I received these products from Amigo Games for review. Children look forward to waking up on Easter morning to find that the Easter Bunny has left them a basket full of candy while they slept. But in our house, the Easter Bunny also leaves additional surprises that are not candy. These games are exactly the types of surprises he likes to leave for us. They will provide your family with hours of fun, night after night. They are available at most major retailers and on Amazon. You can use the STORE FINDER on the Amigo Games website to find a store near you that carries them.
L.L.A.M.A. Card Game has a suggested retail price of $9.99. It's recommended for ages 8 and over. You need 2-6 players to play and the average game time is 20 minutes. L.L.A.M.A. was made in Germany by the well known inventor Reiner Knizia. It has a unique scoring system that adds strategy and risk. It was nominated for the 2019 Spiel des Jahres (Game of the Year).
Try to get rid of all your cards so you don't take any markers. If you can't you'll have a real dillama - should you pick another card or should you quit? Maybe you can play that card later, but if not, you've just hurt your score. The player with the fewest markers wins in this game with the name that says it all: Don't Let Llamas And Markers Accumulate!
L.L.A.M.A. is made up of 56 Linen Finish Cards, 70 Chips and Illustrated Instructions. The whole family will enjoy playing this game, so it's a perfect for choice for family game night!
CLACK! Categories has a suggested retail price of $24.99. It's recommended for ages 7 and over. It's a 2-8 player game and has an average game time of 10 minutes. Only one little twist separates CLACK! Categories from the top selling CLACK! Game, but its built in extra challenge is just enough to make it ideal for older kids. Spread out the magnetic discs, roll the dice and scramble to find something from the category and color shown. Red dogs, yellow donuts, green trucks - they all fit into categories such as animals, food and vehicles. Make a match, grab a disc and use its magnetic clack to build a stack. Keeping score is easy - just line up the stacks to see whose tower is tallest.
CLACK! Categories consists of 48 Magnetic Discs, 1 Color Die, 1 Category Die and Illustrated Instuctions.
Déjà Vu has a suggested retail price of $14.99. It's recommended for ages 8 and over. This 2-6 player game has an average game time of 15 minutes. Visual memory makes this a great family game. It has thick, high quality game pieces and oversized cards, so it's easy for little hands (and older hands) to pick them up and handle them. Without rule changes, Déjà Vu gets more challenging the more it is played.
Déjà Vu...that feeling that you have seen or done something before. You're gonna get that feeling a lot when you play this game! You could swear you've seen that before...or have you? Flip over a card and look at the images, then flip over another. When you think you're seeing something for the second time, grab the matching object from the table. Your memory can play tricks on you in the first round because many objects look similar, but it's even trickier as play continues and you're seeing objects again and again...or are you?
Déjà Vu is made up of 36 Objects, 36 Cards and Instructions. This is a really fun game that is perfect for your family game night.
Heimlich & Co. has a suggested retail price of $19.99 and is recommended for ages 8 and over. This 2-7 player game has an average game time of 30 minutes. This game has very simple rules, but it's packed with strategy. It is the winner of Europe's top game award "Spiel des Jahres" (Game of the Year).
Heimlich & Co. is the ultimate top secret spy game! Intrigue abounds in this Cold War classic, as secret agents try to conceal their identities while earning points for collecting classified information from a secret safe. The game play is simple: Players roll the die and move any spy they choose. When a spy lands on the building with the safe, every agent earns points and the safe moves to another building. It's fast moving, fun and full of deception.
Inside the box you will find 7 Secret Agent Playing Pieces, 7 Scoring Tokens, 7 Secret Agent Passport Cards, 1 Safe Playing Piece, 8 Playing Pieces Stands, 1 Die, 1 Game Board, Instructions and a Bonus Expansion Pack of 26 Top Secret Cards.
I received these products from Mindware for review.
Playful Chef Chocolate Studio ($34.95): A melting pot that is safe for kids to use. It's cool to the touch, so there's no risk of your children burning themselves as they turn chocolate chips or chunks into velvety swirls of smooth, melted chocolate. It features child safe temperature settings and a silicone lip. Your children will make sweet, successful memories as they dip strawberries, pretzel sticks, and whatever else they can think of into the melted chocolate, creating delicious chocolate covered treats. Recommended for ages 7 and up, the Playful Chef Chocolate Studio offers an introduction to the simple craft of confectionery. It provides a sweet way to encourage an interest in science for kids. Inside the box you will find the melting pot, 3 molds, a ladle, a spatula, dipping sticks and parchment sheets.
