There’s a bumper pack of puzzles from Bob The Builder on offer at Debenhams at the moment for £4.50 instead of £18. Apply the code below and you’ll receive a further 45p off, leaving you with just £4.05 to pay since standard delivery is currently free too.

Can you build it? Yes you can! With Bob The Builder’s Bumper Puzzle Pack

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Aimed at the 3 years and up crowd, the Bob The Builder Bumper Puzzle Pack from Ravensburger contains ten puzzles in one box.  There are four 20-piece puzzles and six 49-piece puzzles.

Unfortunately I don’t know Bob and his crew well enough to wax lyrical about the portrait style pictures, but I can tell you that they are all images of smiley happy machines doing their building thing.  Bob the Builder appears in some of the pictures, but not all, and the machines all seem happy enough to be entertaining our young.

If you have an avid puzzle builder on your Christmas gift list, I don’t know that you can go wrong with 10 puzzles for £4.05.

Thanks to Speculator at HUKD

The Bob the Builder Box Set DVDs at The Hut is on sale for £12.95, a 57% saving from £29.99

• Own 10 Bob the Builder DVDs? Yes! You can! ;)

When my nephew was younger, he was a massive Bob The Builder fan. He had a dress up costume, a tool belt, linen and everything else Bob that we could find. At the time he only had one DVD, however, and he would watch it ad nauseam.

To save yourself the insanity of the same thing over and over, this set of 10 will certainly help. Titles included are:

• Bob's Big Plan
• Chip Off The Old Block
• Let's Scram
• Super Speedy Benny
• Bob's Three Jobs -Spud's Bumper Harvest
• Bob's Three Jobs -Lofty the Star
• Bob's Three Jobs -Bob's Top Team
• The Three Musketrucks & Other Stories
• Adventures in Bobland Bay
• Radio Bob

Postage is free on all items from The Hut at the moment, and items should arrive 3 – 5 working days later.

Thanks to MarvinHC at HUKD

Play are selling this Bob the Builder 'Scoop' Inflatable Chair for just £3.99. The rrp is £12.99 and it's being sold on Amazon for £16.99.

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My youngest loved Bob the Builder and used to call him ‘Bobber’ when he really little and couldn’t get his tongue around his full name.

Where does the time go?! My youngest started school last Septemeber and my eldest, who was also a Bob the Builder fan (I forget that ‘Bobber’ has been around for a long time!), leaves school in just 16 weeks time.

I’m much more of an 'older child' parent, but I miss the really cute things like not being able to say Bob the Builder properly *sigh*

Scoop was a very firm favourite in our household - particularly with my youngest as he's a fan of all things digger and JCB - so he would have utterly LOVED this Scoop inflatable chair.

It's straightforward and simple to use - you blow it up and your child sits on it *grin* Well come on! How many things can you say about an inflatable chair?

There's no delivery to pay on items ordered from Play for delivery within the UK, so £3.99 is all you'll be parting with for this Bob the Builder 'Scoop' Inflatable Chair.

Thanks to lucerysmum at HUKD

Bob The Builder has a whole Interactive Construction Site which is currently on sale at Debenhams for £15.00, which is a great saving off the original £50.00 price tag. It's also still £44.99 at Play.com and £39.99 on Amazon.

• Bob The Builder Interactive Construcion Set from Debenhams, here

The Bob the Builder Interactive Construction Site is a modular play centre complete with an electronic recognition system.

The play set detects when any of the supplied Machine Team vehicles move forwards or backwards and sounds a beep or one of several character phrases relating to the moving vehicle. The Construction set intuitively knows when the lift and crane are being moved and responds with appropriate phrases.

The barriers can be raised and lowered to control vehicle access, and the set can be constructed in as many was as a child's imagination will allow.

In the box you'll get a working vehicle lift, turn handles to operate the crane, a cement mixer, Bob and three talking vehicles.

Delivery is free, and will take around four days.

Thanks to redvers from HUKD

I'm a big lover of interactive toys that make children think, be creative and move around, so you can just imagine how much I love the items MAPS Toys sent us. We asked PlayPennies mums Kelly and Tracy to review three sets from the MAPS range: Build it with Bob, EZ-Fort and Bloco Savannah and Horses and Unicorns.

Build It With Bob

Build It With Bob - £27.99 for the largest set - is a range of creative toys that with which children build houses, walls, towers and other structures with real mini clay bricks and water soluble cement.

“I thought my son would be too old for this,” says Kelly, mum to a seven year old, “but the fact that it is a proper building toy – as in you actually build with bricks and cement – made it a winner.”

