Moshi Monsters Cartoon Stripz

If you have a little budding film maker in your house, they will love Cartoon Stripz, the new product that allows children to create and bring to life stories using characters and scenery featuring their favourite cartoons.  

We were sent some Moshi Monsters Cartoon Stripz to try out.  The flat plastic characters twist off from the plastic surround and click into bases.  They can be positioned onto the backgrounds to make a scene.  The characters can walk through the colourful dioramas acting out elaborate stories.  They are a great medium for children to use their imagination.

I really like the idea of the Cartoon Stripz.  Children can use a camcorder, phone or use stop frame photography to make their own films of the Moshi Monsters in Monstro City.  The plastic characters stand up well on their bases.  The thin card background dioramas are a little flimsy but can be reinforced with tape or lent against something to make them sturdier.  Extra backgrounds can be downloaded and printed out from the website.  

Excitingly, if your child creates a Cartoon Stripz film they can enter a brilliant competition to win some fabulous prizes every month between now and March.  Prizes include an Ipod Nano, a  3DS and £75 Toys R Us vouchers.

You can buy Cartoon Stripz from Next, Toys R Us and Hamleys.  There are a variety of sets featuring a Moshi house, Moshi Main Street and Moshlings.  They come in small, medium and large packs.  The medium and large packs contain backgrounds that can be joined together to create bigger play scenes.  Small sets are £1.49 RRP, medium sets are £2.49 RRP and large sets are £3.99 RRP.

See cartoonstripz.com for more information and details of the competition.

Moshi Monsters Mini Memory Game

The Ravensburger Moshi Monsters Memory Game is a set of 48 high quality, laminated picture cards making 24 matching pairs featuring full colour images of the cute and quirky Moshi Monsters!

The game can be played to suit the ages and abilities of your children, using different numbers of paired cards.  With the cards face down, children take turns to turn them over two at a time to find the pairs. You can adapt the rules to suit who is playing or even play solo against the clock.

Playing The Moshi Monsters Memory Game

Freddy plays matching pairs games on the internet and I am always amazed at how good his memory is.  We started playing using 18 cards and he picked up what to do straight away.  It gets quite competitive!  I enjoy having a go myself to keep my brain working in my old age!

The game is for boys and girls aged 3-5 years old and helps develop their memory and observational skills as they match the pairs of monsters. However, it is enjoyed equally by older children and grown-ups alike.   Little ones will love the colourful pictures and enjoy matching up their favourite characters.  

It is really nice to see a game that is so simple, traditional and which requires no fancy gimmicks!  Yet it is bang up to date with the character choices available which will delight the kids.  It is great for all the family to play together. 

 The box is compact and sturdy making this a good game to take away on holiday or when visiting grandparents to keep little ones entertained.  The pieces are 5cm by 5cm and are made from thick laminated  card so will not bend or peel easily.

The designs available are Mike the Knight, Moshi Monsters, Thomas & Friends, Minnie Mouse, Hello Kitty and Disney Princesses.