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Sunday, November 10, 2019

Harry Potter Dobble - Blogger Board Game Review

Friday, November 08, 2019

Dobble tins have hit the shops every where! From Supermarkets to toy shops they are on the shelves and by far a great way to spend your money. But what are they? Well to sum it up its an easy to get to grips with matching game.

We’re part of the blogger board game club and are game this month is the Asmodee Harry Potter Dobble game. Dobble games only came on to my radar earlier this year when we were at a restaurant with friends and the kids started to get bored. Out of her handbag she whipped this tin and within in seconds the kids of all ages were happily playing and completely engrossed until the food arrived! Now anything that can gain attention like that across 3yr olds to 13yr olds is worth investigating!

Dobbles are a handheld tin full of different cards and a fab booklet which has the instructions to 5 different games you can play with the cards. The main one is a matching game. Every single card in your pack is different and regardless of which game you’re playing the aim is to match a symbol on your card with the one on the table. The big thing about this game is that every card has one and only one matching picture no matter which card you pull!

The kids have sat for ages playing this as they couldn’t quite believe that but having gone through the pack and spending hours on the different game, they’ve decided to admit its true! However easy though this may seem, its made quite tricky but the fact that the symbols are scattered around in different sizes and different directions.

The games are for up to 8 people and as I said earlier there are a fab variety of different games to play, some work better in a larger group and some are perfect just for two to get into. I personally love the fact that it can pop into my handbag or even my coat pocket, it doesn’t need to be spread out everywhere and any age can join in. We’ve been at various appointments recently and these have been a godsend with waiting times and great for drawing other kids in to play and chat with!

These are a superb game to have, I love the storage tin and you can pick them up every where for £14.99 or under. Places like Amazon currently have them on special offer here. Perfect for all ages – from the very young to the very old and quite frankly almost essential!

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Monday, October 28, 2019

gluten free

Autumn Bolognaise

Friday, October 25, 2019

british

Woolly Mahoosive

Monday, October 21, 2019

A British craft company I cant wait to introduce you to is Woolly Mahoosive. Everywhere in the craft world at the moment the crazy is for big chunky knitting which looks incredible. Well Woolly Mahoosive evolved from their desire to find this extremely chunky knitting yarn in the UK and they dont disappoint.

From arm knitting – which I cant wait to try out – where you can whip yourself up a gorgeous blanket in an evening to some of the most beautiful craft kits woolly mahoosive has got something for everyone.

We were sent the gorgeous lampshade kit which comes with everything you need including wooden knitting needles so after you’ve made your kit you can head off and start creating other cool projects. They range is available in a variety of colours – mint, pink, grey or cream, we chose cream. The only thing is doesn’t include is the actual light stand.

So how did we find it? Well as with all the chunky wool it hardly took anytime to make up at all and instantly looks fabulous and glamourous. We had a little trouble making up the lampshade. Having made lampshades before with kits worked a little against us as I think we were expecting it to be similar. Of course, with wool you can’t peel it off if you don’t place it down right! That being said I think we did a pretty good job and I think they look stunning in the room. The blanket you make is placed over sticky plastic to give it some support and then you place this round the rings. When you’re making this with fabric you then roll the fabric over the top of the rings and tuck this underneath which with the chunky wool you can’t do and it wouldn’t look right. However, there is no actual need to do this so don’t panic. Because the wool is sealed as it were with the knitting it looks finished just being left without any need to roll over.

To make both lampshades from total start to finish took a rainy weekend and we loved it. The kit is superb and such high quality! I’m a total convert to thick chunky wool and also to Woolly Mahoosive. I think the craft set is good really from beginners up, obviously some ability to knit or something to practise with would be good but otherwise this kit suits everyone even advanced crafters. As I mentioned the quality is really top notch and I loved that the needles are included and allow you to get straight on to your next project with them. Delivery was nice and swift and again the wool is lovely! You could quite happily bury yourself in it -hence the desire to make an arm blanket. Woolly Mahoosive have a huge range of kits and wool and if you’re just starting out you can try their chunky acrylic wool. Personally, I cant wait to get started!