Barbie and her friends and family have recently become THE BIG THING in the Mellow Household what with the recent arrival of the Malibu house and a number of new and exciting Barbies that the girls have received as presents from various people over the summer. The Chelesa Flippin' Pup Pool set is a great addition to our Barbie play house and we have been reviewing it for a few weeks with much hilarity from both girls whenever they play with it.
Chelsea, for those who don't already know, is Barbie's younger sister. Chelsea and her three (count them) puppies have a fun paddling pool complete with diving board and slide. You can choose to fill it with water but, on the whole, we don't as it would mean we were less likely to play with it other than on special occasions. The slide and diving board clip to the side of the pool and then the three pups can bounce and jump into the pool.
Chelsea herself is modelled in much the same way as you would expect from Barbie's younger sister. She comes with a swimsuit and rubber ring for when playing with water. The girls love having another family member to play with and it really encourages roll play and imagination to have a new person, of a different age, for them to interact with when playing "Barbies".
One of Chelsea's puppies (Taffy) has springy legs that fold as they slide down and, thanks to a nifty little clip at the bottom of the slide, this causes the puppies to catapult into the sky with dramatic effects. I have, on occasion, seen this particular puppy loop the loop before landing in the pool - but more often than not they just sort of plop off the end of the slide of catapult in a totally different direction... hence the unstoppable giggles from Holly and Lara.
The two other puppies are soft and squidgy (they act like squirters in the water) and can either slide down the slide themselves, or you can place them in their own little sliding vehicle for them to slide more smoothly down. These two puppies work really well on the flipping diving board which is simply finger-operated to plop the puppies down into the water.
This is such a simple Barbie playset and, when we were first sent it to review, my immediate thought was that it was a bit gimmicky, but I think the simplicity has lasting power and I've been really pleasantly surprised by the amount of play that this Chelsea Flippin' Pup Pool set has seen. The set costs around £23 and requires a small amount of construction before use (probably no need to pre-construct it before the big day though if you are giving it as a gift).
Chelsea, for those who don't already know, is Barbie's younger sister. Chelsea and her three (count them) puppies have a fun paddling pool complete with diving board and slide. You can choose to fill it with water but, on the whole, we don't as it would mean we were less likely to play with it other than on special occasions. The slide and diving board clip to the side of the pool and then the three pups can bounce and jump into the pool.
Chelsea herself is modelled in much the same way as you would expect from Barbie's younger sister. She comes with a swimsuit and rubber ring for when playing with water. The girls love having another family member to play with and it really encourages roll play and imagination to have a new person, of a different age, for them to interact with when playing "Barbies".
One of Chelsea's puppies (Taffy) has springy legs that fold as they slide down and, thanks to a nifty little clip at the bottom of the slide, this causes the puppies to catapult into the sky with dramatic effects. I have, on occasion, seen this particular puppy loop the loop before landing in the pool - but more often than not they just sort of plop off the end of the slide of catapult in a totally different direction... hence the unstoppable giggles from Holly and Lara.
The two other puppies are soft and squidgy (they act like squirters in the water) and can either slide down the slide themselves, or you can place them in their own little sliding vehicle for them to slide more smoothly down. These two puppies work really well on the flipping diving board which is simply finger-operated to plop the puppies down into the water.
This is such a simple Barbie playset and, when we were first sent it to review, my immediate thought was that it was a bit gimmicky, but I think the simplicity has lasting power and I've been really pleasantly surprised by the amount of play that this Chelsea Flippin' Pup Pool set has seen. The set costs around £23 and requires a small amount of construction before use (probably no need to pre-construct it before the big day though if you are giving it as a gift).
