A short post to talk about another top gift for children. The Chatimals hamster is ever so cute and suitable for both girls and boys as both will get great delight in hearing the little furry monster repeat just what they say. The makers of the Chatimals say they are suitable for children 4 plus but with supervision they can be given to any child that makes a sound to hear it back from the hamsters mouth whish moves as it talks, just awesome.
Chatimals Hamster Deals
The recording operates with a simple push of the left paw so it very easy to use for most children. Both my eight year old and five year old love the Chatimal hamster especially the squeaky voice it talks in. There are three different hamsters to collect, Oscar, Max and Sophie all Chatimals hamsters but there’s also a Meerkat so you can buy Chatimals in two different animal types.
Chatimals Hamster Video
Chatimals are available on Amazon UK but since these are relatively new toys here there are no Chatimals hamster reviews as of yet but i’m sure that will change very soon as the popularity of these little cuties becomes wide spread. Do you have one or about to buy one? Please leave your opinion of the Chatimals hamster in the comment section below.
In a post about kids digital cameras I wrote a while ago I wasn’t that impressed with them. But I have recently had a look at the new Vtech Kidizoom Video Camera and I must say it is actually a fun toy for kids to play with.
I’ll come clean here and say that I haven’t actually bought this and will probably not buy it but this is not because the Vtech Kidizoom Video Camera is poor but more because none of my own children are young enough to for it. I got to play with it after my brother got one for his son who is two now and forever crying to play with his video camera, so this seem like a perfect purchase.
Little Liam seems more than pleased with his Vtech Kidizoom Video Camera but for us adults what’s the bottom line, I mean what do we get for our money? The first thing you will notice is its tough design that will take a bit of hammering, a good thing considering there is no writ strap for this videoa camera. Given it’s shape I did think one would have been supplied but none was attached to the camara I had, maybe there is one and had yet to be attached. The actual operation of the unit is pretty basic with an on off button that will not only record videos but will take photos as well. There is an editing feature for both but haven’t had a look at them but I can assume Liam won’t be using them that much. The 256MB internal memory isn’t that great but you can increase the memory with a SD card that can be bought quite cheap these days.
I enjoyed the digital zoom feature which does about x4 zoom and found it really easy to use but did notice Liam had some issues getting this to work. Maybe it was his co-ordination at this age that made it difficult but I’m sure with practice he will be fine at using the zoom.
To view what your actually recording is a 1.8in colour screen, just big enough in my opinion to see things clearly. In general I like the Vtech Kidizoom Video Camera and one thing i’m sure most paernts will be happy with is the fact that it is avaiable in both blue and pink. One thing I have found across the years is that if you buy them a present it had better be pink for the girls and blue for the boys. This will make the Vtech Video Camera a gift they will absolutly love.
Paper Jamz Guitar, the Christmas gift for 2010, well that’s what everyone is saying anyway and the speed at which these things are flying out of the shops I think they may well be right.
But what exactly is a Paper Jamz Guitar anyway? When we started to look for these we thought they may actually be made of paper and thought they wouldn’t last long with our five year old. In fact they are made from a robust plastic with a paper covering to resemble a guitar neck and fret board. The one thing you shouldn’t get mixed up with is these are not real guitars. They don’t have any strings and although you can play cords and single notes on them they are not any use in teach how to play a guitar.
The manufacturer’s say that the Paper Jamz Guitar is the only affordable and innovative play instrument with circuit-embedded paper that lets you play by simply touching the paper surface. The guitars have three different playing modes; perfect play, rhythm mode and freestyle. The first two are simply playing along with the three songs included with the guitar but it’s the freestyle that I thought interesting. The freestyle mode says you can play real chords and allows you to play any song but maybe it was my adult sized fingers but it wasn’t that great for me. The kids however loved it and thought they were real rock stars playing in the freestyle mode and I must admit they did seem to get a better sound from the freestyle than I could.
If you are going to get one of these I would highly recommend you buy the guitar strap that goes with it. It cost £4.99 and when added to the guitar it allows the kids to walk about with it strapped around heir shoulder like a real guitar. This not only helps with getting them out of the room when you’ve had enough but will also prevent the paper jamz guitar beings smashed as they swing it about, it is rather light weight
From the paper jamz stuff listed above available from Amazon you can see there are 5 different paper jamz guitars, a paper jamz amp and a paper jamz drum kit. What they don’t have that I think is a wonderful idea is headphones. The guitar comes with a jack point to plug in the paper jamz amp but it also can take headphones so if they do start to love their new paper jamz guitar simply plug in the headphones and let them strum away with a single noise being heard your side, assuming they don’t try to sing along.
Happy Papar Jamz Guitar day I know we at the childrens den just love it.
A short post to talk about another top gift for children. The Chatimals hamster is ever so cute and suitable for both girls and boys as both will get great delight in hearing the little furry monster repeat just what they say. The makers of the Chatimals say they are suitable for children 4 plus but with supervision they can be given to any child that makes a sound to hear it back from the hamsters mouth whish moves as it talks, just awesome.
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