Jul 03 2015

Summer Beach Party Fun with Teen Beach 2

Some of my fondest memories are spending 4th of July at the beach with all of my friends. Not only was the food awesome and the music exceptional, but the fireworks glistened off the ocean water and the lights danced in the ripples of each small wave (poetic no?). This year I am no where near the ocean, but that won’t stop me from having some wonderful 4th of July fun. With the help from Disney’s Teen Beach 2 (now on DVD), I can even have a 4th of July Summer Beach Party in my backyard. It may not be by the ocean, but it will still be rockin’!

As most of you start preparing for the holiday weekend, you can throw a fun Summer beach party as well, even if you are far away from the beach, with the help of Disney’s Teen Beach 2! How? It’s easy! Simply download the Summer Beach Party Kit, print out the items and start creating and decorating for the Beach Party vibe! Let the music move you with some scrumptious flip flop caprese sandwiches and “lei” one on all your friends with the charming origami necklace. Share wonderful Beach Party Foods and toss around an Origami Beach Ball. Decorate with paper lanterns to light up paths, tables or balconies.

The Summer Beach Party Kit comes with 6 much needed items to throw and awesome party for the 4th of July
1. Beach Party Food Ideas
2. Flip Flop Sandwiches
3. Fruit Trees
4. Origami Beach Ball
5. Origami Lei Necklace
6. Paper Lanterns

To download these awesome printables, click the image below. Then simply print and create to start decorating.
Reen Beach 2 Summer Beach Party Fun

There are many more Summer Beach Party Printables in my Teen Beach 2 Blog post

Purchase Teen Beach Movie, Teen Beach 2 and their soundtracks from Amazon.com

Teen Beach Movie on DVD
Teen Beach 2 on DVD
Teen Beach 2 Soundtrack
Teen Beach Movie Soundtrack

Jul 03 2015

Curious George 3: Back to the Jungle Free Coloring Pages

Before the beautiful fireworks light up the night sky this Independence Day, it can sometimes be hard to get the kids settled. With them asking, “When will it start?” or “How much longer?” The scene can quickly go from fun to chaos. But if you come prepared with activities for the kids to do while they wait, those last few precious moments could be a peaceful but exciting wait. Coloring Pages are my favorite activity to bring to a fireworks celebrations. Why?
1. Coloring pages take concentration leaving less time for chaos to ensue, and
2. They actually have a calming effect (yay!)

If you are at a loss on where to find coloring pages, no worries, I got you covered…well actually Universal 1440 Entertainment has you covered. This 4th of July weekend Universal 1440 Entertainment has provided two free coloring pages featuring Curious George 3: Back to the Jungle, which is now available on DVD and Digital HD. Simply print them out, provide red white and blue crayons, and let the fun begin! And when it is time to admire the beautiful lights in the sky, the crayons will go down and everyone will look to the glow of the 4th of July fireworks.

To grab these free printable coloring pages click the image below. The Curious George 3: Back to the Jungle coloring pages will save to your computer where you can open the two page PDF and print the images.
Curious George 3 Coloring Pages

There are many other Curious George activities on my blog. Click the image below to grab them.

Be sure to enter the Curious George 3: Back to the Jungle Giveaway for a chance to win Curious George 3: Back to the Jungle on DVD. the contest ends 11:59 pm on July 6th, 2015!

HAPPY 4TH OF JULY!!

Jul 03 2015

Free Slugterra 4th of July Coloring Page

Celebrate the 4th of July with Slugterra this weekend! In honor of the USA independence Day, I have created a fun Slugterra coloring page featuring Hexlet, Infurnus, Polero, and Hoverbug. They are celebrating with the American flag and fireworks!

This could make a great party favor, 4th of July activity or whatever else a creative mind can think of. I will put a pile on a table at my BBQ party for all the kids to grab and color when they need a break from all the roughhousing or playing.

4th of July Slugterra coloring Page SKGaleana

To download this coloring page click the image below and save the PDF.
This coloring page is free to download, print and create. I do however, accept donations. Any amount helps keep the hobby alive and allows me to continue to bring my readers awesome printables and coloring pages.
If you donate $5 USD I will email you 5 printable SlugTerra Info cards! You must send me an email with how much you donated and What five slugs you wish to get from the list posted here: Slugterra Info Cards! Be sure to also check out my Slugterra Card game. Collect slugs and battle opponents in epic slug battles!


