Robin Reed 8 x 14 Handbells Musical christmas crackers contains metal bells

Very expensive but the hand bells will last for many many uses in the future because they are good quality and quite sturdy. They play a pretty near perfectly pitched scale of C major.....at least, good enough to please me and I am an ex music teacher! However only a few of the tunes on the sheet work because not all of them stick to the notes in this scale and so, for example, one might be required to play a note that is a semi tone flat which sounds awful. This was not a problem for me because I adapted the tunes that could be adapted simply, and notated other tunes that the children would know using just these 8 notes of the C major scale. That worked really well and we had a lot of fun. (Children aged 4, 6 and 9 plus Grandad.) Also I retyped the letters/note names and grouped them/spaced them better so that they were easy to read and made good sense. As it happened the children preferred to play than conduct so I was the one directing operations anyway. They managed it with 2 bells each. And when we lost a child I took the 2 spare bells. Another tip is to keep the bells in order/sit the players in numerical bell order to make life easier for the conductor, especially when the conductor has 2 bells as well. We plan on using the bells next time we have friends round for a meal too, so think we will get good value out of them.

We always have my dad round for Christmas dinner, and he likes to contribute by buying an expensive box of crackers. Without exception, over the years they have been a shocking waste of money. The supposed quality gifts have been only a minor step up from the usual tat you expect to get in crackers. So I told my dad that I'd take care of it this year and, at half the cost of the ones he usually buys, these really delivered. For a start the bells, although small, are reasonably substantial and have a bit of weight behind them. You don't feel short changed. The idea behind the crackers is brilliant, and a perfect post-turkey diversion. We (well, I) ended up maybe taking it a bit too seriously, and in hindsight, after a stressful few hours cooking and being the only sober one, I probably wasn't the best choice as conductor! Nevertheless, we had a great laugh, and when we did manage to get the odd tune right, it was ridiculously satisfying. We've got people round again tomorrow, and I'll have no hesitation in getting out the bells if the time is right. (I've just realised you can easily turn this into a drinking game, with forfeits based on who messes up. I'm now about to change my original 4 into a 5!) Another minor plus point: I couldn't honestly say the jokes were funny, but I did think they were a cut above the usual. There was even one I hadn't heard before! Overall, well worth the money and recommended without hesitation.

Brilliant fun for Christmas, worth the money. Very good quality, nicely packaged and arrived on time. We had lots of laughs with these. Wish I had bought two sets!

Unfortunately 1 of the bells didn’t work well but we still had great fun with the other 7 plus 1 flat one! They may be seconds therefore, but sold at top price. The stickers are ok and do the job short term, some of the music was incorrectly written, but again it added to the fun. Would recommend with reservations, if you want a perfect bell ringing set you may be disappointed but if you aren’t too fussy they are great!

These crackers were great fun! They looked amazing when I laid them out around the table, large and beautifully made, and did not disappoint when we pulled them. Little touches like a conductor's baton, stickers we all wore to indicate which bell we had and hats that matched the bell colour added to the fun. The booklet of tunes was easy to use, though some were a little out of tune! We particularly liked playing 'Happy Birthday', a nice idea for those who have birthdays around Christmas time. I had 8 people to dinner ranging from my 83 year old mother to my 19 year old son and we like to have a pause between courses and I try to find crackers to give us an activity to do, these were perfect.

Bought these musical crackers to take to my daughter's on Christmas Day. We had so much fun and laughed until we cried sometimes! There were six of us so some people had to have two hand bells but that worked fine and I think before the day was out everyone had a go on their own trying to play a tune. Excellent little hand bells with a nice sound. Just one tiny criticism, some of the given tunes didn't quite sound correct as they needed other notes (sharps or flats) but most of them were ok. All in all, great value for money and the best crackers I've ever bought.

Bored of the Tesco or Sainsburys crackers, whereby you get plastic frogs, and jokes like "whats brown and sticky? A stick" I purchased these Robin Reed crackers. Firstly - they are quite large, which is good because it makes it looks like you did make an effort and spend some money on crackers this year. They feel good quality too. Then - you have to open all eight and you all have to interact to play tunes on the supplier bells. The bells are LOUD mind. It is a lot of good fun. Then at the end of it, if you don't like your neighbours, you can hang the bells in the tree in the garden and it will keep them awake all night. It was well worth the purchase. Good fun.

We've had racing reindeers, the flutes and now we're going to master bell ringing (or not!) - these are such brilliant fun and you can bring out the "games" year after year. We were in hysterics last year with the flutes - my husband got so stressed conducting, he forgot which number he was and he was the one holding up the tune! I've previously bought these in a garden centre and yes, they were much cheaper (around £18) but if you can afford to buy them go for it, you won't be disappointed (just a bit stressed maybe, lol!) and the fact they can be brought out time and time again just adds to the comedy value! Enjoy!

Findet mann hier in Deutschland fast nicht. Dank an Amazon. Die Crackers sind nicht nur sehr schön, auch groß und der Inhalt hat viel Spaß gebracht. Die Witze kann man vergessen.....die sind sogar für Englisch sprechende Leute nur so la la. Werden wir für nächsten Weihnachten wieder bestellen. Mit andere Inhalt natürlich.

As expected. Shipped fast too.

an 'Weihnachten mit diesen Christmas Crackern. Die Glocken haben einen erstaunlich guten Klang. Wir haben so einige Songs "geläutet". Sogar meine 86-jährige Mutter hat sich köstlich amüsiert.

Out of tune but we had fun with these crackers.

Bei der ersten Bestellung wurde eine Fernsehwandhalterung geliefert... Rücksendung war unproblematisch. Bei der zweiten Bestellung kam dann auch das richtige Produkt an. Gewohnt gute Robin Reed Qualität, hübsche Verpackung, nette Witze, zwei der Kronen waren aber leider beschädigt (klebten zusammen). Die Idee mit den Glocken ist super und hat uns über Stunden beschäftigt und zum Lachen gebracht. Klare Kaufempfehlung!