Paint Your Own Expressions - Love ($25.95): Make a statement that shows how much you care with high quality porcelain letters that you paint with your own creative touch! A beautiful sentiment at any time of the year, this "LOVE" set is also a perfect gift for Valentine's Day, Mother's Day and Father's Day. The accent porcelain heart provides a large space to paint and extra special picture, name or phrase. Each porcelain piece measures 5" tall and the complete kit includes 12 paints and 2 brushes - one wide brush for quick coverage and one thin brush for creating details. The instructions are filled with design tips and painting tricks for guaranteed beautiful results. A final step of baking the porcelain will give it a more lasting finish. (Note: even after baking, the design is not permanent. Dust with a dry cloth to clean. This is recommended for ages 8 and up.
Paint Your Own Stepping Stone - Heart ($25.95): This all weather stepping stone is ready to paint right out of the box, letting you skip the messy cement mixing and get right to the fun part: decorating and personalizing! It comes with a dozen vibrant paints to allow for endless creativity (mix, blend and add custom color accents). Once you have your stepping stone painted, bake it in your oven for a long lasting, weather resistant finish. You can display a single stepping stone or make a whole pathway to transform your garden, back yard or patio! The kit includes a 10" x 9" cement stepping stone, 12 paints, a paint brush and instructions including a color planning template. Recommended for ages 8 and over.
Any and all of these products would make an excellent gift for you little Valentine. It will spark their creativity as they create beautiful pieces of art and delicious and tasty treats.
I received these products from Everipe for review. These pre-portioned, ready to blend superfood smoothies contain plant based nutrition and are delivered right to your door! Clean eating is easy with these five delicious flavors. Just pour the contents of the outer pouch and the contents of the superfood packet into a blender, add 1 cup of water (or your favorite milk) and 1 cup of ice. Blend for at least 60 seconds to get the smoothest smoothie possible.
These smoothies are plant based, dairy free and gluten free. They are made with 100% real foods, with no added sugars or preservatives. And they taste great! All ingredients are freeze dried, so it won't spoil and won't take up valuable space in your freezer. Each individual flavor is available for purchase in a 5 pack, but I got a Variety 5 pack that contained one single serving pack of each flavor. You can purchase a 5 pack of 5 for $28.95. The 5 delicious flavors available are as follows.
Strawberry Bonanza: This classic flavor combination combines the delicious flavors a strawberries and bananas. Make a smoothie with this power couple flavor and even your pickiest eater will love it.
Cocoa Mojo: When you make a Cocoa Mojo smoothie, it tastes like melted ice cream! Rich dark cocoa is sweetened with bananas. The almonds and superfood packet just makes it extra delicious!
Unbelievaberry: Raspberries, blueberries and mulberries are combined for a triple threat of outstanding flavor. Superfoods like hemp hearts, chia seeds and beet root powder are thrown in for a dash of wellness.
Pina Colossal: This tropical blend of pineapple, banana and coconut gives this smoothie a fantastic island flavor that will transport your senses to the tropics. Add the superfood packet to make it much healthier than the average pina colada.
Tropical Zing: This is another tropical flavor. This one combines the subtle zing of ginger and termeric with pineapple and mango to give you an immunity boosting smoothie that is the ultimate rejuvenator. The superfood packet contains bee pollen, hemp hearts and chia seeds to add an extra kick of nutrients to keep you recharged.
You really should try all 5 of these flavors because they are all delicious. My personal favorite is Strawberry Bonanza, but I honestly love them all!
I received this product from Baketivity for review. One of the best gifts that you can give your little Valentines is time. So spend some time with them doing something that they will enjoy. All kids love helping Mom and Dad bake goodies in the kitchen. Baketivity makes it easy to do this with their baking kits. These kits contain everything that you need (except eggs and oil...you will need to add those) to make the specified treat. These are perfect if you have kids between the ages of 4 and 10!
Baketivity is a subscription service but you can also purchase their kits without subscribing. If you choose to subscribe, you will receive monthly boxes bursting with new recipes, activity booklets and super easy baking kits delivered right to your door. Subscription prices vary depending on how long you want to subscribe. If you want to pay for one month at a time (with the option to cancel at any time), a monthly subscription costs $32.95. A 3 month subscription costs $92.85 ($30.95 per month), a 6 month subscription costs $175.00 ($29.17 per month) and a one year subscription costs $311.40 ($25.95 per month). A free apron is included with each subscription.
