Welcome to the fifth post in my 12 Gifts of Christmas series. If you scroll down to the bottom you can enter to win a Sands Alive Animal Set by John Adams. Over the next few weeks I will be hosting competitions for 12 different and unique Christmas gift ideas for all members of the family. To make sure you don’t miss any subscribe to my blog posts by filling in your email in the box to the right of the page. You can find previous posts by clicking on the 12 gifts of Christmas on the top menu and you can also follow me on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram where I will be posting links to the competitions. I hope you enjoy them and good luck!
Both boys (8 and 5) enjoy playing with crafty stuff, Finlay in particular so I wasn’t suprised when our boxes of Sands Alive arrived and he immediately asked in excitement if we could get them out. We waited until we had some time to spend doing it and so Saturday morning after dropping his brother at football we couldn’t get back quick enough for him. First we opened the Sands Alive Classic Set. Initially the sand is all squashed together and you have to separate it but it has a lovely texture, soft and smooth, not sticky. There is a handy tray to keep the sand in whilst you are playing although I was pleased that it doesn’t go everywhere. Finlay spent ages making the 3d shapes before asking for the animal box to be opened. The more the sand was played with the more sand like it got, it’s unbelievably soft. The Animal box was just as popular and even Ava had a supervised play. She poked and squished the sand squealing in delight at the feel of it.
I’m not exagerating when I say Finlay played with the Sands Alive for a good couple of hours. He went on to using his imagination and some of my baking equipment to make cakes, with candles that we all had to blow out and eat slices of. When Kyle got home he said “This is so cool I give it 10 out of 10” and it got played with for another good hour. Then on Sunday they both asked to get the sets out again. It was definitely a hit!
For your chance to win an Animal Set Box enter via the Gleam Form below. It would make a great Christmas present.
Sands Alive Animal Set
My Godson
For my little niece!
For my eldest.
For my little boy!
LP would absolutely love this – so I’d win it for her 🙂
PS, have you changed your header? Love it! x
Yes hun, I finally got around to doing it. So much better, you are the first to comment on it, so thanks 🙂 good luck x
Would love this for my daughter Lily
I’d like to win this for my little niece.
This would be perfect for my lovely grandson Miles.
I’d love this for my 2 year old for Christmas as he loves playing in sand but it’s not nice enough to be in the sand pit.
My son.
My daughter x
I’d love to win this for my eldest son
For our little boy, he would love this x
I’d love to win this set for my super creative niece!
My twin boys, they would love this
Oh I am so glad this has been a huge hit with your little people. My son had this on his Christmas wish list, so would love to win it for the little guy. Think I would probably love playing with it too 😉
perfect for my son
This looks like such fun stuff – I can’t wait till my boy is old enough for it, because I want to play with it myself!!!
my daughter please
I would adore to win this set for my little boy – Maxwell
my little girl would love this thanks for the chance
My goddaughter 🙂
my god daughter!
I would love to win this as a surprise gift for my best friend’s little one 🙂
my 4 year old daughter
my 3 year old boy 🙂
my niece would love this
I’d love it for my boy.x
My son
Would like this for my grand son
My niece would go potty for this!!
For my Grandson.
I would LOVE this set for my 5 year old son Ronan.
for my wonderful son
My daughter
my little Grandson
For my daughter
For my son Tristan
For my niece.
Would be perfect for both my son and daughter.
My daughter would love this!
My son would like one thanks
My daughter Amelie
My son and daughter would share it
My two nieces!
My great nephews (3 & 4.5)
For my son and daughter to share.
For my Godson and Goddaughter!
For my 5 year old daughter – she’s wanted some for ages 🙂
my daughter would love it
My daughters would love this they love creative things
like this for my Granddaughter
It would be for my niece -she loves sand especially when we all go to the seaside – I know she would be so excited to get this
Oo this stuff looks cool – I’ve never heard of it before – it’s a bit advanced for my little one so I haven’t entered but still fab none-the-less and good luck to those that do! #PicknMix
My little girl would love this
My son would love this #PicknMix
For my lovely nephew xx
I would like to win for my twin boys x
My little boy would love this! He has some play sand already which he loves but it’s full of fluff and bits because he keeps throwing it on the floor and I have to keep pulling it all out of the carpet!xx #picknmix
My little monkey Zak
I’d love this for my little boy. We have a tiny pot of it and he loves it so I know he’d love a proper set!!
#picknmix xx
I have a 8 yr old and he loves to dig around so I think set would be great for him. BTW, I saw the post through #picknmix. Joe @ http://www.mydaddoes.com
I’m sure my sons would love this. They love any kids of art and craft play where they can make things. #picknmix
My boys! A perfect rainy day activity
Oh wow this looks cool. My boys love crafty things and would love playing with this. Looks like it doesn’t get too messy either which is always good! #PicknMix
My smallest would love this. Thanks for the chance.
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Oh I’ve been dying to try this stuff out with my 2.5 year old – it looks really fun. Thanks for the review 😀 #picknmix
I think this is a fab gift for all the kids especially the ones that like outdoor playing with sands, at least, weather is not a hindrance now as it can played indoor without a lot of mess at all. Great review! #PicknMix
For my niece
Both my kids love play dough so would love this too
I love the look of this set, so cute and a lot of fun 🙂
Stevie xx
This looks fab! My son, Eli would love it
I’ve not heard of this before but i think both my children would enjoy playing with this #picknmix
My son
perfect for a xmas stocking!
My son, he’d love it 😀
This looks great! Lexie is too young but it would make a great gift for my best friends little boy #PicknMix
I think my little nephew would get a kick out of this, so this would go to him
My boys have this and love it. I was fascinated by it lol #picknmix xx
My Daughter would love this
I wpuld love it for my Granddaughter x
for my little boy
my little boys would love these! xxxx
This looks brilliant I am sure Monkey would love this! Anything sand ish related is always a hit. Thanks for hosting #PickNMix
For my best friends little boy
For Edward, my daughters best friends boy