Smiling Mom

Last review for awhile folks, I pro­mise!! The Kid Kleen Bath Bliz­zard was sent to me for review along with the Aqua­doodle Mat.  This one has FLOP writ­ten all over it.  When I ope­ned the box, I was partly exci­ted. My kids LOVE bath bub­bles and I just can’t seem to get the bath bub­bles to bub­ble up enough!  This pro­duct could, poten­tially solve my bub­ble issues.

But in addi­tion to my exci­te­ment, I was sorely disap­poin­ted.  The bub­ble solu­tion that comes with this bub­ble maker is lite­rally about 4 inches tall.  It’s the sma­llest amount of bub­bles I’ve ever recei­ved at one time.  None the less, I was hope­ful that we’d receive great results.

After using 4 C bat­te­ries (YIKES!!) –not pro­vi­ded, I tur­ned on the device.

And.…disappointment.

First, I was not able to get the Bath Bliz­zard to attach onto the water spout as the direc­tions sug­ges­ted we should.

Second, the amount of bub­bles that were gene­ra­ted from this device were less than impressive.

Third, the minute the bub­bles hit the water they dissolved.

This item is not worth the $19.99 it costs to purchase.

Mine will be going in the trash as soon as my kids go to sleep tonight.

This is a week of reviews folks!!  I was give two items to review this month.  First was an Aqua­doodle Draw N’ Doodle Mat.  My MIL actually bought this mat for my son two years ago.  It was fabu­lous!!  I have active kids whom during the win­ter months are somewhat con­fi­ned to a sma­llish home.  This mat gave them something to do with their time other than run­ning in circ­les and dri­ving me mad. 

What is it?  The Aqua­doodle Draw N’ Doodle Mat allows a child to draw with water directly onto the mat and have a pic­ture appear.  When the water dries the pic­ture goes away.

At over $20, I feel the price is a bit steep, but still enjo­yed the time my kids had to play with it.

Down­side?  If you put the mat away and it’s not totally dry, it molds.  I lear­ned this les­son the hard way.

Face Pain­ting by a 2 1/2 year old

A few weeks ago my chil­dren had the oppor­tu­nity to review the Ernie K’nex play set.  My kids, spe­ci­fi­cally, my four year old loved put­ting Ernie together.  He came with a set of pic­ture ins­truc­tions sim­ple enough for my son to follow (a plus!!). And pic­tu­res of other ways to con­nect the Ernie pieces.

My kids loved it.  I think that for $10.99 this is a great toy to buy a child for his birth­day.  I don’t think I’d run out and buy it for my own kids, but as a gift, it was great!!

I think that I enjo­yed this set even more because of the pic­ture direc­tions.  (I did alreay men­tion that, right??!!)  Anything that encou­ra­ges inde­pen­dant play in our house is always appreciated!

Ove­rall:  A great gift to give and receive!–But would not run out and buy it for my kids.