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  • My Fairy Garden: Fairy Kitchen Garden Review #AD

    My Fairy Garden: Fairy Kitchen Garden Review #AD

    My Fairy Garden: Fairy Kitchen Garden was sent to us in exchange for this blog post. All opinions remain my own. This post may contain advertisement and affiliate links.

    I thought the Fairy Kitchen Garden would be something my mum would enjoy doing with Evie as she loves gardening and Evie is always picking her raspberries and “helping” her in the summer. My mum looks after Evie for a couple of hours every other Friday before she goes to her dads so it was a good chance for them to do something together.

    Fairy Kitchen Garden comes with a planter, Fairy, Fairy House and some pea shoots for planting. You just need to provide your own soil to create a lovely little Fairy Garden. When the pea shoots have grown through you can snip them off and eat them so I also thought it would be a great chance for Evie to learn a bit about growing food too.

    The Fairy Kitchen Garden is lovely and currently has pride of place in my mums Kitchen. Evie and her spent some time putting it together and then planting the seeds. The seeds need to be soaked in water between 6 and 24 hours before planting so I would recommend taking them out and popping in water the night before you want to make the Fairy Kitchen Garden.

    It’s quite simple to put the Fairy Kitchen Garden together and really does look very cute. It’s so quick and simple and a great activity to do with kids as it’s something that is quick to do at first but takes a bit of time to see something grow so it’s nice to see Evie want to help look after something, and hopefully, be proud of what she’s grown.

    We have just started seeing some of the first shoots come through which has really excited Evie!

    My Fairy Garden: Fairy Kitchen Garden is from Interplay and is available to buy on Amazon.

  • Enchantimals Cosy Deer House Review

    Enchantimals Cosy Deer House Review

    The Enchantimals Cosy Deer House review is a Mattel toy suitable for children aged 4+ and it has been a perfect treat on this long, hot summer holiday for my daughter. We received the Enchantimals Cosy Deer House as part of the Mattel Play, Rate and Review team which was really exciting and this is our first time reviewing as part of the team! Keeping children entertained over the summer holidays especially at 34 weeks pregnant can be a real challenge and the heat has made it difficult to get out so this really came at the perfect time for us.

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    I was really surprised by the size of the box the Enchantimals Cosy Deer House came in, I really didn’t expect it to be as big as it is and did, at first, feel a bit daunted at the idea of building the toy up with the plastic frames as it all comes flatpacked. I am, however, really pleased to say that it was easy to put together and the instructions were clear and really easy to follow. This isn’t always the case so I always appreciate when I can put a toy like this together in fifteen minutes or less with as least frustrations as possible. Already the Enchantimals Cosy Deer House is a winner in my eyes. Even though my daughter is 7 I put it together myself. It was mostly slotting the plastic into other bits of plastic and all of the places fit exactly right. There was a clear click to be heard when everything was in place and it kept it really nice and sturdy. I haven’t had any trouble putting this together and it hasn’t come apart either which is great.

    Playing with the Enchantimals Cosy Deer House

    My daughter loves imaginative play and I have to say I’m a fan because it’s the type of play she can do easily on her own with her lovely, vivid imagination. The Cosy Deer House came with plenty of accessories including the Danessa Doll and her pet Sprint. There are lots of lovely home furnishings to extend imaginative play and all of them fit really nicely into the house. The house is fairly light weight and easy to transfer from room to room without the fear that it’s all going to fall apart. It has a lovely big front door that opens too which is just a nice finishing touch really. Despite the size it’s really easy to store in my daughters bedroom and doesn’t actually take up too much space.

    enchantimals cosy deer house

    Other Enchantimals Characters

    There is a huge range of other characters in the absolutely adorable Enchantimals range of toys with all different price ranges. These include small sets with the dolls and the larger playsets too. I am really impressed with the Enchantimals Cosy Deer House and I would happily buy more in the range for my daughter to play with. It’s really age appropriate for her too and as she loves animals it just seemed liked the perfect toy.

    Disclaimer: We received the Cosy Deer House in exchange for a review, however, all opinions are my own. This post may contain affiliate links.

    Kids Toy Review of Enchantimals Cosy Deer House by Mattel