Hot Chocolate Bombs Recipe Inspired by Shimmer and Shine: Magical Mischief!

Shimmer and Shine: Magical Mischief has been released today on DVD! With eight mischief filled episodes, this magical collection is sure to be a family favorite. Fans can watch as voices get stolen, genies shrink, and even how Zeta & Princess Samira first met. Grab from Amazon.com (affiliate link) today for the srp of $10.99.

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In celebration of today’s release of Shimmer and Shine: Magical Mischief, now available on DVD, Nickelodeon is sharing a magical recipe for Hot Chocolate Bombs, inspired by your favorite twin genie sisters! They are a great way to add sparkle and chocolate to your day!

The Hot Chocolate bombs are pretty easy to make and fun to use. They are basically hollow chocolate balls filled with hot chocolate mix that literally poof when dropped in hot milk. So fun to watch! The ingredients and materials needed to make these bombs are:

  • Silicone sphere molds (affiliate link)
  • candy melts in Purple, pink, turquoise, and blue
  • Sprinkles in white and gold
  • wax paper
  • hot chocolate mix
  • small marshmallows
  • milk
  • 2 icing bags
  • small microwave safe bowl and plate
  • spoon

To get the instructions on how to make the delicious Hot Chocolate Bombs click the link below and save the PDF to your computer. Then print and create the Hot Chocolate Magic!

Shimmer and Shine Hot Chocolate Bombs Recipe – PDF

Be sure to enter for a chance to win Shimmer and Shine Magical Mischief on DVD by going to my giveaway here! Many will enter only one will win!

Baby Box Printable Paper Craft Inspired from Gabby’s Dollhouse!

Gabby’s Dollhouse has hit the preschool world by storm with its amazing fun crafts and stories all compiled into epic mixed media cat-tastic episodes. With unboxing surprises, characters, learning to problem solve, and teaching kids to work together, parents have also issued high praises for the show. This a-meow-zing show is now streaming on Netflix.

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I think Gabby’s Dollhouse is absolutely adorable and the crafts that they make are easy to do with the kids. In fact, I was inspired by all the fun crafts and decided to create a cute paper craft of Baby Box that adults and kids can make together and display. What’s even cooler is when kids are making crafts from the show, they can have their very own Baby Box nearby watching them create.

Baby Box is a character that has fun in the crafting room of Gabby’s Dollhouse. She is instrumental in helping to come up with new crafts to help her friends out of tough situations. For example, in Welcome to Gabby’s Dollhouse!, Baby Box teaches Gabby and her friends how to build a space chain, which will help get Catrat down after he hovers away in a space ship. With a cute song and fun instructions, fans and viewers also learn how to build a space chain. The instructions to this craft and more from Gabby’s Dollhouse can be found on my blog post here. Simply save the PDFs to your computer, print, and create.

My Baby Box craft is similar to the instructions found on other Gabby Dollhouse activities. It is as easy as download, print, and create. However, this craft will require a few steps done by an adult. NOTE: All cutting and/or use of sharp objects should be done by an adult. The cutting around the whiskers and the slices for the arm holes need to be done with an exacto knife. The cutting around each object should be done with scissors. Because this craft requires glue, adult supervision is a must.

The PDF comes with quick instructions on how to build the Baby Box paper craft. Below you will find more detailed instructions and tips. Put simply, this craft requires the creation of two rectangle boxes, one bottomless cup, and two arms. The materials needed to make this paper craft are:

  • Printed Pattern
  • Exacto Knife
  • Scissors
  • Glue stick or Elmer’s Glue with a Q-tip

Directions

  1. Print on cardstock
  2. Cut along the outer solid lines of all 5 pieces.

Head

  1. using an x-acto knife, cut along the white lines around the whiskers. We don’t want these to fold when we build the square head.
  2. Fold along each solid line within the head shape, including the long horizontal line in the center. Be sure all folds have colors side facing out. Be sure not to fold the whiskers.
  3. Along the dotted lines on the side of the head carefully fold color sides together. Be sure the crease is only along the dotted lines.
  4. Place glue on the white tabs on the side of the head and glue it to the inside of the opposite panel
  5. Place glue along the white tabs at the bottom of the head and glue them to the corresponding sides on the inside. Leave the head open for now. It will help when gluing the dress and feet to the head.

