My Doodles Watch – Review

Last Updated on 15 June 2023 by Colette

This post features product gifted for review

At almost 6, Ben is pretty confident at telling the time to the nearest quarter of an hour.  We’ve yet to move onto 5 minutes increments but I think being able to say “Nearly quarter to three” is pretty good for his age.  We’ve recently treated him to a clock for his bedroom in the home he might check the time before deciding to get out of bed at stupid o’clock in the morning.  (I can’t say it had worked today when I had to go and put him back in bed at 5.50am but that’s by the by)

Aunty Nic bought Ben a watch for his birthday last year and he loves it.  He isn’t allowed to wear it for school though after getting into trouble for messing about with it and he has an irritating tendency to fiddle with the pin on the side meaning his watch rarely actually says the correct time.  My main issue, however, with his current watch is that he insists on fastening it far too tight so that it digs in and leaves marks on his wrist – he won’t be told though!  With this in mind I was really interested in the concept of the new My Doodles snap on wristwatch.  By its very nature Ben wouldn’t be able to fasten this too tight!

The new My Doodles watches are available in a choice of four different designs, the Owl, the Alien, the Bee and the Penguin.  Had Ben not already got a green watch I would definitely have chosen him the Alien however in the interests of being different I went for the Penguin.  I’d have liked to have chosen the Bee for Chloe however I know given the choice the pink Owl would have won her heart so that’s what I went with.

My Doodles watches

As you can imagine I had two very excited children when this little parcel arrived!  They were both keen to put their watches on immediately.  To set the time on your new My Doodles watch you just need to pop the watch face out of it’s character and turn the pin as you would on any other watch.  The watch then pops back in easily and securely.  I must say I didn’t let Ben see me do this as I didn’t want him to know that the watch face came out as I know he’d mess with it and likely lose it.  Additionally I didn’t want him to know where the pin was hidden in the hope he might actually be able to leave his watch reading the correct time!

Ben is able to read the time easily on his new watch and of course they are both able to put them on / take them off easily.   (They were told in no uncertain terms not to mess with them though I must admit Chlo has found this too tempting so far!

What we love about them:

* The snap on strap is easy for them to put on independently and impossible to fasten too tight

* The characters and bright colours are appealing to little ones

* The watch face itself is protected by it rubberised setting

* Wearing a watch feels very grown up and encourages children to learn to tell the time

What we’re not so keen on: 

* The face does come out relatively easily, Ben’s fell out when he fell over at the weekend

* They are very tempting to fiddle with so definitely not something we’d let Ben wear at school!

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  • Colette Burgess is an experienced primary school teacher and has lived in Manchester for most of her adult life. She is married to Dave and they have three children aged 12, 15, and 16.

    Colette has been writing about days out and adventures in Manchester and beyond including day trips and short breaks in the UK and holidays abroad since 2012.

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109 thoughts on “My Doodles Watch – Review”

  35. For my niece, she is turning 4 in two weeks and that would be a great present for her. She loves animals and the colour pink

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  42. i really like these watches. if i won I'd give the owl watch to my daughter,5 and and the alien watch to my 4 year old son #TriedTested

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  43. These are so cute! I don't have kids but as I was always falling over in the playground I bet would have lasted all of two minutes!xx

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  49. Lucas says – What cool watches!!! I'm learning to tell the time when I go back to school next week and the Mother's just brought me a Star Wars watch to help me. I love the idea of the Alien watch so I've told her she has to enter the giveaway. They look soooo mega and awesome 🙂 #TriedTested

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  53. Love these, I love pink one it's gorgeous I would totally wear it myself, and the alien watch would be perfect for my stepson's birthday

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  55. What a lovely review – my eldest would love the owl watch 🙂

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  57. Fab review! They look great and a really good tool to help learn how to tell the time! Very funky. I'd love to win the cute pink owl 🙂

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  69. These are so cute, they remind me a bit of a watch I had when I was a teenager that had that elasticated fabric strap that's interchangeable, can't remember the name tho! #TriedTested

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  70. My daughter would love the pink one, they are super cute and hopefully would encourage telling the time x

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  71. These look fab. I wish one of your giveaways had been for the penguin one, as son2 is absolutely penguin mad #TriedTested

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  72. It can be pm difficult to find watches for little ones that fit their thnx wrists so I like the idea of a snap watch. These look interesting and thanks for the honest review of the pros and cons

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  74. That penguin watch is adorable. I think i would end up borrowing it

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  76. Aww these are really cute. Little too young for little J but I know once he's old enough he would love it

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  78. These look ace! We've been looking at watches for our Ben he's getting to that age now. I wasn't sure about the snap thing, I thought they might fall off more easily, but I'll have a serious look at these now 🙂

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  83. i would love the owl watch for my daughter or the alien one for my son 🙂

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  89. I would give this to my grand-daughter Eve,she's five and we're learning our numbers.This would be a perfect way to combine numbers and time and as this is so cute she will love doing it x

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  95. Would love to win for J as he is interested in learning the time just recently x
    Stacey Guilliatt

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