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Stabilo Product Review

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When Stabilo invited me check out their new product (STABILO color palette Arriving 2017 ) I was very excited, it seems like a lifetime ago since “new pens” came in to the house. You know that feeling, when all the nibs are working, the whole set of colors are still together and no one has lost a lid? That feeling should be bottled.

Apparently though I am not the only person in my house who loves “New pens”. I literally hadn’t even got them out of the parcel when my children were swarming. Suddenly everyone wanted to color-in or draw with my “new pens”.

They loved them of course so much so, they decided we needed a dedicated Stabilo “new pens” table. Just for the pens and being creative.

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Here is the actual range and product photos. I do love this plastic case they came in, but as the children stole my pens I doubt I will ever get to keep them in their official packaging. It’s more likely to be the barbie pencil case we keep the working pens in. The thing I liked the most was being able to draw with the fine point nib, felt tip pens are very limiting when it comes to design and artwork so I loved these.

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STABILO colour palette

 

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I never really got into video games as a kid (or as an adult, other than a couple I play on my phone to pass the time) but I did always like Tetris. Did you know you can play a Tetris-like game without a screen?

One Mama’s Daily Drama designed a printable Tetris board, complete with brightly colored shapes like the classic game. 

You can play it a couple of different ways. Start with a stack of shapes and try to put them together like you would in classic Tetris. Then you can either move the pieces down as you fill rows, or just play until the board is full and you can’t make any more moves. 

This is fun as a solo game (and would be great for a road trip if you laminate the pieces for durability) but you can also print out multiple sets and have people challenge each other to see how many pieces they can use before they run out of space or how long they can play moving the full lines.

It might also be a fun challenge, instead of drawing shapes to place in order, if you worked with the shapes like a puzzle and tried to fill in as much area in your board as possible using whatever shapes you want. 

I think this would be a great one to add to your printable games arsenal, and kids and adults will both want to get in on the fun. 

You can grab the printable Tetris game pieces from One Mama’s Daily Drama. 

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