Feet

  1. Fold along The solid lines. Be sure not to fold along the black line that makes the doll have two legs.
  2. Place glue on the large tab and glue it to the inside of the opposite panel
  3. Place glue on the 3 white tabs and glue them to the inside of the corresponding panels. This should form a long rectangular box. Let dry.

Body

The body can be a dixie cup painted blue with gemstone stickers added or you can use the template provided.

  1. Cut along the red lines of each side of the dress. This is where the arms will go.
  2. Place glue on the large white tab and glue the tab to the inside of the opposite side of the curve. let dry. This should form a bottomless cup

Arms

  1. Fold the arms in half along the top of the paw with color sides facing out.
  2. Place the arms in the slots made by the exacto knife and test how you want them displayed. If you want them straight out then follow the designated lines. If you want them positioned up or down, fold the tabs where desired.
  3. Spread the tabs out and glue them to the inside of the dress. Make sure the paws face the front. before you glue the arms in place. let dry

Assembly

  1. At the top of the dress, fold each small blue tab down half way.
  2. Add glue to each tab and glue the dress to the bottom of the head in the center. Be sure the arms are positioned on each side of the body and that they are facing forward.
  3. Place glue on the top of the white square of the feet. Place the legs up through the dress and glue them to the bottom of the head. Make sure the feet are facing forward with the pom-poms facing front. Let dry

To Finish

  1. Carefully form the milk-carton top of Baby Box’s head. This is done by pushing the sides inward along those dotted-line folds and bringing the ears together.
  2. Place glue on the white tab and glue to the inside of the opposite panel.
  3. Glue the back of the ears together.
    The Head is now done. Be sure to let set and dry completely.
    Baby Box is now done and ready to display!

To get this fun paper craft of Baby Box from Gabby’s Dollhouse click the link below and save the PDF to your computer. Then print out the template, follow the instructions, and display. Most of all have a cat-tastic time creating this Baby Box Paper Craft!

Gabby’s Dollhouse Baby Box Paper Craft Printable Template and Instructions – PDF

A Printable Coloring Page of Skyla from The Princess Palace Pets

Skyla was going to be a Princess Palace Pet for princess Elsa. However, the Princess Palace Pets discontinued and Elsa had become a queen. So, sadly, Skyla never made it beyond a possibility. We do know from a concept image what Skyla was supposed to look like.

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Skyla is a light blue artic fox with a slightly darker tail. She wears gold jewelry and a blue bow. Her hair and style mimics that of Elsa’s. style.

Skyla Story
The story is not canon. It was actually written by a long-time Palace Pet fan, Marissa Grubbs (Thank you Marissa Grubbs):

Skyla the Arctic Fox – She met Elsa one day on the first day of winter. She was starting to make the snow until a sleeping fox popped up.

The coloring page features Skyla with her necklace, crown, and bow. To download the Skyla Coloring Page simply click the link below the image and save the PDF to your computer. Then print, color, and display. If you want Skyla to become a puppet:

  1. print the coloring page on thick cardstock
  2. Color the fox to your liking
  3. Cutout the fox along the outer solid black line
  4. make a kickstand out of cardboard.
  5. Glue the kickstand to the back of the fox (or glue Skyla to a popsicle stick)
  6. Let dry
  7. Display

SKYLA Princess Palace Pets Coloring Page – PDF

Get Ready for PAW Patrol: Rubble on the Double with this DIY Rubble Mask!

PAW Patrol: Rubble on the Double is available now on DVD! Fans can now get a collection of nine episodes featuring everyone’s favorite pup Rubble. Rubble is a gruff but loveable pup with a heart of gold. All episodes feature Rubble and his talents in construction and one even tells the story of how Rubble joined PAW Patrol!

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Get ready to wreck and roll as Rubble! In celebration of the release of PAW Patrol: Rubble on the Double, we’re happy to share this cute and easy-to-make Rubble Mask Craft! Simply click the link below, save the PDF to your computer, print the temple, and follow the instructions to create! In no time you will be hitting the bricks as one cool pup.

While making the DIY Rubble Mask, have some homemade Rubble Snack Mix on hand . Working pups need a snack break after a hard day of construction work. Grab a copy of PAW Patrol: Rubble on the Double from Amazon.com (affiliate Link) and start the adventures with Rubble and his friends.

