I don’t want to confess how much put we poured into the claw machines at the arcades on Isle of Wight trying to win a ‘Baby Yoda’ (The Child from the Star Wars spin-off The Mandalorian)! Alas we never won. He’s so adorable. It’s easy to see why he’s one of the top...
When my eldest was a toddler, he went through a brief biting phase. I spoke to an assistant at the Children’s Centre. sShe explained that children sometimes did that when they didn’t have the words yet to express themselves. From that day, I began helping him learn...
I’ve been writing about diverse toys for years. There is a lack of diverse toys on the Great British high street, especially black dolls, which is a shame. During this season there is a high volume of toy shopping and it’s glaring how absent those toys are. On...
I’m grateful to Learning Resources for the years of fun we had with their Magic Moves® wand. It kept me sane and my toddler boy happy, but it feels like a lifetime ago. In the years since, I have seen the brand develop more amazing products like maps and astronomy...
Earlier this year I attended the London Toy Fair. It was mind-blowing the types on toys that were coming to come to the Great British High Street. Oh to be a child again. What I didn’t know at the time was that there’s a Christmas press event for toys. When the...