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To download this free coloring page click the image below and save the PDF to your computer.
4th of July Slugterra coloring Page SKGaleana copy

If you print and color this Slug, take a Picture or scan it. I would love to share your art on my facebook page!
If you have a specific Slug you would like to see made into a coloring page, let me know in the comments below, it may be the next one I create 😀

Get my other Slugterra Coloring pages by clicking here
You can find Burpy (Infurnus) and the others!

Jul 03 2015

Free 4th of July Disney Printables and Decorations

Free Disney 4th of July Printables and Decorations

Having trouble decorationg for Independence Day? Celebrate the 4th of July with these awesome Disney printables and decorations! With patriotic centerpieces featuring Mickey and the gang, food flags, cupcake toppers, 4th of July flags, coloring pages and bunting, there is enough here for everyone to get involved and have the best 4th of July!

Below you will find two centerpieces. One features Minnie Mouse as the Statue of Liberty. The second features Mickey an the gang on a patriotic top hat. Print them out and follow the instructions to create the wonderful patriotic paper crafts!

The Food flags are easy. Print them out on regular paper, cut out and glue or tape to toothpicks. Stick them in random foods across the BBQ smorgasbord.

The cupcake toppers feature Micky and Minnie in their 4th of July hats. Cut the shapes out, glue or tape them to toothpicks and stick them in the cupcakes.

Print the Coloring page out and place in the craft area so kids have something to do. Include other activities to make it a 4th of July party!

To make setting up the party fun and easy, get everyone involved and let even the young ones decorate. It’s could be a party before the party!

The printables below are free to download. Simply click the images and save the PDf to your computer. The all you have to do is print and create. These printables were found on family.disney.com. Be sure to check them out for more 4th of July fun.
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minnie statue of liberty
mickey patriotic food flags
4th July Mickey flag
Cupcake toppers
mickey friends centerpiece
Mickey’s 4th of July candy box
Printable Bunting
Coloring Page

Jul 02 2015

How To Make Disney Fourth-of-July Fairy Cookies

Serve some delicious cookies this fourth-of-July with the tiny cute Fairy Cookies! These cookies show off the red, white, and blue and will make a great addition to the 4th of July BBQ or Party! They are simple to make so everyone can join in and be little baker fairies! According to family.disney.com,

These sweet flower treats may be teeny-tiny but you’ll find plenty of pixie patriotism on the ingredients list. Plus, young elves will have a ball frosting the cookie blossoms and adding the red and blue fondant centers.

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Photo from family.disney.com

This recipe requires pre-made Sugar cookie dough, so either make that first or purchase it from the grocery store. Note: If the store-bought brand of cookie dough you use is too soft to hold the cookie shapes while baking, you can knead in a little extra flour to stiffen it prior to rolling it out.

What You’ll Need
• Batch of chilled sugar cookie dough (homemade or store bought)*
• Rolling pin
• Flour
• Wax paper
• 2 flower-shaped fondant cutters, one about 1-1/2-inch wide and another about 3/4-inch wide
• Baking sheets
• Spatula
• Cooling rack
• White cookie icing
• Fondant (red and blue)
• Powdered sugar
• White sugar pearls (found in the baking aisle of the grocery or craft store) or similar-looking small white candies

How To Make It
1. Working on a flour-dusted sheet of wax paper, roll out the cookie dough to a 3/8-inch thickness. Use the larger of the two fondant cutters to cut out a bunch of flower shapes from the dough. Bake the cookies according to the recipe directions and then transfer them to a wire rack to cool.

2. Roll out both of the fondant colors separately between sheets of wax paper. Use the smaller fondant cutter to cut out an equal number of red and blue flower centers so that, in total, you have enough for all the cookies.

3. Gently press a sugar pearl partway into the fondant in the center of each of the red and blue flowers.

4. Working with one cookie at a time, frost the surface with white icing. Then gently press a fondant flower partway into the icing at the center of the cookie. Let the icing set up before serving.

Then Simply Display and Enjoy for a Fairy of a good time this 4th of July!

Jul 01 2015

Free Princess Palace Pets Rouge Coloring Page

Rouge is a light pink kitten with green eyes, pink nose and hair, and a yellow tail. She features dark pink bows in her hair and tail. Rouge also fashions a gold tiara and necklace. Her Palace Pets insignia is Dark Pink.

Rouge Princess Palace Pet SKGaleana image copy

Rouge belongs to Princess Belle. When they met outside of the castle library, Belle fell in love and decided to keep her. Now Rouge listens to all the stories Belle reads about far off lands. Every now and then her curiosity leads her to Maurice’s messy invention room. Good thing cats have 9 lives.

This Printable coloring page is free to download, print and color. If you do download this printable please consider donating. It takes a lot of time to create these fun printables and every little bit allows me to continue to bring these fun printables to you.


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2. Save the PDF to your computer
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Once the page has been colored, please share. I would love to see the art and share some of them on my facebook page.

Jun 30 2015

16 Free Disney Coloring Pages from Crayola

16 free Disney Printable Coloring pages

Looking for some fun free Disney coloring pages? Well look no further than the Crayola’s website. They have several printable coloring pages and activities including 16 Disney coloring pages with some of the greatest Disney characters. Surf into these coloring pages with Mickey and his friends. Create a Pirates life for you with Disney Pirates of the Caribbean coloring pages featuring Elizabeth Swan and Jack Sparrow. Fulfill your need for speed with Cars coloring pages featuring Lightning McQueen and Mater. Satisfy your curiosity with Tinker bell and her fairy friends. Join Toy Story’s Woody and Buzz on a new coloring adventure. Brighten a princess’s day with colors featuring Belle, Aurora, Cinderella and her Prince Charming, as well as Snow White with the Seven Dwarfs. There is so much Disney Magic To color, you may just need a humongous box of crayons.

Ultimate Crayon Collection
That should be big enough…right?

To get these coloring pages click the links below and fly over to the crayola website. I have no idea how long these free pages will be available so grab them while you can.

Disney Princess Coloring Pages

Pirates of the Caribbean Coloring Pages

Mickey Mouse Coloring Pages

Tinker Belle and her Fairy Friends Coloring Pages

Toy Story Coloring Page

Cars Coloring Pages

To download the coloring pages:
1. Click the image you wish to download
2. Click the “Print Now” Button on the right hand side of the screen
3. Change the destination of the print job from your printer to “save as PDF”
4. Click save and select the location on your computer where you wish to save the PDF file.
Now you can print this coloring page when ever you wish.

Or simply print it to your printer from the Crayola website and start coloring it right now.


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Jun 29 2015

Fun Interactive Map for DreamWorks Dragons: Race to the Edge

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Old friends and new dragons collide in the all new Netflix series DreamWorks Dragons: Race to the Edge. It takes place between How to Train Your Dragon and How to Train your Dragon 2. Hiccup and the Dragon Riders set off to explore outside the boundaries of Berk in search of new dragons with the help of the Dragon’s Eye. It isn’t all easy with Dagger on the loose, new dragons trying to destroy their base camp “The Dragons Edge”, and old friends falling into the mix. But with the team working together the new area is explored.

As viewers we can also explore the area with the Fun Dragons: Race to the Edge Interactive Map. find where each dragon resides, what exists on each island and check it out through the dragon’s eye. Click the icons to read all about the island and the dragons.
Interactive map for Dragons Race to the Edge

Check out the all new sneak peek and watch Dragons: Race to the Edge now on Netflix.

There is more information on my blog by going to the following links:
DreamWorks Dragons: Race to the Edge is Coming to Netflix
A New Dragon is to Debut on DreamWorks Dragons: Race to the Edge

Also grab some free How to Train Your Dragon Printables to help celebrate Dragons: Race to the Edge release
Free How to Train Your Dragon Printables, Downloads, and Crafts
How to Train Your Dragon 2 Printables, Activities and Downloads
How To Train Your Dragon 2 Hiccup Teddy Bear Cubeecraft and Toothless Puppet

Jun 29 2015

Watermelon Pops Recipe Perfect for BBQs

So many foods come on a stick for our convenience. We have corn dogs, fudgsicles, popsicles, kebabs, suckers and more. The stick makes it easy to munch without the bother of a plate or fork and knife. This idea of ease can be passed to other foods as well with the use of Popsicle sticks. I believe this could make any Barbecue a great success. Not to mention, lesson the amount people touch the buffet style food. All the guest have to do is grab a stick and enjoy.

Watermelon Pops Recipe

Photo from orientaltrading.com

A refreshing treat that is easy to make and great to place on a stick is Watermelon. Thanks to orientaltrading.com, we have a wonderful easy to do tutorial on how to make “Watermelon Pops.” With only 3 items needed, they take very little time and the guests will love them.

Watermelon Pops
Items needed:

  • Seedless Watermelon
  • Popsicle sticks
  • 18″ x 12″ Serving Tray

    • Directions:

      1. Cut Watermelon into triangles like the picture. The Green outer edge should be the widest part and the pink juicy center should lead into a point.
      2. Take a popsicle stick and slide it through the outer edge of the watermelon. You may have to create a small slice to get the hole started. But don’t make it too big or the popsicle stick will be too loose and fall out.
      3. display the Watermelon Pops on a Serving Tray with sticks facing out so that they are easy to grab and enjoy

    The Popsicle sticks and the 18″ x 12″ Serving Tray can be purchased on Amazon.com. Simply click the links below to find the items needed for the recipe.

    Now let the Party Begin!

    Jun 27 2015

    Teen Beach 2’s Crazy Wipe Out Ending…Wait, What?

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    By now you have heard that Teen Beach 2, the sequel to the Teen Beach Movie, aired yesterday Friday 26, 2015. I had the opportunity to watch it; the music is rockin and the message, we all make choices, resonates with kid and adult viewers. However, at the end of Teen Beach 2, I felt like Anna from Frozen…Wait, What?

    After the threat of being zapped from existence, Mack (Maya Mitchell) and Brady (Ross Lynch) start to adjust to life in the real world. The ‘Wet Side Story’ adventure is over and their relationship is a fairy-tale…that is until school starts. Mack surfs into school with a full itinerary of activities. She starts an Oceanography club, has several after school activities and creates a “Save The Beach” dance. With her to do list so long, Brady finds himself on the sidelines and calls off the relationship. However, when Lela (Grace Phipps) and Tanner (Garrett Clayton) splash into the jeepers of a world we call reality, Brady and Mack are forced back together as they try to figure out what to do with the movie-couple.

    Now for the “Wait, What?” part of the movie.
    Teen Beach 2 doesn’t follow the happily ever after, everything is back to normal motif. Far from it. My head spun into a complete 180 turn as I realized the first Teen Beach Movie, the one I loved so much…It no longer exists…Mind Blown. In fact the last 20 minutes of Teen Beach 2 are completely trashed as well. A dramatic sacrifice of time to save the relationship of two friends leads to an epic failure and to the most crazy wipe-out ending I have ever seen in a Disney Channel Movie. Literally, my head is still trying to make sense of what Disney just did. I am not sure if I should cry, worry, or be happy. Maybe all three.

    Although, the ending is not as smooth as a perfect surf board, the movie itself leaves a message worthy for any viewer, kid or adult. We all make our own choices in life. Sometimes making choices is hard, because the outcome is not clear. For example, Lela chooses to stay in the real world. Her choice leads to her friends being in danger. She takes responsibility for her choices and chooses to rectify the situation and save her friends. Her path led to struggles and possible disaster but as a newly self-aware human being, she was given the responsibility to make choices and create her own path. Eventually she finds her path and creates a better girl-power movie called ‘Lela Queen of the Beach’. Just like Lela, we can change our Wet Side Stories into rockin’ Queen of the Beach stories by making the right choices and following our hearts.

    Speaking of ‘rockin,’ I thought the music in the movie was awesome. It had the same feel as the first Teen Beach Movie but included a whole new vibe. For example, the movie included several songs from Teen Beach Movie, such as Meant to Be, but the beats were changed to fit Teen Beach 2. There are also new songs sung by Ross Lynch. He sings “On My Own” beautifully.


    All the music is dance and sing along worthy, especially the last number, “Gotta Be Me.”

    With the rockin music, great message and the head turning ‘Wait, What’ moment, this movie is a must see for all ages. I enjoyed it so much I will be watching it again. But after watching this movie I can’t help but ask…will there be a Teen Beach 3?

    Grab a copy of the DVD and soundtrack from amazon.com and watch the most epic wipe-out movie this summer from Disney Channel.

    Also grab the free printables to Teen Beach Movie and Teen Beach 2 from my blog here and have the best Teen Beach Party!