Last week, I was sent a ProjeX game to try out with my family and review. ProjeX is a portable projector that displays arcade-quality shooting targets of varying difficulty levels. This system operates on just two AA batteries and does not require a tv. Each projector comes with two blasters (which don’t need batteries) and three slides. The slides are color-coded for difficulty level: blue is easy & shows targets; red is medium & shows UFO; white is hard & shows ducks. Out of the box, all the system needs are batteries. The projector should be placed on a low table about 5 feet away from the wall. Turn off the lights, and you are good to go. It took us a few minutes to get it to turn on, and once it did the entire base lit up. There is a small front display that keeps score and the blasters can be placed in built-in holders for storage. We started out with the blue slide and slowly worked our way up. Each slide has 5 different games, so there are a lot of variations ...
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Product Review – Glow in the Dark Slime Science Kit
Two weeks ago, I was sent a Glow in the Dark Slime Science Kit by Discover with Dr. Cool to try out and review. The kit comes with everything thing you need to create to different colors of slime; one green & one blue…both of which glow in the dark. It also comes with a bonus activity booklet with games & puzzles as well. My daughter thought that this was the coolest thing ever, and was chomping at the bit to mix of the slime from the moment it arrived in the mail. To mix it up, you need a bowl & some warm water (1 cup). Mix the water & the slime powder in the bowl & use the provided stick to site very quickly. Once it’s mixed, you can keep it in the plastic contains that come in the kit. We attempted the make the blue first. It ended up kind of messed up because the water was a little too warm & my daughter wasn’t stirring it fast enough. We ended up with a small amount that wasn’t very gooey or slimy. I made the second one, the green, with no ...
Product Review – Delta Kite with Tail
Two weeks back, I was sent a large Delta Kite with Tail from Get Childish to try out and review. The kite is 180 x 90 cm and made of nylon & resin. The kite was a lot bigger that I first thought it would be. It arrived in a long box & my husband thought that I had ordered a fishing rod or something. The kite comes folded up in a carrying bag with the main poles already in place. All you need to do to assemble it is to put the cross pole in place and attach the string. When fully assembled, it was easily as wide as my couch and nearly as tall as my daughter. We had a hard time being able to take it out to fly it. It had been storming almost every day. We finally had a clear day and were able to get it in the air for about two minutes before a massive storm moved it. It flew beautifully & drew a lot of people’s attention at the local park. We were a little leery of letting my daughter fly it by herself since she’s still little, but she had a blast watching it fly. We ...
Product Review — PrivateIslandParty.com
Last month, I was asked to take a look at PrivateIslandParty.com & pick out a few accessories to try out. The site offers an assortment of party supplies, novelty items, and accessories. Many of the items are available in bulk, like hats, wigs & capes. After looking through everything, I picked out a black cape, fishnet gloves, and a child’s superhero cape. After placing my order with the site rep, she called me to let me know that the superhero cape was out of stock and that they were going to send me out a new one. I was told that the items were being shipped that day, but after three weeks I still hadn’t received them. I found out through Tomoson that the rep was no longer with the company and that a replacement shipment was being sent out. I received everything three days later. The black cape was nice, and you can leave the color down or flip it up. The gloves fit perfectly and just about reach my elbow. I plan of using them as part of a Rocky Horror ...
Chalk City Review & Giveaway [ENDED]
Last week, I was sent a Chalk City Activity Kit. The kit come with a variety of toys: a road maker, a set of 3 road sign stencils, a set of 3 obstacle course stencils & 20 pieces of chalk. The kit encourages your children to go outside and play while having fun. This was Hannah’s first experience with sidewalk chalk. She picked out one of the pink pieces. Due to the horrible heat wave, she had to play with everything on the porch so she was out of the sun and I could easily get her in when she got too hot. She’s had a blast tracing and coloring in the stencils. She has also enjoyed playing with them in the house was well. The road maker is pretty neat too. It folds out and holds the two pieces of chalk to make a path. We haven’t gotten to play with it much yet, but are planning on using it in the driveway once the heat lets up a bit. When she’s not using the stencils, she’s been drawing smiley faces and playing tic-tac-toe. The chalk pieces are the big think ones so she ...
Product Review – Linking Loops Mini Bead Maze
A few weeks ago, I unexpectedly received a package from Educational Toys Planet. It was a Linking Loops Mini Bead Maze for review. The bead maze is rated for 2 and over, and comes with an activity sheet. The maze itself consists of two wires firmly attached to a solid wood base: one twisted in an elaborate spiral and loops & the other in simple hills. It's relatively compact at 9 x 7.5 x 4.25 inches. Now, normally I would have the review written and posted within a week or so at the very latest. However, since it was a toy, I wanted to give Hannah a fair amount of time to play with it, in order put it 'through it's paces' so to speak. She can be quite rough with her toys at times, so I wanted to see how it would hold up to her treatment. I first took it out of the box, she wasn't really all the interested in it at first. She ran around with the box for a bit before she really took interest in the maze. Once she started playing with it, she had a blast with it. The ...