disclosure: we were sent the items mentioned for the purpose of review
If you’re looking for last-minute gift ideas for Christmas or something to keep everyone entertained then I’ve got some family fun ideas for all ages from TOMY. We were recently sent a bundle of goodies and today I’m sharing them with you.
We received the Extreme set of Puff Ball, Articulate! Phrases and the KiiPix.
We’ve been big fans of the Drumond Park games brand for years now and were keen to see a couple of their latest offerings. First up is Puff Ball, a fun family game for two or more players aged six years and over. There are four different Puff Ball sets that you can purchase; a starter set with sixteen components, Mid-size set with thirty-one components, a Large set with forty-one pieces and the Extreme set with fifty-seven pieces.
The different components enable players to create a range of tracks with varying levels of difficulty.
The leaflet that comes with Pull Ball gives you an idea of a few tracks to try out, along with the different stunts you can create on the tracks.
The idea of the game is to blow the balls from one end of the track to the other. You can race against each other to see who is the fastest Puff Baller. It sounds so much easier than it is, and we’ve had a lot of fun working on our technique and trying to get the balls through stunts such as the Mousetrap, Golf Tee and Curve Bridge stunt.
It’s the kind of game with real longevity as you can create different tracks, add in different levels and practice really is the key. It’s a game I can see families really enjoying together.
Families with older children will enjoy another Drumond Park game, this time Articulate! Phrases which is aimed at players aged twelve years and over and can be played by four to twenty+ players.
In Articulate! Phrases players form teams and try to move around the board from the start to finish segments as quickly as possible. The game comes with the playing board, playing pieces, timer, cards and instructions.
Players within each team decide whether to be describers or guessers and then pit themselves against the timer to guess as many correct phrases before the timer runs out. Depending on where players are on the board will determine whether they are trying to guess phrases from different categories – pot luck, leisure, savings or every day. When the timer runs out the Describer counts the number of correctly answered cards, and the team moves on the relevant number of spaces and play then moves to the next team.
Should you land on a Control Segment in white, then the Describer describes a phrase to all teams. There is no time limit and whichever team shouts out the correct answer first wins control of the board. Should the same team as the describer guess correctly, then a different person from their team describes again.
When a team has reached the finish segment, to win the game the describer must pick a control phrase and play to all teams. To win their team must answer correctly first if they don’t then they must wait for their next turn to try again.
This is another great family game to enjoy, good for families with older children and one teenagers can enjoy with parents and grandparents alike this Christmas.
Finally something a little different, which I think everyone will love this Christmas and beyond. If you love taking photos then you are going to love the TOMY KiiPix as much as we do.
You will need to make an additional purchase to use the KiiPix as it doesn’t come with film, but the Fujifilm Insta mini packs are readily available on Amazon.
The KiiPix is a smartphone picture printer, providing instant memories to keep in print. My son has never seen an Instamatic camera before, so he was fascinated to see photos developing before his eyes.
It’s so easy to use, load the film in the back, fold the sides out, place the frame to hold your phone on top, place your
for phone into the frame with the photo you want to print facing down, press the shutter, turn the dial and wait for your photo to pop out!
For some instant photo printing fun, you can’t go wrong. The images we’ve printed so far are a little dark, but to capture some instant memories, it’s a great idea. No batteries needed either which is always a winner here and it fits compactly in a handbag too!
I’ve included my Amazon affiliate links (I do earn from qualifying purchases in case you’d like this range of family fun ideas for all ages from TOMY.
I’ve teamed up with TOMY to offer three readers the chance to win one of the three items featured in this post. The first person picked at the end of the giveaway will win the KiiPix worth £39.99 (film not included), the second person picked will win Articulate! Phrases worth £32.99 and the third person picked will win Puff Ball Extreme worth £24.99. Complete the Gleam form below for your chance to win. Good luck!
Terms and conditions:
(Please note that all entries will be checked against comments for validation).
Only the first step of this form is mandatory, all other steps are optional. Only one entry per person is allowed.
This giveaway is for UK residents only.
Once a winner is randomly picked, I will check if the winner has done what was requested and I will contact them, if they do not reply within one week, the prize will be allocated to another person. The winner’s details will be sent to the Lucre Group for TOMY, in order that they can arrange delivery. Please allow 28 days for delivery.
The giveaway will close on 12th January 2020 at midnight.
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TOMY prizes worth up to £39.99
Articulate because it sounds like great fun for everyone
Articulate looks a great family game
Articulate would be a really good game to play
Kii Pix so I can print all my photos
We’d love to win Articulate as we love board games.
Kiipix as love taking different types of photos
I’d love to win puff ball, my kids would have a great time playing that!
I’d love to win artculate for my four children, they love a good family game, we also like games which challenge us.
