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Baby GoGo

Posted by Bobbie Gould on September 17, 2010
in Fun Stuff, Kids Toys, Pregnancy and Birth

Faith and Family Reviews received the following product in exchange for writing a review. While we consider it a privilege to receive free products to review, our reviews are our honest opinion and thoughts of the product.

About Baby GoGo

Baby GoGo:

This wonderful gift set also comes with an adorable story book following Baby GoGo’s experience coming home from the hospital, from meeting the family to having a bottle, and earning a nickname. Dressed to mirror a modern day baby, children will instantly recognize and bond with this toy. Whether the child is getting ready for a new sibling or just loves baby dolls, Baby GoGo™ is a valuable tool in teaching children how to nurture, a vital life-long skill.
* Ages 3 and up
* Includes 13-inch baby doll, pajama outfit, blankie and Baby GoGo™ Goes Home storybook.
* MSRP $39.99

Diaper Bag:

When Baby GoGo™ is on the go, children will be right there with everything baby might need. Our 100% cotton canvas diaper bag is just the right size for children to carry. Children love to imitate their parents and this diaper bag is the perfect tool. The bag includes a cotton diaper and has plenty of room for children to add their own essentials.
* Ages 3 and up
* Includes diaper bag and diaper
* MSRP $24.99

About Little Sib, LLC

Little Sib provides children with toys that nurture and inspire them to be healthy, loving men and women through imaginative play. The company’s first product , Baby GoGoTM, reinvents the classic baby doll. It’s fun, colorful, safe, environmentally friendly and the answer to the outdated, traditional baby doll that is limited in its versatility for children of all races and genders. Visit the web site at www.babygogodoll.com.

Our Review

In some ways I feel sad about all the gender neutral products that are coming out. I miss seeing the frilly girly products and the products that scream “For Boys!” On the other hand, a product like Baby GoGo seems like the perfect gift for boys and girls since both need to be taught to be nurturing and loving to their siblings and other little friends.

We were sent the Baby GoGo and the Baby GoGo Diaper Bag Set to review. My younger daughter adores this doll! Sometimes I think she likes it better than her Madeline doll but I guess it depends upon the day. Now that our 2-year-old son has a little brother he can be seen mimicking the happenings of our household in his play with Baby Go Go and his sister’s Madeline doll. But I have to admit that my daughter has claimed Baby GoGo for her own, but can be persuaded to let her little brother play with it too. I think that both of them enjoy holding the real deal though. Baby GoGo is much lighter than our infant son so it doesn’t scare the rest of the family if little hands shift quickly while holding Baby GoGo!

Baby GoGo is well made and has already held up through at least one trip through the laundry cycle due to an accident. Baby GoGo’s clothing is easy for preschoolers to put on, although the hat did give our daughter a little trouble since it seems to pop off. Baby GoGo’s blanket is very much like our infant son’s new baby blanket making it even more authentic for our younger children.

The diaper bag is also well made. While the diaper bag and accessories are great and are similar to mom’s and dad’s, they tend to get misplaced or lost easily. Ever notice that some children would rather just undress the dolls and leave the clothes lying around the house? My little ones are still learning how to pick up and put things away in their proper place, so it’s mom (me!) that needs to be patient in the process!

Baby GoGo products are cute, affordable (for a quality made itemsl) and appealing to both boys and girls.

Available from local toy specialty stores and online at www.babygogodoll.com.

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Bendaroos Review

Posted by html404 on August 9, 2010
in Fun Stuff, Kids Toys

I received the following product in exchange for writing a review. While I consider it a privilege to receive free products to review, my review is my honest opinion and thoughts of this product.

We featured Bendaroos earlier today in our Back to School Product Guide under Part 3

Bendaroos- 500 Pack ($19.99) These products are so cool for raining days when your kids are super bored or for school for art day! 500 Bendaroos® Building Sticks In Rainbow & Neon Colors. Includes a simple To Use Fun Guide With Step By Step Instructions How To Make Your Favorite Characters! It includes 10 Traceable Templates. No Glue, No Stains, No Mess. How cool is that for kids and MOM! We will be reviewing one soon.

bendaroos

With all that is going on this week with this Back to School Product Guide, it was really helpful to receive the package today containing the Bendaroos. This children’s craft kept our six younger children busy for a couple of hours this afternoon while my oldest and I were working. They kept bringing us their creations and telling us what they were and how they made them.

At first the children made the different objects on the cards included in the Bendaroos kit, but the last going off they ventured out to create their own individual flowers, spiders, donuts, people etc. They had a lot of fun!

Initially, one of the children was frustrated because his shark was not staying together. There seems to be a little bit of an art to get the bending sticks to stay together because some bending sticks together better than others. That may have been caused by how each child handled his or her project, how firmly they pressed the sticks together or perhaps the template design; some of them required bending them at different angles etc. I found when I tried fixing his project, it did go back together easily enough, but I am not sure it stayed firmly in place for the duration of the day.

