Dec 03 2024

Fun Highlights Christmas Collection Giveaway! – Ends 12-8-2024

Can you believe it’s already December!? And with it being December, we will be sharing several holiday themed blogs, giveaways, and more. To start off the festivities we are sharing the adorable Highlights Christmas Themed Book Collection!

Highlights has released several books that are a ton of fun for the holidays! Geared towards children, these books will create laughter with funny Christmas jokes, provide hours of fun with holiday themed puzzles and games, and give the entire family some fun crafts and activities to cut, paste, and create!

Best Kids’ Christmas Jokes Ever!

Festive Collection of Santa Jokes, Reindeer Riddles and Christmas Laughs for a Ho-larious Christmas-Themed Gift for Kids 6 and Up

About Best Kids’ Christmas Jokes Ever! (penguinrandomhouse.com)
Ho, ho, ho-larious jokes for kids! A collection of holiday-themed jokes, Best Kids’ Christmas Jokes Ever will keep kids 6 and up laughing all season long. With over 500 age-appropriate, hilarious jokes in a variety of types, like riddles, knock-knocks and more, it’s a must-have Christmas book for kids to enjoy during the holidays.

What did the dog say to the Christmas tree? My bark is louder than yours! This humor collection features hundreds of clever jokes as well as hilarious black-and-white cartoons to round out the fun for the perfect Christmas stocking stuffer. These wholesome jokes will appeal to kids’ sense of humor and are great for sharing at school, play dates or parties. With jokes about Santa, reindeer, Christmas carols and more, kids will amuse themselves—and their friends and family—with this Christmas activity book.

Joke books encourage kids to read for fun and provide screen-free entertainment for road trips, rainy days and more—a great option for reluctant readers! Plus, sharing jokes with friends and family isn’t just fun; wordplay found in jokes and riddles boosts young readers’ language skills. Telling jokes also helps kids build confidence and social-emotional skills to help them succeed in school.

Reindeer Games

Christmas Activity Book for Kids with Over 20 Christmas Puzzles and Christmas Games for Hours of Holiday Fun On the Go

About Reindeer Games (penguinrandomhouse.com)
A perfect stocking stuffer, this Christmas puzzle book with a built-in spinner is a fun way to enjoy Highlights activities and games throughout the holiday season! With more than 20 Christmas-themed games and puzzles, Fun to Go Reindeer Games has everything little elves ages 6 and up need for brain-boosting entertainment.

Designed for one or multiple players, this fun-packed Christmas activity book for kids offers over 20 Christmas games—from Hidden Pictures puzzles, to fill-in story challenges, to silly brainteasers—pair with a fold-out game spinner. Ideal for sharing with friends and siblings, this book is packed with Christmas games perfect to take on the go for holiday road trips. Plus, each boredom-busting Christmas puzzle helps kids build school skills like attention to detail, concentration and visual focus.

Whether you’re looking for Christmas goody bag stuffers or the best Christmas gift kids will love, this Christmas activity book is sure to bring hours of festive fun.

For over 75 years, Highlights has inspired children to become Curious, Creative, Caring and Confident individuals. With products that encourage thinking, creativity and self-expression, Highlights helps kids build essential skills, all while having fun.

Cut, Paste, and Create Christmas

Scissor Skills Activity Book including Christmas Crafts to Wear, Multi-player Games and Hidden Pictures Puzzles

About Cut, Paste, and Create Christmas (penguinrandomhouse.com)
Craft your way through the Christmas season with Cut, Paste, and Create Christmas.

Kids can practice scissor skills with this activity book while getting into the Christmas spirit.

This festive scissors skills activity book has dozens of activities, Hidden Pictures puzzles, finger puppets and more. Kids can practice lifelong skills while leaning into seasonal fun. Every page offers something new like:

  • Mazes
  • Games
  • Crafts
  • Stickers

And tear-out pages make it easy for parents to showcase their little artist’s work!

