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
  • Print

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.

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!