I would love to win Articulate Phrases, it sounds like such a great fun family game
love to win Articulate as we love playing board games.
love to win Articulate as we love board games.
the KiiPix would be lovely to use with my grandchildren, I’m sorry I put my comment in the Gleam box first x
The KiiPix simply because i know my daughter wants one after her best friend got one! They are fab!
The Kiipix because my sister takes so many photos.I would give it to her and she could print out some photos of my nephew and niece for me!
I would love to try Articulate as I have heard a lot about it. Our family are very competitive so this could be fun!
KiiPix my daughter would love it 🙂
I’d love to win the TOMY KiiPix
I’d love to win articulate- my family loves board games
The KiiPix looks like great fun.
The printer because I think both my kids and myself would find it fun to use.
We would love the KiiPix as our older children would really enjoy it.
Any of them would be loved but for me KiiPix is the most useful, the kids would like puff ball I reckon
The all look fun, but I think my girls would like puff ball the most.
Hello! I would be delighted to win any of the prizes but I think my favourite is the ‘Articulate! Phrases’ board game as we would all have fun playing that. Thank you.
The KiiPix so i can print my xmas photos
I think articulate looks great
The KiiPix, that way i can print off all my memories of our first all family Christmas
Articulate! Phrases I think it will be a bit more challenging then some of the games we have already
Articulate because it is something which we can all play as a family and it looks fun.
The KiiPix looks cool and family would enjoy printing photos
I’d love to win the KiiPix because i know my little ones would love it
The Puff ball extreme looks amazing! I think that would be my fave, and my daughter’s xx
We would have great fun with articulate phrases, once a month we have a family games night so this would be a prize we can use all year through
puff ball, my sons would enjoy playing it x
The Kii Pix would be fab to print my photos off thanks for the chance
Puff Ball, we would have such fun playing this with the kiddies!
Articulate, I’ve been considering getting this for a while as I think the whole family would love playing it
Jane Willis
I’d love Articulate! Phrases as we love games to play as a family!
KiiPix would be my first choice but any of them are great. It would be great to print out photos to send to family
I think Puffball would be great and fun for all the family to enjoy playing together
Puffball looks fab and I think my family would love it
TOMY KiiPix Looks great and easy to print pictures x
The printer looks amazing be nice to print some of my 1000 photos on my phone
articulate because they are great games
The Kii Pix because it looks so easy to use!
The TOMY KiiPix looks like fun and a great way to capture memories
Puff Ball Love to win this for our grandson
The kiipix looks great, it would be good to be able to print pictures instantly
I would love to win Puff Ball extreme for my Grandson as he loves building and designing things. It looks fun for all the family too!
TOMY KiiPix Looks great and easy to print pictures for my children too
The kiipix so i can print off memories instantly
the puff ball game looks fun
the printer would be a great prize to win as its a way of sharing all your photos
Articulate because it looks like a game the whole family would enjoy
Articulate, I love playing games with the family and this looks like fun for all ages
Drumond Park Articulate!.. it looks great fun for all the family
I like the look of Puff Ball, looks like something the children would enjoy!
Articulate is great fun.
I think the Articulate Phrases would be fun for us! We play the original one a lot so would be good to try that out 🙂
Articukate – it sound like a game we would enjoy
the printer looks amazing and would be so handy
I would love to win the kiipix the most so the kids could capture memories. They would have so much fun with this.
I would like to win articulate as it looks like a really fun family game
I’d love to win Articulate!
I’d love to win articulate, my family loves board games
Articulate! Phrases would be great to play as a family
I would like to win Puff Ball, my daughter would like this
Articulate sounds so fun
Articulate as it would be so much fun for the whole family xx
Articulate phrases to play on our annual board games day. We love our games and really welcome new ones.
Articulate Phrases looks like it would be a fun game
I would love to win Articulate because it sounds like a fun game for all ages
Id love the Kiipix. My daughter would love that as she’s always taking snaps
I think the boys would love Articulate Phrases as we really like normal Articulate
Would love to win Articulate so i could play with my granddaughter
I love articulate, I think the whole family would love to play this!
Articulate! Phrases as it sounds perfect for our family games nights
Kii Pix, so we can print all our photos off
I’d love to win the articulate phrases! It looks like a fun family game to play!
I’d love the kii pix. Would love to be able to.print photos straight away from my phone! I have a clip up frame in my house and I love to change the pics constantly but it’s a pain to have to keep getting them printed so this would be ace!
The puff ball game so that I could play it with my kids
I’d like to winn the Kii Pix, my daughter would then be able to print and share her photos with her friends.
articulate as we love playing board games in our house
Articulate Phrases, we all love a good family game!
Love the printer, but also love articulate as we love games!
