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Disney Princess First Look and Find Book and 40-Piece Giant Puzzle- review (holiday gift idea)
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-”The Disney Princess First Look and Find Book and 40-Piece Giant Puzzle is a box set comprised of a colorfully illustrated board book and a 40-piece puzzle, both featuring Disney Princess characters. The set is designed for children ages 18 months and older. Kids can follow Belle, Briar Rose, Ariel, Snow White, Pocahontas, Cinderella, and Jasmine on a variety of look-and-find adventures.
-Each of the seven scenes in the Look and Find book features six or seven hidden Disney Princess characters and related items for children to find. Additional sets of hidden objects are listed in the final section, enabling children to revisit the Look and Find scenes a second time.
-The 40-piece heavy board puzzle measures 3×2 feet and features Beauty and the Beast. After children assemble the puzzle, they put a border around it, and then search the puzzle for items that are illustrated in the border, including songbirds, animals, and snowflakes.”
My Thoughts-
Moo was given a The Disney Princess First Look and Find Book and 40-Piece Giant Puzzle as a gift from a friend this Christmas. (They said they found it at Costco, in Ontario). Moo’s eyes got huge when she saw it, “look mommy, princesses”. I already knew this toy was going to be a hit.
The puzzle was fun to put together with her, she’d hand me a piece “here mommy” and I’d lay it down in the right place. The puzzle was HUGE, about 3 feet by 2 feet. This made it a nice puzzle for Moo, who is only 2.5 years old. she was able to see all the detail and talked all about what she saw in the puzzle. We then used the “find it” edges of the puzzle to find the items in the photo. She had tons of fun with this.
The book is a nice size too and has lots of great photo that are very colorful. Every page is a different princess in a scene they would be in, in their stories. Although Moo didn’t totally catch on to finding the object in the photo(she would find the item in the find it box but not the photo itself), she did have fun looking through the whole book, over and over.
I love this set as it will encourage “hand-eye” coordination with the puzzle and that it encourages reading and comprehension. Sometimes our kids get too many toys for the holidays but I feel you can’t go wrong with a book and a puzzle. I highly encourage you to look for toys like this one that will encourage your child’s mental growth.
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We were given this toy as a gift. This was not meant to be a review item but I wanted to share this great toy to you as a gift idea.
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Loopeez Shoe Tying Aid- review
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“Loopeez is a mom invented product that revolutionizes the way kids learn to tie shoes. Loopeez is the first shoe tying aid to teach directly on the child’s shoe and teach BOTH methods of tying. With Loopeez, parents and kids can learn to tie in a fun way eliminating the frustration of shoe tying. Kids love the cool designs and colors and parents love how fast they work. Kids learn to tie in minutes. Loopeez are also great for special needs, Autism, stroke, arthritis and one handed tying.”
My Thoughts-
lee hasn’t learned to tie her shoes yet so I was excited to try out Loopeez. And although she hasn’t gotten the hang of it yet she is way more confident it trying now because of using Loopeez.
Loopeez is a simple way to teach your child the basics of tying their shoes. I found I had to do the first steps, crossing the laces and threading the loops into the Loopeez. After that Lee learned how to tie the loops together. She smiled and said “look mommy, I’m doing it!!!” it’s nice to give her the confidence to try to tie her shoes. I think that is where kids don’t want to try is they feel like they can’t do it, but with Loopeez it gives them the confidence to start.
Lee doesn’t have tie shoes so she was learning on my shoes.
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“Kathryn the Grape’s Colorful Adventure” book review & giveaway
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“Kathryn the Grape’s Colorful Adventure” by Kathryn Cloward and Ginny Hornby
“BLING! You are colorful! Join Kathryn the Grape and her magical butterfly friend Maggie, on an imaginative colorful adventure as Kathryn the Grape discovers how to make her colorful rainbow shine. With help from Maggie and a special charm bracelet, readers learn beautiful life lessons while discovering how to shine their colorful light into the world. “
My Thoughts-
I LOVE Kathryn the Grape books. The first one was so positive and empowering for young girls and I couldn’t wait to read the next book called, Colorful Adventure. In this book Kathryn the Grape feels unimportant and her magic fairy, Maggie, comes and helps her out. Maggie gives her a charm bracelet with different color charms. With each charm, Kathryn the Grape learns more about who she is and what makes her special. For instance the color yellow means “trust”, Maggie asks her who she trusts. Kathryn the Grape lists a bunch of people but Maggie tells her the most important person to trust is herself.
