Disclosure: I received free product samples for review in my Holiday Gift Guide. All experiences and opinions are my own. Yours may differ. If you know a little girl that likes cute sticker crafts than these ARTSI craft kits would be a perfect gift! ARTSI is a new company comprised of 3 brands : Glitter Petz, Plusheez and Stickeez.Glitter Petz are recommended for children ages 6+ and have a variety of animals to choose from such as a Fox, Squirrel, Owl, Dog, Pony … [Read more...]
Presents and Stocking Stuffers are Covered by Toy State
Disclosure: I received free product samples for review in my Holiday Gift Guide. All experiences and opinions are my own. Yours may differ. I, personally, have never seen Peppa Pig but my kid have seen the show before. They would tell me all about it. Since my kids love puzzles and books I knew that they Peppa Pig items would be a hit! The puzzle is 24 pieces. It will be easy for my daughter but my son will find it challenging and love it. They enjoy working on puzzle … [Read more...]
Philips Avent Cup Options
Disclosure: I received free product samples for review in my Holiday Gift Guide. All experiences and opinions are my own. Yours may differ. If you have been reading my blog for a while you know how much I love trying to sippy cups. We have reviewed quite a few different types and brands. Today we are talking about two different Philips AVENT sippy cup options.The Philips AVENT Natural Drinking Cup features 360 degrees of drinking. This cup is meant to simulate drinking from … [Read more...]
Artterro Eco Art Kits
Disclosure: I received free product samples for review in my Holiday Gift Guide. All experiences and opinions are my own. Yours may differ. I love giving art kits for gifts because they are hands on and active. It isn't a mindless activity. The Artterro Art Kits are super great because they encourage creativity and sustainability. The creators of Artterro Eco Art kits noticed a need for open ended crafts made from high quality products so Arterro was born. The company also … [Read more...]
Skylanders Swap Force Starter Pack for Wii
Disclosure: I received a free product sample for review in my Holiday Gift Guide. All experiences and opinions are my own. Yours may differ. I'm going to admit something a little embarrassing with this review. I love this game so much, I'm not a very good sharer with my kids. After the kids go to bed at night, my husband and I head to the basement to play our new Skylanders Swap Force game from Activision. Before doing this review I had seen these little action figure toys at … [Read more...]
Slumber Buddies – A Soothing Friend
Disclosure: I received a free product sample for review in my Holiday Gift Guide. All experiences and opinions are my own. Yours may differ. Slumber Buddies is a toy that has a light inside of it and it shines through the plastic cover to project stars, the moon and a planet on the ceiling and walls of your dark room. There are several different versions of this toy on the market. I'm very glad to have been able to receive Slumber Buddies from Summer Infant as the one … [Read more...]
Kid Powered Fun with Educational Insights
Disclosure: I received free product samples for review in my Holiday Gift Guide. All experiences and opinions are my own. Yours may differ. I love acquiring toys for my children that will help them learn or encourage their imaginations to soar. Educational Insights offers a wide range of these kinds of toys! I'm so happy to be working with them for my 2013 Holiday Gift Guide! First up is the Dino Construction Company T-Rex Wrecker! This kid powered toy will … [Read more...]
Word Games from Educational Insights
We also received from Educational Insights, a fun word game, Pass the Peas. This stacking, sliding word game is recommended for children ages 8+ although I found my 8 year old struggled playing. In this fun game everyone receives a pea pod and a bag of letters. After choosing 10 letters out of your bag you flip the timer over and have 30 seconds to build a word. When the timer is up you "pass your peas" to your neighbor. Once again you flip the timer and everyone has a chance to build a new word … [Read more...]
Transformers Optimus Prime Rescue Trailer from PLAYSKOOL
Disclosure: I received a free product sample for review purposes in my Holiday Gift Guide. All experiences and opinions are my own. Yours may differ. Rescue Bots is one of my son's favorite shows. We don't have cable, but luckily they have the show on Netflix so we can have all Rescue Bots all the time if we want! My son already owns the Bumble Bee Transformer that goes along with this toy so he will be excited to have the Optimus Prime trailer to transport Bumble Bee. … [Read more...]
Tons of Fun With Build a Dream Playhouses + Giveaway
Disclosure: I received free product samples for review in my Holiday Gift Guide. All experiences and opinions are my own. Yours may differ. My kids have amazing imaginations. I LOVE to provide toys or activities that will help foster their imaginations and let them play creatively with each other. Build a Dream Playhouses is a toy company that does just that. Is great brand has created some VERY fun cardboard structures. These are fantastic for so many reasons:They come … [Read more...]
Build A Bear – A New My Little Pony Character
Disclosure: I received free product in exchange for review in my Holiday Gift Guide. All experience and opinions are my own. Yours may differ. If your kids are like mine they LOVE Build A Bear! We often visit our local Build A Bear to check out the new friends that are available to make and look at all the darling outfits. This holiday season there are several seasonal friends you can purchase such as Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer, Clarice, Frosty the Snowman, Santa … [Read more...]
Stocking Stuffers for Little Girls
Disclosure: I received free product samples in exchange for my review in my Holiday Gift Guide. All experiences and opinions are my own. Yours may differ. I'm about to share with you some very cute stocking stuffer ideas! If you have a little girl at your house that likes to play with make up or loves all things girlie I have two fun options for you!The first option I have to share with you is this 4 pack of color changing mood lip gloss. Check out the caps of the lip … [Read more...]
Catching Bugs as a Family With Ravensburger’s Bugs in the Kitchen Game
Disclosure: I received a free product sample For my Holiday Gift Guide for review purposes. All experiences and opinions are my own. Yours may differ. Upon hearing the name "Bugs in the Kitchen" you might not want to run out and buy this game, but I can assure you this is such a fun family game, I recommend you doing that!This darling game has easy game set up, game play and loads of laughs. Although it is recommended for children ages 6+ my 4 year old … [Read more...]
Johnson’s Baby Products – The Gift of Soft Skin
Disclosure: I received free product samples for review purposes. All experiences and opinions are my own. Yours may differ. As it becomes winter our skin is going to start to suffer. I have been lucky my whole life to not really have my skin feel the effects of winter, but my husband and children are not so luck. Hands are going to start cracking and they are going to become dry in general. Luckily we have some fantastic Johnson's baby products to help keep our skin … [Read more...]
Squashed – A Clever New 3D Board Game
Disclosure: I received a free product sample to review in my Holiday Gift Guide. All experiences and opinions are my own. Yours may differ. My family LOVES to play games. We love to have family game nights that the whole family can be involved in. Even though Squashed is recommended for ages 6+ (safety first!), my 4 year knows not to eat the pieces and he understands the game! We have had so much fun learning and strategizing about this game together.We have also had several … [Read more...]
