A farming set of puzzles

Advantages: Good puzzles
Disadvantages: None

...I work in a school and this is one of the puzzle sets we have. When it was harvest time this was a topical puzzle to have out. This is a set of 4 farmyard puzzles from Orchard toys. This puzzle set is presented in a box not a tin. This is a rectangular box with the pictures of each of the puzzles on it One puzzle is of a tractor, this has 4 pieces, another puzzle is two cows this has 6 pieces; the next puzzle has 8 pieces its 3 sheep. The last puzzle is 4 hens in a 12 piece puzzle. In the corner of each puzzle there is a number which relates to the number of animals in the picture. The pictures are bright and attractive. The animals look friendly. There are other clues to numbers in the pictures such as 3 rocks in the sheep picture and 4 eggs in the hen picture. These puzzles are each 18cm by 18 cm. The 4 piece puzzle...

mumsymary 19.12.2008 · Read review
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Review of Orchard Toys Farm Four in a Box Jigsaw

On the farm

Advantages: Good time piece models
Disadvantages: none

...head too. She has mid length brown hair and wears an oatmeal jumper under her green jacket. Mum wears a blue skirt. Under one arm she carries a basket of eggs in the other hand The other figure a younger girl wears no hat she has brown hair cut in a bob, she wears a grey shirt with her sleeves rolled up and blue dungarees. She is obviously finding her grey bag heavy as she is bending sideward as if she is struggling to carry it. The black and white collie dog can run anywhere he likes scampering around the farm herding the sheep or just going for a walk . This farming family will make a good addition to a farm toy set. Good as a toy for a child aged about 6 or 7 upwards I think. Your child will enjoy playing with these creating a working farm scene. These figures are realistic, good to add to any other Britain's farm toys. They...

mumsymary 10.02.2009 · Read review
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Review of Britains Farming Family

A wooden farm.

Advantages: Good play opportunities
Disadvantages: the 2 d animals

...the painted green leaf area has a few coloured dots on to represent fruit, then there is a pine/fir tree shaped tree too. To complete the farm scene there are a few wooden fences and a few wooden rows of vegetables one has carrots painted on, one row cabbages. . This is quite a good wooden toy I like the wooden painted base, I will be honest although the animals are simplified basic shapes and feature they do look like the animals represented I do prefer 3D farm animals to play with. . This is a reasonably strong farm, the quality fair, it should last many play hours good for either home or nursery. This toy can be played with other farm animals and sets to make a bigger more adventurous farm scene. . This toy suitable for a 3 year old and over. It does have play value. Your child will lear a little about the animals while they are...

mumsymary 14.11.2009 · Read review
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Review of Bigjigs Toys Wooden Play Farm

Chapel Farm

Advantages: a nice break
Disadvantages: British weather

...I fancied going away for the weekend but didn't want to go far or spend a fortune, I didn't even want to spend £100 a night for a basic hotel so I searched for guest houses in the lake district as we don't live far from there and the countryside is lovely. I couldn't find any vacancies so I suggested a caravan to my husband, he agreed as we both think it's great for children to be outside and they love it. I search the Hoseasons website and we decided to go on Friday after school and work etc and stay until Monday as the children were off school then. We wanted a fairly basic site as we were going to take games to play at night and the netball post and maybe the swingball. After looking I came across Chapel Farm Caravan Park in Little Asby. The Hoseasons site had a caravan available for 3 nights at a cost of £165, fairly cheap...

rojm 28.10.2009 · Read review
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Review of Chapel Farm Caravan Park, Cumbria

Flat animals for a toy farm

Advantages: Last well
Disadvantages: flat bodies

...I often play alongside children with these pin toy animals and other animals on a toy farm. I think a toy farm is an excellent toy for children. Included in this set of farm animals from Pintoy are 2 cows, 2 pigs. 2 lambs, 2 ducks and 2 chickens. These little animals are made of Rubber wood which is harvested from a replenishable forest. These animals are fair representative shapes of real animals but not as good as some other the animals that I have seen . The cows for example have a thick rectangular flat sided body the head is rounded though. The other animals although not really realistic you can tell what they are. The shapes of these animals are chunky easy to hold and play with. They all have eyes, noses, or beaks and smiling mouths look friendly. These animals are all coloured the colours you might expect those...

mumsymary 28.12.2009 · Read review
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Review of Pintoy farm animals

