New Ways to Play!
For each toy, we’ve included a bit of extra advice to get more out of a play session, with extended play ideas that go beyond the obvious. Spark their imagination with our new ways to play!
Let’s Play Chef Gift Guide!
It’s time to open up your very own fancy restaurant! This list of gifts for kids brings some of Bluey’s most memorable episodes to life. If you’re a fan of episodes like Takeaway and Omelette, the focus on all things foodie will be right up your street. Yum!
Visit the supermarket with play sets that spark the imagination and encourage real-life skills, or update a Bluey toy collection with new buys inspired by cooking-themed episodes. There are also some delicious-looking prints, and tools to get the whole family cooking. Just one question: is a Duck Cake on the menu?
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LEGO DUPLO: Ice Cream!
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Take a trip in the heeler family car to the ice cream stand with this LEGO DUPLO building and play set. Your toddler can work on their problem solving, matching and early number skills by ‘scooping’ ice creams to match the coloured containers, and the supplied figures mean you can join in the fun playing Dad. It’s a great introduction to building that offers plenty of further play potential once built.
New way to play: All LEGO DUPLO sets can easily be combined, so you can add more Bluey sets to your collection to extend the play potential. Older siblings or grown-up LEGO fans can extend this set even further by adding their own bricks, too, as most pieces should work together.
LEGO DUPLO Bluey: Ice Cream Trip with Bluey
Age range: 2+
Includes: 22 pieces, including Bandit and Bluey figures
Great for: Motor skills, building/construction, pretend play, problem solving
Supermarket Play Set
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Bring the episode Kids to life with this bumper supermarket-themed playset, with three floors of fun and loads of interactive pieces. Bluey fans can play the parent as they grab a trolley[shopping cart], ride the escalator, visit the deli counter, and pack their bags at the checkout. The set comes with 24 built-in sound effects to add to the pretend play experience.
New way to play: With so many pieces, this set is easily transformed into a fun memory game to test their powers of observation. Get your kid to set it up however they like using all the pieces. Then get them to shut their eyes (no peeking!) as you remove one key detail from the set. It’s up to them to work out which one is missing as quickly as they can.
Bluey Let’s Play Chef Supermarket Play Set
Age range: 3+
Includes: 15+ pieces including exclusive Bluey and Bingo figures
Great for: solo play, pretend play, role play
Pavlova 4-Figure Pack
No prizes for guessing which iconic episode inspired this set of figures. The heeler family gets a chef-themed makeover in this collectible play set – Dad even has his drawn-on moustache (sadly he doesn’t speak french). The four figures come with a pavlova, naturally, so little fans can recreate their favourite moments from the show. Edamame beans not included!
New way to play: Since this episode shows Bingo trying a new food on her own terms, you could use these toys as a tool to help with this in real life too. Perhaps have chef Bandit help prepare the next big family meal, or let Bluey and Bingo take a bite before their owner does?
Let’s Play Chef Pavlova 4-Figure Pack
Age range: 3+
Includes: 4 figures: Bluey, Bingo, Bandit, Chilli
Great for: Role play, imaginative play, collectibles
Wooden BBQ and Salad Set
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Cook steak, salmon and shrimp on the barbie with this pretend play BBQ, which is smartly-designed with internal storage to keep all the pieces safe when play ends. The wooden set makes sizzling noises, and has over 30 accessories including tongs and skewers, salad bowl, sauces and even a set of 6 recipe cards. One of them recreated Bingo’s pepper salad from the episode BBQ, although we hope the salad dressing isn’t made with the same ingredients!
New way to play: The recipe cards help develop early reading, memory and counting skills but they can also be used to inspire real recipes, so get them out next time there’s a real BBQ on the go and your kids can cook alongside you – just like Bluey in the show.
Wooden BBQ and Salad Set
Age range: 3+
Includes: Wooden BBQ with 33 accessories including recipe cards
Great for: Pretend play, imaginative play
cooking fun chat mates
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Chat Mates figures add an extra layer of fun by speaking famous phrases from the show. This set of four features the whole family, wearing their outfits from Pavlova. Press the nose to hear one of 10 phrases for each character, inspired by moments from the episode – we won’t spoil it by revealing which ones.
New way to play: Remember a certain talking toy that keeps appearing in surprise places around Bluey’s house? You could do the same with these – then create a fun scavenger hunt to find them all again. We hear the cupboard under the sink is a great hiding spot.
