Product Review: Blok Squad Construction Unit Mission by Mega Bloks

When I was contacted by Team Mom to review a Mega Bloks building set I knew right away that the girls would love the Construction Mission!

Our Blok Squad Construction Mission set arrived and we got right to work building it.  This set contains 218 pieces that creat two vehicles and figures including  a 4x4 and Front Loader.

  We used the great directions with easy to follow pictures to see what pieces we needed and where they should go.  I worked on the construction vehicles and the girls helped me find the pieces.  This set is  intended for children ages  5 and older, but with supervision my girls (almost 5 and 2 1/2 had fun with it).

 Emily and Juliette  found the pieces for the construction workers and put them together all by themselves.  They had fun walking them around and making them go into the vehicles when I was finished putting them together.

I really liked that these sets introduce kids to everyday heroes.  They are available with themes such as fire patrol, police as well as construction.  They also let them use their imaginations for hours of open-ended play.  I think they would love them in our sand table.

You can find this set along with the other themed Blok Squad sets at Toys “R” Us, Walmart and amazon.com

Also be sure to check out the Mega Bloks Family Club for product information, on-line games and activities.

Disclaimer: Thank you to Team Mom and Mega Bloks for providing us with this Blok Squad Construction Unit Mission Set  free of charge to facilitate my review. This review is 100% my own opinion of this  building set and was not influenced in any way by the company.

Product Review: Moon Dough Push n’ Pop Breakfast Set

I was so excited when I was contacted by Team Mom to review the new improved Moon Dough Formula.  Emily and Juliette have enjoyed playing with Moon Dough at their friend’s house, however after seeing what a huge mess it made did not want it in our house.   I have to say I am so glad I gave this set a chance because the girls had SO much fun making all kinds of yummy breakfast treats with it.

  The Moon Dough Push n’ Pop Breakfast Set came with 2 colors of moon dough (which can be mixed together for a cool tie die effect or completely blended to make a new color), a play mat,  a twisty mold and 3 Push n’ Pop molds.

 Juliette was able to use the new Push n’ Pop molds to easily make pancakes, waffles or toast.  Emily and I loved using the twisty mold to make the different toppings.  The moon dough molds really well and pops right out.  Emily was able to do it all by herself and they really looked great.

The new moon dough formula was better than the one that the girls had played with at a friends house, although it did crumble a little bit, it was easy to get it back together and did not stick to their clothes at all.  I also loved that it does not dry up.  It is also Wheat-free and Hypo-allergenic.  The girls were able to make their  breakfast creations and play with them for hours without worrying about putting them away.

There is also a Push n' Pop Sea Creatures set available that looks really cute.  Sso if you want something that your child will have hours of fun creating with, with minimal mess I definitely recommend these Moon Dough Push n’ Pop Sets!

Disclaimer: Thank you to Team Mom and Moon Dough for providing us with this Moon Dough Push N Pop Breakfast Set free of charge to facilitate my review. This review is 100% my own opinion of this  Moon Dough Set and was not influenced in any way by the company.

Wordless Wednesday ~ Look Who’s Driving

…Well pretending to drive that is!!! 

Emily was sleeping in the car and Daddy ran into Stop and Shop to get some groceries so what better way for me to occupy Miss Juliette, who was WIDE awake than to let her pretend to drive!

She insisted on buckling up before she started …

  …but then I think she realized that she couldn’t see over the steering wheel that way. 

Guess she will have to wait a few more years :)

Wordless Wednesday ~ Tea Time

Just tea for two
And two for tea
Just me for you
And you for me

Riding in their car…

After dinner one day I turned around to see if their were anything else to be cleared off of the table and I noticed that our dinning room had turned into a roadway and the chairs and table a car.  Emily pulled all the chairs into position all by herself.  She used Juliette’s V Tech - Learn and Discover Driver for the steering wheel and the Fisher-Price Laugh & Learn Sing-with-Me CD Player for the radio.  Juliette is in the back seat with blue baby.

 

Here you can see Pink Baby strapped  into her car seat and Juliette trying to over take the driver’s seat!

Juliette was clearly successful at her mission to drive the car!

This game has been the highlight of the past week.

I love watching Emily and Juliette play together and imaginary games are even more fun to watch.  They both make me smile and laugh as I  remember my own childhood and all the fun we had playing make believe.

Coupon Clipping is…

 …great for practicing cutting!

Every weekend we get the paper and look through all the store circulars for great sales and then clip our coupons.  One day Emily asked if she could help too.  I gave her all the coupon pages that I did not need and then let her look through them and clip her own coupons.

This is a great activity to practice using scissors and it also teaches or at least exposes them to coupons and saving money, not to mention it is fun to do too.  Emily was so excited that she was able to cut coupons just like Mommy she even saved them in her pocket book to use when she was playing store.  Of course her favorite coupons to clip are the ones for Chuck E. Cheese!!

 

Check out other great ideas for Tots and Preschoolers:

Playing Pretend

Nail Salon

Emily loves play nail salon and paint my nails with water! 

This is a fun, clean  “painting” activity that is often requested in our house.  

I fill up a clean empty applesauce container with water and give her a paint brush.  The rest is up to her.  Sometimes she asks me to paint her nails too!