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Ben 10 Toy Bundle – Deluxe Omnitrix Creator Set and Action Figures | Review

Posted on October 30, 2020August 27, 2024 by Dann Sullivan

[Ad- gifted product] Ben 10 is an American TV series and franchise produced by Cartoon Network, where a boy named Ben has got ahold of a strange watch. This piece of alien technology, called the Omnitrix, has the DNA of different aliens in it, allowing Ben to transform into these aliens. Using this device, he is able to take on evil monsters, destroying them by using the best aliens for the job. We got our hands on a few of the new Ben 10 toys just in time for the Ben 10 Movie – Ben 10 vs. the Universe: The Movie!

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A Day Out at Marsh Farm Halloween Festival

Posted on October 27, 2020November 14, 2024 by Dann Sullivan

We returned to Marsh Farm, where we had previously gone to pick pumpkins, for their annual Halloween Festival – an impressive event which has a lot more going on than any of us expected.

Even though the days seem to be getting shorter, and the temperature keeps dropping, it’s more important than ever to make sure that you get out of the house when you can. We’d already travelled to pick pumpkins at Marsh Farm’s impressive Pumpkin Village earlier in the month, and while there we noticed that there was actually much more to the place than a village shop and extremely well laid-out and decorated pumpkin patch. We spotted an entryway reminiscent of theme park booths, and what looked like a carousel. We had to go back and see the whole thing – so we set a day aside and headed there on a quiet Sunday.

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A Day Out at Hatter’s Farm

Posted on October 26, 2020October 14, 2024 by Dann Sullivan

In the continued spirit of October, we made our way to Hatter’s Farm, an activity-clad farm which we’d occasionally spotted signs for while heading to the next city over. It had been the Corn (Maize) Maze that had originally caught our eyes – as there aren’t too many of them around this way, but it turned out that they actually had a couple of things going on beyond the opportunity to get lost in a field.

Corn Maze

I’d never actually been to a Corn Maze before, and neither had the kids (although, Jupiter, being from the United States, had been in dozens), so it was a really cool experience to finally manage to get along to one. It sounds really silly, but it’s very bizarre being dwarfed by corn, although the farm staff had done a great job of cutting wide paths through the field. Rather than just being a maze cut from crops there were also nine signposts which, together, served as an anagram for a mystery word. It gave an extra reason to explore all of the dead ends, which was welcome. The place was a bit muddy, with small feet getting stuck here and there!

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Carving Pumpkins is the best part of Halloween

Posted on October 24, 2020October 25, 2020 by Dann Sullivan

What’s a good blogtober schedule without a dive into carving pumpkins? It certainly isn’t much of one. We’re getting later in the month now, and with that, we’re growing closer and closer to the big, capital-h Halloween on the 31st. I don’t know about you, but one of the most integral parts of Halloween is the carving of pumpkins, almost more so than trick or treating or making everything pumpkin flavoured. Of course, in 2020 Halloween’s trick or treating (at least where we live) is looking increasingly unlikely, and even Halloween parties are – in certain parts of the UK – to be done under a lot of heavy restrictions.

As I wrote out earlier in the month, we went out to a relatively local pumpkin patch (Marsh’s Farm) earlier in the year. We had a great time, and there was a massive variety far beyond places where I’ve been along to before. For a start, it was great to see more than just the standard orange pumpkins – and with supermarkets stocking various squashes and munchkin varieties, it was great to see much more. Size of pumpkin was definitely a major influence on the children’s decisions when it came to grabbing their squashes, and that certainly gave us a bit more to consider when it came to the design and execution of our carvings.

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Willow & Wild October Sibling Box | Review

Posted on October 23, 2020October 23, 2020 by Dann Sullivan

Earlier in the year, I wrote about the August Sibling Box for Wild & Willow. I’ve only really been writing about one of each of these activity subscription boxes until now, but there’s a solid reason for breaking that habit. The Wild & Willow October box was absolutely brilliant.

To be doubley honest with you, I nearly wrote about it last month because it had a fantastic, simple idea in there which revolved around conkers. You took the conkers, wrapped them up in tissue paper and then threw them as missiles. Conker Comets was the name, and it was incredibly simple but a really, really smart idea… especially when schools (and workplaces, I’m sure) tend to look down upon the classic lunchtime conker fights.

The October box actually looked quite light when first opened. There were less crafting activities in there than previous months, and there was visibly less produce and flowers sachets in there. That’s understandable, really, because it’s getting into the colder months now and there isn’t much hardy flora to be included now.

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