The set comes with instructions on how to build, but you can make your own designs too. The set includes bricks and cement and a good sized base board, which, says Kelly, “keeps dust and stickiness to a bare minimum.”

The best thing about the Build It With Bob range, Kelly tells us, is “that you can just soak the bricks and re-make with them once you are bored with your construction. The downside is that you would need to replace the cement fairly quickly, as it isn't the biggest bag in the world.”

Additional packs of cement are available.

EZ-Fort

“This was SUCH a winner”, Kelly gushed. “First off I should say my son did not make a fort with it. He made hurdles to jump over, he made a 'frame to put around his head' (he is a weird kid) and he made a big square on the floor to 'put things in'.”

EZ-Fort - £34.99 at Amazon - is a 54 piece framework building system. It is the perfect size for small spaces whether in the house or the garden. Colour coded lengths of robust polycarbonate tube push into the connecting spheres to create a vast array of structures. But, it seems, no fort for Kelly's son.

“But no fort no matter – this is one heck of a toy for not much outlay – it totally captured his imagination – so much so, I found him browsing the EZ-Fort website! The booklet is excellent for inspiring ideas, too. He his apparently building a 'shelter' next for himself and his friend to sleep in at the next sleepover.”

So a huge thumbs up from Kelly, the only downside to it is that her living room is taken over by whatever he makes. But either way, “Highly recommended” were Kelly's last words on it.

Bloco

We asked Kelly and her son to test the Bloco Savannah animal set (£19.99 at Amazon). Bloco are high density foam designed in unique colourful shapes. The foam pieces link together and rotate to any angle using the special connectors.

Kelly felt that this was a great toy for encouraging further conversations on wildlife, but that her son was really a bit too old for it. “The pieces”, she told us, “are very child friendly, bright and easy to use, and the whole product range is designed to capture the imagination in an educational way.”

She did feel though, that they would be more suited to a younger child, so following her recommendation, we sent a set of Bloco Horses and Unicorns (£24.99 at Amazon) to Tracy, mum to the four year old Abigail.

“There are instructions,” began Tracy, “but Abigail dove in and started taking all the pieces out of the foam, and really, I think it's a bit old for her. I am terrible at 3D things, so I was relieved when my husband came home and fixed my attempt at a unicorn.”

Tracy felt that the instructions were a bit daunting, but even so, the kit was enormous fun. She loved that they could follow the instructions or make up their own animals, but she didn't feel that they were particularly robust as Abigail's attempt at galloping a unicorn around the room resulted in bits and pieces falling off it and that it required “constant maintenance.”

“Still,” Tracy maintained, “my child had great fun with it and we loved it. It's messy as hell, as the bits multiply and spread across the room, but it would be a great Christmas present – but maybe for someone else's kid so you don't have to tidy up. But your kids will love it.”

And Finally...

A big thumbs up from the PlayPennies mums for MAPS Toys then, even with a few little niggles and quirks.

All MAPS toys are stocked by a variety of major retailers, and prices vary dependent on stockist.

Bob the Builder Series 1 and 2 on DVD for £4.25 instead of £12.99? Yes please!

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Well, I say 'yes please' but my youngest has grown out of 'Bobber' (as he used to call him) and it's Star Wars: Clone Wars and Ben 10: Ultimate Alien all the way now.

I still love Bob the Builder though...but not enough to want to sit down and watch series 1 and 2 in their entirety - so put your credit cards away, no really...you don't need to have them sent to me for Christmas, it's fine.

If your little one is a Bob the Builder fan though then having something like this on stand-by isn't a bad idea.

I'm not the sort of parent who likes to see my kids sat in front of the TV all day (hurrah for pin protection on all channels on Sky - the teenagers HATE it *grin*) but sometimes the stillness it affords can come into its own.

Ever tried getting a child to rest when they're not feeling so great, but haven't been knocked off their feet yet with whatever they're coming down with?  Sitting down with them in front of their favourite programme - Bob the Builder in this case - solves that in one easy step, and is a good excuse to nab some cuddles too.

Rainy days when you've exhausted all painting, drawing and creating activities? Bung on Bob the Builder - it worked for me anyway, good old Bob!

There's no delivery to pay on orders within the UK from HMV so £4.25 is all you need to part with.

Thanks to phillyboy over at HUKD!

My youngest LOVES Bob. So I was greatly relieved when we shipped out the Bob the Builder: Build it with Bob 70-Piece Construction Set we'd been sent to one of our mum reviewers.

These are 'marmite' toys; you're either going to be a lover or a hater!

You see, it comes with REAL bricks, REAL cement (oh yes, real cemet!) and a REAL mini trowel. It also comes with a poseable figure of Bob (that's ok, I can cope with that).

