Summer Fun with the Fuzzikins Campervan Carry Case

Fuzzikins craft sets are a great gift for creative kids that come with extra added play value! The Fuzzikins are adorable little fuzzy animal figures that you can colour in however you choose using washable pens before playing with them.

The craft sets offer hours of fun as kids can customise the Fuzzikins and their  accessories with the pens and stickers and then enjoy some imaginative play. The Fuzzikins animals can be washed and  coloured in again and again to create new looks.

Freddy received the Fuzzikins Campervan Carry Case from Interplay (£19.99 rrp). The yellow and cream classic campervan can be decorated using the three colour-your-own sticker sheets with the felt pens that come with the set. With rainbows, flowers and peace symbols, kids can enjoy some real summery, hippy vibes when customising the campervan. Inside, the van has furniture for the cats including a table and chairs and a pull down bed, as well as a driver seat and steering wheel. The carry handle on top of the van doubles up as a surf board for catching waves. Perfect for a summer of fun at the beach. The set includes two cat figures, one medium and one large. They also have their own little felt blanket for when having a cat nap.

The side of the campervan opens up to reveal the inside of the vehicle when playing and it has real wheels allowing it to be pushed around. Everything can fit inside the campervan for storage.It's a really good design and a lot of fun. We liked that the cats can be washed and recoloured, meaning that element of the toy can be revisited numerous times.

I was impressed that the Fuzzikins sets combine two types of play: the creative craft side as you decorate both the cats and their accessories and the miniature, imaginative play world where you can act out adventures with your characters.

                 


This beautifully designed activity craft set encourages creative and imaginative play and is all contained in a handy carry case. Fuzzikins craft sets bring a fuzzi world of fun and imagination to creative kids.

For more information visit:
https://interplayuk.com/collections/fuzzikins-craft/products/campervan-carry-case.

Blingles Glimmer Glam Styler Review

Kizzy loves stickers, glitter, sparkles and anything glam.  So Blingles Glimmer was always destined to be popular with her.  When she was sent one to try out, she set to work with the pots of glitter and gem stones to create some bling-tastic stickers!

The set allows children to create 60 glitter stickers which can then be used to decorate almost everything with a smooth surface.  You simply peel off the top layer from the similarly coloured sections of the sticker sheet, then rub on the glitter using the clever little rollers which are attached to the lids of the glitter pots.  You then brush off the excess before doing the next coloured sections to complete your design.  there are four different colours included on the stickers that correspond to the four differnt glitter colours - but you can go freestyle and do it your way if you want to. Some stickers are finished off with a gem stone to make them look even more glam!

The Blingles studio is easy to set up, you simply put in the glitter collection tray and gem tray and the four tubs of glitter and you are ready to go.  Everything fits in nicely and the activity is well contained (vital when glitter is involved because the stuff gets everywhere!)

It is really easy to make the stickers.  The glitter sticks really well to the adhesive and the colours don't mix so the end design looks pretty good.  It is in no way fiddly, and the glitter rollers keep mess to a minimum.  4 year old Freddy was even able to make some sparkly candy stickers with minimum support. Once the design is finished, the sticker can be lifted off from the backing sheet and stuck just about anywhere...my phone case, Fred's toybox, the Blingles Glimmer Studio itself...I'm finding them everywhere! They certainly add a bit of sparkle and glam up your possessions.

The choice of stickers includes stars, hearts, rockets, cupcakes, ice creams, skulls, bats, lightning bolts, musical notes, diamonds, guitars and more, so there is a nice mix.  It's not all stereotypically girly and will appeal to a wide range of tastes.

After some considerable use, the studio did get a bit messy and I did end up with glitter on my face and in my hair, even though it was the kids who were using it! But it's all part of the fun of getting creative with a craft set. The glitter could be swept off into the bin easily enough after use, leaving the studio clean for another day's play.

The Blingle Glimmer Glam Styler Studio retails at £19.99. Additional theme packs of stickers are available to purchase separately in Candy, Fashion and Twilight designs.  Find out more at:

 www.character-online.com/products/Blingles

Cupcake Charms Set

Bake It/ Shrink It Cupcake Charms from Great Gizmo's  4M range allows children to create, bake, and shrink their very own cupcake jewellery charms! 

Each kit includes 20 pre-cut cupcake shaped shrinking sheets with four colour pencils so you can start designing and colouring them in straight away. No fiddly cutting out required!

The rough side of the cupcakes need to be coloured in using colour pencils.  Kizzy and Freddy did this together, as he wanted to help his big sister.

When they are all coloured in, they are ready to bake in the oven to shrink them down.

You need to put them onto a baking sheet covered with foil and put into an oven at 160 degrees.

The cupcakes curl up and then flatten out very quickly. Cook for a further 30 seconds and allow to cool.  Freddy loved watching them through the oven door and was very intrigued to see them shrink into the cupcake charms.

The shrunken cupcakes are quite thick and hard and the colour is intensified by the baking process.  Each cupcake charm then needs to be attached to a metal ring. They come with a pre-cut hole which makes it easier, but the metal rings need to be prised open, threaded through and then squeezed back shut.  This was very tricky and fiddly and quite hard on the fingers, so Kizzy got her dad to do it for her!

The charms can then be made into jewellery.  The set includes beads, string, ear-ring attachments and chains to make your own jewellery designs, or the charms can be attached to the cute cupcake display stand which is included in the set. 

On the stand, it makes a pretty ornament for a girly bedroom.  Kizzy decided to do this as she liked the look of the charms on the stand, but she still has all the jewellery making accessories if she ever decides to have a go at making a cupcake design bracelet in the future.

The set costs about £10 and contains everything needed to create 20 colourful, cupcake shaped charms.  Some adult supervision is required for the baking and help will be needed to attach the rings.  It's a nice craft activity that will keep youngsters happily entertained and the end result is something they will be proud of.  It is versatile in that the activity can be extended to include making key rings, earrings and bracelets using the charms.  It allows kids to be really creative!