Author: marga (Page 25 of 158)

I’ve always been a huge fan of Mastermind, a game in which you have to guess the color and position of four pegs your opponent has hidden, so when I saw Mastermind for Kids at Thriftown for a dollar or two, I just had to get it. The kids have been playing with it this afternoon, and they really like it.
The game came without instructions, so we played it at first with the rules I remembered, which unfortunately were much harder than the actual rules I looked up later, but still the kids enjoyed it. The one problem is that Camila, my 5 year old, keeps cheating, though perhaps she won’t as much now that we’re making the game easier.
In all, I’d recommend this game for both kids and adults and I’m glad I got it.

A couple of weeks ago I found the Girl Crush Magic Hair Beader for $4 during a shopping excursion to Thriftown. I bought it as an activity to use in the summer, but of course, the girls were eager to try it so we did so last night and this morning. Surprisingly, it worked pretty well.
What you basically do is put a few beads in the applicator, then slide in a strand of hair, and push the beads onto it. Then you put a smaller clasp bead to prevent the other ones from falling. The one problem I’ve experienced is figuring out just exactly how big that strand of hair should be. Too much hair, and the beader won’t work. Too little hair, and the beads will fall out. If you manage to get *exactly* the right amount of hair they will stay in and can look cute – but otherwise you are in trouble. I beaded Mika and Camila’s hair today, and I’m expecting that they will come back with no beads on their hair. This wouldn’t be too big a deal as I have a bunch of pony beads I can use, but I only have a few clasping beads that I really don’t want to lose 🙁
I wasn’t particularly careful on beading the kids’ hair – the picture below shows how messy Camila’s head looks – but I think that with some care the beads could look quite cute.
All in all, it was a good purchase.