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Tinker Bell and the Great Fairy Rescue Review and GiveawayCLOSED

- brandy3 316 Comments

Years before meeting Wendy and the Lost Boys, Tinker Bell met Lizzy, a little girl with a steadfast belief in the power of pixie dust and the magic land of fairies. During the fairies’ summer visit to the flowering meadows of England, two very different worlds unite for the first time and Tink develops a special bond with a curious child in need of a friend. As her fellow fairies launch a daring rescue, Tinker Bell takes a huge risk, putting her own safety and the future of all fairykind in jeopardy.

Bonus Features:

  • Deleted scenes
  • Music video “How To Believe”
  • Design a fairy house
  • Fairy field guide builder

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**** This movie is he best out of all three I think. My family and I were able to see the movie at a early screening, but it looks a lot better on dvd. My kids enjoyed it and talked about the movie all day after we watched it.  My favorite part of the movie is when Tinker Bell gets fed up with the girls father not believeing his daughter and explodes at him with anger.  My children and I really loved the movie, but my husband who is a scientist, says that they are making science look bad.

Retail: $39.99 for blu-ray combo, but on Amazon for $21.99

Release date: September 21, 2010

Running time:TBD, DVD says 77 mins.

My rating: 9

I have a Fairy Prize Pack to give away to one reader

Picture is a example

The winner will receive

  • Tinker Bell combo pack
  • 2 pairs of fairy wings (colors are random)
  • do it yourself fairy house (you must assemble)
  • tink picnic blanket
  • fairy doll (selected at random from Iridessa, Silvermist, Fawn, Rosetta, Vidia, and Tink)

To enter tell me what you or your child would do if they met a fairy?

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Contest ends 9/24/10 at 11:59 pm

Disclosure: No compensation was receied for this post, a product and giveaway were provided by Disney.  for more information on my giveaways please read my Giveaway rules and disclosure ploicy.

Moon Dough Your Way To Building

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Moon Dough never dries out so you can use it again and again! Makes amazing & detailed 3D creations that kids will love to create and play with! Magic Molding. Unlike traditional dough, it does not stick or stain to material. Comes in 8 colors.

*****  This is nothing like play doh, the dough actually feels like powdered sugar. It stays for about 5 seconds and then falls apart, and it is extremely messy. I wasn’t to happy about the big mess afterwards. Its hard to use it again, because it breaks up into little pieces.  When the dough is put into the little barn it does make chickens and goats, which was fun for the kids. They never really turned out right though. My kids liked this product, but I am not to fond of it.

Retail:$19.99

My Rating: 4

Disclosure: I did not receive any compensation for this post, a product was received through Team Mom.

Sid the Science Kid Gotta Know Microphone Review

- brandy3

Product Description: Sid the Science Kid is an animated television series on PBS Kids, starring Sid, a funny and inquisitive 5-year old. Join Sid and his friends as they celebrate their excitement and curiosity about the world through discovery, activity and fun.

Features:

  • Electronic microphone, modeled after the one in the television series
  • Lets kids tell jokes, interview and sing with its laughter, applause, theme song and echo features
  • Explore your world with an electronic microphone just like the Sid the Science Kid character’s on the animated television series
  • Fun push-button features let you create applause noise after you’ve interviewed someone, laughter noise when you’ve told a joke
  • For extra fun, set it to echo mode and listen to your voice echo echo everywhere you go
  • Even the Sid the Science Kid series theme song and silly sounds when you’re ready to sing

****My kids love Sid, and this microphone makes it so much more fun. they pretend to be sid and ask our neighbors questions in the microphone.  The microphone has an echo feature which can kind of get annoying after a while. This is so much fun between the music, applause, and so much more.

Retail:$14.99

Disclosure: I did not receive any compensation for this post, a product was received for my review.

Leapfrog Leapster Explorer

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Description:  Leapster Explorer is an extraordinary new learning experience that encourages children to discover something new every day with endless ways to play and learn—from games, e-Books, videos, and online play to customizable learning skills and more.

****My daughter loves video games, but having a older system I can never really find educational games.  Now with my daughter starting kindergarten, I want to prepare her as much as I can. The Leapster Explorer is a great educational tool/game system. My daughter just loves it. She is getting better with her ABC’s, her shapes and more. Now the only problem I have is trying to get her off of it.  She is all set and ready for school! This is a great learning system for young children.

Retail:$69.99

Release date: July 15, 2010

My rating: 10

Disclosure: I did not receive any compensation for this post, a product was provided by Leapfrog for my review.

Amusement Fun with Pop On Pals

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Pop On Pals is a whole new world of popabilities from Spin Master. With endless mix and match fun, your little ones can be anything they want to be. Pop On Pals encourage imaginative play and help develop fine motor skills.

features:

  • ages 2-4
  • playsets include vehicles, pets,  and more.
  • available at Toys R Us, Target, Kmart, Sears and more

****The minute I received this all 3 of my children fought over this. Finally they agreed to place nicely together, but they had a lot of fun playing with this. My only complaint is that the playset only comes with one pal, which isn’t enough for three kids.   My kids are really excited about roller coasters now though and can’t wait until they are old enough to go to the Amusement park.   This is a great toy for little ones.

