Emma’s favourite programme is without a doubt Bing. We’ve tried others like Peter Rabbit and Postman Pat but there’s just something about the bunny’s huge eyes that makes her smile! The familiarity of watching the programme also seems to be a comfort to her…and now we have fully embraced the world of Bing. We have Bing’s house in her playpen as well as the bath toy, which she loves. So when the lovely guys at Acamar Films contacted us to see if we’d like to try their new baking app, I was really excited to see how Emma would like it.
We were also given a huge bag of goodies that she is loving – the talking Bing toy (which is featured in our giveaway below), an exclusive Hoppity Voosh toy and colouring activity books. All week she has been grabbing the bag and having a look at the books, thank you very much for these! I found it amazing how she instantly recognised all the characters out of context from the television show.
The app was really quick to load and required an adult to press and hold the play button which I thought was handy for little fingers like Emma’s as she is well able to swipe and press buttons even at 15 months old! The opening features the classic “round the corner not far away…” with the music – Emma found it so exciting and it really held her attention to get involved with the app. She was very excited to see what was next…
You then see Flop place to dough on the table and you can roll out the dough with the rolling pin together. This was nice and easy and I thought Flop’s reminders to Bing to roll it nice and flat was good practice for doing baking together ourselves! Emma seemed to like rolling out the dough too which was lovely.
In the next screen a set of cookie cutters appears and you can pick the one that you’d like to use to make your biscuit! We chose the classic ginger bunny…once you press the green tick it is then placed on the baking tray ready for baking 🙂
Next chicky timer (as seen on the show) appears and Flop asks you to tap him when he rings…I thought this was a brilliant way to get the toddlers to interact with the app, and rest assured they do burn if you forget to tell Flop they are done! Then it’s onto the fun part of decorating and eating them, which was great fun. There was even a little section where you gobble them up together and can take pictures throughout.
We had a brilliant time testing the new Bing app out and it was so lovely to use the app to do something new together. I would say that I thought it would be ideal for slightly older kids – perhaps 2-3 year olds – but she did love the animations and joining in with decorating the cookies. Thanks again to Acamar Films for letting us try it out! I’ve filmed a little vlog of our time testing it too and hope you enjoy it…and don’t forget to enter our giveaway below for a chance to win a Talking Bing and a download code for the Bing Baking app.
Onto the Giveaway…
For a chance to win a Talking Bing who activates when you press his orange button and a download code for the Bing Baking app, please enter our Rafflecopter Giveaway. Terms and Conditions are listed below and the winner will be announced on 18th August 2016 …Good Luck!
- Winners will be contacted via private message to one of their social media accounts. If we don’t hear back from you within 24 hours, a new winner with be selected in your place. .
- Limit one comment per entry. Multiple comment entries will not be considered.
- This competition starts at 12pm on July 22nd 2016 and ends at midnight on August 18th 2016.
- This competition is open to UK residents only.
I love that goodie bag! If A was a bit older the app would be ideal for her. #triballove
Ah thank you! The little ones do love it and I think the animations are really impressive…they do these POV shots which are good 🙂 xx
This looks so much fun, I will have to try this with Heidi. She had a few weeks were she loved watching Bing so she would enjoy it #PoCoLo
Aw, this looks so cute! Marianna hasn’t really discovered Bing yet – I’m sure it’s only a matter of time though… 🙂 #pocolo
Ah thank you for taking a look! x
My son loves Bing and it’s one of those programmes I seem to get sucked into….but I always think, Bing is a bit of a d*ck isn’t he! So clumsy!! #picknmix
Haha 🙂 He is very clumsy, always getting something wrong!! Thanks for commenting x
My girls just love Bing and my favourite is flop 🙂 This looks like lots of fun and lots for them to do x #picknmix
Aw I love Flop. I sort of love Pando too 🙂 Thanks for taking a look x
Thanks for commenting! xx
We love Coco in our house (being a house full of girls!) #PoCoLo
My son loves Bing the most!
My son loves Flop! He loves watching Bing on TV!
My son loves Flop! He loves watching Bing on TV! #pocolo
My little girl likes flop 🙂 i think she just likes saying it more than anything haha 🙂
My son loves flop constantly laughs at him ‘)
It’s on at an odd time now for Georgia to watch it… she does however LOVE telletubbies and twirliwoos as they’re on before we leave home at 730! The app looks really good though! 🙂 x
my son loves flop best x
Oh this looks great. Clem is a massive fan of Bing, she takes her cuddly Bing everywhere! I will definitely check out the app.x
Mine love bing. The goody bag looks great. Love the post
My two love Bing as well – we have the Talking Bing too! Will have to check the app out as I’m sure the girls would both enjoy it 🙂
Bing and Flop
My daughters favourite is bing she thinks he is funny.
Bing is definitely my little boys favourite (but Pando is mine!)
Thanks for entering! I love Pando to 🙂
Coco is our favourite
Being in the US I hadn’t heard of Bing put it looks really cute. The app looks like fun as well. Good luck with your giveaway. #TribalLove
Bing!
We haven’t really watched much Bing. Ava is peppa pig, waybullo and Ben and holly. Great giveaway I might have to see if she likes it. Thanks for linking to #picknmix
Oh dear – I have no idea about children’s TV characters at all – but good luck with your giveaway and thanks for linking to #PoCoLo 🙂
What a cute idea 🙂 I’ve heard of Bing, but with much older children I’ve never watched it. Thanks for linking up to #PicknMix
Stevie x
What a great way for little ones to learn about baking without having to get all messy!
Thanks for linking to #PoCoLo – sorry for the delayed comment. xx
definitely Bing though Sula comes a close second!
Max adores Bing and Sula – they are lots of fun!
My grandson is just getting into watching it and loves bing
Sula the elephant.
Bing is my grandsons favourite x
bing !! my two year old adores him fab giveaway thankyou x
My daughter is 19 months and is just starting to like Bing, it’s been all about Peppa up until now, she gets excited and giggly now when Bing comes on 🙂
My daughter loves Bing!
Bing
My son loves Pando 🙂
Grandsons is Flop, I’d better not disagree with the boss
We love Bings best friend Pando
We love Bing himself!
Bing bunny and lol a we loveb
My little girl loves flop!
My son likes Bing
Flop is our favourite
Bing – we love rabbits in our family!
flop is my daughters fave
My son like Bing 🙂
My little boy loves bing the most
My twins love Flop. He always makes them smile 🙂 they’d just love to own this amazing Bing
My nephew loves Bing the most xxx
Bing is my little boys favourite character
My little one loves Sula the best! x
my daughter loves bing
Ellie loves Bing
Bing 🙂
They both adore Bing! They get so excited when they see him and will always shout “Bing’s on!”
My daughter loves Flop 🙂
flop is my granddaughters favourite
My daughter adores Bing. She points him out in different places (bookshops etc). Mine personally is Flop.
All our 3 love Bing
My son loves Flop, he is so funny
Bing is my sons favourite and I like Flop. We love watching Bing together x
They both love Flop
We love Bing 😀 xxx
My little girl’s favourite is Bing. Always watch it straight after the school run!
My little girl’s favourite is Bing. Always watch it straight after the school run!
my daughter loves sula 🙂
The app is very simple and incredibly easy to pick up Busby got the hang of it within the first few minutes, and then continued to play it on repeat for the next hour and a half of our journey back to Yorkshire last weekend. Busby s favourite part of the game is the decorating of the biscuits, which you then get to eat as your virtual self!