Anna Marikar, mum of four and seasoned blogger, has spent over a decade sharing her parenting journey and passion for kid-friendly crafts and free printables. The boys loved pretending to rescue the Narwhal and putting him in the warming tank for safe keeping. This is easy enough for the children to do themselves and not fiddly which is great, as otherwise the little ones can get frustrated (and that results in being asked to attach and reattach for them every few minutes!

Both of my children (aged 5 and 6) still very much love Octonauts and have been playing with it regularly.You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice. Press the red Octo button on the side of the Exploration vehicle and the set illuminates and you can press through a number of different sound recordings. When they need to have a quick explore, they detach the Octo-Sled and swap the interchangeable tools to drill through the ice block.

All of these items are made from sturdy plastic including the Narwal – Monkey is convinced it’s Captain Barnacle’s old friend Boris – told you he was a fan of the show! I can thoroughly recommend the Octonauts Gup-S Polar Exploration Vehicle, it offers hours of play potential. I suppose it's this year's Gup X, but this one is a bit more sophisticated and features far better sound effects. The pieces are pretty strong and well made so it looks like it will withstand plenty of play and everything is very true to the TV series, from the sound effects to the look of the characters. Although we have bought him lots of the main ocoto gifts for xmas, this by far will be his favourite I think.Sehr robust, auch für kleine Kinderhände geeinet, geht nicht sofort kaputt, wenn es mal auf dem Boden landet.