A Magazine For Every Child- A Perfect Holiday Gift! #HolidayGiftGuide15

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A Magazine For Every Child- A Gift That Gives All Year Long!

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What’s more exciting to a child than receiving her own mail? I know in our house Emily loves when anything arrives via mailbox, especially magazines. She is always after Redan Magazines when we are in the grocery store. Instead of buying just one, you can use the discount code below to get a lot more for you buck. Emm was thrilled to check out all the samples that arrived and all of a sudden the online world just disappeared as the scissors, pens, crayons, and glue appeared. The magazines are filled with fun stories to read, mazes, crafts and game. There are also stickers. This is a perfect gift for kids!

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A Magazine For Every Child! Great Interactive Children’s Magazines Each issue contains stories, a craft project, a collectible poster and a workbook full of fun educational activities that are designed to give your child a head start in developing their early learning skills with the help of their favorite characters. Your child will spend endless hours stimulating their imaginations and having fun not realizing they are learning! These interactive magazines make the perfect gift!

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SPECIAL DISCOUNT CODE!!! Redan Publishing is offering 3decades3kids readers a special discounted offer plus a FREE bonus issue for ordering. Go to go http://www.redan.com/USFamilyGuide.htm and click on the magazine cover with your child’s favorite character to order.

holidaygiftguide15Disclosure: No compensation was given for this post. Diane Sullivan was provided with sample magazines in order to facilitate this review. All opinions are that of my own and honest. This post opp is in partnership with USFamilyGuide. Contact me at Diane@3decades3kids.net and @3decades3kids. This post is part of our #HolidayGiftGuide15 series.

“Sharing with Care Bears” personalized storybook by Twig Tale #ShareYouCare

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“Sharing with Care Bears” personalized storybook by Twig Tale

carebears1In this house we are all about reading. Being a child of two teachers means total exposure to all types of books. So when we had the chance to check out the “Sharing with Care Bears” personalized storybook by Twig Tale we could not wait. Reading is always more fun when a book is personalized. Who doesn’t love to see their own name and pictures throughout the story? In addition, our family loves Care Bears! We are a total Care Bear family for life.

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When it comes to creating your own personalized book, it is one word- easy! The book is online and you simply put in the photos of your choice and fill in the names. You can choose soft or hard covered copies at the end of the process. I have to say, I am pretty much obsessed with anything personalized and definitely am buying a few of these for the nieces and nephews. How can you lose. The Care Bears “Sharing with Care Bears” book also teaches a lesson about caring and sharing. We love books that bring up issues that children may be having in their own life. This book is  a great conversation opener for families.

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If you are looking for a holiday book, birthday book or any time book you really need to look no farther. There is just something so special about Care Bears and when you combine them with your own children’s pictures it is just a dream come true in a book. It will definitely be a book that will be read over and over again and passed down to generations to come. You can check out more about “Sharing with Care Bears” personalized storybook by Twig Tale here: https://www.twigtale.com/

holidaygiftguide15Disclosure: Diane Sullivan is a #ShareYouCare Care Bears Ambassador Blogger. All opinions are that of Diane Sullivan and completely honest. No compensation was given for this post. Sample product was provided in order to facilitate this review. This post is part of our #HolidayGiftGuide15 series. Contact me at Diane@3decades3kids.net and @3decades3kids everywhere else across social media. 

 

“Be the DJ” With Crayola’s New Music Creation App Crayola DJ!

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“Be the DJ” With Crayola’s New Music Creation App Crayola DJ!

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Does your child love making music? Let them “Be the DJ” with Crayola’s new music creation app Crayola DJ! Designed with kids ages 6-10 in mind, this easy-to-use app helps little ones create fun music mixes of their own while also learning some of the basic elements of digital music production. The Crayola DJ app features over 100 exclusive tracks for your kids to mix and match in any way they want– and since these tracks are created by professional DJ’s, you know that they’ll not only blend well, but give kids the proper groundwork and creative freedom to invent professional-sounding remixes of their own! Recently my eight year old daughter tested out the new app. I was not sure if she would enjoy it or not. She has never really experienced creating or mixing music. Minutes after putting it into her hands she was hooked and even showing me how to work it. The directions were simple and easy to follow. She was creating her own tunes and even brought up a two player mode so we could play together. My eight year old gives this app a double thumbs up!

