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Moonpig is known for it’s celebration cards, particulary the ability to personalise them online. You can even send them straight to the recipient in time for their special day. A very handy service in normal times but even more so during the Covid pandemic where we’ve been stuck at home. Going back to high street shopping just isn’t the same anymore.

Who wants to queue outside shops waiting to go inside? Then be sent on a one way system that rushes you around not being able to browse. Not forgetting wearing a mask the whole time which I certainly don’t enjoy for more than a few minutes!

This is where Moonpig comes in super handy for all your celebration needs. They sell not only cards, which can of course be personalised, but flowers, chocolates, sweets, balloons and a vast array of gifts to suit all ages. In fact I was pleasantly surprised at the choice. Thinking it would be just the usual box of chocolates or flower gifts but they actually do so much more besides that. I was particually impressed with how well they catered for younger giftees. It’s fantastic that you can order a card and present fromjust one website and have it delivered to someone just in time for their special day.

Moonpig kindly sent me over a selection of gifts suitable for my 10 year old who celebrated his first “double digits” year last week! I do love personalised cards and both myself and my daughter had fun online creating some. These rather fantastic Large size glossy cards come complete with name, age and photo’s incorporated into the design.

No birthday is complete without balloons and you can either choose various options. We receive these rather fabulous ‘Let’s Party’ air filled balloons that you blow up yourself with the included straw. It was actually really simple and far less effort then blowing up traditional balloons with the bonus of thembeingreusable.

I have to say Moonpig have a particularly impressive choice of sweet treats. Catering for all ages from retro sweet jars to posh chocolate boxes there is something for everyone. My boy was very happy with this rather cool hamper of sweets and a particually impressive looking chocolate pizza.

Perfect for younger audiences are some of the game and activity gifts you can choose from. My 10 year old loves playing Minecraft online so this Minecraft Builders & Biomes board game is fantastic and great for all the family to join in with. I feel like I’ll become an expert in Minecraft after just one game!! lol Endermen or Creepers anyone?

Any fan of Harry Potter will surely love the Harry Potter version of the classic game Cluedo. We’ve played the original version many times, but this one certainly added interest to my kids who are big fans. The Kitchen Science kit from KidzLabs looks like great fun too, you just need to add a few basic items and then have some kitchen science fun.

Overall I can’t fault Moonpig in any aspect of it’s service. Personalised cards ordered late afternoon – arrived the next day. We had balloons, sweet treats and birthday gifts, all perfect for my 10 year old. All from one website and can be ordered altogether. So if you are stuck at home, or don’t want to venture out in this during these difficult times – you know where to shop!! Moonpig.com!!

All reviews are my own and my family’s opinions. We are not paid for reviews. Although we do receive the product to try out and enable us to write the review.

When the days are hot and the sun is blasting on the garden, there is nothing kids love more than playing with water, whether it be in a paddling pool, water guns or another form of water, the children just love getting wet and cooling off in the heat. Addo toys have come up with a fabulous range of Storm Blasters water guns covering various sizes and price points all available from The Entertainer.

We tried out the Hurricane Warrior, the largest water gun at £10 which can fire up to 10m and holds 2000ml. We also had the mid range Tornado Trooper at £6 which fires up to 7m and holds 1000ml and then the smaller Jet Stream which retails for just £2!

The children were so excited to try these out and spent the evening soaking each other and informed me that “These are the best water guns ever mummy!”.

They certainly did blast out a lot of water and were quite powerful but in the hot weather the kids love it and they are being active with plenty of running around.

Something completely new and different for us is the Zuru Bunch O Balloons which are basically water bombs. There are 100 balloons split into three bunches. To blow up each bunch you simply attach a hosepipe to the top, turn it on and the balloons instantly inflate and as the weight of them drops down you do a sharp tug of the hose and the balloons release from the sticks and self seal with the bands around them.

This is such a clever idea which the kids loved. They couldn’t wait to get started and they were giggling throughout their water fight. The balloons are a fun idea and just adds a bit of extra excitement into an afternoon of water play.

As you can see my two children just love water play in the garden and it’s a great way to get kids outdoors and cool off in the Summer months.

I have one of the Storm Blasters water guns from Addo to giveaway (model will vary dependent on stock availability) so enter below for the chance to win:

Water gun

All reviews are my own and my family’s opinions and we received the product in order to write an honest review.

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