Games & toys

Casio is a name you can absolutely trust and Anne Coates was delighted to be able to review their Casio SA-50 Mini Keyboard, Which delights the latest addition to her family.

If, like us,  you have Gabby Dollhouse fans in your family then the oven and set of baking tools available in the Gabby’s Dollhouse Cakey Cat’s Dough Kitchen from Canal Toys is a must have, writes Christine Mayle in her five heart review.

We first reviewed the Connetix Pastel Creative Pack at the end of last year and this product is so good we had to review it twice! This time Christine Mayle and her family are won over by the magnetic tiles.

The Pop Up Hammer Game was an instant success! The green casing instantly drew my nine month old granddaughter's attention and she couldn't wait to play. She's a little younger than the recommended one to three years but she'd already been doing some of the activities on another toy, writes Anne Coates.

Since its publication in 2019, The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse has brought joy to millions of readers  adults and children – who fell in love with the four unlikely friends. In particular the Mole captivated hearts and imaginations and now there is a beautifully crafted mole for you to own, writes Anne Coates.

A variation on a well-known favourite, Christmas-Opoly from Cheatwell Games is a merry game to celebrate the season, writes Anne Coates.

The Traitors was the biggest new series for young audiences across all BBC titles last year, and the highest rating new entertainment series on the BBC since at least 2017 for young audiences. A new series is scheduled for 2024 but while you wait why not play the game yourselves, suggests Anne Coates.

Start unlocking your baby's inner architect with these wooden building blocks. Stack, mix, and create your own quirky characters with endless combinations to explore with Stack & Mix Wooden Building Blocks from Kikkerland. Anne Coates reviews.   

Anne Coates loves playing Pictionary so asks what does Pictionary vs AI from Mattel Games bring to the table?

 Remember playing Twister on a mat and getting into all sorts of contortions on the floor with other players as you reached for a coloured circle? Well now it's been upgraded for our App-led age by Hasbro Gaming. Anne Coates checks out Twister Air from Hasbro Gaming.

Our son absolutely loves building and creating so when we were asked to review the CONNETIX Tiles we were thrilled and we were not disappointed, writes Lee Cooper-Muir.

The Toy Retailers Association has today unveiled the DreamToys top 20 toys for Christmas, helping families make informed decisions when buying toys for the festive season.

Arriving just in time for the rain and half term, the HeyDoodle Into The Wild A3 Mat from the ABC series proved to be an activity so absorbing that Christine Mayle's granddaughter aged six and grandson aged three could play and colour together again and again.

The So Slime Twist ‘N Slime Mixer encourages a wide range of social skills: sharing, co-operation, language development and most important FUN, write Christine Mayle whose grandchildren have had a whale of a time with the slime.

What to do when you have a child who is at that age where YouTube and TikTok is everything and all they want to be when they grow up is a YouTube star? Well, first of all it might be an idea to grab yourself some equipment! Now Mason has been going on about doing some videos, and of course we like to encourage creativity, if of course it cuts out screen time, and gets him doing something creative and energetic and so, we were very happy when we had the opportunity to review the Studio Creator 360 from Canal Toys, writes Lee Cooper-Muir.

If your child is anything like ours then they will absolutely love crafting, making things out of nothing, creating stickers and using loads of notepads for journals, doodles, drawings and playing imaginatively. The Style 4 Ever 3-in-1 Scrapbooking Station provides all this and our son loved it, writes Lee Cooper-Muir,

A great way for your teens to expend energy during the holidays and have a lot of fun – a Gel Blaster to soak their opponent(s) as they race to avoid being the target.

Fancy building your own rocket from Aardman's first film, A Grand Day Out, and flying to the moon for cheese? Now you can with this cracking cardboard BYO Wallace and Gromit Rocket kit. Lee Cooper-Muir and son, Mason, review.