Let’s Play Chef Chat Mates Cooking Fun
Age range: 3+
Includes: 4 figures with 10 phrases each
Great for: Imaginative play, communication, pretend play
Family Shopping Trip
Inspired by the episode Kids (but with the welcome addition of a Chilli figure to complete the family) this set combines collectible figures with pretend play, bundling a set of Bluey figures with shopping-themed props, including food, a shopping cart, refrigerator, display shelves and a checkout.
New way to play: Switch things up – just like the episode that inspired the show – and let the kids play the parents. Grab your Bluey or Bingo figure, take on the child’s role and try out a few phrases that are popular on your own family trips to the grocery store. Ten dollarbucks goes to whoever manages to stay in character the longest!
Let’s Play Chef Family Shopping Trip Mini Figure Set
Age range: 3+
Includes: 4 figures and 12 additional props
Great for: Pretend play, imaginative play, collectibles
My first real kitchen
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Baking is a great family activity, and your kids will learn plenty of math and science along the way as you cook up a storm together. These Bluey-themed baking tools make the whole process even more fun, with all the basics you need to whip up your own cookies, cakes or other treats.
New way to play: Who says these are just for baking? Although the measure sets are all designed to work for real life, you could just as easily use this set in a play kitchen, or even outdoors in a mud kitchen, to add more authenticity to proceedings.
Handstand Kitchen My First Real Kitchen Tools Set
Age range: 6+
Includes: Mixing bowl, measuring spoon set, measuring cup set, whisk
Great for: Learning to cook, motor skills, playing grown-ups
Mini utensil set
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If your child isn’t big enough to handle full-sized utensils yet, this mini set – designed especially for tiny hands – will help give them the independence they crave while helping in the kitchen. Bluey and Bingo feature on the spoon and spatula, and the whisk is coloured blue and white to match the theme.
New way to play: Instead of cakes and cookies, try making salt dough with your kids and modelling it into some of their favourite Bluey characters. Mix 2 parts flour to 1 part salt, and add cold water until it forms a nice smooth ball. Roll this out and use it as you would modelling clay. Once you’ve made your creations, they can be baked until hard in a very low oven, then painted and varnished.
Handstand kitchen mini utensil set
Age range: 6+
Includes: Silicone spoon, spatula and whisk
Great for: Learning to cook, motor skills, playing grown-ups
Duck Cake Kit
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Little ones can recreate one of the most memorable Bluey food episodes by making their own Duck Cake model using this fun creative chefs kit. The set comes with a big bag of (non-edible) Make-it! Mix, which kids can roll and squish into a duck-shaped mold to create the base of the cake. Then, they can let their imagination go to town as they decorate the cake with accessories like popcorn clusters, buttons and a bow tie. When it’s complete, the cake can be displayed on the serving plate provided.
New way to play: The sand-based dough is reusable, so once your kid has exhausted the many ways to make and decorate a duck cake, they can start making other things too. Perhaps a bowl of pasta, a plate of cookies or another creative cake?
Little Tikes Creative Chefs Duck Cake Kit
Age range: 3+
Includes: 15 accessories to make your own pretend Duck Cake
Great for: Creativity, fine motor skills, role play
Shopping cart
Flex those role play skills with this kid-sized shopping cart, which comes packed with boxed shopping items like milk, juice, pasta and ice pops. Little ones will love pushing it around the house, and filling it with play food (or other toys). It’s just the right size for a toddler or preschooler, and doesn’t take up too much space when not in use – The handle even folds down for more streamlined storage.
New way to play: Your kid will probably use this to transport all kinds of things, from toys and games to your family pets…if you’ll let them! But you can use the original items that come with it to teach useful organisational skills. Get your kid to pack to pretend food away in the right place in your actual kitchen as practice: before you know it they’ll be helping you pack away the groceries for real life, too.
Bluey Shopping Cart
Age range: 3+
Includes: Shopping cart and 8 food items
Great for: Pretend play, motor skills, imaginative play
Let’s Play Chef!
From Duck Cake to Fancy Restaurant, this collection has everything you need to ‘play chef’ alongside Bluey and Bingo – whether you’re looking for delicious recipes inspired by your favourite Bluey episodes or some foodie fun and games!