We loved this book. With each color Lee would talk about what she felt and even now she’ll mention things like the color orange or the color purple and then talk about what makes her special.
We would totally recommend Kathryn the Grape books to every family, especially ones with girls. It’s fun, colorful, educational and empowering.
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The True Story of Puss ‘N Boots DVD review
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“How would you like to know the real story about Puss ‘N Boots?
Well now you and your little ones can learn all about it with the release of The True Story of Puss ‘N Boots. Coming to DVD from Phase 4 Films, this animated movie is true to the original story based on the famous Puss ‘N Boots character by Charles Perrault.
Starring Emmy and Golden Globe winner William Shatner as the voice of Puss, this movie is a great family film about accomplishing your dreams no matter who you are.”
My Thoughts-
I will have to say this was an interesting video. It had a lot of fun parts but a lot of parts I would not want my child to see and the voice to lips was weird too. I think this might have been a French cartoon first and then dubbed over with English.
I did love the spunk of Puss ‘N Boots. He was just as I would have pictured him from the books I read as a child.
The things I wouldn’t want my child to see were parts of the princesses and how she seemed to get away with being very rude to the people who were there to help. In the end she turned out nice but I just didn’t like how mean she was and I don’t want my children to act like her. The queen was very creepy and would have scared/confused my children. And I didn’t like the whole hidden meaning behind the boy being naked and the queen inviting him to the castle. It was all too weird and would have messed up my kids minds.
Seriously, this movie was a waste of 79 minutes of my life and I’m glad to have previewed it before my children watched it.
I HATE giving bad reviews but I had to be honest with this one. Not worth watching.
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National Geographic Kids Halloween Book of Fun!- review
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National Geographic Kids Halloween Book of Fun!
“National Geographic Kids Halloween Book of Fun! is packed full of everything to get kids into the “spirit” of the holiday, including ghostly games, creepy crafts, frightfully funny jokes and loads more. The ultimate boredom buster for long car rides, rainy Saturday afternoons and waiting for a sibling to get done with soccer or dance practice, this spooky treat will keep kids entertained for hours with pages of Halloween-themed mazes, hidden picture games, funny fill-ins to create your own ghost stories and tons of cool trivia. There’s a whole Do-It-Yourself section as well that gives you everything you need to create your own fun and unique costume, mix up some ghoulish make up, recipes and ideas for hosting the coolest Halloween party on the block and pumpkin carving tricks, tips and stencils. “
My Thoughts-
The day we got this we sat at the dinner table to read through it as a family. My kids loved the facts and joke pages, I loved all the craft ideas. Some of the activities were a little too advanced for my kids who are ages 2 & 5, but my husband and I loved doing the whole books.
We laughed for a long time with all the “corny” jokes. They were so cheesy that it made them even more funny. And we learned a lot of fun facts about Halloween, animals associated with Halloween and so much more.
There are also pages talking about Myths and facts about the holiday and items associated to it. There is so much to learn and do in this book.
The next day my girls wanted me to read though it with them again. And they laughed even harder at the jokes. Which in turn made me laugh harder.
I think National Geographic Kids Halloween Book of Fun is a perfect family fun activity. It really got everyone involved. We had fun while learning. My kids recommend this book and so do I. We love National Geographic Kids.
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“Cooper and Me” book review & giveaway
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“Cooper and Me was illustrated by 11-year-old Alexa Peters and co-written with her mother, Monique Peters. The idea was inspired by Alexa’s own experiences on her first day of school. A talented young artist and writer, Alexa wanted to give back to others in a meaningful way through her art. Starting at a very young age, Alexa created illustrated stories about her daily experiences, and from the pages of her sketchbooks came the idea for her first book, Cooper and Me. “
My Thoughts-
My kids LOVE book and “Cooper and Me” is now another favorite in our house hold. A little girl will be starting school soon. she is scared of all the new things she may encounter and also sad she can’t bring her dog, Cooper, with her. Her mom gives her a special toy to help her feel safe and confident to start school. The book has fun rhymes and is a quick read. The illustrations are totally cute too.
We love this book and can’t wait to check out more. I recommend this book for all families. It’s heartwarming and fun to read together. My daughter, Lee, who is 5, even could read part of it.
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