Kids will stay busy having fun for hours with DIY Christmas crafts — and they won’t even know they’re learning! While they cut along the lines or place stickers or pictures in their correct place, they’ll simply be enjoying all the fun that comes with Christmastime. Parents love the way Cut, Paste, and Create Christmas crafts for kids enhances skills that are critical for their little ones. Highlights activity books help develop vocabulary, concentration, fine motor skills and hand-eye coordination.

Plus, with over 60 pages of Christmas-themed bright and colorful stickers, kids will want to cut, paste and craft all season long!

To celebrate the release of these magnificent books, we are hosting a speed giveaway! Enter for a chance to win the Highlights Christmas Themed Books!. We are hoping to get these out as soon as possible for one lucky family to enjoy!

What is a speed giveaway?
A speed giveaway is a giveaway that only lasts for a few days. It is a quick turnover so that one winner can get their prize within a given time frame. Our goal is to get these books out before Christmas. Please note, the winner may receive them after Christmas. We are hosting this event for Highlights. Highlights will be mailing the books.

To enter the giveaway, use the form below, comment on our blog, follow, post to X, and more. Be sure to tag SKGaleana! If you do not wish to use the form below, send us a message with your name, email, and what giveaway you are entering and we will add you to the list of entries.
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Nov 28 2024

Happy Thanksgiving Printable Chip and Dale Papercraft

Today is Thanksgiving! It’s a time to be thankful for family, for friends, for blessings, and for everything we have. I always like to spend this time and thank all you readers for following, liking, commenting, and being an amazing community. I feel blessed everyday. THANK YOU SO MCUH!

For this Thanksgiving holiday, I am pulling a craft from the SKGaleana Vault of printables. This one comes from when Spoonful was a site that shared Disney printables. One of the cutest ones they shared was a papercraft of both Chip and Dale. They are holding a sign that says Happy Thanksgiving. It’s probably one of my favorite papercrafts for the season!

Chip & Dale Cutie Instructions

  • Print the Chip Cutie on regular paper or cardstock and cut out the pieces.
  • Cut out the square where indicated on Chip’s head. Fold the paper at the dashed line running through his eyes toward you, and make the same fold on all sides of the head. Fold the ears at the dashed line toward you. Make all other folds away from you. Using glue or doublesided tape, secure all the A tabs to the back of their corresponding panels. Close the top of the head with the B tabs and the bottom of the head with the C tabs.
  • Fold the paper at the dashed line near the neck toward you, and make the same fold on all sides of the body. Make all other folds away from you. Starting from left to right, secure each D tab to the back of the panel next to it. Complete the shape of the body with the G tabs.
  • Fold the legs into a rectangle and secure the E tabs to the inside of the body. Complete the shape of the legs with the F tab.
  • Slip the head onto the neck. Make sure to line up the front pieces.
  • Fold each arm in half and secure so the design is two-sided. Butterfly the tabs outward and use them to attach the arms to the sides of the body.
  • Fold the tail in half and secure so the design is two-sided. Butterfly the tabs outward and use them to attach the tail to back of the body.
  • Repeat steps 1-7 with the Dale Cutie.
  • Place the “Happy Thanksgiving!” sign in between Chip and Dale and attach it to their arms.
  • Fold each nut in half so the design is two-sided. Attach one of the nuts to Chip’s right arm and the other to Dale’s left arm.

You will need scissors and tape or glue. PLEASE NOTE: an adult should do all the cutting.

To get the printable, click the image below and save the PDF to your computer. Then print, create, and display.

Happy Thanksgiving!

Nov 27 2024

McDonalds Encourages the Spirit of the Season With Their New Pet Simulator Toys!

This Christmas, McDonalds is getting creative with their Happy Meal toys. Instead of just one happy kid, McDonalds is using the spirit of the season and encouraging kids to share their happiness. Inside each Happy Meal, there will be two toys featuring a keychain inspired by Pet Simulator. However, one of the toys is for the child to keep, while the other toy is for the child to give to some one else.

