Mine It is the latest craze from Character Toys that kids will love. Available in either a block of gold or diamond shape, the substance requires chipping away using the included tools, a shovel, mallet and also a magnifying glass to help search for your gems. It’s a fun and novel way at doing a bit of mini archaeology play that keeps kids entertained and excited about finding a precious gem.
Each Mine It set contains a 1 in 24 chance of finding either a real piece of gold or a real diamond. If you don’t find one of these then you will find another type of rock or gem such as Red Onyx, Picture Jasper, Black Line Jasper, Tiger Eye, Volcano Rock or Rose Crystal.
My two children were quite excited at the idea of these and couldn’t wait to get started. They found it fun bashing away at the sand like substance and couldn’t wait to get a peek of what they would find inside. My 7yr old particularly liked peering through his magnifying glass from time to time to see if he could spy a glimpse of his precious stone.
They both really enjoyed this activity and it kept them going for a fair while without being too quick or equally not too long that they got bored and gave up. As you can see below they both ended up with a lump of Volcano rock from their Mine It sets and although would have liked to find the diamond or gold, were quite happy with their discoveries.
To see Mine It in action and a bit more about how the children found it then do check out this video below which shows them both engaging in this activity. I think you can see from their expressions that they are both happy, excited and thoroughly enjoying themselves throughout!
All reviews are my own and my honest opinions and I received the products in order to write the review.
The set contains:
I think the finished results look really effective, better than we expected when we first started. The set includes some gems and glitter to jazz up your items and make them even prettier.
We were quite impressed with the results we got on some of the gift labels above, particularly the brightly coloured one.
A great selection of handmade goodies that you can keep yourself or give away as gifts. You can also use any objects of your own to dip and make other tie dyed items. There is plenty of dye included in the set and we only used a small amount to do the above objects so the craft set can be used several times over with other objects. 
The cup comes with a solid straw that has a spoon on the end to get any slushy bits at the end. The cup has an insulated inner with a solid outside. The lid has a handle with a special bit that comes down to mix it all up.
As with all ChillFactor cups you need to put them in the freezer first, in my experience overnight is best and you can guarantee you will then get the desired result. To make your milkshake you simply add flavoured milk into the frozen cup, in our case chocolate for a treat, add the lid and just shake and stir. In just a couple of minutes your flavoured milk will have turned into a thick, frothy, frozen style milkshake. My two children were so eager to try this that they worked together in creating their drink.
And this was the result!
The children took turns drinking through the straw which fits through the lid and informed me that it was utterly delicious and tasted like ice cream! 
As soon as they’d finished it, they made another one, as fortunately with this cup you can use it twice consecutively before it needs to go back in the freezer. This time they both wanted to get stuck in, so got an extra straw and very kindly shared it with each other.
