Furchester Magazine Review

Launched today and available in all good shops The Furchester Magazine is the latest childrens comic from the BBC & Cbeebies. Aimed from about 3-6 years it’s a great way to keep up to date on all the crazy goings on at the hotel.

Starring Elmo, the cookie monster, Phoebe and their family this is a great tie in with the popular show. It is published every 4 weeks and retails at £2.75. The first copy comes with a great little kit which allows you to make your own monster portraits and create your own monster hotel. A perfect time filler for the rain showers we keep having!

The boys loved the fact that the magazine came with stickers and activity’s to do throughout the pages. It made it a lot more fun and they didn’t just play with the added toy on the front. The magazine is the great quality you would expect from the BBC brand and is aimed perfectly at the children to capture their attention. My youngest did need his elder brother to help him out over a couple of the pages and to read the story to him but he quite happily played the games and mazes on his giving me a nice 10 minute break!

The colouring pages are big and cheerful and actually allowed the crayon colours to stick we cheered my youngest up. We’ve recently had comics with colouring pages where they are too shiny to colour! While he didn’t pick it up and read it in one sitting it has been picked up and flicked through and new pages discovered each time.

The Furchester Magazine is a great new addition and will become a firm favourite for all those that already love the show! It’s a great standalone magazine and you don’t need to be a fan to buy it and have fun!