Retail:$34.99

  • Disclosure: I did not receive compensation for this post, a product was received through Team Mom.

The Cutest Pink Kitty You Will Ever See(giveaway)CLOSED

- brandy3 169 Comments

Milly The Pinkest Kitten comes in 10 different variations from dress up to cupcake carriers. The kitten is the newest plush from Aurora World Inc. geared towards girls and tweens who love pretty plush.

**** My girls were so excited to see Milly, McKenzie is in the stage where everything is pink, so she has been very attached to this Milly. The kitten is soft and cuddly, and the cupcake carrier smells like cupcakes and fits perfectly into my daughters “bakery shop”. This is a perfect gift for any girl.

Retail:$10.99-$13.99

My rating: 8

I have a Milly Pink Kitten to giveaway

To enter visit Aurora and tell me another plush you like?

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Contest closes 9/3/10

Disclosure: I didnot receive any compensation for this post. A product was provided by Aurora World Inc. for my review and giveaway.

Backyard Safari Outfitters Line Review

- brandy3 1 Comment

Just in time for summer we received some fun outdoor gear from Team Mom. We received a Safari Field Cargo Vest, Bug Vaccuum, and periscope.

It’s rugged, and tough enough for all your outdoor adventures. Plenty of cargo pockets means lots of space to load up. Six D-Rings and two shoulder epaulets let you clip and hang more essential gear. A large zipper pocket stores your trusty binocs and a clear-view chest pocket stores your Pop-Up Field Guides. The back of the vest features a one-size-fits-all adjustable strap and two extra mesh pockets for storing extra gear.

*** This vest is so cute and fun. It has a lot of little pockets for your little explorer to go bug hunting. My daughter loves this vest and wants to be just life Dora and Diego with her vest.

There are THOUSANDS of crawling, flying, buzzing bugs in your backyard – catch them LIVE with your Bug Vac! Look at bugs UP-CLOSE with built-in magnifying Glass! CAPTURE CORE attaches to the Bug Habitat  for easy transfer of your insects.

****I really liked this myself, easier for me to suck up the spiders that sneak in my house rather than have to kill them with a napkin. I actually caught a Praying Mantis in the bug vaccuum, that was exciting for my kids as they have never seen one.

Land and water mega view periscope

This full-view periscope allows stealth viewing over boulders, high bushes, backyard fences, and around corners. Three rugged, light-weight sections telescope for a reach over 4 feet high to let you see all those out-of-reach views.

*** my kids really enjoyed these toys. The periscope is so much fun for scoping out bugs, you can even flip it over and put it in water to look for sea creatures.

Retail:$64.97 for all three toys at http://www.summittoysshop.com/

Disclosure: I did not receive any compensation for this review. Products were provided through Team Mom.

Kung Zhu Battle Toys Review & GiveawayCLOSED

- brandy3 411 Comments

 

Product Description: Kung Zhu are toys aimed primarily at boys. Kung Zhu develops the Zhu Zhu pets theme for combat so that boys can use their Kung Zhu pets to do battle and compete with each other.These more war-like Kung Zhu battle hamsters are divided into Special Forces and Ninja e Warriors. Kung Zhu toys have their own accessories and playsets.

We received a big box full of Kung zhu playsets from Mom Select. My kids were so thrilled, as they have never played with a Zhu Zhu pet before.

**** The battle force arena and armored vehicles were so much fun for them.   The Kung Zhu pets come with armor to battle, plus there is training centers, and so much more. This was endless fun for the whole day for my kids. The sets are very easy to put together and easy to take apart.

I have a battleforce arena and a training playset to giveaway

US only please, I am shipping

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contest ends 7/20/10

Disclosure: i did not receive any compensation for this post. Prize packs as well as giveaway packs were provided through Mom Select

Strawberry Shortcake Pedal Pool Review

- brandy3 1 Comment

Product description: Treat your Strawberry Shortcake figure to a “berry” fun day with this swimming pool play set! Set your new sweet-smelling friend under her moveable umbrella to enjoy the “sun”. When it’s time to cool off, send her down the slide and into the pool, right underneath the flower shower! Meanwhile, her towel accessory is just ready and waiting at the poolside when she’s ready to dry off. This pool party is always sure to be fun, whether you host it outside — or right in your living room!

This cute little play set comes with a scented Strawberry Shortcake doll and hat, slide, umbrella, umbrella post, table, towel rack, flower shower, and fabric towel accessories.

****My daughters have been enjoying this now that the weather has warmed up, they can go outside and have a Strawberry Shortcake pool party.  The flower even sprays water, to give a little shower. This is not a very messy toy, and great summer play for little girls. Strawberry Shortcake even has her own little towel, so cute. My daughters are really enjoying this toy.

Retail:$16.99 at Hasbro

Recommended ages 4 and up

Disclosure: no compensation was received. A product was provided by Hasbro.

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