Animals on the Farm

Advantages: Great photos, educational for young children.
Disadvantages: None

...- The Book - This is a non-fiction book and as the name suggests it's focus is on farm animals. There are 7 double page spreads, each one focusing on a different aspect of the animals: * Farm Friends The first double page has two flaps to lift. There are 7 farm animals introduced: sheep, chicken, pig, duck, goats, horses and cows. * Farm Families These two pages show three animal families and give the names of the male, female and offspring: goats (nanny, billy and kid), ducks (duck, drake and duckling) and chickens ( hen, cockerel and chicks). There are three flaps to lift. * Favourite Foods On this double page spread we are told that sheep like to eat grass, pigs eat porridge, horses eat hay, goats eat leaves and chickens eat seed. There are also three flaps to lift. * Happy Homes There are three flaps to lift on one...

neenn 08.08.2008 · Read review
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Review of DK Lift the Flap: Farm Animals

Farm animals sticking around the bath

Advantages: good water toys
Disadvantages: none mmmm maybe get chewed

...Time for fun in the bath Let?s find all the toys then. I have some farm bath time stickers. (well they are works ones really). These Farm bath time stickers are toys from Alex who produce many children?s toys. This set of stickers is in a mesh bag, approx 24 cm (H) x 21cm (W) This bag has suction cups that attach to loops at the top of the net bag . The suction cups make it easy to fix the bag to the bathroom tiles the mesh bag ideal to pop the stickers in after use so that they will drain and dry. You could just hang the bag up by a fabric loop that is on the top of the bag too. These stickers are foam stickers chubby shaped about half a cm thick. The dense foam has been cut to an animal shape. One surface is the plain yellow foam the other a durable coloured plasticy type with the animal features coloured on. I will be...

mumsymary 30.07.2009 · Read review
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Review of ALEX Toys Farm Stickers

Good playgound, poor farm

Advantages: Lots to do for hyperactive kids
Disadvantages: The animals don't seem happy

...frames, a zip slide, a ringo slide (where you slide down whilst sitting in a giant rubber ring), normal slides, quad bikes for adults and children, barrel rides and a tunnel and activity tower. There is plenty of space for picnics, and an area with picnic tables. These are all outside, there are also a few indoor activities, including rope swings, a stable, reptiles, guinea pig area and aviary, indoor play area, and animal handling area (at set times). There is an indoor snack bar, and a gift shop. There are no dogs allowed on the farm, except for guide dogs. My Thoughts The day we went started off dull, and turned to rain not long after we arrived. As usual the kids didn?t let the weather get them down, and still spent a lot of time playing outside on the jumping pillows and trampolines, although they did have to give up...

Fiver29 26.06.2009 · Read review
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Review of Heads Of Ayr Farm, Scotland

Camping at Sacrewell Farm

Advantages: Good showers
Disadvantages: Loud noise from the A1 and RAF planes

...The campsite is nice, fields all around as far as you can see with no buildings. The site is big and flat so there is lots of room for children to play. Our son loved the animals, there are sheep, goats, horses, cows, ducklings, a donkey, roosters and rabbits. There is also a water mill to go round. On the website is a picture of a girl cuddling a sheep, this is a bad impression as the animals are in the paddocks and people are not allowed in. Also one review said that campers are allowed to stay and see the animals after the day trippers have gone, this is also not true. When we were there the maze was too muddy that it could not be used. The showers at the campsite are beautiful! Very fast water and as hot as you like. The one problem with the showers is that the light is on a sensor in the hall and the sensor is set...

Shillbidder 06.08.2009 · Read review
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Review of Sacrewell Farm

Finkley Down Farm

Advantages: Lots of hand on experience with animals, reasonable prices, relaxed atmosphere.
Disadvantages: you can't take any animals home with you!

...(brown and white sign). It's about five minutes from this point. Finkley Down Farm Park Andover, Hampshire, SP11 6NF 01264 324141 www.finkleydownfarm.co.uk *** OPENING TIMES **** From March 12th to October 29th, the farm is open daily from 10 am to 6 pm. ***PARKING ***** Loads of it and ample space to turn, unlike some other attractions where you are sandwiched in. The coach park is separated from the main car park. However in hot sunny days, the gravel road becomes dry and dusty which is a bit of a nightmare for your windows and paint work . The car park is free to all attending the farm and there is no time limit set. However it is not patrolled so make sure your vehicle is locked and valuables hidden or kept with you. The path ways inside the grounds are clean and tidy, no need to bring your boots...

mrsmopples 23.06.2006 · Read review
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Review of Finkley Down Farm