The youngest children, especially, required more assistance than the older ones. Perhaps dexterity and coordination all play a part in how easy it is for each child to manuever the bending sticks too. I know one thing, those two things (dexterity and coordination) got lots of use today!

The children enjoyed showing all their projects to Daddy when he got home. I think Bendaroos was worth the time and entertainment that our children gained from this great children’s activity. Truly there is no mess other than maybe little pieces of bending sticks that are left over, but I found the children used up everything very well.

Here are some of the children’s creations:

Tiger ready to devour something:

Bendaroos Tiger

Butterfly:

Bendaroos Butterfly

Bear:

Bendaroos Bear

Circus Seal:

Bendaroos Circus Seal

Shark:

Bendaroos Shark

Horse:

Bendaroos Horse

Pretty neat, eh?

For more information on Bendaroos, please visit http://www.Bendaroosstore.com/default.aspx and www.Bendaroos.com And be sure to check out their contest on Facebook! They are also hosting a a special Facebook contest for parents and teachers. Until September 10th Bendaroos will be giving away 10 – 500 packs to 10 lucky winners each week! See: http://www.facebook.com/bendaroos

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Faith and Family Reviews Friday Giveaway! Light Up Marble Cars! CLOSED

Posted by html404 on July 23, 2010
in Faith and Family Reviews Friday Giveaway, Kids Toys

Congratulations, aparna k! You are our Light Up Marble Cars Giveaway Winner!

Marble Cars Winner

Winner chosen by Random.org #22 entry.

Thank you to all who entered! We appreciate all the help in making our second giveaway break the 100 entries or more mark!

Thank you to Skullduggery for sponsoring this giveaway and providing some cool toys for children to love and enjoy!

Our second FFR Friday Giveaway is…..6 Light Up Marble Cars!

Light Up Marble Cars

If you didn’t read my review of Marble Racers, please go back and read it here.

One reader has the opportunity to win 6 different Light Up Marble Cars! Yes, Marble Racers is generously supplying one reader one box of six Marble Cars!

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This giveaway will run from July 23rd until August 5th at midnight CST. The winner will be chosen through Random.org. Winner will be contacted on or before August 31st and asked for their contact info. Winner will have 48 hours to send me their info at [ffr] [giveaways] [at] [gmail] [dot] [com] (without spaces and parenthesis). MarbleRacers.com will ship one box of six light up cars directly to the winner. Please note: This giveaway is open to the USA only.

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Light Up Marble Cars Review

Posted by html404 on July 19, 2010
in Kids Toys

I received the following product in exchange for writing a review. While I consider it a privilege to receive free products to review, my review is my honest opinion and thoughts of the product.

Light Up Marble Cars

About a week ago we received a six pack of Light Up Marble Cars to review. We have not done too many toy reviews, but these Marble Racers were an instant hit among our children. These little cars enabled me to get a bunch of work done with minor interruptions of excited exclamations over their new cars. I am sure it kept them busy for an hour or more. Seriously. By the time they put the decals on, which the older girls helped the younger two and the rest were able to put the decals on pretty much unassisted, but once that was done they played with them and raced their toy cars on the floor. They loved the fact that they lit up and said they could use them as their flashlights!

These little toy cars have held up well under the wear and tear of six little pairs of hands racing and zooming them across the floor.

My husband is in a buyer in the hobby industry and thought the Marble Cars were pretty neat. He thinks they’d sell at the shop he works at and plans to ask his distributor to carry them, as they do not currently do so. That’s 30 years of experience talking, so I am excited that he is able to get the word out about these cool little toy cars.

About Marble Cars

Light Up Marble Racers combine the racing excitement of mini-toy sports cars and the classic amusement of marbles to create a fun new toy for boys and girls 3 years of age and older. Kids customize their Marble Racers with themed, easy to use, crack & peel racing decals, race their creations on standard tracks, and then watch as the flashing LED marble rolls to keep pace with their speeding car. Light Up Marble Racers are the anti-video game: an old fashioned-type toy that gets kids away from the catatonic video game state, piques their creativity, and helps them to interact with other children.

There is nothing like it on the market. There are racing cars. There are marbles. But nothing else that combines these 2 classic stand-bys into 1 unique, fun “do it yourself” toy. Available in 6 electrifying styles – Police Racer, Fire Racer, Cats’ Eye Racer, Cyclone Racer, Confetti Racer, and Volcano Racer – this unique, colorful, new toy makes a great birthday gift or party favor. They retail for $4.99 to $6.99. Click here for more information about Light Up Marble Racers and to find a list of retailers where they are sold.

Here’s a little video MarbleRacers.com has on their website: