Dec 20 2024

DIY Combadege Vinyl Sticker Craft Inspired by Star Trek Prodigy

Star Trek: Prodigy Season 2 is Available Now! Fans can follow Dal, Jankom Pogm, Zero, Rok-Tahk, Murf, and Gwyn as they go on all new adventures. These adventures are not what they imagine when the acadamy gets a little boring or when saving a planet turns out to be not-so-easy. However, with team work, the crew forms once more to save the universe from destruction. Find a copy of Star Trek Prodigy Season 2 on Blu-Ray from Amazon.com (affiliate link).

To celebrate the release of Star Trek Prodigy Season 2 on Blu-Ray, we are excited to share this fun craft/activity! Follow the instructions below to make your very own DIY Prodigy Combadge Vinyl Sticker! You will need:

  • Combadge template
  • Vinyl Paper
  • 8.5×11 inch paper
  • Scissors
  • Tape

Click the image below to get the instructions and the Combadge template. Simply print, follow the instructions, and boldly go where no one has gone before.

Be sure to check out my review of Star Trek Prodigy Season 2 here

Dec 13 2024

DIY Cardboard Trucks Inspired by PAW Patrol Rescue Wheels!

With PAW Patrol Rescue Wheels out on DVD just in time for the holidays, Nickelodeon has released a craft the whole family can have fun with. These DIY Cardboard Trucks make perfect places to store toys or wrap fun gifts like a gift bag! They only take a few supplies and a little family time to create! Follow the instructions below to start the Rescue Wheels adventures!

To make the Cardboard Trucks you will need:

  • 1 Large Cardboard box
  • Paint or Construction paper in your favorite color
  • White paint or construction paper
  • Black Paint or construction paper
  • Glue or glue gun
  • Paper plates or black construction paper
  • Twine, string, or ribbon,
  • Scissors
  • paint brush (Optional)
  • Large black Marker (Optional)

To Make:

  1. Grab a Medium to Large Cardboard box. I know I may get in trouble for saying this but a Medium USPS flat rate box is a fun one to use. It is long and thin.
  2. If you went went with paint, pain the outside of the box in the color you chose. If you chose construction paper, cover the entire box in construction paper using a glue stick.
    Your box should be one solid color now.
  3. To make the wheels, take the paper plates and paint them black, or take sheets of costruction paper and cutout large round circles, about 7 inches in diameter. Like most vehicles, you will need 4 wheels. Feel free to take some white paint and make rims or other details found on a trucks tires. Get creative.
  4. Take the short flap that is at the top of the box and paint it white. This will be the windshield
  5. Take the two long flaps next to the windshield, and bend the corners inward to create an angle. Glue the folded corners to the back of the windshield flap. Use a hot glue gun for best results. Use white to make side windows next to the windshield.
  6. Using black paint, a big black marker, or black construction paper, add smaller details to the Truck. Maybe add a ladder, radiator, outlines, doors, and more. Use that imagination.
  7. Glue the wheels to the side of the box near the bottom. If you want to take this craft a step further, use thick cardboard to make the wheels. Then use a grummet to attack the wheels to the box. This will allow the wheels to spin.
  8. Poke holes in each corner at the top
  9. Put a piece of string or twine from front to back and tie on each side.
  10. Print some paw patrol logos and glue them to the truck.

The DIY Cardboard Truck is now done! Enjoy the new creation!

To download the instructions click the image below an save the PDF to your computer. Then print and create!

NOTE: All cutting and hot gluing should be done by an adult. In fact, this entire craft must have adult supervision.

Dec 12 2024

Po’s Holiday Almond Cookies Recipe

One of my family’s traditions is to watch the Kung Fu Panda Holiday Special on Christmas Eve. It’ i’s a fun movie that reminds us what the holiday is really about: time shared with family and friends. The movie features Po as the Dragon Warrior. He is still adjusting to his role and unsure on where his priorities lie. While struggling with what is right and where he should be during the holidays, he attempts to throw the epic Winter Feast at the Jade Palace.

However the Winter Feast isn’t what Po hoped it would be. It was cold, boring, and lacked festive fun. In realization that what he truly missed was spending the holiday with his dad, he leaves the feast. This, of course, is dumbfounding to Master Shifu, but Po always does what he wants or needs to do. The rest of the feast members follow suit and join him and Mr. Ping (Po’s dad) at the noodle shop, where everyone enjoys the best holiday ever.

Grab Kung Fu Panda Holiday on DVD from Amazon.com )affiliate link) to make this a part of your tradition as well.

This message is fantastic and one of the more adorable moments in the Kung Fu Panda franchise.

In honor of the Hung Fu Panda Holiday Special, I figured I would share a recipe in the SKGaleana Vault. This recipe features delicious almond cookies inspired by Po. Get the recipe below!

Po's Holiday Almond Cookies Recipe

  • Servings: 20
  • Difficulty: easy
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yummy cookies for the holidays.


Credit: Dreamworks

Ingredients

  • 1 Cup Butter, softened
  • 3/4 Cup White Sugar
  • 1 Large Egg
  • 1 Tsp Almond Extract
  • 2 1/4 Cups All-Purpose Flour
  • 1 Tsp Baking Powder
  • 1/4 Tsp Salt
  • 40 Whole Blanched ALmonds
  • 1 Large egg yolk only
  • 4 TBSP Water
  • Powdered Sugar

Directions

  1. Heat Oven to 350
  2. Cream butter and sugar. Add egg and almond flavoring, beat until well mixed.
  3. Mix together the dry and add the mixture to the butter mixture slowly, until well mixed.
  4. Shape dough into 1 1/4- inch balls. Place 2 inches apart onto an ungreased cookie sheet.
  5. Flatten slightly and press almond into the center of each cookie
  6. Beat egg yolk with water, brush cokkies evenly with egg mixture.
  7. Bake for 11-15 minutes. Set aside and cool
  8. Sprinkle with powdered sugar and serve

Dec 11 2024

Holiday Hug-A-Licious Hot Chocolate Recipe Inspired by DreamWorks Trolls

With the help from Poppy and her sister, Viva, it’s time to make a show-stopping Hot Chocolate inspired by DreamWorks Trolls Band Together! With a few simple ingredients, the whole family can have a tasty treat made to their liking!

To make the Hug-A-Licious Hot Chocolate recipe, you will need unsweetened cocoa powder, granulated sugar, semisweet or bittersweet chocolate chips, milk, and vanilla extract. These ingredients will form the base of the hot chocolate. However, if you wish to personalize the experience, be sure to also grab some fun ingredients such as: Mini Marshmallows, Mini Chocolate Chips, Whipped Cream, Sprinkles, Peppermint Sticks, Chocolate shavings, White Chocolate, and/or Chocolate syrup.

Follow the instructions in the recipe below and start celebrating the holidays with the help from the Trolls. If you want to get the Poppy and Branch cup, simply fly over to Amazon.com (affiliate link).

Hug-A-Licious Hot Chocolate

  • Servings: 4
  • Difficulty: easy
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A Delicios Hot Chocolate.



Credit: Dreamworks Trolls Band Together Holiday Fun

Ingredients

  • 1/4 Cup Unsweetened Cocoa Powder
  • 1/4 cup granulated sugar
  • 1/2 cup semisweet or bittersweet chocolate chips
  • 4 Cups Milk
  • 1/2 tsp vanilla extract

Directions

  1. In a saucepan, whisk together the sugar and cocoa powder. Add milk, choclate chunks, and anilla.
  2. Place over medium heat until steamig, constantly whisk the mixture to avoid burning
  3. Cool to desired temperature/ Make it your own by adding any of these delicious toppings:
    4. Mini Marshmallows Mini Chocolate Chips Whipped Cream Sprinkles Peppermint Sticks Chocolate shavings White Chocolate Chocolate syrup

Dec 10 2024

The Wild Robot Printable Activities

From DreamWorks Animation comes a new adventure movie called The Wild Robot. The epic story features a “Roz”, a ROZZUM unit 7134. Roz is shipwrecked on an uninhabited island and must learn to adapt to a new life of living off grid. The island is harsh but when Roz is to gradually building relationships with the animals on the islan, she becomes the adoptive parent of an orphaned gosling. Now on DVD, Blu-Ray, and 4K (affiliate link), fans can take this sensation home for the holidays!

About The Wild Robot

The Wild Robot stars Academy Award® winner Lupita Nyong’o (Us, The Black Panther franchise) as robot Roz; Emmy and Golden Globe nominee Pedro Pascal (The Last of Us, The Mandalorian) as fox Fink; Emmy winner Catherine O’Hara (Schitt’s Creek, Best in Show) as opossum Pinktail; Oscar® nominee Bill Nighy (Living, Love Actually) as goose Longneck; Kit Connor (Heartstopper, Rocketman) as gosling Brightbill and Oscar® nominee Stephanie Hsu (Everything Everywhere All at Once, this summer’s The Fall Guy) as Vontra, a robot that will intersect with Roz’s life on the island.

The film also features the voice talents of Emmy winning pop-culture icon Mark Hamill (Star Wars franchise, The Boy and the Heron), Matt Berry (What We Do in the Shadows, The SpongeBob Movie franchise) and Golden Globe winner and Emmy nominee Ving Rhames (Mission: Impossible films, Pulp Fiction).

A powerful story about the discovery of self, a thrilling examination of the bridge between technology and nature and a moving exploration of what it means to be alive and connected to all living things, The Wild Robot is written and directed by three-time Oscar® nominee Chris Sanders—the writer-director of DreamWorks Animation’s How to Train Your Dragon, The Croods, and Disney’s Lilo & Stitch—and is produced by Jeff Hermann (DreamWorks Animation’s The Boss Baby 2: Family Business; co-producer, Kung Fu Panda franchise).

Peter Brown’s The Wild Robot, an illustrated middle-grade novel first published in 2016, became a phenomenon, rocketing to #1 on the New York Times bestseller list. The book has since inspired a trilogy that now includes The Wild Robot Escapes and The Wild Robot Protects. Brown’s work on the Wild Robot series and his other bestselling books have earned him a Caldecott Honor, a Horn Book Award, two E.B. White Awards, two E.B. White Honors, a Children’s Choice Award for Illustrator of the Year, two Irma Black Honors, a Golden Kite Award and a New York Times Best Illustrated Book Award. (The Wild Robot Website)

To celebrate the release of The Wild Robot, DreamWorks has provided a wonderful printable activity pack. Each page features Roz, the animals, and the island with puzzles, coloring pages, and crafts. You will find:

  • The Story
  • Tic Tac Toe
  • 3 Coloring Pages
  • Wordsearch
  • Maze
  • Spot the Difference
  • Unscramble
  • Roz Mask
  • Crossword
  • Answers

To get the activity pack, click the image below and download he PDF to your computer. Then print and create from some epic Wild Robot adventures.

Dec 09 2024

Monster Wheel Cookie Recipe Inspired by PAW Patrol Rescue Wheels!

PAW Patrol Rescue Wheels is now on DVD, just in time for the holidays. Fans can grab a copy from Amazon.com (affiliate link) to place under the Christmas Tree!

To celebrate this holiday release, we are sharing a delicious sugar cookie recipe featuring monster truck wheels inspired by PAW Patrol Rescue Wheels. Make this fun recipe for with your kids to enjoy and celebrate all things PAW Patrol! NOTE: all cutting and cooking should be handles by an adult.

Use the recipe below to collect the items needed to make the Monster Truck Wheel Cookies. You can also click the image and save the recipe PDF to your computer. Then print, create, and eat!

Monster Truck Wheel Cookies

  • Servings: 12
  • Difficulty: easy
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A fun recipe for the kids inspired by PAW Patrol Rescue Wheels.


Credit: Created by MomTheMagnificent.com

Ingredients

  • 1 Cup unsalted butter at room temp
  • 2/3 cup granulated sugar
  • 2 cups + 1 TBSP all-purpose flour, spooned and leveled
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 1 package of black royal icing mix (make as directed)
  • Gray sprinkles
  • piping bag with small tip for solid lines

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
  2. In a medium bowl, beat together butter and 2/3 cup sugar until combined
  3. Add in flour and vanilla and blend well
  4. Roll the dough into 1 inch balls and place on the baking sheets 2 inches apart
  5. With the bottom of a measuring cup or glass, press down on the balls to flatten
  6. Bake for 14-16 minutes or until just slightly golden around the edges and on the bottoms
  7. Remove from the oven and let rest on the baking sheets for at least 10-15 minutes
  8. Mix royal icing according to the directions
  9. When cookies have cooled, ice the entire cookie creating a nice black circle. Use gray sprinkles to make a circle in the center, add your tire tracks by putting royal icing in a piping bag and making stripes along the outside of the circle.
  10. Enjoy the wheels

Dec 06 2024

PAW Patrol Printable Christmas Coloring Pages

Chase, Marshall, Sky, and Rubble along with the new pup, Roxi, can be found in the brand new DVD release PAW Patrol: Rescue Wheels! These Pup rescuers set out to stop bullmastiff Boomer and his ferret friend Frank, to save Adventure Bay with the help of their new rescue wheels. Grab a copy from amazon.com (affiliate link) to begin the adventures! PAW Patrol: Rescue Wheels is available from Paramount Home Entertainment and Nickelodeon Home Entertainment for the suggested retail price of $10.99.

In anticipation of the holidays and to celebrate the new DVD release, PAW Patrol has provided five fun-filled coloring pages featuring the PAW Patrol pups enjoying Christmas festivities and the snow! Help Chase and Sky build a snowman, wrap presents with the group, help Chase save a seal from the ice, get ready for a snowball fight with Chase and Marshall, and go sledding with our favorite Dalmatian in the coloring page collections

To get the printable coloring pages, click the image below and save the PDF to your computer, Then print and color! These are perfect to decorate the home art gallery, i.e. the refrigerator, and get the family into the season of FUN!.

Dec 05 2024

Moana 2 Printable Activities and Coloring Pages

Fans are sailing to the theaters to watch the next installment of Moana and her adventures in Moana 2! Starring Auli’i Cravalho and Dwayne Johnson, Moana 2 takes the viewers on a rollercoaster of emotions. After receiving an unexpected call from her wayfinding ancestors, Moana reunites with Maui and begins her expansive new voyage alongside a crew of unlikely seafarers. This adventure leads Moana to the far seas of Oceania and into dangerous, long-lost waters. This adventure promises to be her most dangerous yet.

To celebrate the theatrical release of Moana 2, we have a few printable activities to share! These printables feature several different games, crafts, coloring pages, and puzzled! To get the printables click the images below and save the PDF to your computer. Then print and create for tons of Moana fun!

Moana 2 Activity Pack

The Moana 2 Activity Pack has several pages of fun featuring Moana, Maui, Pua, Hehe, and even the notorious Kakamora. You will find inside the PDF:

  • Moana Coloring Page
  • Maui Coloring Page
  • Pua and Hehe Coloring Page
  • 2 Spot the Difference
  • Flower Crown Craft
  • Kakamora Garland craft
  • Maze through the ocean

Moana 2 Teaching Packet

The Moana 2 Teaching Packet comes from a wonderful lessons plans site called ymiclassroom.com. Their Teaching Packet has several activities and prompts to help kids, grades 1-3, learn about teamwork, arts of speech, writing, problem solving, and more. The PDF contains:

  • About
  • Teachers guide
  • Mad libs – A Playful Adventure
  • maze – Investigating a new Voyage
  • Wordsearch – A Wayfinder’s Puzzle
  • Note to Parents or Guardians

Moana Coloring Page from Crayola

This coloring page features Moana on her boat. It is a whimsical coloring page with a lot of symbolism of Moana’s life and choices.

Dec 04 2024

PAW Patrol: Rescue Wheels on DVD Giveaway – Ends 12-16-2024

Paw Patrol races onto DVD with their brand new episode collection called PAW Patrol: Rescue Wheels. This release comes just in time for the holidays and will make a wonderful gift for any PAW Patrol fan! Grab a copy from amazon.com (affiliate link) to begin the adventures! PAW Patrol: Rescue Wheels is available from Paramount Home Entertainment and Nickelodeon Home Entertainment for the suggested retail price of $10.99.

PAW Patrol: Rescue Wheels features tech-savvy Ryder, the PAW Patrol pups, and their new highly-skilled pup pal Roxi whose truck comes equipped with wall-climbing tires and show-stopping confetti cannons. These Pup rescuers set out to stop bullmastiff Boomer and his ferret friend Frank, to save Adventure Bay with the help of their new rescue wheels.

PAW Patrol: Rescue Wheels – Episode List

  • Rescue Wheels: Pups Save Adventure Bay!
  • Rescue Wheels: Pups vs. the Monster Mayor
  • Rescue Wheels: Pups Save the Teetering Tower
  • Rescue Wheels: Pups Save the Spelunkers
  • Rescue Wheels: Pups Save the Risky Race
  • Rescue Wheels: Pups Save the Runaway Truck
  • Rescue Wheels: Pups Save a Runaway Rob-Chicken Purse
  • Pups Save the Buggy Trekkers
  • Pups Take in a Runaway Kitty!
  • Pups Save the Cheese Goat!
Boomer and Frank

When Boomer and his friend come on scene to prove they are the loudest and the meanest monster truck drivers around, it is up to Ryder and the PAW Patrol to come to the rescue of the town and stop Boomer. With problem solving skills and teamwork, the pups come together to save the day! No job is too big no pup is too small!

As always, I love the morals and themes that make PAW Patrol great. We have the encouragement to make friends, work together to make something great, learn to hone problem solving skills, as well as being kind to others. There is so much learning and fun in the PAW Patrol series that I honestly find it to be one of the better junior shows out there. The Rescue Wheels DVD is no different with their efforts to stop Boomer, the troublemaker, from causing havoc in the small town of Adventure Bay. Thankfully, the pups are there to save the day.

To celebrate the release of PAW Patrol: Rescue Wheels Rescue Wheels on DVD, we are hosting a Giveaway! Use the form below to enter for a chane to win PAW Patrol: Rescue Wheels on DVD! Follow, comment, post and more for more entries! Many will enter only one will win!

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Dec 03 2024

Wicked the Movie Printable Activity Kit

From Broadway to theaters, Wicked has made a huge impact on fans everywhere! Telling the story of Glenda and Elphaba when they were young, we learn how a friendship evolves into something iconic. Wicked is directed by Jon M. Chu (Crazy Rich Asians, In the Heights), and it is the first chapter of a two-part story. Wicked Part Two is scheduled to arrive in theaters on November 21, 2025.

The first installment of Wicked tells the untold story of Glenda (Ariana Grande), a popular witch who has yet to discover her true heart, and Elphaba (Cynthia Erivo), a witch who has yet to discover her true power. The two meet as students at Shiz University in the fantastical Land of Oz. Following an encounter with The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, their friendship reaches a crossroads and their lives take very different paths. Their extraordinary adventures in Oz will ultimately see them fulfill their destinies as Glinda the Good and the Wicked Witch of the West.

To celebrate the release of Wicked in theaters, we have a fun printable for fans to download, print, and create. Fans will find inside the Wicked Activity Pack:

  • Emerald City Maze
  • Unscramble the Words
  • Tic-Tac-Toe
  • Spell Your Name
  • Word Search
  • Spot the Munchkin

To get the activity pack, click the image below and download the PDF, then print and create!

More about Wicked the Movie

Found on the Wicked Website

Wicked stars Oscar® winner Michelle Yeoh as Shiz University’s regal headmistress Madame Morrible; Olivier Award winner and Emmy nominee Jonathan Bailey (Bridgerton, Fellow Travelers) as Fiyero, a roguish and carefree prince; Tony nominee Ethan Slater (Broadway’s Spongebob Squarepants, Fosse/Verdon) as Boq, an altruistic Munchkin student; Marissa Bode in her feature-film debut as Nessarose, Elphaba’s favored sister; and pop culture icon Jeff Goldblum as the legendary Wizard of Oz.

The cast of characters includes Pfannee and ShenShen, two conniving compatriots of Glinda played by Emmy nominee Bowen Yang (Saturday Night Live) and Bronwyn James (Harlots); a new character created for the film, Miss Coddle, played by Tony nominee Keala Settle (The Greatest Showman) and four-time Emmy winner Peter Dinklage (Game of Thrones) as the voice of Dr. Dillamond.

Wicked is produced by Marc Platt p.g.a. (La La Land, The Little Mermaid), whose films, television shows and stage productions have earned a combined 46 Oscar® nominations, 58 Emmy nominations and 36 Tony nominations, and by multiple Tony winner David Stone (Kimberly Akimbo, Next to Normal), with whom Platt produced the blockbuster Wicked stage musical. The executive producers are Stephen Schwartz, David Nicksay, Jared LeBoff, Winnie Holzman and Dana Fox.

Wicked is based on the generation-defining musical stage play with music and lyrics by legendary Grammy and Oscar® winning composer and lyricist Stephen Schwartz and book by Winnie Holzman, from the bestselling novel by Gregory Maguire. The screenplay is by Winnie Holzman and Winnie Holzman & Dana Fox. The film score is by John Powell & Stephen Schwartz, with music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz.

The Broadway stage musical is produced by Marc Platt, Universal Pictures, the Araca Group, Jon B. Platt and David Stone.