Toys & Games Archives - Coffee & Vanilla

Tried & Tested – The Round-up (January – March 2017)

Products review round-up featuring Gourmosa, Mr. Lee’s Noodles and Aspire drinks, Lego Friends, Burt’s Bees, Shea Moisture and Love You Hoo by Rachel Bright.

Chalkola Chalk Markers Review & Giveaway

Chalkola – erasable chalk markers that can be used on blackboards, whiteboards, glass, plastic and other non porous surfaces.

Tried & Tested – The Round-up (December 2016)

Products review round-up featuring Walter Foster, Staedtler, Manuscript, Sigikid, Aquabeads, TW Steel & Valentino Rossi, Rapesco, Bez cases and Microsoft Lumia.

Tried & Tested – The Round-up (October – November 2016)

Products review round-up featuring Monopoly, HomeSense, BIC, Crayola, Fei Liu, Mavala, Bananagrams, Furby, Tefal, Warner Edwards, Neewer, Burt’s Bees and Helix.

Getting into the Holiday Spirit with HomeSense & Our Christmas Checklist

How to get into holiday mood and checklist of important things to do before Christmas.

Christmas Gift Ideas from UncommonGoods

Interesting, unusual Christmas gift ideas for him, her and kids from sustainable, eco friendly UncommonGoods company.

Tried & Tested – The Round-up (September 2016)

Products review round-up featuring Keep Leaf, A Slice of Green, Lauren B, Star Wars, Merrell, Paul Hollywood and KitchenCraft, National Geographic Kids and Sharpie.

Tried & Tested – The Round-up (August 2016)

Products review round-up featuring Lauren B, Klutz, Crayola, Reebok, Charlie & Lola, Lauren Child, Dinosaurus and LAB².

Tried & Tested – The Round-up (July 2016)

Products review round-up featuring Vivid Imaginations, Crocs, Salter, HoMedics, Grand Chef, Honeywell, Sealy, Scotch, Wilton and Sally Hansen.

Tried & Tested – The Round-up (June 2016)

Tried & Tested products of June 2016 featuring BIC, Gibsons, Oral-B, Huggies, Wet ‘n’ Wild, Salter, HoMedics and Fei Liu.

Tried & Tested – The Round-up (May 2016)

Tried & Tested products of May 2016 featuring Cheerz, CreateMeBooks, HomeSense, Remington, Amazon, Marley, Le Creuset, La Playa and Cole & Mason.

Tried & Tested – The Round-up (March & April 2016)

Tried & Tested products of March & April 2016 featuring Trunki suitcase, Philip’s books, Philips, AEG, GoSystem, Playmobil, Sacla and Ball.

Water Beads Fun – Sensory Play for Kids

If you haven’t come across water beads, also called gel crystals, florist balls, aqua crystals, hydro-gel balls, magic water, aqua soil and water pearls, are used for vases, candles, party centerpieces, lighting and other decorative uses… They are sold as mini balls that after re-hydrating in water create gel balls that keep flowers alive. According to the manufacturers they can […]

Tried & Tested – The Round-up (December 2015)

Tried & Tested products for new, better start in a New Year featuring: Perkier, HomeSense, Spanish Persimon®, Jessica, OPI, Motorola Moto E, Bentley Organic and Amazon.

Tried & Tested – The Round-up (November 2015)

Tried and tested products – last minute Christmas gift guide featuring: Leap Frog, Hama, Klutz, Usborne, Bananagrams, Suzi Blu, Quarry, Echo Bot, Yogiyo, We Are Tea and HomeSense.

Tried & Tested – The Round-up (October 2015)

Tried and tested products – Christmas gift guide featuring: Strefa Dizajnu, Ball, HomeSense UK, Zazzle, Toccami, Amazon, Burt’s Bees, Wacom, Jo Pratt, Mofred, Beurer and Mulbess.

Tried & Tested – The Round-up (September 2015)

Tested products featuring: HomeSense UK, Zazzle, Amazon, Crabtree & Evelyn LONDON, Rock Rose Gin and more.

Tried & Tested – The Round-up (August 2015)

Tested products featuring: HomeSense UK, Amazon, Philips, Crock-Pot, Beem, Ravensburger, Octonauts, Maped, Sophie Thompson, Sally Harding, Christopher Edge, Very Lazy, Red Boat and Sparitual.

Beside the Seaside – Summer Fun with HomeSense

We do like to be beside the seaside when the sun is shining and living 15 minutes drive from the seafront and we are trying to make most of it this summer… It is our second year in Brighton so we are still relatively new here, only got our first water shoes and now we are getting other summer […]