I picked this bucket set up the day before we went on our holibobs to Egypt in May this year. I don't make a habit of visiting Matalan as I don't have one locally to me and, well, I don't like it much as a store generally- it's just not my bag! However, I was pottering with my mother in law who was picking up last minute bits before we flew to sunnier climes, and I spotted this little play set hanging on the displays that line the airport style queing system before you get to the till. As I was feeling a touch of pre holiday high jinx, I thought, ah what the heck- let's live on the edge and splash out the 3 quid or so on a bucket and spade for beach time revelry. I have .  Read the complete review

==Matalan Filled Beach Bucket== Me and my mother seem to be in Matalan a fair bit trying to source out the good stuff from the tat and the main reason for this is that it is one of the few places on the Isle of Wight where you can go and park the car in the car park out the front (which always has spaces) and walk right in. Everywhere else is either a trek from the car park or, like Marks and Spencer, has a full car park. In the spring when we were in their they had a whole ton of these filled beach buckets which were at a seemingly good price for what you got and mum decided to buy one for Jack to be kept in the boot of her car. Jack has a few ...  Read the complete review

As we stay just down the road from the beach whenever the weather is nice we try to pop down for a visit and make the most of it being so convenient. This means we have had many different buckets and spades as my children either loose a piece or just fancy something a little different so when I saw these buckets in our local Matalan on sale for £1 each I decided to pick them up a bucket each. With the set you receive the bucket itself but it also contains a number of moulds and accessories inside to make your beach visit complete. The bucket itself is a fair size and can hold all the accessories inside easily so great for storage. It is made from durable ...  Read the complete review

I totally stumbled across this product as Matalan is not a shop I visit very often however stocking up on cheap clothes for a family holiday and priced at an amazingly cheap £3.99 it was an obvious purchase as you get six items in the set and it is ideal for beach, sandpit and paddling pool play. Also at that price if an item is lost or left at the beach it is not a disaster as they are easily replaced if needed, we have already lost the nozzle from the watering can which is a shame. As well as the watering can there is a castle shaped bucket, a spade, a rake and two animal shaped moulds, a crocodile and a hedgehog. These latter two items are the most ...  Read the complete review