Recently, we’ve been lucky enough to try out the new Sands Alive Glow and Create set from John Adams. We reviewed Sands Alive a while back, so we were keen to see what this latest toy from the range was all about. How was the sand going to glow? It seemed a little bit to…
As you may have guessed already, my daughters love dolls. It’s the toy that they most enjoy exploring real world play with and like to explore what caring for a baby maybe like. Tiny Tears is one of the original doll brands, and you might well remember playing with her yourself as a child. Well now…
Toys play a huge part in our children’s lives helping them to learn and grow. As parents, we want to get the toys we give our children right, giving them something to play with that will create lasting memories. Think back to when you were a child. What was your most memorable Christmas toy? There…
Have you ever had breakfast with Santa? It’s not something we had done until very recently, but I think it’s about to become one of our family Christmas traditions. Wyevale Garden Centres invited us to join them and Santa for some festive fun at their Leicester branch one Saturday morning this December. The girls were…
My kids love wellies. They seem to be the ultimate fashion statement for them, and it’s perfectly acceptable to wear them at any time of year when your a kid. Recently we were asked to try out the The Original Muck Boot Company new Hasbro collection for children, and my two young ladies literally couldn’t…
What things do you do get you into the Christmas spirit? We are definitely starting to feel very festive here at Zena’s Suitcase as we have already started on some of the Christmas traditions. There’s been a few old ones, and some new ones that have crept in that I think are here to stay….
I don’t know how I did it, but I managed to keep it a secret from the girls that they were going to be seeing Frozen Disney On Ice at the Motorpoint Arena in Nottingham. Bless them, it didn’t even dawn on them what was happening when I said they could both wear a Frozen…
Christmas jumpers aren’t just for children! They should be a family affair. They can cheer up even the grumpiest of Daddy’s and melt all that bah humbug away quicker than you can say Scrooge. Winter can be cold, dark and quite depressing at times so I am all for embracing the Christmas cheer for as…
Recently we went on a family road trip. We were heading to Bluestone in Pembrokeshire, but experience has told me this is a long way to drive with two small children. We planned an over night stay at Premier Inn Lewins Mead in Bristol and discovered there was a Brewers Fayre at the same site….
Did you know there was a Playmobil Advent Calendar? We certainly didn’t until we received the Dress Up Party Playmobil Advent Calendar to review as part of our role as a #PLAYMOBILPlayologist. What we also didn’t know is there is a whole range of exciting non chocolate advent calendars in the range suitable for boys and girls, no…
For those of you not already in the know, Doc McStuffins is a six year old girl who ‘fixes’ toys, with a little help from her stuffed animal friends, Stuffy, Hallie, Lambie and Chilly. This year, Doc has been transported to McStuffinsville to become the Chief Resident of the Toy Hospital, where she and her toy…
A few weeks back we went to Smyth’s Toys to find out all about the new doll collection from the Baby Annabell range. One of the dolls really caught my daughter’s eye, and she was very lucky to receive the Baby Annabell Learns To Walk doll to review a few weeks later. Her eyes lit…
As blogger ambassadors for Drayton Manor Theme Park, we were lucky enough to be invited to the first night fo the end of season fireworks spectacular inspired by Star Wars: The Force Awakens. This is a hugely popular event and draws a massive crowd to Drayton Manor Park, for one of the best theme park…
We have literally got the best toy for any Bing fans out there to share with you today. Both my daughters really enjoy Bing on CBeebies, and I’m pretty sure they aren’t the only ones. For anyone not in the know Bing Bunny, and his friends are curious preschoolers learning all about the world around…
We literally had a smashing time when we went to Pizza Express recently to try out their new autumn menu and celebrate Daddy’s birthday. Not one, but 2 glasses hit the deck as one slipped out of my daughter’s hand at the beginning of the meal and Daddy took one off the table with his…
We are really getting stuck into our new role as #PLAYMOBILPlayologist toy reviewers and this month my 4 year old daughter was lucky enough to receive a range of toys from the PLAYMOBIL Hospital Range. PLAYMOBIL are one of the top manufacturers in the preschool toy sector and it’s an absolute pleasure to be associated with…