Leapfrog Peek a Shoe Octopus

My son received the leap frog peek a shoe talking octopus as a Christmas present. I have to admit that when I first seen it I didn’t hold out much hope of it being any good. It looked as though it would be quite boring to play with and wouldn’t interest my son whatsoever. Size wise the octopus doesn’t take up to much room which for me is always a bonus because our house is choc full of toys already. Product Dimensions are 15.50 x 10.55 x 8.75 inches. Another bonus is that it comes already built there are no parts that you need to put together. I order to play with the toy all you need to do is ... more

When it comes to purchasing toys for big occasions I leave it up to my son to choose his birthday and christmas presents and I just get the little stocking fillers. My husband has always preferred to purchase the Leapfrog toys as they tend to use British voices which we thought it would be better when our son begins to learn 1-2-3 and A-B-C. After browsing the internet to see what my son would prefer for his First birthday my husband came across this toy and thought it would be ideal for him to use as it teaches colours, sea animals and numbers. The toy itself does take some assembling so the ... more