DIY Paw Patrol Rubble Mask – PDF

Paw Patrol Rubble on the Double Builds Teamwork and Problem Solving Skills

PAW Patrol: Rubble on the Double is now available on DVD! This collection of nine episodes focuses on everyone’s favorite pup and construction master, Rubble. One of the episodes even includes a flashback of how Rubble became a member of the PAW Patrol. This collection is also filled with digging, building, and fixing items as Rubble and the team work together to solve problems, save animals, and more.

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I got the chance to review this collection thanks to Nickelodeon and here is what I thought.

I am a huge fan of PAW Patrol. While PAW Patrol may be a preschooler’s show, the theme of working together to fix, save, and help is something even some adults need to learn. The concept of working together is lost on so many. So when I see a show that encourages the helping of others, problem solving, and working together, I take notice. Add cute pups, awesome vehicles, and high flying action and you get a well thought out show.

This collection of nine episodes focuses on mission that require construction and the help of Rubble and his abilities, hence the title Rubble on the Double. The nine episodes are:

  • Pups Get a Rubble
  • Rubble joins PAW Patrol
  • Pups Save the Beavers
  • Pups Save Three Little Pigs
  • Pups Save the Hippos
  • Pups Save a Cow
  • Pups Find a Genie
  • Pups and the Beanstalk
  • Pups Save Apollo
  • Pups Save the Woof and Roll Show

From joining PAW Patrol to saving a Woof and Roll show, PAW Patrol Rubble on the double inspires their audience to work together to help solve problems and find solutions. One of my favorite episodes was the “Pups Save Three Little Pigs.’ It takes a story from an old nursery rhyme and remakes it to be a bit more modern. Instead of a woof (although, there is the howl of a woof), a windstorm takes down the straw and stick houses that are built for the three little pigs. It takes Rubble making one out of bricks to keep the wind at bay.

I love these stories and characters. The remake of the Three Little Pigs was adorable and showed that not everything is as it sounds. Scary noises can have perfectly reasonable explinations…I need to remember this in the future hahaha. I give this collection FIVE stars. It is adorable, child friendly, great morals, and fun to watch.

To grab a copy of PAW Patrol: Rubble on the Double on DVD head over to Amazon.com (affiliate link). Or if you want to try your luck you can head over to my giveaway page and enter for a chance to win a DVD copy. The giveaway ends Feb 1, 2021. Many will enter only one will win.

To celebrate the release of PAW Patrol: Rubble on the Double, Nickelodeon created a delicious recipe for all the fans to enjoy while they watch the nine epic episodes! Rubble’s Stack Mix includes chocolate chips, popcorn, pretzels, chocolate candies, and rice cereal squares. The recipe also includes a DIY on how to make your own construction cones using construction paper and tape.

To get the recipe and instructions on how to build the Construction Cones click the link below and save the PDF to your computer. To make: print the recipe out on regular paper, find the required ingredients, follow the directions, and enjoy.

RUBBLE’S SNACK MIX RECIPE – PDF

The Casagrandes: The Complete First Season DVD Giveaway

The Casagrandes: The Complete First Season is coming to DVD February 2. This series is a spin-off from the award-winning animated series, The Loud House. The Casagrandes follows an 11-year old girl named Ronnie Anne and her move to the big city to live with her large and lovable Mexican-American family. The first season is filled with love, laughter, food, and adventures as Ronnie adjusts to her new home, big family, and new responsibilities.

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The Casagrandes: The Complete First Season will be available on DVD February 2, 2021 for the srp of $13.99. That is a great price for 20 episodes (over 7 hours) of Ronnie, her friend Sid, and her huge family. The 20 episodes included are:

  • Disc One:
    • Going Overboard / Walk Don’t Run
    • The Two of Clubs / Vacation Daze
    • New Haunts / Croaked
    • Snack Pact / The Horror-Scope
    • Arr in the Family / Finders Weepers
    • Stress Test / How to Train Your Carl
    • Operation Dad
    • Flee Market / Copy Can’t
    • Away Game / Monster Cash
    • Trend Game / This Bird Has Flown
  • Disc Two:
    • V.I.Peeved / Señor Class
    • Fast Feud / Never Friending Story
    • Grandparent Trap / Miss Step
    • Slink or Swim / The Big Chill
    • Karma Chameleon / Team Effort
    • Guess Who’s Shopping for Dinner? / New Roomie
    • Mexican Makeover / Uptown Funk
    • Bo Bo Business / Blunder Party
    • Cursed!
    • What’s Love Gato Do With It? / Dial M. for Mustard

