Aimed at 7-11 year olds, The Comic Club offers children a chance to read a couple of fun but educational magazines each month, delivered straight to their door along with an activity sheet encompassing fun things to do from both magazines. They can either read them alone or great to read as a family discovering things you didn’t know whether that be about wild species of animals or the latest environmental and eco news. There are even fun recipes to bake and we found some delicious gooey brownies to make in one of this months magazines.
We received a National Geographic Kids and Brilliant Brainz magazines along with the activity sheet from The Comic Club. Each child friendly activity refers you to the page in the relevant magazine to refresh your memory and give you some inspiration for things such as writing a short story, drawing ideas for things or for those who love a bit of Maths, how about practicing multiplying up the brownie recipe found in the Brilliant Brainz magazine? My boy enjoyed putting his logical head on for this one but equally used his imagination in his short story about an animal.
The magazines are both packed full of interesting content that both my boy and I enjoyed reading through. The National Geographic Kids issue featured several pages about wild cats and as soon as we came across Ocelots, my boy said “I know what they are”, “really?” I replied, “yes he said, I have them in Minecraft!”. Well I never knew he’d of even heard of one but there you go, although it was great to read more about them although sad to see that their population is decreasing due to habitat loss. I thought the Real or Fake article was interesting and my boy surprised me with how much he new about all things eco when we read the pages that covered green issues. They clearly are drumming recycling, reusing and beach cleaning etc into them at school these days.
The Brilliant Brainz magazine isn’t one we’d come across before but it has plenty of things to do and think about inside it. The ‘Mind Blowing Brownies’ are on our list of bakes to make! This magazine covers a wide range of topics such as music, science, art, health and the environment so all good subjects for children to be reading and learning about. Most pages include activities to do whether it’s just thinking about something, telling jokes, making something crafty, trying an experiment etc so there is a lot to keep kids occupied.
Overall I think The Comic Club is a great idea and the fact that they are delivered to your door, saves you walking down the supermarket aisles with your kids allowing them to view the realm of kids magazines covered in plastic tat toys with little content inside. By having a subscription also means they have something to look forward to each month from the postman.
Why not check out The Comic Club where you’ll find details of how to subscribe along with a free online Kids Zone with fun facts and activities that they can access at any time!
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.
My little boy loves Okido it seems and was super excited with this Messy t-shirt. It’s a fun bright blue design with big white eyes and mouth that really stand out. It’s simple but effective and one of his favourite t-shirts at the moment.
The magazines are brilliant, completely different to other children’s magazines out there. They come on matt, easy to write/colour on paper and have a quirky, stylish tone to them. Each one is themed, so for example the couple we tried out were themed on Emotions and Water. The theme is subtlety woven through the magazine, but each page makes reference to it and the child is learning without even thinking about it. There are a lot of things to do, read, learn about and to be honest my 6yr old was hooked and sat there working his way through the magazine with a little assistance when he needed to ask what he had to do.
The activities are varied and interesting and can be simple puzzles or activities that make you think. Some such as The Cycle of Water, I talked through with my little boy but he absolutely loved learning about it and was talking about the pictures as we went through it.
I absolutely love these magazines and think they are brilliant for learning and fun. They are excellent value for money and hold my child’s attention throughout – he loves them, therefore I would definitely recommend them. Who’d of thought Messy goes to Okido could be such fun?
