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Dora’s garden Gazebo Playset Review and GiveawayClosed

- brandy3 151 Comments

Playing outside with Dora has never been so much fun, build a garden with Dora. With this buildable playset girls will love dressing up Dora with interchangeable skirts, while she waters her garden.

Features:

  • Comes with Gazebo, patio table, blooming sunflower, patio umbrella, planting pot with watering can, blue bird and pine tree.
  • Also comes with a buildable Dora and two interchangeable skirts.
  • Encourages imaginative play and develops motor skills

My girls loved this playset. We are Trying to make our own garden, but we have to get the dirt and soil settled before we can plant anything.  Playing with this playset has made my daughters even more excited about starting a garden.  The set does come apart very easily when moved, that was a little discouraging when they played. we had to fix it all the time.

I have one playset to giveaway

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Contest Closes 5/30/11

Buy It:

You can get the Dora Mega Bloks Playset from Kmart for $14.99

Rating:9

Disclosure: No compensation was received for this post, a product was received from Mega Bloks through Team Mom

Rory The Racing Car Knex set

- brandy3

Take a break from the race to tune up with K’Nex Roary the Racing Car Silver Hatch Garage Building Set! Your child can build the Silver Hatch Racetrack Garage to really experience a day in the world of Roary!

This Knex set is a great gift for any boy. it is very easy to assemble and tons of fun play time.  My son was more interested in the car than the garage set. My daughters decided to get in on the play and used their Dora and Barbie dolls to be mechanics and fix Roary every time he came into the shop!

Disclosure: No compensation was received for this post, a product was provided for this review.

Bop It! Review

- brandy3 1 Comment

Get ready to react fast! Turn on the Bop It game unit and get ready to bop, pull and twist your way to victory. For even more of a challenge, activate the microphone and shout it, too! Choose to play alone or invite your friends for a game of Party Bop-you’ll all have to use your knees, elbows, and hips to win! The better you get, the more skill levels you unlock, so think fast and be the Bop It master!

I have had a lot of fun playing with this toy, at the same time its takes a lot of focus.  You can play the regular version or shout it. I think regular is easier my high score was 25.

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-mSspyH7Ac]

Retail: $22.99 but you can find on Amazon for $14.09

My rating: 8

Disclosure: No compensation was received for this post, a product was provided for my review.

Great Gifts For Easter: Princess Celestia

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Princess Celestia is a magical and beautiful pony who rules the kingdom of Equestria. All of the ponies in Ponyville look up to her. Help your Princess Celestia  pony figure rule her kingdom! This beautiful, electronic pony figure has all kinds of things to say to you, like I will light the way! and Lets fly to the castle! When you two are ready to soar, press the button to make her wings light up and move. Comb your princess friends pretty purple and pink ringlets and put in her barrettes to help her majesty always look her best and rule with justice and beauty!

I was first introduced to Princess Celestia at the NY Toy Fair(well besides my daughter seeing the commercials,).

We recently received this and my daughters are so excited. Princess Celestia is so beautiful, she can talk and her wings light up.  You can brush her hair and even design it with the hair accessories included with the pony. My kids were a little disappointed that the wings don’t move constantly. When you push the button on Princess Celestia she talks, lights up and her wings move once all at the same time.

Retail: $19.99

Disclosure: No compensation was received for this post, a product was provided by Hasbro. All opinions are 100% my own.

Great Gifts For easter: Hatch with Dinosaur Train this Easter Giveaway Closed

- brandy3 121 Comments

Dinosaur Train offers the perfect Gift for any Easter basket. Hatchers is a great little experiment for your kids. It’s a egg, and you put it in a cup of water, then wait 24-48 hrs and your Dinosaur Train friend will start to hatch.

My kids were really excited to get started on hatching the egg.

The setup was very simple, and it gets the kids excited to see what will happen. On the down side 24-48 hrs seems like a lifetime to my kids.

After 18 hours we saw a head popping out.

After 26 hours most of the dinosaur had hatched, and my kids just pulled it out of the egg.  Buddy the dinosaur is now my sons best friend, he takes it everywhere. The downside is it’s made of and seems like it could fall apart very easily.

I am giving away a Dinosaur Train decorating set.

One of you will win a Dinosaur Train cake decorating set and Dinosaur Train cupcake rings. (pictured above)

To enter: Tell me your favorite thing about Easter?

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Contest ends 5/1

Disclosure: No compensation was received, a Hatcher product was provided by Henson who is also providing the giveaway. All opinions are 100% my own.

