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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The Family Budgeting Show (Podcast) True value

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  This weeks podcast is about  true value in friendships, endless play and even supermarkets! It’s also about dreams and gratitude.      

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Review: Cleudo Nostalgia

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I was sent Cluedo Nostalgia to review by Esdevium Games ( a UK and European games, toys and collectibles supplier.) It comes in a lovely wooden box and has a very retro feel to it. It threw me right back to my past. We sat and had a really fun game last night. My 8 [...]

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Infographic: Have your kids watched too much TV this summer?

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I find this infographic from Galt Toys quite shocking. My kids certainly don’t watch that much TV!!! We have no more than 1 hour total screen time a day in our house including computer DS and TV (although it is very tempting to switch it on more.) What about you? Have we as a nation [...]

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Review: Poppin Hoppies

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Poppin Hoppies from University games launched this summer and we were lucky enough to receive one to review. It has those little thingies that you press down and then wait for them to randomly pop up and spring into the air . I loved these as a child and it turns out I still do!! Basically [...]

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