This outdoor game from the Early learning centre is a current favourite in our household. We bought the set for £5 at the start of the nice summer weather to play in the garden and it has been played with most weeks so far. This boules set comprises of a black carrier which the boules sit nicely in they can only be placed in the holder one way as the hole for them is too small on one side to fit the balls into. The other side has plastic curved shaped holders that move slightly as the balls are pressed in and out of the holder. My son actually enjoys this part of the game too as he pushes them in and out rather like a shape sorter. In the holder there are ...  Read the complete review

Now I will admit that I should be too old for toys, but then again, I don't think I ever really grew out of liking toys. And my children are all grown up now; well they are just about, even if they don't always act it. And, as yet, I have no grandchildren...so you may be surprised that I am reviewing a children's set of French Boules. When my children were young I was often on the lookout for outdoor toys. In my first home, as a married woman and then a mum, we couldn't have a lawn in our garden; it just wouldn't grow and so, after several attempts to cultivate, we decided to concrete most of the garden, as an improvement. We had a rockery at the end of this ...  Read the complete review

I think I got a little carried away after I got home from shopping at the Early Learning Centre they had a special offer which was 3 for 2 on all outside items. I purchase some smaller cheaper items in the shop and then when I got home I ordered dome of the heavier larger items online so that I did not have to carry them. By the end if they were not for my nephew they were for the family to enjoy playing with in the garden and making the most of the summer weather. Not that we have had much of that yet. One of the items that I purchased was a set of Boules and this was a game that we used to play regularly at my grandparents house and is one of my games that I ...  Read the complete review

Boules is a classic outdoors game popular in France, traditionally played on grass with metal balls. It traditionally involves a small ball - about 3 cm in diameter - made of wood, called a jack, and several larger, heavier metal balls - about 7 cm in diameter. It is played in two teams of 1 or more players. One person throws the jack, and then everyone takes turns bowling the larger balls in order to get their balls as close to the jack as possible. Players may knock other peoples balls out of the way in order to do this. After each team has gone, their points are added up - points are assigned depending on the boules' distance from the jack - and the team with the most  Read the complete review