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After kids are satisfied with the tracks they’ve created on Crayola DJ‘s highly-interactive turntable interface, they can save their music to play again or share whenever they want– and they can also perform it! With just the push of a button, the app transitions from creation mode to performance mode, putting the player on stage to scratch at the turntable, add sound effects, and even create a pulse-pounding light show. As they wow the audience with lights and music, your little DJ’s earn points– the more pumped up the crowd gets, the more points your child gets toward beating their latest high score!

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As a final bonus, kids can compete against their friends and family with Crayola DJ‘s two-player mode, also accessed via a simple button press from the app’s main screen. The competitive mode puts DJs head to head in a battle for the audience’s applause as each player tries to build off of the other’s mix while adding their own personal flair.
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The brand new Crayola DJ app (available on Google Play for Android phones and tablets for $4.99 now, and coming to the iTunes Store/iOS for the same price in June)  is tons of fun for kids of all ages. Whether your kids already “know the ropes” of music or they’re just beginning to take an interest in music production,this app caters to learners on every level– and is a BLAST just to play with too!

Disclosure: Crayola DJ app is a sponsored post. All opinions are that of Diane Sullivan. Contact me at 3decades3kids@gmail.com and everywhere else as @3decades3kids. 
 

Think Spring! Sesame Place Opens May 2 For Its 35th Season! @sesameplace

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Think Spring! Sesame Place Opens May 2 For Its 35th Season!

It’s A Birthday Party You Won’t Want To Miss

 

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It’s icy outside, it’s snowy outside, but we aren’t worried about that, we are thinking Spring! This year, believe it or not, Sesame Place will open its gates for the 35th Season. Now is the time to lock in low rates on Season Passes. If you have a little one in your house you will not want to waste time. They are literally only little for a very short time. You’re invited to join the party as we kick-off a season long celebration of our 35th birthday! Be the first to arrive at Sesame Place on Opening Day, May 2, 2015 at 10:00AM and enjoy a character birthday celebration followed by meet & greets with everyone’s favorite Sesame Street friends, dressed in their birthday party attire!  Don’t miss the debut of our new Neighborhood Birthday Party Parade!

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Check out all the awesomeness of Sesame Place. Sesame Place is fun Wet or Dry! There is plenty to do for the day or the weekend. We enjoy visiting during Spring, Summer, Fall and Winter. There are different events going on during each season. So while you are sitting home on this chilly day, it’s time to start thinking Spring! See you at Sesame Place!

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Here are some fun Dry Ideas

Some Wet Fun! Don’t Forget Your Bathing Suit

Leave Time For The Parades and Shows

You Can Also Dine With Characters. I would advise you to call ahead.

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Disclosure: Diane Sullivan/ 3decades3kids is a Sesame Place Ambassador Blog. No compensation was given for this post. We are interested in your Spring and Summer fun and wanted to post about this great pass deal. Contact me at 3decades3kids@gmail.com and everywhere else at @3decades3kids. http://sesameplace.com/langhorne/

SpongeBob Movie Sponge Out Of Water Premiere and New SpongeBob Toys!

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SpongeBob Movie Sponge Out Of Water Premiere and New SpongeBob Toys!

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SpongeBob Movie Sponge Out Of Water is now in theaters! Three words: Go See It! If you are a SpongeBob fan you are going to laugh your face off. Recently readers were able to download passes to the New York City premiere. We were invited, too! The premiere touted a yellow carpet and stars galore. As fate would have it, Emily woke up with a high fever, thankfully MommysMingle was able to walk the carpet for us. Mr. Krabs, Clancy Brown, himself was on hand with others to sign autographs and give handshakes! You can check out the movie here: http://www.spongebobmovie.com/

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My daughter should have been wearing this awesome girls’ Super tee and carrying Super Patrick to the premiere. Those darn germs! Well, good news, she’ll be wearing it tomorrow when we see it at our favorite Times Square theater! I’m sure the SpongeBob fans in the audience will love it!

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A few days before the movie premiere we were thrilled to be invited to see a sneak peek of all the new SpongeBob Movie Sponge Out of Water from Nickelodeon. There are some very awesome products that any SpongeBob fan will go crazy for. We loved the app and now have it an play it all the time. This is one of those apps where the moms are taking turns with the kids, know what I mean? Okay, so I’m totally addicted! Mega Bloks sets are awesome! There was so much to see, one product more incredible than the next. There is definitely something for everyone.

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 Disclosure: Media invite provided by Nickelodeon Consumer Products and The SpongeBob Movie Sponge Out of Water. All opinions are that of Diane Sullivan. Contact me at 3decades3kids@gmail.com and everywhere else at @3decades3kids.