This “share the happiness” theme is almost identical to the idea featured in the 2021 Great American Family movie, “Royally Wrapped for Christmas”. Lindsay travels to the Kingdom of Veronia to help with holiday preparations. This is where she shares her idea of giving everyone at the royal party two gifts, one gift is for the members to keep and enjoy, the other gift is for them to give to someone special.

When I saw “Royally Wrapped for Christmas”, I thought ‘one to keep, one to give’ was a brilliant idea. I even thought about implementing the gift giving idea at my next holiday party. McDonalds must have thought the same thing, because here we are, three years later, and they are hosting this idea in their happy Meals. Their motto is ‘Gift One! Keep One!’ and I am loving it!

As always, the Happy Meal site provides a little bit more fun with their cute printable activities. This time, parents can find an adorable Pet Simulator coloring page and a search and find puzzle. Print two copies, and the keep one, give one can keep going!

Nov 27 2024

SpongeBob Squarepants The Complete 14th Season DVD Giveaway – Ends 12-13-2024

Get ready to watch over four hours of SpongeBob SquarePants and all his nuttiness in the brand new episode collection featuring all of season 14! SpongeBob SquarePants: The Complete Fourteenth Season (affiliate link) continues the nautical adventures of Nickelodeon’s longest-running animated series featuring SpongeBob and his Bikini Bottom friends Patrick, Sandy, Mr. Krabs, Plankton and Squidward. Released on DVD November 19, 2024, this two-disc collection helps to celebrate the 25th anniversary of one of the most popular characters of all time, SpongeBob SquarePants.

Excitement is bubbling up in Bikini Bottom with SpongeBob SquarePants, the incurably optimistic sea sponge and his undersea friends! Watch as Plankton learns self-defense from Sandy and Squidward and Bubble Bass are forced to tolerate each other’s company on a trip to Jetsam City. Then, SpongeBob and Patrick teach Sandy all about Bikini Bottom’s fascinating, yet questionable, history. Don’t miss the return of former jellyfishing champion Kevin and so much more!

SpongeBob SquarePants: The Complete Fourteenth Season
Disc One includes

  • Single-Celled Defense
  • Buff for Puff
  • We Heart Hoops
  • SpongeChovy
  • BassWard
  • Squidiot Box
  • Blood is Thicker Than Grease
  • Don’t Make Me Laugh
  • Momageddon
  • Pet the Rock
  • Tango Tangle
  • Necro-Nom-Nom-Nom-I-Con

SpongeBob SquarePants: The Complete Fourteenth Season
Disc Two includes

  • PL-1413
  • In The Mood to Feud
  • Mooned!
  • Hysterical History
  • Kreepaway Kamp (Double Episode)
  • Snow Yellow
  • The Dirty Bubble Bass
  • Sheldon SquarePants
  • SpongeBob & Sandy’s Country Christmas

To celebrate the release of SpongeBob SquarePants: The Complete Fourteenth Season, we are hosting a GIVEAWAY! Use the form below to enter for a chance to win SpongeBob SquarePants: The Complete Fourteenth Season on DVD. Follow, Comment, and post to earn more entries. If you do not wish to use the form below, send us an email with your name, email address, and what giveaway you are entering and we will add your name to the entries.

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Nov 25 2024

Winter Wonderland Printable PaperCraft with Mickey Mouse and Friends

The days are shorter, the air is colder, and many areas are already facing crazy weather with excessive amounts of snow! What does that mean for us fans of winter? That means warm cloths and hoodies, hot chocolate, and a wonderful warm fireplace. For other fans, it is a great time for fun and adventures. It is such a wonderful time of year!

Mickey Mouse and friends obviously fall into the second category of fun and adventures when it comes to the winter weather. In Mickey Mouse’ Once Upon a a Christmas and Twice Upon a Christmas we see them running through the snow, having snowball fights, dancing, and, of course, ice-skating, which brings us to a wonderful Disney Printable Papercraft. Fans of winter can build their own scene with the help of Mickey Mouse, Minnie Mouse, Pluto, and Goofy.

The papercraft features 8 pages of fun with a frozen pond, a cute little ice skate shopping area, trees, and characters. Simply cutout the shapes, glue the tabs together, and build! Here is where the fun never ends. While the scene can be used as a cute display, showcasing all that we love about winter and the holidays, it can also become a puppet show or little paper toys. Create stories, replay epic scenes from the movies, or make up your own stories. It is great when Expanding Imaginations Removes Limitations!

To make the printable scene you will need

  • The template printed on cardstock
  • scissors
  • glue or tape
  • your imagination

To get the template, click the image below and save the PDF to your computer Then print and create for winter wonderland fun! Instructions are included with the template making this an easy craft project the whole family can enjoy.

NOTE: adults should do the cutting.

Nov 22 2024

Night of the Zoopocalypse is Coming to Theaters in 2025!

Maximum Overdrive (a Steven King movie from the 80s) hits a Zoo in the brand new movie Night of the Zoopocalypse, coming to theaters March 7, 2025! However, unlike Maximum Overdrive, where the machines come to life and seek to kill, Night of the Zoopocalypse releases havoc on the living. In this space-rock-gone-bad children’s horror story, animals live happily in the ColePepper Zoo. But, when a meteorite with a pink glow hits their beloved home, the animals go feral and turn into zombies. With every bite, the Zoopocalypse gets worse. Realizing they are losing their home and possibly their lives, a wolf and a mountain lion join forces with other surviving animals to cure the zombie virus and save their home.

Check out the trailer below for a sneak peek of Night of the Zoopocalypse.

More about Night of the Zoopocalypse:

Synopsis:
After a meteor unleashes a virus that turns zoo animals into zombies, a mountain lion (David Harbour) and wolf (Gabbi Kosmidis) lead a team of surviving animals to stop the virus and rescue their zoo.

Directed by: Ricardo Curtis, Rodrigo Perez-Castro
Written by: Steven Hoban, James Kee
Produced by: Steven Hoban, Mark Smith
Story Inspired by: Clive Barker
Cast: David Harbour, Scott Thompson, Paul Sun-Hyung Lee and Gabbi Kosmidis

Nov 08 2024

Mario Kart 8 Races to the McDonald’s Happy Meal

Nintendo and McDonalds have combined their powers to create fun racecar toys for the McDonald’s Happy Meal. The toys feature characters inspired by Mario Kart 8 Deluxe and include Yoshi, Princess, Mario, Luigi, Bowser, Toad, and more! Each toy can be changed to the wheels of another toy making each vehicle different each time they race! Find out more om the Happy Meal website.

To celebrate the release of Mario Kart 8 Happy Meal Toys, McDonalds has created a fun printable activity kit featuring a fun maze and a badge coloring page. The badges are the one you complete in Mario Kart 8!

To get the activity sheets, click the image below and download the PDF to your computer. Then print and create to take Your Imagination For A Drive!

Nov 07 2024

Classic Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Printable Coloring Pages

Exciting news for all Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle fans! The classic cartoon series, which was features in the 1980s and 1990s, has been released on DVD! Every adventures, every pizza, every COWABUNGA is now encased in a collection fans will love to have! We can grab the collection from Amazon.com (affiliate link) just in time for the holidays!

To celebrate the release of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Classic Series on DVD we have some wonderful printable coloring pages featuring our pizza loving Turtles in a Half Shell friends: Leonardo, Donatello, Michelangelo, and Raphael. With six coloring pages to choose from, every turtle fan can choose their favorite Ninja Turtle!

Tp get the coloring pages, click the image below and save the PDF to your computer. Then print and color!

Have a Slice Day!

Oct 31 2024

Halloween Throwback Printable Coloring Pages from Nickelodeon!

