You see, as an incurably hopeless, wish-upon-a-star daydreamer, when my first baby boy came into my life, I swiftly realised that being the parent you thought you would be, and creating family memories to treasure in the way you imagined before your baby was born [and keeping you awake all night] is a real challenge. Once Owleez is charged, you need to practice flying together by swinging and swooping the owl through the air, which results in it making triumphant and happy noises. Ali Mierzejewski is the editor-in-chief at The Toy Insider and The Pop Insider. With more than a decade of industry experience, Ali is a trusted source for parents, gift-givers, manufacturers, retailers, and more on the latest trends and hottest products. Whether you’re shopping for the best toys for kids — or looking for the latest in geek culture and entertainment for yourself — Ali’s expertise has you covered. Owleez’ eyes aren’t just pretty, they’re the window to his soul – quite literally. Not so great for two of my boys who are colourblind but Hero gets it and translates as fast as he can – kind of like being in emergency surgery. In Owleez’ box are a list of eye colours and corresponding needs/wants and potential outcomes from those colours. Hero yells the colour and the boys are frantically searching the list to see if they have to do anything to help him out. Owleez’ eyes will tell you what he needs – there’s a little sheet in his box which tells you what each colour means. What a great Christmas present this would make, it’s that there’s something a bit more aimed at girls that you can fly as all the planes and drones seem more geared towards boys (not that it really matters) x Reply

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Owleez needs your help to learn how to fly and in the box is the owl, some berries and a nest. Setting Owleez upThe next day after school we took our little pink Owl to IBM as there’s a huge amount of space there. We swooped and fed [and Lyoto discovered you could pretend you had the berry and Owleez would make nibbly noises on his finger [much to Hero’s disgust as you can see in the photos], and then fanfare! Owleez* is an interactive toy and as such, you can really take care of it. The eyes change colour depending on the mood and within the instructions, there is a handy guide explaining what to do. I would suggest keeping it to the side as it will come in useful. Eye Moods He’s a small, light, plastic owl – about the size of a small cantaloupe melon – which comes complete with a sweet plastic berry and a little nest of his own. I say he, because for some reason I call all animals and toys of animals boys out of habit. This is our Owleez. He is bubblegum pink with blue swirls and feathers. Having an owl as a pet just isn’t an option sadly, so we have opted for the next best thing, teaching our very own baby owl how to fly.

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We rushed to put Owleez in the nest, I lay on the wet grass waiting to capture him in flight with my camera….and he refused. Shook his head and said no, no, no. Then the wah-wah-wah noise comes on like you lost the competition. He wanted feeding, loving – and so we spent the next half an hour with me lay on the grass whilst everyone interpreted his eyes. We had NINETEEN fanfares and EIGHTEEN refusals. I was soaked. Owleez begins to take flight – his body lifts and his little wings spin like a helicopter blade. It’s incredible to watch. When Owleez arrives in your home, he needs to be charged via a USB cable which is swirled and stored neatly under his nest base. Perch Owleez onto his nest, charge him up and don’t forget to switch him on under his bottom. Childhood is gone in the blink of an eye [except the sleepless nights part, that lasts for decades I think] and I wanted to enjoy every moment I could and make it as fun as possible. Simply plug it in and wait for its eyes to change from flashing red to green. Ours took around 15 minutes on the first charge, so not a long wait at all. The one time ours did take off, he didn’t come off his nest properly as we were on the grass and so all we have are photos of his attempt to fly. I was lay on the floor crying into my camera and all of the million ants, spiders and woodlice underneath me. We then realised that maybe we needed more charge – so we attached my power bank to him, but to no avail. We’d run him down trying to get him to fly. It’s really clever – Owleez’ body is built perfectly for flight. Owleez tells you when he wants to eat – and comes with a little plastic berry to feed him with. Place it next to his beak and head him nibbling – he’ll also try and nibble your finger!Babies need to learn how to walk, and Owleez need to learn how to fly. You can teach him by swooping up and down and around so he can feel the air beneath his wings and how amazing it will be for him once he learns. We took ours on a stunt version of swooping. You can hear how much Owleez enjoys it as you go – he makes the best “woooooo, wooooo!” noises for you. Yotie swooped Owleez everywhere with him. Gettin’ some air, he said. THE EYES HAVE IT WITH OWLEEZ Oh wow, this looks so cute! When I was a kid I was obsessed with my Furby and this kind of reminds me of that but for a new generation. I bet my niece and nephew would love one of these for Christmas. Reply As an exhausted mom to 3 beautiful boys aged 5-11, Keep Up With the Jones Family began as a family blog and turned into my passion.

Owleez – the new interactive Owl that you can teach how to fly Owleez – the new interactive Owl that you can teach how to fly

Kids start by practicing with their owl and swinging Owleez through the air over and over again. With enough practice, Owleez will be ready to fly. One of the best parts about Owleez that makes it unique as an interactive pet is that it can fail — and that’s OK. Baby owls don’t fly right out of the nest, so it encourages kids to keep training their pets until they can successfully fly. Out of all 3 of the boys, Oliver is the one obsessed with animals. He loves toys that need looking after and you have to care for. So when Spinmaster UK sent us Owleez an owl you can teach to fly. I knew he would really like it! Owleez Flying Owl pretty much a cross between an Owl (obviously) and a drone. You can take care of Owleez by making sure it’s well fed, burped and happy. The best thing though is you can teach it to fly!! Owleez Flying Owl As a family we love nothing more than exploring different places whether that is in the city we live in or further afield. During the summer you can find us camping. Even though this Summer has been a very rough one for the boys, there have been a few moments that have bought excitement and hilarity to both our home and Granny and Grandad’s. Grandad loved our little drone that we bought to show him [which was like one of the little creatures from Batteries Not Included] last year and so this trip now he’s unable to move around for a few weeks, we decided to take our new interactive toys with us to show him. Not just because these are interactive but because they’re quite a bit rebellious. The first one out of the box was Owleez. WHAT IS OWLEEZ?

Owleez is a new interactive toy, which is bound to be top of children’s Christmas lists for this year. Our Owl is bubblegum pink with a blue swirly belly patter and two little tufty wings. He has big wide eyes – which are very important. When the trumpet fanfare sounds, return Owleez to his nest ready for take off. TEACH OWLEEZ TO FLY Owleez love interacting with you – Jens took ours on a little parkour trip. I bet these are super popular this Christmas, they certainly look very cute. I don’t think my children would have the patience to teach it to fly, but I bet older children have lots of fun with it xx Reply