Recent Articles in Games & toys

The Traitors – Card Game
Dec 6, 2023

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.

 

Stack & Mix Wooden Building Blocks
Nov 29, 2023

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.   

Pictionary vs AI from Mattel Games
Nov 24, 2023

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

Twister Air from Hasbro Gaming
Nov 20, 2023

 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.

CONNETIX Tiles
Nov 13, 2023

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.

DreamToys Top 20 for 2023
Nov 8, 2023

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.

HeyDoodle Into The Wild A3 Mat
Oct 25, 2023

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.

So Slime Twist ‘N Slime Mixer
Oct 16, 2023

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.

Studio Creator 360 – Video Maker Kit
Oct 4, 2023

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.

Style 4 Ever 3-in-1 Scrapbooking Station
Aug 30, 2023

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,

Gel Blaster Surge
Aug 4, 2023

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.

BYO Wallace and Gromit Rocket
Jun 20, 2023

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.