NOW you know why I was quaking in my boots HOPING it wasn't going to be given to me to review; my carpet was terrified for a moment and the cleaner put on standby (that would be me!).

Louise was our chosen mummy victim to experience the delights of authentic brick laying with the Bob the Builder: Build it with Bob 70-piece Construction Set (oooh I'm so glad it wasn't me!).

"The box arrived wrapped securely in a couple of layers of bubble wrap. The box the set is in is quite large, and nicely sturdy. It has a sort of lid that opens up, which I really liked as it means you can store everything for the set in its own box," Louise told us.

But although it was wrapped up nicely on the outside, it wasn't quite so well protected on the inside.

"When I opened the box though everything felt slightly gritty. There wasn't a lot of packaging inside, so all the bits had been moving about loosely within the box," Louise continued.

This meant that some of the real clay bricks were slightly damaged and had little chips on them. This really upset Louise's son as he's used to the shiny perfectness of Lego bricks, this was a whole new world for him and at this stage he wasn't keen!

Along with the 70 bricks the Bob the Builder Construction Set comes with a card roof. It's printed with tiles and Pilchard the cat (such a great name for a cat) who's about to pounce on a bird.

"There's also a board for the floor of the house, a paper bag of cement mix, a bowl for mixing it in, a cloth and a little mortar thingie for applying cement to the bricks, and finally, a mat that I guess is meant to help keep the mess contained," reported Louise.

It was the 'guessing' that the mat was supposed to help keep the mess contained that, at this point, had me fearing for Louises flooring and soft furnishings.

"The instruction phamphlet shows you how to layer the bricks up to build a house. I found this a bit puzzling as there's no instructions for applying the cement. So I just stuck some mix in the bowl with a bit of water and hoped for the best. I didn't know how to apply the cement to the bricks, so I just let my son get on with it. Cue one big almighty mess!"

Poor Louise! Her son also found it difficult to understand why he couldn't change his mind about where he'd put the bricks and just move them, the way he does with Lego.

Eventually, Louise turned the pages of the instructions over to discover that the LAST page has find that the last page has the information she was looking for.

"'First, you need to make the cement!' I was not amused. Surely the first step should be the first instructions! Anyway, I had clearly made the cement wrong, using far too much water. So we made a second batch, and this was much better."

But be warned, once you've unleashed your own little brick-laying expert you can't take your eyes off them for a second!

"I had to leave the room for TWO seconds and came back to discover a cement a-l-l over the floor because he'd decided he wanted a cement base! That was pretty much the end of the cement that I had in the pack," confessed Louise.

But fear not! The instructions say 'when you want to build something else just soak your building in water and the cement dissolves'.

"I'll have to do that and then give it another go," Louise carried on as it doesn't say what to do for more cement. Maybe you can dry out the residue when it falls to the bottom of the water? I don't know, but I guess I'm going to find out!"

And finally...

If you have a child that utterly ADORES Bob the Builder then this is going to have them jumping up and down with joy.

If you're a fearless parent in the face of words like 'real cement' and 'mix with water', it will provide them with a completely different building experience - this is not like fitting lego blocks together, this is REAL building!

Bob the Builder: Build it with Bob 70-piece construction sets retail for £22.99 and is available from Firebox.com, Boots and Mail Order Express.

And about the cement all over the floor?

"It really does dissolve in water and, even after hardening, I was able to get it all off the kitchen lino without leaving any stains or damaging the tiles," Louise concluded; HURRAH!

This Bob the Builder: Build it with Bob brick set is the sort of thing that either has you running for the hills OR running to the shop in delight!

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Let me tell you what you get with this and then you can decide if it's a Marmite toy - you're either going to be a lover or a hater.

Bob the Builder: Build it with Bob brick set comes with:

• 30 real clay bricks
• Cement
• Mixing bowl
• Real mini trowel
• Base board
• Large wipe clean place mat
• Poseable Bob figure

I became a hater and started running for my life at the part where it mentions cement, mixing bowl and real mini trowel, but then I'm a bit of an old scrooge when it comes to things like this. BAH HUMBUG!

I don't care how LARGE the large wipe clean place mat is - it'll never be big enough to contain the chaos and carnage that this would bring to my house.

Poseable Bob figure? Yeah, that's ok, you should be safe with that.

This should be £9.99 but has been reduced to £4.99 and there's no delivery to pay with Play - a Bob bargain!

Thanks to Zobobump over at HUKD

Halfords have a great offer on this Bob The Builder bike for little kids - it was a whopping £119.99 (not sure how!) but is now a much more respectable £36.12.