Articulate! Phrases. I’m quite competitive and love a game where there’s a bit of skill involved!
Articulate so we can play over the festive period
I love the look of kiipix. I love that I can print pictures from my smartphone. My son is always needing photos for school projects so it would be great if we could print them at home.
The printer looks awesome
The KiiPix to print off my photos
The TOMY KiiPix to capture great memories 🙂
I would love the KiiPix as I think my niece would love it
The Kiipix would be fab
Articulate Phrases as we love our games nights
The Kiipix would be great as my grandson has just got his first phone, so I know this would be great fun for us to use
The KiiPix would be great fun for all the family x
I’d love to win all three! But especially the KiiPix printer as photographs are priceless to me
The Kiipix as I think the children would enjoy printing their own photos.
The articulate phrases game. Sounds like some good family fun.
The KiiPix as there’s times where I don’t want to put pictures online.
Kii Pix
I’d love to win the kiipix printer – mostly because it’s the kind of gadget I’d most want to steal from my daughter! 🙂
The Kiipix as I still havent printed the photos from our holiday
Articulate because our family love playing games together.
Articulate phrases looks a fun one
Articulate! Phrases looks fun.
I’d like to
Play articulate with the family
Articulate, because I think it’s one the whole family can enjoy together
Articulate, it’s one I have went to buy so many times as looks enjoyable for all of us
KiiPix my daughter would love it
Articulate. A fun game that loads of us can play. Thanks 🙂
Articulate phrases as we need a new board game to play
KiiPix – so I can print photos from my phone
I’d like to win the Kii Pix as I have young children and so many photos on my phone ghat never get printed, it would be great to print them straight away.
The Kii Pix printer would be great
Kiipix for my photos
KiiPix, as we never print out our photos any more
I’d love to win the KiiPix as we always end up with so many photos on our phones that never get printed
I’d love the KiiPix as we have so many photos on our phones that never get printed off and I’d love to get them all printed and into an album
The Kii Pix. I’d love to be able to instantly print photos from my phone
Articulate phrases as games like these are so much fun and really make you chuckle
Articulate Phrases, sounds interesting and fun.
Articulate phrases looks like something all four generations of us could play
Articulate, we are hoping to host a regular games night with friends, this would be great to start us off.
Articulate as we love to play board games as a family
Articulate Phrases – seems similar to Catchphrase and we love that one!
The KiiPiix for sure, being able to get pics from my phone instantly would be brilliant.
I’d like to win the Articulate! Phrases game, would make for great family game night
I would love to win Articulate Phrases we as a family love playing games not just Christmas but when we meet up. Now the grandkids are getting older the older ones want something more inline with their age group..We have Trivial Pursuit from years ago but the questions are so old hat & dated so i would love to bring this board game to the table.
Articulate Phrases would be great to win please. As a family, we love playing word games, and this looks a lot of fun for my grandson aged 11.
Articulate phrases sounds great- we love a board game
Has to be the TOMY KiiPix as it would be great for my family and I could use it to take more pictures with my cat and my gf she would love it as well.
The kii pix so my daughters can print their pictures
I’d love to win the KiiPix in particular because my neices and daughter would ho wild with it!
the Kiipix, it looks great
Puff Ball looks and sounds something my grandchildren would really enjoy
Puff ball as I know me and the kids would have great fun with this one
Puff ball, im sure my boys would love it best!
Puff ba as it sounds ike a lot of fun. Would love to pay this with my grandchildren
the printer please
I’d love the KiiPix photo printer as I’m really guilty of taking picture but not printing any
The KiiPix looks really good and i know my daughter would love this to print all her photos.
I would love to win the Puff Ball game. It looks like a lot of fun. I’m sure my girls would love it. x
The Kii Pix looks great!
The Articulate Phrases game sound like lots of fun and our family would certainly enjoy it.
I would love to win the smart phone printer because I have so many family photos on my phone and it would be great to print and share them!
I’d love to win the Kiipix, I take so many photos of my baby girl on my photo, and while I do try and get lots printed out, this would be so much more convenient and mean I could print out more!
Articulate phrase as it sounds challenging and fun for the whole family
Kii Pix so I can print all my photos
The KiiPix because I love photos
Articulate sounds fun and would be a great addition to our games collection
Probably the Articulate Phrases, the Puff Ball looks it would annoy me after a very short period of time
The Kiipix because I have loads of photos that this would be useful for (commenting as Jacqui Rushton)
would love to win the Puff Ball Extreme, sounds like great fun and I know my children would love it
Articulate – I’ve always wanted it, it looks great!
