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Category: Art / Craft
Reviewed: ELC Yellow Ready Mix Paint 284ml
Supplied in a 284ml squeezy bottle, this ready-mixed paint is the perfect consistency for your child to create their masterpieces and essential for painting suns or daffodils. The paint squirts into a paint pot with minimal pressure, holds well on a brush, transfers easily paper, is kept fresh by the lid and washes easily out of brushes and clothes and off of hands. Not the most heavily pigmented of paints, it does cover white paper well, but struggles when it comes to darker surfaces and sometimes needs a second or thicker coat. The paint mixes well with water to create a wash or can be mixed with PVA glue to create a relief effect. It can be difficult to access the last dregs but once the bottle is almost empty it can be cut down to make a paint pot. Highly recommended for all art and craft boxes.
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27/07/12
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Category: Outdoor Toy
Reviewed: Tesco Bubble Wand
Re-branded Out There, this over-sized tube of bubbles is securely sealed with a screw top to which the overly flexible wand is attached. Impossible for a young child to remove without spilling, the wand needs to be waved rather than blown to produce bubbles and it takes an adult's firm swing to produce the larger than average, translucent bubbles along with a stream of excess mixture. Although a slight breeze makes it easier to produce bubbles, each reload uses a large amount of liquid and after a few goes it is impossible to load the wand without tipping the tube and spilling liquid. The mixture is of reasonable quality though and we used the last of it in our bubble machine. Considering that bubbles are enjoyed most by under 5s, this is completely unfit for purpose and simply not recommended.
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27/07/12
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Category: Documentary
Reviewed: Makaton - Nursery Rhymes (DVD)
I'm not really sure why this is here as it doesn't actually exist unfortunately - Advantages: - - Disadvantages: Is actually only available on video
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01/01/70
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