The Casagrandes: The Complete First Season synopsis:
Ronnie Anne is an independent, skateboard loving 11-year-old who moved to the big city with her mom and brother to live with their extended family, the Casagrandes. Her new life promises to be an adventure, now that she’s living under one roof with her grandparents, aunt, uncle, cousins, and a sass-talking parrot. As if that weren’t enough excitement, her bedroom is directly below the bedroom of her best friend, Sid. And on the ground floor is the family run market (the Mercado), which is a gathering place for all their quirky neighbors. While her brother Bobby helps run the Mercado with their gossip-loving Abuelo, Ronnie Anne and Sid explore the city, making fun new friendships along the way. She’s also getting to know everyone in her bustling multigenerational Mexican-American family. Her new life is full of new discoveries, love, laughter and plenty of food!

Grab a copy of The Casagrandes: The Complete First Season from Amazon.com (affiliate link).

To celebrate the release of The Casagrandes: The Complete First Season on DVD SKGaleana is hosting a giveaway! From now to Feb 24, 2021, use the rafflecopter form below to enter for a chance to win a The Casagrandes: The Complete First Season on DVD. Tweet daily for more entries! Many will enter only one will win!

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SpongeBob SquarePants: The Complete Twelfth Season DVD Giveaway

Spongebob Squarepants: The Complete Twelfth Season is on DVD! Fans can now watch over 9 hours of the crazy yellow sponge that lives in a pineapple under the sea and all of his Bikini Bottom friends. Check out my review of Spongebob Squarepants: The Complete Twelfth Season here.

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This season fans can watch as Gary the snail tries out a new pair of legs, watch plankton create clones, have a birthday bash with Spongebob, watch as Squidward tries a new career, and so much more. The episodes included are:

  • Disc 1:
    • FarmerBob / Gary & Spot
    • The Nitwitting / The Ballad of Filthy Muck
    • The Krusty Slammer / Pineapple RV
    • Gary’s Got Legs / King Plankton
    • Plankton’s Old Chum / Stormy Weather
    • Swamp Mates / One Trick Sponge
    • The Krusty Bucket / Squid’s on a Bus
    • Sandy’s Nutty Nieces / Insecurity Guards
    • Broken Alarm / Karen’s Baby
  • Disc 2:
    • Shell Games / Senior Discount
    • Mind the Gap / Dirty Bubble Returns
    • Jolly Lodgers / Biddy Sitting
    • SpongeBob’s Big Birthday Blowout
    • SpongeBob in RandomLand / SpongeBob’s Bad Habit
    • Handemonium / Breakin’
    • Boss for a Day / The Goofy Newbie
    • The Ghost of Plankton / My Two Krabses
  • Disc 3:
    • Knock, Knock Who’s There? / Pat Hearts Squid
    • Lighthouse Louie / Hiccup Plague
    • A Cabin in the Kelp / The Hankering
    • Who R Zoo?
    • Plankton’s Intern / Patrick’s Tantrum
    • BubbleBass’s Tab / Kooky Cooks
    • Escape from Beneath Glove World
    • Krusty Koncessionaires / Dream Hoppers

The DVD also includes Spongebob Appreciation Day!

SpongeBob SquarePants: The Complete Twelfth Season Synopsis:
Who lives in a pineapple under the sea? SpongeBob SquarePants! Follow the adventures of this enthusiastic, optimistic sponge whose good intentions inevitably lead him and his friends into trouble, even after 12 seasons!

Grab a copy of SpongeBob SquarePants: The Complete Twelfth Season from Amazon.com (affiliate link). and start your own Spongebob adventures.

To celebrate the release of SpongeBob SquarePants: The Complete Twelfth Season on DVD SKGaleana is hosting a giveaway! From now to Feb 23, 2021, use the rafflecopter form below to enter for a chance to win a SpongeBob SquarePants: The Complete Twelfth Season on DVD. Tweet daily for more entries! Many will enter only one will win!