Each month you will receive a complete kit for that contains all of the ingredients to make a specific tasty treat. You'll get a recipe book that gives step by step instructions with colorful kid friendly illustrations, pre-measured ingredients to mix and stir together to create your delicious treat, colorful lesson activities and educational games to play. All of this comes in an all in one baking activity box.
The pre-measured ingredients are vacuum sealed, making it easy for your little one to mix them together. You just need to add eggs and oil to complete the recipes. Imagine how proud your kids will be when the finished treat is ready to be eaten!
The fun doesn't stop one your treats are placed in the oven! They include colorful lessons and an educational game to play while you're waiting for your goodies to finish baking.
If you're not ready to subscribe, you can still enjoy this experience with your children by buying a one time kit. You will receive the kit of your choice without being subscribed, meaning you will only receive a kit if you specifically order it. I received a one time kit for this review. It's the Chocolate Chunk Cookie Kit and it costs $32.95. It includes the following pre-measured ingredients: flour, sugar, baking powder, cocoa, chocolate chips and salt. It came with a clear, easy to follow recipe plus the lesson and game for my children and I to play while our cookies baked. I have 3 children ages 6, 10 and 12, and they all thoroughly enjoyed this experience as much as I did. And when we were all done, we had 24 crispy, delicious Chocolate Chunk Cookies to eat! What more could you ask for?
If you are looking for a unique gift idea for your Valentine, I'd like to suggest Bring My Song To Life. They will create a completely customized song for you. With customized lyrics and a fully produced recording. You don't need any experience, knowledge or talent in songwriting or music, they will do it all for you. You just tell them who the song is for, what you want it to be about and the occasion you're gifting it for. This is not only a gift idea for Valentine's Day, it's great for any occasion...birthday, anniversary, job promotion, graduation...any occasion!
To get your personalized song, you begin by choosing the package you want. The "Nice and Simple" package is $99 and includes one instrument and vocals. The "Small Band" package is $199 and includes three instruments and vocals. And the "Full Band" package includes five instruments and vocals. Once you choose your package, you fill out a form to let them know who the song is for, what the occasion is, the song genre you would like (you can also let them choose the genre if you prefer) and whether you prefer a male singer, a female singer or if you have no preference. Then you fill in the box telling them what you want the song to be about. The more details you can give them, the better they will be able to customize your lyrics.
Once you have filled out and submitted the form, one of their songwriters will begin writing your lyrics. They will incorporate as many of your details in the lyrics as they can. If anything is unclear, or if they have any questions while writing your lyrics, they will contact you. Once they have completed a draft of the lyrics, they will send it to you for approval. You can request that changes be made if you're not completely satisfied with it. Once you approve the lyrics, they will move on to the music.
The Bring My Song To Life musicians will work out the melody and the instrumentation, putting music to the lyrics according to the package you chose. You can request a genre and vocal type, or let them choose for you. You can even mention reference songs if you have any that you want your song to be similar to. Once they have worked out the medley and instrumentation, they will again submit it to you for approval. This will be your last chance to request any changes because once you have approved it, they will begin mixing your master recording.
Once they have mixed the final version into a master recording, it will be uploaded to your personal story page. You can download the file, stream the song and share it with your gift recipient. You can write a personal message and upload photos to your story page as well. This page will be hosted on their servers for as long as you want it to be. You can also get a lyrics video with personal photos for an additional fee of $29 and/or a CD with customized artwork for $49!
You can see a sample Personal Story Page (including a sample song) HERE.
I highly recommend Bring My Song To Life for a truly unique gift for some one special. Everyone is very friendly, helpful and talented. They are great at keeping in contact with you through each step, they thoroughly answer any questions you have and they listen to you when you make suggestions. They really put in the time and effort to make sure you are 100% happy with the song they create for you. And receiving a personalized song as a gift will leave your special some one feeling happy, amazed and truly extra special!
I received a DVD copy of this movie for review. We have also been asked to do a giveaway, so watch for that to be posted in the next couple of days! This is a great movie to watch with your family. Family Movie Night is a regular thing at my house!
Toys & Pets is a full length children's animated feature from Director Gary Wang, Light Chaser Animation Studios and Factoris Films. This action packed fable has stunning state of the art animation.