Nickelodeon is giving a nod to the oldie but goodie shows of yesteryear, in their printable activity pack featuring five printable coloring pages! Each page is themed for Halloween, providing a nostalgic moment to a time when we adults were kids, watching our shows, and eating the candy we worked hard to earn by Trick-or-Treating. Their nod worked, and I find myself smiling at each page and the memories of such a fantastic Nickelodeon era.

Nickelodeon parents state, ‘Celebrate this scare-tactular season with some familiar faces.” (Nick Parents). While these faces are very familiar to the adults in the room, the kids may or may not know who each of the characters are. However, I think Nickelodeon’s goal is to give the parents a Halloween hug.

The first page is a coloring page of SpongeBob Squarepants as a ghost. Because SpongeBob has remained in popularity since its inception 25 years ago, I am sure most kids will recognize this crazy square character that lives in a pineapple under the sea. Of course, those who remember the first episode will have a ping of happiness this Halloween. Although, there isn’t much to color on this page unless we make his ghost costume colorful.

The second page features Timmy, Cosmo, and Wanda! I have been a fan of the Fairly OddParents since I was a kid. I can sing the title song word for word. Probably not a talent I should flex, but there it is. I have noticed that this cartoon has regained popularity and kids have been able to call out the Fairy characters, so this page, while nostalgic, is also one that the family can enjoy.

The third page is classic Tommy in a Reptar costume from the TV series, Rugrats. With the creators being Doctor Who nerds, we get a character that uses a screwdriver to escape confinement and go on crazy adventures. His companions, Phil Lil, and Chucky, join him , sometimes reluctantly, in order to explore the world. Nickelodeon did release a remake of the series, so kids should know who Tommy is.

The fourth page is my favorite page of the set! It’s one that I find the most nostalgic. Holding a pumpkin and flying through the air, we have Danny Phantom. <3 After an accident, Danny gains powers and can become a ghost-human hybrid. With his powers, he can turn invisible, travel through walls, fly, and much more, Danny uses his superpowers to save his family, friends, and the town. This cartoon never gets the love is deserves and I really wish it had way more than three seasons. Great job Nickelodeon, nostalgic moment achieved.

However, when it comes to recognition by the kids in the family, Danny Phantom may be one that they don’t know. I have not seen a reboot or an increase in popularity. So this coloring page is meant for us adults while the kids color the others.

The fifth page is probably the most iconic of the bunch. This series is what I attribute to the classic Nickelodeon feel, Say hello to Doug. A series that features a kid making his way through school, crushes, and life using his imagination with the help of his dog, Doug was a wonderful cartoon. I know I still sing the theme song, “do do do do do do do do do do do”. And if you sang that, you know you were/are a fan.

Kids may bot even have an idea of who this is, so parents can take the opportunity to share their love of early cartoons and watch a few episodes on YouTube or other streaming apps.

To get the Halloween Throwback Printable Coloring Pages, fly over to Nick Parents and download the PDF. Or click the image below and save the PDF to your computer. Then print and create for a spooky good time. This pack is a great opportunity to talk about cartoons with the family , reminisce, and make new memories. HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

Oct 29 2024

Transformers One Digital Code Giveaway – Ends 11-13-2024

TRANSFORMERS ONE is the untold origin story of Optimus Prime and Megatron! Once they were friends, bonded like brothers, who changed the fate of Cybertron forever. Now they are better known as sworn enemies. In the first-ever fully CG-animated Transformers movie, TRANSFORMERS ONE features a star-studded voice cast, including Chris Hemsworth, Brian Tyree Henry, Scarlett Johansson, Keegan-Michael Key, Steve Buscemi, with Laurence Fishburne, and Jon Hamm.

Transformers One was released on Digital October 22nd from Paramount Home Entertainment. To celebrate this release, we are hosting a giveaway! Use the rafflecopter form below to enter for a chance to win a digital code of Transformers One! Like, follow, comment, and post to earn entries. If you do not wish to use the social media form, send us an email stating your first and last name, email, and what giveaway you are entering. We will add your name to the drawing!
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