The 12 plays of Christmas (5-1)

And so, in plenty of time for Epiphany, the last 5 plays of Christmas.

Fiiive Noisy Things
The joys of Crimbo prezzies from those without small children of their own. You can guarantee that there will be at least one, but more often more, that delight the kids but melt parental minds with thier lack of volume switch.

More Falling Blurbs
We’ve been enjoying a new toy. With the dearth of Wiis this season I’ve taken the plunge and got myself the family one of those PSEye Camera thingies for the PS3. There is a lovely little download of Creature Feature where you have to take the ‘Blurbs’ (small snot-ball creatures) through mazes to the end. But there is no controller, rather you stand in front of the PSEye and ‘carry’ the Blurbs. The camera works out where your hands are and moves the creatures accordingly; the upshot of which is that the kids stand in front of the TV doing what looks like sedate Tai-Chi.

Three Secret Pens
My top tip for next Christmas is to make your own crackers. I found a kit this year and stocked them with good inards, Body Shop goodies for the mummies, camera tripods for the daddies and for the kiddy-winks I put in an Invisible Ink Pen Kit which come with invisible ink pens and UV torches. These can be picked up from any good toy stockist for a couple of quid and keep little ones amused for a good few minutes between courses. Later in the week I’m planning to leave secret messages leading to some kind of treat on the tile work around the house, perhaps beside some post-it notes to help them be found.

Two purple gloves
It’s cold, crisp and grey. Perfect time dress up warm for a walk through the park, though we’ll have to wait for spring time to try out the Bug Barn.

And a Cartridge in an Atari
In the basement I found Mrs. WeLikePlay’s brother’s old Atari… now to find a plug for it to show the boys how far their Ratchet and Clank has come. That’ll shock them, the last time they saw one was in the Science Museum.

So seasons greetings to all.

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