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Blaze and the Monster Machines is a highly successful new programme on Nick Jr that has my little boy gripped and I’m even surprised to say my daughter loves watching it too! Following on from a successful Twitter party a few days ago with @ukmumstv where the toys were introduced and we did some fabulous STEM activities based around the toys, we’ve now got an opportunity to look at the toys more closely.

First up is the hugely popular Transforming Blaze Jet (from £15). This is a large, very sturdy plastic toy from Fisher Price. When you lift it off the ground it’s wings automatically pop out enabling it to fly. There are also multiple sounds that can be activated by pressing the large button on it’s bonnet.

The diecast character cars (£4.99) are a really good size, bigger than your usual small car and big chunky wheels to help them get around. These are perfect for little hands, and great for not losing under the sofa! These have been highly successful with my little boy who just loves playing with them to create an adventure with Blaze.

The Blaze Turbo Launcher (£12.99) has proved a really fun toy. Coming with a diecast Blaze and two accessories, a helicopter and hang glider topper that simply press onto the top of Blaze. The launcher itself is easy to use and you just slide the car back and press the button and off Blaze goes, in fact any of the diecast cars can be used with this.

We had great fun at our twitter party incorporating these toys in our STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Science) activities, building obstacle courses for Blaze and friends. We even decorated a biscuit to look like a big monster wheel! It’s great to incorporate toys into activities as it is something different for the children to do, adds play value and the children learn things without realising.

As you can see we had a lot of fun with the Blaze and the Monster Machine toys. They were a big hit with all here and the tv programme continues to be watched regularly.

Be sure to check out Nick Jr and Fisher Price for more fun and info.

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

Heroes of the City is a firm favourite of my 4yr old after we first discovered it back in 2013 and enjoyed watching Series 1. The animated tv series is aimed at preschool children and follows various rescue vehicles about a town where everybody gets to be a hero teaching values of friendship and helping each other.

They now have a Heroes of the City youtube channel which has a total of 6 hours worth of entertainment across 18 different languages for worldwide appeal. With characters such as Fiona the Fire Engine (my little boys favourite as it’s the same name as me!), Paulie the Police Car (that’s daddy cos he’s a policeman), Hector Helicopter, Troy Tractor, Hot Dog Herbie and many more including Calamity Crow who gets up to all sorts of mischief!

Not only are there plenty of episodes to keep little ones occupied there are activities such as Calamity Crow’s Sketch and Guess Show which are short clips of a minute or two where you have to guess the picture that’s being drawn. Mister B had fun with these and liked clicking the mouse between the different ones himself.

There are also some fabulous craft videos with Calamity Crow helping to demonstrate. Some simple ideas using everyday crafting bits you would have around the house and a few bits out of the recycling box. Mister B has spotted the marble run made out of cardboard tubes that he wants to make so we are saving a few tubes up to have a go.

There are some really fun ideas to make, great for activities over the summer holidays!

Take a look at the Heroes of the City youtube channel and hopefully it will keep your child entertained for a while and give them ideas of things to make.

I have a goody bag to offer to one of my readers consisting of a Heroes of the City t-shirt, DVD and diecast model of one of the vehicles in the show. Here is a sample of what you may get although any diecast model may be sent.

Heroes of the city