Scrabble - the original all-time favourite family game

Mattel's Scrabble SA

"Bring your own words into play" - ©Scrabble

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One of our all-time favourite games: Scrabble. We have many fond memories of playing Scrabble with family and friends. We got a Scrabble Original game from Mattel last week.There was nothing better than ending a year of school during a pandemic, than a relaxing game of Scrabble with a friend. The girls had so much fun, and even more so when they took a bit of liberty with "creative" words. 😉

Scrabble fun

The history of Scrabble is very interesting:

During America's Great Depression, in 1933, an out of work architect named Alfred Mosher Butts invented the game. The established game manufacturers were not interested in his invention. Only when Alfred Butts met James Brunot, a game-loving entrepreneur, it all came together. They refined the rules and design and came up with the name SCRABBLE - a word defined as 'to grasp, collect, or hold on to something'. The SCRABBLE Brand Crossword Game was trademarked in 1948, and the rest is history  pure board game fun!

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Disney Festive - Gift ideas and a Give-away - "From Our Family to Yours"

Festive With Disney Retail products - gift from Disney

It's no secret that we are big fans of Disney and the magic it brings! We received a Disney Festive blog drop, and Disney is gifting one reader of this blog a give-away as well. 🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄

Festive times are loading and we are here for this! 2020 has been hard on most of us... 

There are Disney-themed Christmas trees appearing in malls across the country. Sandton City and Clearwater Mall in Johannesburg, Woodlands Boulevard in Pretoria, Gateway Theatre of Shopping in Durban and Canal Walk in Cape Town. Visitors can spread the festive cheer by donating to Smile Foundation and Reach for a Dream.

If you haven't seen Disney's Festive advert yet, it is such a feel-good animation with the song "Love is a compass", by Griff.

 

Cutest cloud surprises with Cloudees

Cloudees

An awesome collectable surprise with a weather-based theme. What's not to like? Kids get a magical cloud container, with a surprise Mattel Cloudees pet inside. There are 14 large Cloudees and 14 accompanying Cloudees Mini pets to collect. They are super cute!

We give our rating below why we love this collectables so much. (We maybe love small desk buddies more than we should, but look at them!)

Check out the Miss Fine Insta IGTV's first.

L.O.L. Surprise Sparkle Doll - Review

Boss Queen - L.O.L. Surprise Sparkle Series 3

This is the season of festivities, and of a much anticipated birthday in our house. The L.O.L. Surprises are perfect for this time of the year. Not only is the excitement high when unwrapping them, but it can also be hanged as part of the festive decorations. How awesome!

The L.O.L. Surprise Sparkle Series doll comes with unwrapping 7 surprises.  Series 3 dolls are dressed with sparkle glitter finishes from head to toe! Each ball can be used as a character stand or as a ball hanging on the tree or in a room.

Feed or bathe your L.O.L. Surprise Series doll to discover if she cries, spits, tinkles, or changes colour! There are 12 dolls to collect. Retail selling price: R430.00

New L.O.L. Surprise Bling Series - Unwrapping review

L.O.L. Surprise Bling Series ball

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The excitement of unwrapping Prima Toys L.O.L. Surprise balls exponentially increases with each L.O.L. Surprise and with each layer. There are new ranges in store, and we can safely say that they are a sure bet for upcoming birthday presents or going into the festive season!

The L.O.L. Surprise Bling series which features some of the favourite series 2 dolls dressed with tinsel glitter finishes from head to toe. The L.O.L. Surprise Bling series takes the collectible element up a notch because not only does the ball contain the surprise inside, it can be hung up as an ornament. String the balls up in your bedroom for bling decoration or keep them for the Christmas tree, but whatever you do enjoy the surprise and the goodies inside! 

L.O.L. Surprise Fashion Crush - unwrapping fashion fun

LOL Surprise Fashion Crush unwrapping from Prima Toys

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Unwrapping is part of the allure of the new L.O.L. Surprise series. How exciting to open up a toy that you have no idea what it wil be? The unboxing craze is not subsiding, and unwrapping a toy in different layers with surprises in each increases the excitement exponentially. The new ranges of L.O.L. Surprise have even more fun and more fashion.

Miss Fine could not wait to open the new L.O.L. Surprise ranges that are now available. See her unwrapping the L.O.L. Surprise Lil Sisters and the L.O.L. Surprise Bling Series balls as well.

The L.O.L. Surprise Fashion Crush features 3 layers of surprises for you and 3 surprises for your L.O.L. doll! To add to the fun, the surprises are in jelly that needs to be crushed. Now fans can update their L.O.L Surprise doll’s wardrobe with numerous outfit choices.

L.O.L. Surprise Lil Sisters - new unwrapping fun

L.O.L. Surprise Lil Sisters

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Unwrapping and surprises! This is what makes the L.O.L. Surprise range such a huge favourite with girls. The L.O.L. dolls are super cute and collectable. They are great for birthday presents, festive gifts and winter fun right now. We are sure it is going to be one of the top toys for 2019 again!

Chiquita Patrizi, spokesperson for Prima Toys is pleased to be bringing a series of new ranges to South African toy shelves. “We are very excited to be bringing new and exciting L.O.L. dolls and accessories to fans. The new ranges are packed with unwrapping fun and fashion appeal! We know that fans, both old and new, are going to enjoy them,” she says. 

Miss Fine has been unwrapping four of the new ranges that are available. She did it blindly (not knowing what to expect), and the surprises really added to the charm of opening them.