galt’s Glitter Studio retails at £10.99,and is  available from www.galttoys.com   It contains 6 glitter glues, 5 felt tip pens, 4 glitter glazes, shoe-shaped watercolour tray, art pad, 10 message cards, 60 stickers, 3 stencil sheets, 60 gems. [...]

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Review: Mathable games by Carol Vorderman

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Wooky Europe has teamed up with Carol Vorderman to launch the very latest maths puzzles – Carol Vorderman’s Mathable. We were sent the following to review: Mathable Quattro costs £5.25 and is available from the Entertainer and Amazon Without telling you all the rules in great detail this is basically a simple but fun card [...]

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Review: Football Game by Orchard Toys

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We have long been fans of the  lovely Orchard Toys products. They are robust, sturdy, well thought out, educational and most importantly iof all always engaging and always fun. This time we have been reviewing Football Game for 5-11 years olds.  My son is a very keen footballer and anything to do with football draws him close. This [...]

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John Lewis reveal their top ten toys for Christmas 2012: Part 1

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As you know Family Budgeting bloggers are huge toy lovers and big on Christmas too. And who doesn’t love John Lewis with their gorgeous stores, great offers and in store entertainment and their wonderful, can’t be beaten price match promise, Put all that together and you have the family budgeting view on the John Lewis [...]

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Review: Jungle Speed

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We loved this new game Jungle Speed. It’s kind of like a crazy more complicated version of snap! Its very simple , a pack of cards and a wooden totem pole, which you have to grab when you get a card match with the other players. Mistakes are punished by losing you cards and fights [...]

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Hungry Frogs Magic Sounds Board game

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The Hungry Frogs Magic Sounds Board Game by Imagination games: This game is lots of fun for young kids. I played it with my nine year old niece and we had a great time. It’s a simple game; you spin the spinner to move around the pond and hop around from lily pads to logs [...]

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