Whooooooooooooo....... lives in a pineapple under the sea? Obviously
that would be a certain Mr Squarepants, who, for the past 20 years (and now in
a brand new movie) has been entertaining kids of all ages by way of his
sub-aquatic adventures. To celebrate the launch of the film, RMS International
have created a range of crafting products for kids, based around everyone's
favourite talking sponge (SpongeBob, not your own bathroom sponge that you've
been chatting to since your wife left).
There is also SpongeBob Scribble Art, where kids
can scribble over the boards and reveal the hidden images and patterns (£2.99),
SpongeBob Bead Creations, in which you will find bead designs for Spongebob and
his pet Gary the snail, allowing you to make two separate key rings (£7.99),
and finally SpongeBob Bop Bag, so you can practice your kicks, punches, and mad-cap
SpongeBob moves (£5.99).
We were sent both the Aqua Art set and the Bead Creations set, and immediately
gave them to our four year old reviewer. Just as promised, the Aqua Art allows
her - using the included water pen - to get good and sodden while creating a
picture. It was perfect for a younger
child, and she really did enjoy splashing water onto the special sheets to
reveal the picture of SpongeBob and Patrick. Bless her, she assumed that she's
just painted the whole image.
Rather trickier for little hands was the Bead Creations set. Included
are hundreds of teeny tiny plastic beads which the kids must carefully place
onto a pin board. Once the pattern is created (following the included instructions,
which have a good mix of designs) mum and dad are called upon to iron it and
therefore melt the beads together, creating the key chain. Try as she might,
she never could manage to get all the beads in the right positions, or complete
an image without knocking them free. Fortunately, this served as a great
activity to do together, and both youngling and daddy had a lot of fun making a
Gary the Snail keychain - something she now cherishes even more than the water
pictures.
A great range of activities to explore, these sets are fun, tidy and
enjoyable - even if you're a 33 year old technology journalist (because who doesn't
love SpongeBob?)
Available from most good retailers, for more information visit www.rmsint.com