• Click HERE to ride on over to Halfords

Christmas is fast approaching - don't blame me, it's not my fault! - and bikes have always been a popular Crimbo pressie; hellish to wrap up the night before, but goes down a storm with the kids.

If you have a little Bob the Builder fan then this bike could be the thing to bring a huge smile to thier face on Christmas morning - I know I keep mentioning Christmas, but if you plan ahead and get things well ahead of time when they're on offer, you can save yourself quite a lot of money!

It has all of the usual safety features that come with kids bikes, like an enclosed chain guard so small fingers can't in there or trouser legs caught up.

It also has 12" wheels and detachable stabilisers - aahhh, that's a magic moment when the stabilisers come off.

The published price on the website is £42.50 but when you add the bike to your basket an additional 15% is taken off, bringing the price down to £36.12.

If you want to collect this bike from your nearest Halfords you can; they'll even assemble it for free if you'd like them to or you can take it home in the box to do it yourself.

Thanks to lady lowe over at HUKD!

BOB the Builder...can he fix it? BOB the Builder...yes he can! And YOU can fix any present problem for a Bob the Builder fan with this fabulous Bob the Builder storybook collection that's on offer with The Book People!

• Click HERE for this brilliant Bob deal

My cousin's eldest was always into Bob the Builder when he was small; my eldest was more of a Thomas fan so we only got into Bob the Builder when my youngest took a shine to him a few years ago.

But it's with nostalgia that I write this deal as, sadly, Bob's duties in my household have come to an end, as my youngest is now a rabid Star Wars Clone Wars fan and 'Bobber' (as he used to call him) doesn't work with a light saber - shame on him!

I spent many a bedtime hour reading Bob the Builder books and we built up the collection a couple of books at a time, whenever we wandered past Waterstones in town. I'm not even going to work out how much that cost all together, but one thing's for sure - it was more than the £9.99 that it will cost you if you buy them as a collection from The Book People!

Each book has 32 pages of Bob to indulge in and the included titles are as follows...

• Dizzy and the Talkie-Talkie
• Bob and the Big Plan
• Wendy and the Surprise Party
• Travis and the Tropical Fruit
• Benny and the Important Job
• Scruffty and the Goat Hunt
• Spud and the Funny Trees
• Pilchard and the Big Surprise
• Dodger and the Dairy Delivery
• Muck and the Machine Convoy
• Scrambler and the Off-road Race
• Flex and the Fix-it Day
• Roley and the Woodland Walk
• Packer and the Difficult Day
• Sumsy and the Sunflower Spill
• Scoop and the Bakery Build
• Gripper, Grabber and the Sports Stadium
• Lofty and the Singing Stars
• Bristle and the Big Clean
• Tumbler and the Skate Park

If you just buy this then the single item shipping cost of £1.95 will apply, rather than the standard £3.95.

Here's a great deal for any young Bob the Builder fan - a dancing Bob the Builder!

• Click HERE to groove along with Bob at Tesco Direct

My youngest loved Bob the Builder and used to call him 'Bobber' when he really little and couldn't get his tongue around his full name.

Where does the time go?! My youngest starts school next week and my eldest, who was also a Bob the Builder fan (I forget that 'Bobber' has been around for a long time!), starts his last year at school -  I'm much more of an older child parent, but I miss the really cute things like not being able to say Bob the Builder properly *sigh*

Anyway, I digress!

So this dancing Bob the Builder grooves away to his hit song 'Big Fish Little Fish' (I seem to remember it actually achieved a chart position a fair few years ago). This is one of the most amusing things to me, way back in the day I went to the odd rave weekend and of course we all did the obligatory BF-LF-CB moves, so to see Bob the Builder doing those moves is just too funny.

Dancing Bob is suitable for little groovers aged three years and upwards, he comes with his necessary 2AA batteries and has been reduced from £19.07 down to £9.93.

Happy Dancing!

Puzzles are one of my favourite gifts for birthdays, along with books. So I'm always on the look out for bargains. This Bob The Builder - 2 in a box puzzles - have been reduced by Argos to £3.56. And delivery is free!

• Bob the Builder! Can you puzzle it! At Argos

Bob the Builder is an enduring character. There's something about the show that really appeals to boys and girls alike. Even if they're not that interested in watching it, I've yet to find a small boy who didn't love playing with the building vehicles. These puzzles have the double benefit of being educational, so you feel good as a parent, yet still satisfying that need children have for merchandising associated with TV shows!

The two puzzles in the box are 12 and 24 pieces respectively, and each measures 26 x 18cm. The puzzles show many of the favourite characters from the Bob the Builder television show. It is recommended for ages 3 years and over.

Thanks to taswir1 at HUKD!