Happily living in a tea shop is a very special group of toys who were all created by the Toy Master himself. Each of these toys have a special gift...they change colors when water is poured over them. All except Nathan, that is. And because Nathan lacks the ability to change colors like the rest of them, the other toys make fun of him. Then one day a robot from the future arrives in their shop and Nathan learns that he can discover the secret to changing colors by finding a mystical figure. Nathan names the robot "Time Bot" and together they set out to find that mystical figure. While on their journey, they learn that The Flash (an evil rat who steals toys) has captured their friend May. Nathan and Time Bot embark on a magical animated journey through the city's underground to rescue May, find the mystical figure and outsmart The Flash and his gang of rats. Along the way, they discover that teamwork, friendship and a little luck may be all they need to save the day.
Toys & Pets has received The Dove Foundation's Dove Seal For All Ages and features the voice talents of Aurora Jane Baldovini, Jason Michael Kesser (Rio 2096: A Story of Love and Fury), Christopher Leigh Jahn (The Legend of Chupacabras), David Kwiat and James Keller (Noah's Ark). It is available on iTunes, Vimeo, Google Play, Amazon, Vudu, MovieSpree.com, Sony/PlayStation, Microsoft/XBox and across hundreds of U.S. cable providers including Comcast, Spectrum, Charter, Cox, Verizon Fios, Frontier, Google Fiber, Mediacom, Suddenlink, Dish, DirecTV and more. DVD retailers include Amazon, Best Buy, Barnes & Noble, Walmart, Target and more. Canadian cable providers include Rogers, Shaw and Bell.
I received these products from Mom Bombs for review. These luxurious bath bombs, made with an indulgent combination of organic Argan Oil and essential oils, create a soothing relaxing experience for the recipient, while proceeds from each box sold funds MomBomb.org, their non profit organization that is focused on helping mothers in need. I received 2 gift boxes to review. The first is a perfect Valentine's Day gift for Mom, wife, girlfriend, grandma, sister, daughter, best friend or any woman that you care about. They other is a perfect Valentine's Day gift for any child. I don't suggest these for very small children, however, because the kid's gift set contains a very small grow capsule that holds a small sponge inside.
This is The Classic Gift Set for Moms from Mom Bombs. It can be purchased on Amazon for $29.99. Each bath bomb is hand made in the U.S.A. with all natural ingredients. They arrive in a beautiful box that is perfect for gifting. The box holds 6 great smelling bath bombs, and they are huge! You'll get Goddess (unleash your inner mermaid with the enticing cotton candy aroma), Detox (wash away the day with this floral scented spa tonic), Inspiration (work it out in the tub with a sweet blend of caramel and vanilla), Mother's Intuition (go with your gut with relaxing lavender and lemon), Sweet Tooth (have your cake and eat it too will perk you up as it transports you to fields of strawberries) and Unwind (let Mom Bombs take you away to the islands with coconut and tropical breezes).
This is The Magic Gift Set for Kids from Mom Bombs. It can be purchased on Amazon for $29.99. With this gift set, you get surprises in every bath! Have fun in the tub with these all natural 3.5 oz. bath bombs that each include a magic glow capsule. After the fun of the fizz, your little ones (but not too little) will be delighted to discover that a sponge has been hidden inside the magic grow capsule. Each beautiful gift ready gift box contains 6 bath bombs with different scents. You'll get Huckleberry (all blue), Burffday Cake (white with sprinkles), Gummy Bear (green and blue), Rainbow Sherbet (pink and yellow), Cotton Candy (blue and pink) and Banana Split (green and yellow).
I received this book from The Center of Psychological Enhancement for review. This book would be an excellent Valentine's Day gift for any child.
Bee Heartful Spread Loving Kindness is the latest book written by Frank J. Sileo. It is adorably illustrated by Claire Keay. Readers will rejoice that Bentley the bee is back in this third book of this award winning series that started with Bee Still and continued with Bee Calm. When compassionate Bentley sends loving kindness thoughts to himself and others, he can feel his heart growing. May you be happy. May you be healthy. May you be safe. May you be peaceful. When Willie Wasp steals Bentley's favorite red scarf, it really stings! Bentley has the whole garden buzzing as he works through the situation. This sweet story shows the power of strong, positive and loving thoughts. It includes a note from the author with more information about loving kindness and related meditation, and guidelines for how readers can practice being heartful just like Bentley!
Dr. Frank J. Sileo is a New Jersey licensed psychologist and the founder and executive director of The Center for Psychological Enhancement in Ridgewood, New Jersey. He received his doctorate from Fordham University in New York City and is consistently recognized as one of New Jersey's top kids' doctors. He is the award winning author of eleven, soon to be twelve children's books. Dr. Sileo teaches mindfulness to his patients and to schools and organizations.