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Blue’s Clues & You! Blue’s Sing-Along Spectacular DVD Giveaway

Blue’s Clues and You! is heading back to DVD featuring fun musical episodes preschoolers can enjoy singing and dancing to. Fans can join Josh and Blue as Blue learns about different musical instruments, starts a band, puts on a concert, and haa a dance party. Blue’s Clues & You! Blue’s Sing-Along Spectacular will be available on DVD February 2, 2021.

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The Blue’s Clues & You! Blue’s Sing-Along Spectacular DVD will also include flash cards featuring four words in American Sign Language. Each word is taught in one of the four episodes included on the Blue’s Clues and You! DVD. The four episodes included in the DVD are:

  • Song Time with Blue
  • Blue’s Sing-Along Spectacular “Bluestock”
  • Blue’s Big Beat Band
  • Blue’s Big Dance Party

Grab a copy of Blue’s Clues & You! Blue’s Sing-Along Spectacular from Amazon.com (affiliate link) and start the dance party!

To celebrate the release of Blue’s Clues & You! Blue’s Sing-Along Spectacular coming to DVD SKGaleana is hosting a giveaway! From now to Feb 22, 2021, use the rafflecopter form below to enter for a chance to win a Blue’s Clues & You! Blue’s Sing-Along Spectacular DVD. Tweet daily for more entries! Many will enter only one will win!

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Make a Popcorn Snack Bar to Celebrate the Release of SpongeBob SquarePants: The Complete Twelfth Season

SpongeBob SquarePants: The Complete Twelfth Season was released January 12, 2021 on a thee-disc DVD collection for the srp of $13.99. Read my review here. To celebrate this amazingly fun release, Nickelodeon has released a fun party pack to help fans have a spectacularly good time while watching over 9 hours of Spongebob Squarepants.

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By clicking the link below, fans will not only get some yummy popcorn recipes to make a fun popcorn bar for their exclusive Spongebob Squarepants party, they will also get printable popcorn boxes in the style of SpongeBob and his friends! The boxes included in this printable collection are:

  • Spongebob Squarepants
  • Patrick
  • Squidward
  • Sandy
  • Mr. Krabs
  • Plankton

The recipes included are:

  • Sea Salt and Parmesan Popcorn topping
    • 1 Tablespoon sea salt
    • 1 Tablespoon parsley
    • 4 Tablespoon grated Parmesan Cheese
    • 1 Glass seasoning Jar
  • Sweet Carmel Corn
    • 6 cups of fresg popcorn
    • Half cup butter
    • 1 cup brown sugar
    • Quarter cup light corn syrup
    • Half Tablespoon salt
    • Quarter tablespoon baking soda
    • Large Mixing bowl
    • Baking Sheet
    • Tinfoil

Grab SpongeBob SquarePants: The Complete Twelfth Season on DVD from Amazon.com (affiliate link) today to complete the SpongeBob SquarePants Popcorn Party.

To get the instructions and the printables click the link below and download the PDF to your computer. Then print and create to celebrate the release of SpongeBob SquarePants: The Complete Twelfth Season or to have some good popcorn snackage.

SpongeBob Squarepants Popcorn Bar Recipes and Printabile Popcorn boxes – PDF

A Printable Coloring Page of the Pony Brook from The Princess Palace Pets

Pocahontas is a Disney Princess with the fewest palace pets. Unlike Cinderella or Bell who have upwards of six to seven pets, Pocahontas has three. Of course with the addition of this adorable pony named Brook, Pocahontas now has four Palace Pets.

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Brook is a light blue pony with a dark teal mane and tail styled to represent Pocahontas’ hair. She wear gold and teal jewelry with accessories with made of feathers.

Story written by Marissa Grubbs (Thank you Marissa Grubbs):
Brook the Pony – She was a gift from her friend, Nakoma. Her adventurous spirit reminds her of her best friend, Pocahontas.

The coloring page features Brook with her necklace, crown, and tail feathers. To download the Brook Coloring Page simply click the link below the image and save the PDF to your computer. Then print, color, and display. If you want Brook to become a puppet:

  1. print the coloring page on thick cardstock
  2. Color the pony to your liking
  3. Cutout the pony along the outer solid black line
  4. make a kickstand out of cardboard.
  5. Glue the kickstand to the back of the pony (or glue Brook to a popsicle stick)
  6. Let dry
  7. Display

Brook Princess Palace Pet Coloring Page