The day my son became the Fastest Kid in the World
Yesterday, my son became the Fastest Kid in the World. Some claim, I appreciate, but let me tell you a story.
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Thomas & Friends Deluxe Dino Escape Set Review
It’s official: my 3-year-old has reached the playing with toy trains phase. To celebrate, he asked his visiting grandparents to buy him the Thomas & Friends Deluxe Dino Escape Set. And being grandparents, they said no. Just kidding. Obviously, they said yes.
Read moreKids toys for £1 – is Poundland’s new toy range any good?
Kids toys for £1! What’s not to like about those four words? Provided they aren’t preceded by the words “slightly soiled”, absolutely nothing. Which is why, when Poundland sent me an email about its new line of kids toys for £1, I whooped in delight, then asked the PR to send the Bubster and I some samples to review.
Read moreProduct review: Boot Buddy
Forget Manchester United’s third kit, the Premier League’s new ball or Liverpool’s goalkeeper strip. If you ask any parent what the hottest football item on the planet is this season they will respond with two words: Boot Buddy.
Read moreToy review: Melissa & Doug On The Go Water Wow Water Reveal Pad
My toddler and I have a love/hate relationship with art. Or, to be more specific, he loves it, and I hate cleaning up after he does it. But wait. The cover of the Melissa & Doug On The Go Water Wow Water Reveal Pad has a big flash on it saying: “No mess!” Could this be the product that changes my view of kiddy art forever?
Read moreToy review: Fireman Sam Uno
I’ve never hidden my affection for kids’ TV show Fireman Sam. Thus, no-one will be surprised to find out that I whooped with joy when a close friend gave my son Fireman Sam Uno for his birthday.
Read moreToy review: Monkey Tree Tumble Trouble
There are good parenting moments. They are great parenting moments. And then there is the absolutely stupendously brilliant parenting moment when The Works opens a store in a town near you. The discount retailer is a parent’s best friend due to the fact it sells loads of great value books, great value toys and great value board games, like Monkey Tree Tumble Trouble.
Read moreToy review: The Amazing Hoverball
Football crazy, nuts are we. We’re all football crazy. Father-Hood.co.uk is less crazy, however, about the Bubster kicking footballs around inside the house, which is where The Amazing Hoverball comes in.
Read moreToy review: Chad Valley Talk and Touch T-Rex
Toddlers like toys and toddlers like dinosaurs. Thus, you would expect it to be ridiculously easy to find a fairly well-priced, fairly high-performing interactive dinosaur toy that’s aimed at a toddler. Sadly, it’s not.
Read moreThe top toys of The Toy Fair 2019
No time for pleasantries. Let’s get right down to business, because you’re here for one reason and one reason alone: to discover the identity of the top toys of 2019.
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