Great Gifts For Easter: Easter Sing-a-ma-jigs

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Even sweeter than chocolate, the Sing-a-ma-jigs!  dolls are free-spirited, off-beat plush characters that set off unexpected laughter and excitement with each squeeze of their tummies! They chatter; they each sing their own song; and when kids put them all together and squeeze their hands and then squeeze their tummies again, they erupt into a harmonic chorus like none heard before  As their motto says, “They Love Singing Together,” and when they do, they sing together in perfect harmony each and every time.

Watch the video here

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Disclosure; No compensation or products were received, just sharing information provided by Mattel.

Great Easter Gifts: Go Go My Walkin Pup

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From neighborhood strolls to playing in the park, there’s nowhere your loveable puppy doesn’t want to walk with you! While you two are out exploring together, he’ll make barking sounds and wag his tail to show you how much he’s enjoying his walk.

This is the perfect alternative for those that want a dog but no mess to clean up. My daughter has wanted a dog for a long time, but my husband is against it. He doesn’t like the mess or noise. Go Go walks, barks, is cute and cuddly, just like a real dog.   I was a little worried, I read reviews online and a few people had said that after a few days the dog stops working. We have been playing with it for days and it still works great. We have not tried it outside yet though, the weather has been bad.All  Three of my kids love it. Now this may be too big to fit in an  Easter basket, but I’d rather her have one big toy and a few candies then an overload of toys.

Pros:

  • Fun for kids
  • Actually walks and responds
  • no doggie mess to clean up

Cons: 

  • Leash is hard to unplug
  • Turns on his own at times

Go Go does not walk well on carpet, dirt, grass and gravel. It has to be tile, hardwood floors or smooth sidewalk.

Retail: $59.99 at Hasbro Toy Shop

My Rating:8

Disclosure: No compensation was received for this post, a product was provided by Hasbro. All opinions are my own.

Great Gifts For Easter: Chuck’s Big Aire Dare DVD and Playset

- brandy3

  

 Chuck The Dump Truck and Flip The Race Truck meet for the first time. Each truck shares his special talents. Chuck is great at lifting and building. Flip can race fast and do incredible stunts. Competition sparks, and the trucks challenge each other to a contest. Chuck creates a stunt course and tries to do better tricks than Flip. Flip builds a tall tower and tries to climb higher than Chuck. In the end, the trucks learn a valuable lesson: they need each other to succeed. Will the trucks become friends? Find out in this action-packed adventure!

We love chuck, he is so much fun. My son watches him on the hub everyday. In this movie Chuck meets Flip and they compete against each other. Chuck actually seems to be a little jealous that Flip can do things he can’t, but in the end they become friends and realize no one is perfect at everything. The movie package also comes with your own miniature Chuck toy! William can’t wait until a Flip toy comes out, he is super excited that Chuck has new friends.     We also received some Chuck car toys, a book set, sticker book, and Chuck cookie cutout.  William just went crazy over everything, he has become so attached to everything and won’t even let his sisters come near them.  Chuck is character to have a party with or even just to have a playdate.

Retail:$9.99 for the movie

Disclosure; No compensation was received for this post. A product was provided by Hasbro. All opinions are my own.

Zhu Zhu Puppies are cute and fun

- brandy3

We got to have playtime with Zhu Zhu Puppies.

We received Loolah the pink puppy and Dakota, we also received the Bark De Triumphe play set.  Zhu Zhu Puppies include the puppy and a brush. We had so much fun playing with ou Zhu Zhu Puppies and the play yard. The puppies went through the play yard perfectly. The dogs are so soft and cuddly, they even have little outfits for them but the outfit we received would not latch right and was very hard to put on.

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Disclosure: No compensation was received for this post. Products were received by Cepia LLC through Mom Select. All opinions are my own.

Mega Bloks Domino Build Game Review

- brandy3 2 Comments

Product Description:  Mega Bloks Domino Build Game utilizes simple domino and building game play to introduce multiple skill sets such as colors, numbers, matching, motor skills, etc. Players collect animal blocks after correctly matching domino tiles. Be the first player to collect all 4 animal part blocks and assemble your animal to win.

**** This game was fun for my little ones, but it seemed a little to easy. My 5 yr old zipped through it and won every game.   The object is to line up the animal cards, kind of like dominoes. Everytime you get one right you get a piece of your Mega Blok animal. First one to build the animal wins, but there are only 4 pieces.  My kids still had fun playing even though every game ended with one of my kids being upset they didn’t win.

Retail:$10.99 at Amazon.com

My rating:8

Disclosure: No compensation was received for this post, a Product was provided by Mega bloks through Team Mom

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