Hey, we’re a PJ Masks Ambassador and received these for review. All thoughts are our own. Ode to be a pre-k through early elementary school student. It’s a magical time of the year for toys and games, general merriment and occasional not listening to parents. We were sent some cool PJ Masks toys and activities to play with. Here’s what our 5 and 7 year old thought of them.
First up we look at “To The Cat-Car” book. It’s a board book that has Catboy giving a guided tour of the Cat-Car. As the pages are thicker, it accommodates the wheels on the bottom of the book that provide the imagination some spark for kids to create their own Cat-Car.
We love us some board books in this house. However, the vocabulary in the book was more in line with a self-guided book for young readers. Combine that with the fact that a board book will skew younger and To The Cat-Car is a mixed message. It’s got some cool visuals, but didn’t have enough substance for our oldest and the board book presentation was too much of a baby book for the youngest. A 4 year old who really likes PJ Masks is the perfect audience for this book.
The PJ Masks Matching Game was a nice and more satisfying rebound. A matching game is simple business and this game is intended for ages 3 and up. It comes with 18 different pairs of tiles that feature Cat-Boy, Gekko, Owlette, Romeo or other aspects of the PJ Masks world. All players have to do is match pairs of each picture and the one with the most wins the game. But there are 18 different tiles-that’s 36 total tiles that you have to work with and remember.
In our experience the PJ Masks Matching Game worked best with there were teams involved. When it was our 7 year old son and his friends versus me and the youngest it was challenging, fun and inspired real competition. In the end they did end up winning but I suspect they turned over some tiles when I was busy chasing the 5 year old.
If you’re playing with younger children the game can still be great fun, just take out about half of the tiles so that they’re not overwhelmed. For the retail price of $9.99, and at half that if you shop around, this is a deal that’ll provide a great winter break.
Kids love a puzzle and ages 2-4 will get a kick out of the Lunchbox Tin Puzzle. It’s from Cardinal Games and its 24 pieces will be too simple for most 5 year olds, but kids younger than that will like it. Plus it comes in a cool tin box that resembles a lunch box, albeit at 2/3 scale.
Another always dependable activity is coloring, cut outs, mazes and puzzles, The PJ Masks Color and Activity Book from Crayola is a Toys R Us exclusive and retails for only $5.99. It’s 32 pages of coloring, activity based fun that will keep ages 3 through 6 entertained for hours. There are a couple of pages that are more difficult and will be of interest to the 7 year olds.
Which one is the gift for your PJ Masks fan? From ages 3-7 there is something for them to head into the night to save the day.
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