I’d love to win Articulate! Phrases because we are big Articulate! fans and this looks like a fab addition to the collection
Articulate because it’s something the whole family can enjoy
KiiPix would be so useful as we would be able to print our photos and share our memories
puff ball,it will keep the grandchildren amused when we have a BBQ
I love the idea of The KiiPix. Isn’t is funny that us oldies think of instant camera’s as something ‘old school’ but as you say, the youngsters haven’t seen them before, so to them this is new and marvelous. It makes me wish I’d saved all my old ‘tech’ because eventually it will come back into fashion.
Puff ball just because it looks so much fun 🙂
TOMY KiiPix, I take hundreds of photos but never print them!
Kii Pix. I love taking photos but never get round to printing them
Articulate phrases – I love the original, so this looks like a new challenge!
The Kiipix as my daughter would love it
KiiPix so I can print all my family photos
Id love to win Articulate we love team games and word games so this would be perfect
the kii pix would be amazing would be great to use as a family
KiiPix so i can print my pictures
The KiiPix – to keep my phone one step Smarter than its owner as usual.
We would have great fun with the Puff Ball – looks like the family could all join in
Articulate – all my kids love word games like this – we’d have a right laugh I think (I have 7 children so it gets noisy haha)
Articulate because you can all play it xx
Articulate phrases as I love the original!!
I’d love the Articulate! Phrases as we’re always looking for new board games to play as a family.
Articulate – we run loads of games nights with our friends and this would be perfect!
Articulate looks like fun for all the family
The Kii Pix – we are off to Vegas in September to get married so this would be amazing
puff ball looks a good game
Puff Ball looks great, because the younger ones could get to play alongside the older ones.
I would love to win the KiiPix so i can print some pictures out.
I’d love to win the articulate phrases, we loved the original
the KiiPiix looks fab and I think my niece would love it
I’d love to win the TOMY KiiPix, there’s so many occasions that we take photos on our phones and they just stay there and are never displayed for all to see. My daughter is just 12 and has received her first phone for Christmas (a hand me down) – I’d love to win her this which will allow her to display the lovely photos she has been taking. I might borrow it too for a few prints of my own.
id love to win The KiiPix to print pics of my grand kids they would love this
puff ball would be fun with my kids on weekly game night well day we play games every sunday together the lil ones love it
I’d love the printer, so handy for printing our pictures easily
The KiiPix sounds amazing! What a great way to print important or fun memories rather than store them in my mobile for ages.
The KiiPix as it looks perfect for printing out all the amazing memories I have taken photos off on my phone. Perfect to put in my scrapbook
The KiiPix, I’ve been intrigued by it for a while. I like the idea of printing my photos with minimal effort.
Kii Pix would be fab for my photos
I’d love to win the KiiPix as I know my little one would love it.
Articulate looks like great fun and our family just LOVES a new board game…..this Christmas we bought Cluedo for the first time and just loved it!!!
Articulate would be brilliant!!! It looks like great fun and our family loves a board game! We bought Cluedo this Christmas and have had tonnes of fun playing that.
Articulate as it looks so much fun for all the family to enjoy
The KiiPix looks cool – I think my 8 year old would be fascinated by it
KiiPix my grandson would love this as he loves taking pictures
The printer would be great for a friends wedding
Articulate I think, but the photo printer looks pretty cool too! X
Articulate Phrases – always love a great family board game!
Articulate Phrases, with my family I can only imagine this would be so so funny to play
Articulate, as a family we love to play games
Kii pix would be great to print from my phone, they don’t always print well in the supermarket
I’d love to win Articulate! Phrases as we love board games and have a family game night every week!
this look amazing!!
kii pix!
i’d love to win Articulate as it looks fun and something the whole family can play together
I’d love to win Puff Ball because I’d have such a laugh with my nephew playing this!
Articulate! Phrases looks like a nice family game that we would enjoy
i think my nephews would love puff ball
I’d love to win the Kiipix printer for my eldest daughter, she would love it for selfies with her friends!
I would love to win kiipix. Would be lovely for printing photos of my baby girl. I take LOADS!
I would love to win the kiipix my teenage granddaughter would love it
Puff ball because i think my niece and nephews would love it loads
KiiPix for my daughter would be great , thank you
I’d love to win Articulate Phrases. It looks like a really good game
Love the look of Articulate Phrases….we love articulate, so this looks fab too.
Articulate phrases looks great family fun, as a family we love playing Articulate and have had many of fun nights laughing and a few arguments playing the game, so I’m sure we would have as much fun with this game
Articulate as it looks like a really great family game
The Kii Pix as it would be great for the kids to print out their pictures for their friends.
Articulate! Phrases because it looks like a fun game and all the family can play
Kii Pix love a gadget
Articulate looks fun x
Articulate phrases because I enjoy word games
We love playing board games so Articulate! Phrases would be perfect for us!