We were sent a PlayMais World -Sea set to review just before the half term (great timing!). Playmais is 100% natural, eco-friendly and made from sweetcorn and food dyes and is a fantastic alternative playdough and other modelling materials. The packs vary in size, starting at just £2.99. The Sea World set we are reviewing retails at £16.99, and you get 1000 pieces, scenery, a child-friendly knife, instructions and more.
We are big fans of PlayMais and here is why:
The box is crammed full with over 1000 pieces but really caught my eye was the lack of packaging. This is a good thing... I hate wasteful packaging!The box comes with scenery boards which can be built up for your child to display their models on. The scenery comes with instructions but it was just too much for me & Daddy had to take over. We struggled with the scenery but it's worth noting that Kieran opened the box the second time and just slotted it together. Humph. Perhaps it's not that complicated then?Kieran loved using this safe (also eco-friendly) cornstarch knife to "cut" the blocks into different shapes. No glue in needed to put the shapes together, as the set comes with a little cloth you rinse and wring out. Rubbing the sides/end of a block on the water cloth is enough to make it sticky enough to bond with another piece.The box states this set is for age 5+. Kieran is 5yrs in 3wks and could use it fine but found the instructions challenging. Instead, he used his imagination - this is Cyril the Sea Snake, as modelled by Kieran. This set really is suitable for a variety of ages from 4/5yrs up.Yes, it's suitable for kids of all ages.....!Just an illustration to show you just how much you do get in the box! The blocks aren't sticky so won't mix, dry out and get messy like dough or modelling clay so everything can literally get thrown back in the box for easy tidy-ups.HOURS! Kieran & Daddy played for hours, Kieran and his friends have played for hours, me and Kieran have played for hours, Kieran has played on his own with these for hours.... I love PlayMais! As you don't use glue you can stick the blocks to anything, the scenery, pot plants, photo frames... great for taking the kid's creations to a new level. Once dried up I have been able to easily remove blocks from each other for reuseI have to include this or Daddy will be upset. Daddy created Terrance the Turtle using the step by step instructions. Didn't he do well!?
So how did the PlayMais get rated by our star judge?
A big thumbs up for PlayMais!
A great new craft experience for us and a wonderful gift idea!
You can see more about PlayMais on their website and don’t forget to visit them on Facebook!
*We were sent a Playmais set to test and review. Our findings are our own and are not influenced by PlayMais at all. PlayMais also holds no liability for the quality of my photography (!) and cannot be blamed for my inability to read scenery instructions.
First of all.. What is a Harvey Furniture Tester?
The lovelies from Harveys have sent a few lucky bloggers some furniture to test out and review.
Secondly I was lucky enough to be sent a gorgeous coffee table and lamp table.
Thirdly (the confession) I don’t like coffee tables!! I’ve never had one before but expect they are a just a dumping ground for stuff. Aren’t they? Well I thought so but it turns out I was wrong.
I was sent the gorgeous Alexis Coffee table and Alexis Lamp Table (Click to visit the Harveys site and see the specs and more product details). Now being coffee table virgins we have had to experiment to find the “right” use for it.
The “Grown Up” Coffee tableThe “Work” tableThe Coffee table for children
So which one did we decide was the “best look”? We didn’t – we decided a coffee table like this should be used for whatever we needed it for. I must also add though:
It looks just fine all by itself!
I must stress that I didn’t actually know what would be arriving until it arrived (oh the excitement!! Ahem) so to get two pieces like this, that fit my lounge so well was a huge bonus. Just look how the Alexis lamp table fits here…
Isn’t it gorgeous, and a perfect “cover” for the stepper machine I will be using “soon” to tone up these here legs 🙂
Delivery: I was called on the Monday to tell me my order would arrive on Thursday and that I would be called on Wednesday to get a time slot. Well I didn’t get a call on Wednesday but that’s ok. These things happen, and it’s how they are dealt with by a company that makes the difference. I called customer services on Thursday who apologised profusely, told me my slot was 2-5pm and when I explained I had a school run in the middle of that, they contacted the driver and ensured it would be with me either side of the school pick-up. The driver himself rang to confirm this. THAT is what I call good service!
Three burly uniformed delivery men (who were clearly camera shy as they scuttled off before I could get the camera out lol) delivered the pieces, put them where I wanted them to go & offered to unpack. I declined as I had the school run to do but wish I hadn’t as the pieces were SO well wrapped, it took 20 minutes to unwrap them!
Extremely well wrapped but no excess/wasteful plastic or boxes. Impressive.
So far so good Harveys, great products, great service.
My husband isn’t overly keen on you now because having these gorgeous pieces in my lounge has made me realise the whole lounge needs reorganising and modernising – you’ll be hearing more about this soon.
For now though….
Big thumbs up Harveys!
Harveys have a *Pay no VAT, Up to Half-Price Sale* going on at the moment so why not use the opportunity to update your home! Find out more on the Harvey website, and why not look them on Facebook or have a chat with the friendly folk on Twitter?
*Please note. I was sent these items to review. I am not being paid to supply a review, I am not being told what to write. My views are entirely my own*
We were sent a PlayMais World -Sea set to review just before the half term (great timing!). Playmais is 100% natural, eco-friendly and made from sweetcorn and food dyes and is a fantastic alternative playdough and other modelling materials. The packs vary in size, starting at just £2.99. The Sea World set we are reviewing retails at £16.99, and you get 1000 pieces, scenery, a child-friendly knife, instructions and more.
